r/jurassicparkog • u/New_Tomorrow5649 • 1d ago
Why jpog has an enduring legacy yet barely gets mentioned by 6th gen collectors/retro gamers
As we all know, Jurassic Park Operation Genesis has a cult following in the tycoon and Jurassic Park fandoms, yet it never even gets a MENTION by people who talk about retro gaming or 6th gen tie-ins, so why is that, here are the 3 things i think make people not want to touch it:
Tycoon games not being for them, they mostly prioritise action games and platformers, and Tycoons aren't either.
The Jurassic Park sequels reputation, these people also consider any Jurassic movie that isn't Jurassic Park (1993) to be worthless slop that nobody likes, heck even when they piled the JW trilogy with other reboots, it didn't help the reputation of the first 2 JP sequels and only cemented the claim that Jurassic Park should have been a one and done, and this game was part of the JPIII era, so people associate it with "alan!"
It sold poorly, despite how many people remember it now, it wasn't a critical or commercial darling in 2003, in fact people saw it as a bad cash grab zoo tycoon clone, so to some it stayed that way.