Jurassic World Evolution 2: Feathered Species DLC brings the cute to the Cretaceous

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When I was a kid, dinosaurs were big, brown, and probably a bunch of white bones in the natural history museum. Then things progressed – I guess, science and archaeology happened? – and new discoveries were made, the thinking changed, and in the midst of all this Steven Spielberg decided to make a little film called Jurassic Park. As science and cinema got ever closer in the last few decades, we’ve treated to a whole host of prehistoric revelations, the most recent of which has led to dinosaurs suddenly sprouting feathers from their leathery hides. These fine and feathered friends(?) are front and centre in the Jurassic World Evolution 2: Feathered Species DLC.

You’re getting four new dinosaurs in this DLC pack, and, if the title alone didn’t make things clear, they’re all of the feathery, or at least fluffy variety. The first, Yutyrannus, ‘the feathered tyrant’, looks like a furry T-Rex. There’s not much else you can say except that. It’s an awesome-looking model that’s slightly smaller than an Allosaurus, and there’s an incredible amount of detail including some impressive head crests. The sense of weight to their movements, their sweeping elegant tail and the unique animations that bring them to life continue to make Jurassic World Evolution 2 one of, if not the, best-looking park builders of all time.

Second, there’s the Jeholopterus. This is a flying creature, and it’s somewhere between a giant bat and a giant butterfly. Most importantly, it’s ridiculously cute, and it brings with it another new addition in the form of the Insectivore Feeder, which Frontier has had to include so it actually has something to eat. It seems to be full of mouldy fruit which attracts a host of bugs for the Jeholopterus to munch on, and you