Jurassic World movies' focus on warfare. A dinosaur fighting game, Warpath: Jurassic Park pit various dinosaurs against one another to the death. This primary gameplay focus, naturally, didn't sit well with fans of Jurassic Park in the past, making Warpath one of the worst Jurassic Park games. However, the fighting game's brand of violence seemingly blends better given the context of the recent Jurassic World movies.
Released in 1999 and developed by Black Ops Entertainment, Warpath: Jurassic Park allowed players to choose and fight with various dinosaurs from across the Jurassic Park films. The game spared no expense and featured fourteen different stages from the franchise, from the InGen cargo vessel the S.S. Venture from The Lost World to the Visitor Center from the original Jurassic Park. Warpath felt similar to the park builder Jurassic World Evolution in of scale and content. Unfortunately, despite Warpath having a vast array of features and content, the game received mixed to low reviews from critics and fans alike.
Where Warpath: Jurassic Park failed to resonate with fans, the game could get a second chance with the Jurassic World movies. When the Jurassic Park films were released, there was an emphasis on humans versus nature and the consequence of the former's hubris on the latter. Fast-forward to the release of Jurassic World, and the theme of humans versus nature is secondary in favor of bombastic action sequences and sometimes horror that has even inspired dinosaur horror games based on Jurassic Park and Jurassic World. Jurassic Park: Warpath can be easily integrated within these themes and maybe even the plot of the Jurassic World movies.
A Warpath: Jurassic Park Reboot Could Expand On The Jurassic World Movies
A Warpath: Jurassic Park reboot could not only reintroduce the playable dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park trilogy but also integrate the new ones from the Jurassic World movies. Warpath had a beefy slate of fighters with eight playable right off the bat and six unlockable dinosaurs later on. The reboot of Warpath could include the Indominus Rex or the Indoraptor and more unique picks like the raptor team or even the massive Mosasaurus.
The number of stages introduced in Warpath: Jurassic Park was not only a lot, even for the time, but they were themed around the various dinosaurs from the Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park 3 to the classic Tyrannosaurus Rex. While they were plentiful, the stages were a relatively ive experience akin to Jurassic World Evolution 2’s gameplay. New stages could be more active and complement recent locations taken from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. From fighting during the volcanic eruption or returning to the ruins of Isla Nublar to even a battle within the Lockwood estate, there are plenty of stages that could be added to the Warpath: Jurassic Park reboot.
Given Jurassic World's focus on combat and warfare, the market and fanbase are ready for a Warpath: Jurassic Park reboot. Jurassic World could allow developers to experiment with the stages, possibly making them as dynamic and chaotic as depicted in the movies. The dinosaur fighters featured in a Warpath reboot could rival the number of dinosaurs in the Jurassic World park sims and give players the chance to recreate pivotal scenes from the Jurassic World movies and the Jurassic Park trilogy. If done correctly, a reboot of Warpath: Jurassic Park could be a fun and exciting game with naturally some framework and context from Jurassic World movies.
