If they rebrand it to something other than Jurassic world evolution 3 then I think it should have modular building. If it is just called JWE3 then it shouldn’t because it needs to be consistent
I believe JWE3 will have modular building, which I would be very happy about, I love games that provide you with modular building, they really spark some creativity for me!
I don't personally want modular building, mostly because I don't want to have to spend hours on just the amenities alone. I think the best thing would be large scale customisation, like a second story to a hotel or restaurant, rather than just changing the roof from planters to seating
I agree. At that point it’s just a different game. That said I do want lots of new customization options. All buildings should be customizable with a system like the amenities but reworked so more people will enjoy it. I don’t think it will have modular building.
bro, i just want to stick things together. im a bad modular builder, but simple decorations aint enough. i want to make a custom brige, or a cool viewing gallery, the game dosent let you. practically no one likes building everything on their own, because thats a big waste of time. if you want modular building, that dosent mean you want to build everything by yourself, but have more freedom to do it
“This will not influence JWE3.” Evo let’s be honest with ourselves frontier listens to you probably more than anyone. Edit: yall it’s a joke I know how developing and fan suggestions work
Frontier listens to the entire community. But no, this video will not influence whether JWE3 will have modular building or not, because that decision will have been made looooong before this video and that's not something that can be changed.
@@Finn_reif Yes they listen to her but there is nothing she can do at this point to influence something that huge in the game. And it’s not her opinions they listen to. It’s the communities. If Frontier used this channel as a guide for how to do everything we would be getting modular building because it won the poll.
Happy compromise would be remove the building restrictions for decorations and place buildings on paths like PC2, and then give us more variety of decorations.
I think Jurassic world evolution 3 and prehistoric kingdom are completely different games, apart from the dinosaurs. Jurassic world evolution 2 is for a quick, fun, and easy park building game. Prehistoric kingdom is for very creative, you can make anything in that game. It just depends on how you are feeling when you start up your pc.
I think one thing worth note about the idea of modular building is that it would be a very time consuming process to build anything on controller But if it did have modular building you could give the Dino skeletons hats
I don’t want it to have modular building like planet zoo does. But I *DO* absolutely love the way Lagoons and Aviaries are built in JWE 2. I don’t want modular building overall, but I do want *that* feature to come back.
Hope they add more optians for building like. 3 styles of monorail stations. 1 at the ground maybe 2 raised. Same with hotels and whatever else they go for
I totally agree. Once you reach that stage, it feels like a whole new game. That being said, I’m really hoping for a ton of new customization features. It would be similar to Planet Zoo, which is enjoyable but definitely takes way longer to create a solid zoo compared to building a park in JWE2. So, I doubt we’ll see modular building in this one.
Personally, I think they should have a toggle where you can turn modular building off and on. So that way everyone’s happy. It’s be nice to have modular building in a game with Jurassic style dinosaurs instead of only having it with accurate dinosaurs.
Modular building makes things to complicated for me instead of having modular building we should have tons of decorations and different styles for each decoration
The only real reason I want modular building is because of habitats, like if they have small animals like micro-raptors (Or any small animal) Then I Can Just Make Little Climbing Areas, Or Maybe Caves For Animals, Or Pretty Much Anything I Make In Planet Zoo
I agree with you, i hope jwe3 doesnt have modular building. i LOVE the potential inside of prehistoric kingdom, but it simply isnt for me! i dont have enough patience nor the time to make an amazing park like i want to in that game. JWE2 is much more my speed. Plus with more dinosaur animations and such, building aside i find jwe2 more FUN
I think when people ask for modular building want more options. I do love the modular building system and I prefer it to a JWE2 esc system. For modular building I have PK. I want JWE3 also. I don’t want it in This Game.
yes I get that same impression. Most people want modular building *and the workshop* so they can download the many decorations/buildings built by others. Which means they really just want more things to choose from, not an entire system that gives them the ability to build things themselves.
Ok, here's my point: I think we shouldn't have Modular building OR prefabs, but a MIX of the two. Here's why. In the current state of the game, creativity is always attainable, but you can only select prefabs and your park can only go as far as you imagine it, with having to take several "let's pretend"s along the way. Modular building can be great for if you want to do something different for your Sandbox builds. Want a concrete cliff that oversees youd dinosaur habitat, go for it! It also can let us finally *DISABLE BARRIERS*, giving new life to an already based game. It can enable more creativity into your sandbox parks and will ensure no park will be the same. Now, what are the downsides? Modular building, as you guessed, is a *LOT* of work. Park's wouldn't be just click and paste anymore, but would go from taking a few days to a few months. It's daunting! And let's touch on not just the harsh work to make something so simple, but also Challenge mode and Campaign. Trust me, if your guests are wanting a single building like a potted plant all over your park, it's gonna get annoying quick. Solution: Build and Place mode. Go between the two. Let's say you want a simple plaza with a rock wall, but the angle of the terrain isn't steep enough, switch to a modular path, place it around where you want your guests to see from, then build your curved wall! Then, once the foundation is done, click and place rocks all over the wall surface and your done! Now your guests can enjoy a few snacks as they watch some dinosaurs from the top of a cliff. Also, this can work wonders for not just guests, but dinosaurs too! Make a option for dinosaurs to climb pieces so your spinosaurus can walk off a ramp into a lagoon or have a tree with a wooden floor so your Scorpios Rex can do what it did in the show: climb trees. But, let's say you built a wall, took a long time to do it and then realized "OH NO I LEFT THE SETTING ON!" No need to worry! Dinosaurs can't climb something to steep, so if your dinosaur tries it, it can't make it to the top. Unless, of course, you have a species like Scorpios Rex, which can climb things angles at 90*, then you better act fast!
In games that have modular building, I mostly don't use it. However, there are occasions where I want to make something special that requires modular building in order to do, which is why I want it in Jurassic world evolution 3. There were several instances where I wanted to put a skeleton inside of my Indominus rex enclosure, which I couldn't do without modular building.
Aside from it being a dinosaur game and not an animal game,jurassic World Evolution 1 & 2 were better for me because they weren't overwhelming like planet zoo. You had to put tens or if not hundreds of hours into that game just to complete one zoo/park of your liking. It was extremely time-consuming, too. The only thing that stopped casual players from playing it was their own imagination as it would overhwhelm and take a lot of their time
If I want modular building I'd just play Prehistoric Kingdom, I love the JWE for the fact I can just build a park without spending hours and hours just to get a building done, I love modular building a lot but sometimes I just wanna play some good ol' plop stuff down and build a park kind of games y'know. What JWE3 needs is a wide variety of pre made decorations and various buildings, JWE2 was a step up but it still felt very lacking on the guest attractions aspect.
just about to take a gander at the video but i dont have headphones so ill give my opinion now on why we shouldnt; If you want that you have PK JWE prides itself on being an easy to learn / understand game you dont need to have modular building to make a killer park some Jp fans aren’t neurodivergent (i am but shush), so few of us have the patience to spend 100 hours on one park (i understand some of y’all are like that and i am too but not many people are like that) (also this is a half joke point)
I personally really want modular building, it's one of the things I could spend days on, but I don't want people to not play because of it. As long as it gets the PC2 path tools I think I'd be fine
I hope it doesn’t. Not because I don’t want more options or to make people upset, it’s just because every time I log into Planet Zoo I feel like I’m gonna have an anxiety attack from the menu and options overwhelming me.
I think they should just add more decoration options like for the rex skeleton for example. You could have an options menu that allows you to place it in different poses
I think you’re bang on with this Evo tbh and pretty much nailed the representation and explanation of what the community generally wants and would be very satisfied with. I definitely want lots more customisation and perhaps a few prefabs or very useful building pieces but not particularly full modular building. I do think the more casual but still creative style is the theme for JWE games too, which I can’t see Frontier changing too drastically. But I would however, love things like: Individually placeable letters to make signage Different styles of text Customisable planters, fountains, buildings Fully height adjustable, rotatable, tillable foliage and decorations Vast decorations Vast foliage options Vast food/drink/shopping/attraction signage options Vending machines, small food stalls, ATMS Customisable bridges and footpaths Those music speakers from Planet Zoo! Imagine different themes of music to match the biomes and also the option for Jurassic Park / World theme playing right near your park’s entrance!!! 😍
A thing with modular building someone said it best, I do not want to spend hours on a single building however modification options or atleast additional modication options like Evolution 2 but more, and maybe more with hotels and such. Plus I would like customization that can be amenity specific so lets say park sponsorships, you will have employees standing outside offering them.
I would be happy to see more variety in buildings like adding modules that are also used by the guests. Like adding a watchtower a hotel or more floors or a seating area for restaurants to add more capacity. Also more connections for path like tunnels and bridges or multiple access for free standing galleries like the Biosync towers
I would like modular building not for structures, but to make my own dino hybirds; Imagine being able to stick a galimimus head on a t-rex torso, or making a 3-headed barionix with therezinosaurus claws, or make a quadruped ceratosaurus with an ankylosaurus tail... The possibilities would be endless
I’ve always loved modular building. I’m a sandbox building type of gamer and with JWE 1 & 2 not having MB, I still love them and find creative ways to build parks but it’s missing that down to earth creativity Frontiers other games had. It would make sense to have the 3rd installment to have it. Better since Frontier has experience with this thing in the past. Ps you excited for Planet Coaster 2! 😁
Tbh what I want is being able to recreate accurate buildings from the films, games, and shows. So in the event that someone else created it I’ll use it, otherwise I’ll do it myself. Modular building is fine but I’m not crazy about it, I just really enjoy recreating scenes from the films and the ability to customize the buildings makes that easier and more pleasing
I think your ideas are very good buy in my opinion I think we need to have better terrain tools, dinosaurs not breaking the laws of physics, sauropods and hadrosaurs being able to fight back, customization for prefabs like you said, small fences,petting zoo like in planet zoo and accurate dinosaur skins.
Personally if that poll was made before Planet Zoo Console Edition I would’ve said no but Planet Zoo Console Edition was my changing factor. I love the building system if it takes an hour to make it then I’ll take the hour I like making my own stuff, Planet Zoo is the first game where I genuinely know I can get as good as the youtubers, it just takes time where as the JWE series yeahhh. I just get bored and get a lack of motivation for it. Edit: Even though I’m gonna lose the heart from editing my comment. If I wanted modular building I have Planzo and when I can get them Planco 2 and PreKin. I can have all four.
you are so well spoken; i was pretty on the fence even as a non-architect because i was unsure of how i felt, but this really put it into perspective for me. agreed on everything
They could easily combine the two, like they can give us all the preset items AND the more detailed modular building assets, and besides, I'm sure someone will mod in the presets, planet zoo dropped in as is with its building, but we have two whole games worth of preset assets for some to implement if the studio doesn't do it themselves
Ok, before watching the video, I absolutely think it should have. I will come back later and analyse the points made, to see if they change my opinion. Update: You´re kinda right, more decorations and no hitboxes would work just fine. Maybe at least an elevate feature.
I don't really understand the argument against having both modular building and prefabs. Doesn't every single game that currently has modular building also have prefabs too? I played Planet Zoo a lot, and have messed around with Prehistoric Kingdom just a little bit, but rarely used the modular building and still greatly enjoyed both games. I don't think it's common for people to feel dissatisfied with using the prefabs, since the alternative is that there's just "more prefabs and only prefabs". I think having modular building + prefabs would be ideal for everyone. I don't really understand the argument against it, it seems to be arguing for fewer and more limited options for people.
I don't understand why people are against it because its something they won't use. Cool, stick to prefabs then. Tbh its the main reason I haven't played JWE2 seeing as Frontier proved they can do it already when they released Planet Zoo, I was bummed to see the same level of customization wasn't available in JWE2 which came out 2 years after PZ.
I think you are misunderstanding parts of the video, because I'm not making an argument against modular and prefabs. Nor am I denying the obvious truth that modular buildings have prefabs - I use a PK prefab in this video as an example. (interesting to note PK doesn't have as many prefab fountains and planters as JWE2, and it doesn't have any skeletal prefabs, but that's beside the point). The part "why not both?" specifies "both" as modular building *and* "non-modular expansion of the creative tools" (like the alternative I just talked about). All I'm saying is: if the game has modular building, I will personally always feel like I'm failing at it. I don't get any pride/joy out of it, because I'm using the game at 10% capacity and it's constantly reminding me of a skill I don't have.
I disagree with that. I think most people would rely on the prefabs. Because the prefabs probably look better than what most people have the skill/time/patience/creativity to build
@@EvolutionSquare I agree most people would be fine with using the prefabs but I’d say probably 10-20% of the community would consider it lazy and hold themselves to the standard of using the game to its fullest which could create a community divide in play styles and make people who use prefabs feel like they aren’t any good at building when they really just prefer a different play style. It’s shoving 2 games in 1.
I completely agree with you. I don't have the patience, attention soan, or creative skill for modular building. I play PZ and PK and have never finished a park because i lose steam or just get overwhelmed. I would love JWE3 to just expand on the flexibility of the types of decorations and more of them without going into modular. I would like the options like you used as an example to customize all buildings and major decorations with changes available on a menu. I would love more individual rocks and plants or maybe tje paint brushes updated as well.
Ifeel itd be cool to have a custom decoration creator with parts of modular building. Like a section in the menu where its just a large room, a group of props and pre existing decorations to make preset decor, like maybe a dining area that you can place benches garbage cans and umbrellas all at once without placing them seperately, or even make your own unique decoration, like maybe a car decoration. I like this way so you can just use the basic decorations or use the feature to place mamy decorstions at once
I feel like modular building would be cool as long as it's completely optional. For instance, you place down an item and click on it, a menu would pop up allowing you to place parts on it where ever you want. You can still play the game like the old game, but the people that want modular building can go crazy with it.
I'd personally like minimal modular building, like a separate menu where you can add sections onto a building rather than wall-by-wall. Think Spore's building editor just Jurassic themed.
the only modular building I would want is the ability to customize the park buildings like food shops, gift shops, drink shops, and the other quest facilities a little more, like giving us the ability to add more outdoor seating for the food and drink shops, and outdoor displays for the gift shops, where you can change the type of seats, what item is on display or even the locations of the seats and displays would be nice, modular skeletons would be nice, but not give us full customization to it would be preferable, like you can change if the skeleton is standing/flying or laying down, if it's in a scare pose or eating, and only some skeletons are customizable like that is good way to do that, giving us the ability to make completely custom hybrid skeletons will lead to some very weird displays. Just my thoughts on complete modular building. Edit: You said exactly what I would want, and how it's not exactly modular building and just a more in-depth customization menu for decoration items.
Just give me dynamic water so i can make waterfalls and flowing rock pools, and we'll be fine! Adding your idea makes so much sense that it NEEDS to be included
You made a lot of good points in this video. I doubt JWE3 will be anything like Prehistoric Kingdom in regards of gameplay, I think it'll be like what has come before- but better, things we wanted in the previous games but were perhaps too big to implement into it. Some of my builds on JWE2 have taken me days to complete/perfect, I can't imagine trying to do that with a mind-boggling number of choices that modular building would bring. Like you said, what we need is variety and customization. I just want to make nice parks that don't take months to get one area complete. One thing I hope the sequel has is the ability for other players to visit your builds (you could choose to have builds private or open to guests sort of) and other players perhaps seeking inspiration could walk around your parks in the first person mode and be a guest, they could even rate your park with a star rating, and the highest rated parks will be at the top of a list when you browse parks to visit, or you could search directly a park if you know the person's gamertag.
I think it should have some option of modular building, like some category of modular building aside from buildings already pre-made (?) because it's really complicated in jwe2 to make parks oriented to a concept, like you said in other videos, like chinese themed or in a swampy area with wood floor going above the water and so
I think JWE3 would benefit from an in between what JWE2 does and Prehistoric Kingdom with having modular rooms that can be combined to create different structures for example, to build the visitor center you would use a circular room and add a restaurant, gift shop, theater tour, and research lab, this would add more variety and management to the game! We could also expand on guests and employees with them being able to walk around inside structures and interact with them, with decor furniture and etc. This could be inspired by games like project hospital, Rim World, The Sims, or Two Point Hospital. Rooms can be assigned types (theater room, lobby, laboratory etc.) that have requirements of objects to be that type. Instead of the static repetitive buildings we have in JWE2 this gives more individuality and uniqueness that people seek with modularity in prehistoric kingdom and planet zoo without the overwhelming dread of building.
I think part of it is that people don't really have much faith that decorations will be super customizable without modular building. Having some customization options for a fountain would be great, but if its just three species and four trees, it would feel a little lame. What if I wanted a Nasutoceratops statue, but the closest thing available on the remade fountain is a Triceratops statue? (I don't think I'd be able to do anything good with full modular building, but I understand why some people would be completely fine with just downloading a workshop fountain and switching out the statue)
I want like a mix of the two. Lots of customization for a single building sounds awesome to keep things from feeling the same. Having hundreds of options to choose from and colors to pick would be cool. But I also am not skilled or creative enough to use modular building. Though it would be cool to be able to use stuff people have made using it in my own parks.
I think there should be a personalisation feature for the player to select mainly for sandbox modular building for one type of player and what we have now for another type
This is the exact building style I'm hoping for in the next game. Modular building as you described is overwhelming and time consuming. And does not make it overly accessible to get into for the average player. But given the ability to decorate/customize specific aspects of building and decor sets would solve this I believe, and satisfy the majority of players. So given preset buildings and decor items so that players that don want or care to customize have those prebuilt items ready to drop down and move on. But give the customization and variety other players are seeking to design and customize their parks. Like you mentioned doing this with all aspects of the build catalog will give players seemingly infinite possibilities. I think combine this with having more flexibility or control over being able to intersect items its going to make a lot of players happy. Perhaps a modular building aspect similar to how we build aviaries and lagoons would be interesting so we can expand upon buildings to an extent. Or give us some opportunity to make indoor enclosures and alternatively indoor visitor areas, with modular building in that sense. I think there's lots of cool things the developers could do to make JWE3 worth while and unique.
totally agreed, modular building requires the energy and inspiration plus so much time to build those things, whereas jwe2 is so chill to play and just do casually. Plop down some buildings and decorations in a nice formation and im happy, then i can spend two hours looking at my dinosaur children doing cute things!
Honestly that is why Modular Building has such a huge learning curve. I love Planet Zoo for that, but I'm still learning how to build something nice with it if I want something easier to make nice and fast I go for JWE2.
I agree! Lots of great points. I think more options and a better UI would be the right direction. We definitely need more customization, but we don’t need the entire toolbox. Just a little extra could go a long way.
It couldn't really like it, i play on console, specifically Ps5, and it's very wonky to move around the pieces and get the hang of it, it just feels to clunky
I want a modular system like we see with housing in Manorlords. much less tedious as full modularity like you are opposed to but still able to mix things up with new and custom buildings.
For building I think it would be cool just to be able to like not have items have like a hit box it so would be cool to be able to like clip items together like rocks and also stack them on top of each other so we can make caves without any mods
I love how modular building works. I love going into PK and decorating and making small gazebos or look out points. But when it comes to making full buildings, i fail every time. For jwe3, a hybrid model would work for me.
For me, I don't want modular building like other games have (I'm mostly console, it would be a nightmare for us I think!) I'd like something similar to Cities Skylines 2 with buildings like the cemetery where you can upgrade the building to add more modules to it, and make them customisable. That way you can upgrade the building how you want, and customise them to make them all unique. Like a restaurant where you can add additional segments to the main building to make it longer (and thereby able to fit more customers), and those segments could be a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces, play areas for kids (or JWE 3 adds kids to the game) People like to make the hotels in the game look custom made by placing a big hotel next to a small hotel, etc. They could give a main building, then you can add extensions to it, like a swimming pool or 10, a restaurant section, etc (which could also make buildings multi-use instead of a restaurant being just a restaurant and a drinks place being just drinks, etc) So a prefab/modular mix sort of thing
@@EvolutionSquare Yes I am, forgot to mention that but they have slow development wich is understandable for a small company, however maybe a mix for jwe could be good you have a prefabs and then have tons of options for customization and better path I want bridges in jwe game its not soo hard :D
I only play Jwe2 and I still play the first because they’re based on my favourite franchise and don’t require to much effort to have fun. And for those who do want modular building, theres always Prehistoric Kingdom. Sadly Prehistoric Kingdom can’t make a Jurassic Franchise add-on, so, we’ll just hope that in the future a Jurassic game will have modular building whilst the Evolution games keep it simple. That’s my personal opinion.
I personally don’t want only modular building because if we get an exhibit speedbuild in jwe 3 half of the time i think it would be just you trying to get a statue to pose correctly.
Tbh I don’t really mind but wat could be cool is add both moduler and non-moduler for sertan buildings/decorations I think would be smart and wouldn’t rush them to much 😅
i think what they could do is that they can make so that players can switch between modular building and the current building system,no need to add more blocks,just the ones from the already made buildings(such as the stores and bathrooms) should be enough,along with some new animal enrichment itens of course,just my opnion tho
I think variability and more options with things like fountains, as your platform with the Edmontosaurus/Mammoth statue being swappable example really shows the potential of a game, even without modular building. Dashing most of the building constraints and clipping would benefit a lot. Between that and more adjustment/modification options would be great. Perhaps they release essentially modular building tools to build things that can be ported to the game through an in-game workshop, kinda like what's been available in farming simulator. So no modular building within the game, just modular building tools to create some custom stuff that you can add to your game. Time flies in JWE, definitely don't have time for modular building within the game. I feel that crunch in Planet Zoo. I feel this essentially modding/creator tools as a free downloadable program, would allow those modular buildiers to do extra creative stuff, because as a creative person, I occasionally like spending ungodly time just designing/building stuff, then just making it available in the game via in game marketplace to download and add to your park so you don't wait time in game while actively building could combine the best of both worlds. As a very different example, Star Wars Empire at War isnone of my most favorite games. The developers released mod tools for the game. It's allowed the game to live and thrive over 20 years and is still one of the best strategy games ever. Everything from adding new buildings and units, resources, the easiest changing stats of some units that feel unbalanced or inaccurate to in-universe lore. They also had a map maker as part of the tools, which could be added into the game, via coding. This would just streamline the availability in game vs knowing how to modify the coding to make whatever new units, buildings, etc available (which would restrict it to PC). You could do the modular building designs on a PC, add it to your own personal "market" ( where it could be accessed if you have the game on other platforms other than your PC) or have it available for others on an open market that would be available to all players on all platforms the game is released on. I feel that suffice both sides of the coin. Also could potentially open up custom maps/islands/locations, not just building/decoration designs.
The modular building system is present in Planet Zoo, but I could not build a zoo that would fill the entire map. Because the game slows down as the number of pieces used increases. If the maps are going to be larger in the third game, I think there should be no modular construction because it can cause optimization problems. The lack of modular building in the game can be compensated for with advanced terraforming and more advanced building customizations compared to the second game. They should also be more generous with decorations.
frontier should take lessons from zoo tycoon 2 because it's approach to decorations and customisation is the best out there because they're simple and easy to use, and most importantly fun to use.
I'd love there to be a happy medium, where buildings are built as they were in JWE2 by default, but there's the option to go into "advanced mode" to move about certain modular elements. That way you could just slap a building down & never have to deal with the modular elements if you wanted, or you could fiddle about with the bits & pieces. The key is you would be starting backwards from Planet Zoo, with a fully decked-out building that you could add or delete elements from, rather than start with a frame & add to it.
i think that the people that want a modular dinosaur game (which i do not) want a jurassic modular building game with the designs from the jurassic films, because of how iconic they are, and because they grew up with those designs.
I think that the functional buildings should remain as customizable prefabs like the amenities in JWE2, but I really want to have the ability to create cosmetic structures like the ones you build in this video using modular pieces. This way the modular tools would be more optional and the gameplay would retain its simplicity while also allowing for limitless creativity
There was no 3rd option, so I went with no to modular, but the lack of hitbox and maybe the ability to change or swap decors appeal to me. I really don't wanna spend hours on one thing, when those hours could be spent placing planters,rocks, trees and bushes around my park to make it beautiful
As someone who plays both Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, and at least in my opinion, am pretty good at building on there, I really wouldn't want the modular building system on JWE3. I'd love a nice compromise where decorations can be put anywhere and everything would have a ton of options to edit said building from a menu like the amenities (just dial it up to 100), but I don't know if I'm willing to spend the hundred or so hours I have in both Planet games just to build a park with the modular building system that I'm content with. With the JWE games the stakes feel so much lower. I just sometimes want to scratch the building itch on that game with more decorations and options for walls and buildings. Love all three of those games though.
Modular building would add a lot of flexibility and creativity to the game, allowing players to design their parks in unique and personalized ways. It could also enhance the strategic aspect, as players could optimize their layouts for efficiency and aesthetics so yes i think it should
I think modular building would be a nice option if it was approached like Kai's Wee Toolbox. Where they still have tons of regular building decor, but have a tool to toggle on to then make it a modular building piece.
I couldn't agree more. I loved Evolution and still love Evolution 2, but I've tried getting into Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and Prehistoric Kingdom, and I just can't. I'm not creative enough to come up with my own designs for every single thing, and just using stuff others built on the workshop feels like I'm missing out on the most important element of those games, and makes everything I do make feel awful in comparison, and I'm left more with a feeling of why did I waste my time, rather than one of satisfaction or accomplishment and ultimately I feel like buying those 3 games was a waste of my money. I'd love for Evolution 3 to have more options in the ways you suggested, let me customise fountains with different plants and statues, let me choose a theme for my shops, and give me tons of prebuilt decorations, but don't just give me a ton of stuff and tell me to build it myself. Evolution, IMO, especially with it been a part of the Jurassic Franshise, needs to keep a lower barrier of entry, be the "babies first park builder" of the genre, as it allow casual players like myself to continue to have fun building parks without the elements we don't enjoy, and is easier for newcomers to start with and if they enjoy it and want something with more freedom, the other games exist to fill that need.
I dont want module building, but more customisation in buildings, decorations and animal design and skins, i would be so happy. Along with ramps for lagoons, semiaquatics and paleo accurate models of animals. I agree with all your points, i definitely don't want to spend hours on a small build.
I would tend to agree with your customization of superficial aspects. A somewhat more advanced option that wouldn't necessarily alter the game itself would be an external editor. Other games have given access to a design tool (at least on the PC) that can then allow the creations to be shared around. The big downside to this, of course, is moderation of these things if sharable.
In my opinion id like both, we already have the normal building system in 1 and 2 so I dont see much need for it to improve or change to much, but adding a simple (Not comlicated) modular building system alongside the static props I think would benefit everyone. So for example lets use the skeleton building system from PH, instead of having every single bone, instead we could get lets say a Trex ribcage, the top of the skull, bottom jaw, both entire legs, tail and then the arms, and these are already pre built but configurable such as every joint being editable. Just a crude example but thats my idea that id love to see in JWE 3
I want modular building because we won’t have prehistoric kingdom. Edit: I meant that in console i think that prehistoric kingdom isn’t going to be available, so if JWE3 has modular building it would be better
@@EvolutionSquareWhat I mean is that if I were on PC, I wouldn’t care, and I didn't care until Planet Zoo came out on consoles and I realized what could be done, it must also be said that modular building can be done not as deep, for example in Spore it’s pretty simple, now that I see that it can be a problem, although if it is like Planet Zoo it would seem fine to me. I understand that it is not Frontier's fault that Prehistoric Planet is not on consoles but a modular building would still be cool. For example, a park with optimus prime in the center.
I changed teams between the release of JWE2 and now cuz planet zoo taught me the same lesson u learned with PK. I can’t do the prefabs without hearing the echos of “but you didn’t earn it” lol. I have made some absolutely sick exhibits on planet zoo, slick and luxurious for the animals and guests, but I have never once finished a full zoo cuz I’m spending a full day on 1 habitat
Hey evo great video! My thoughts are that I don't want it, because for one I'm on console and that would be a nightmare, and 2, I wont have the time and would much rather have more options, like a fountain with a pose for the dinosaurs, so on- tho of course it's all up to personal experience and likes
People seem to forget this game will also be on console. As great as modular building is it can be a pain in the butt to make work well with a controller with only 8 buttons and 2 sticks vs keyboard and mouse, and console wouldn't have the Steam Workshop to fall back on either.
Do you think JWE3 WILL have modular building and do you WANT it to?
I don't want it as personally I feel like it would make making parks more stressful and would overall decrease my enjoyment of the game.
If they rebrand it to something other than Jurassic world evolution 3 then I think it should have modular building. If it is just called JWE3 then it shouldn’t because it needs to be consistent
I believe JWE3 will have modular building, which I would be very happy about, I love games that provide you with modular building, they really spark some creativity for me!
@@GastroClock same
Its cool, but only if toggable
I don't personally want modular building, mostly because I don't want to have to spend hours on just the amenities alone. I think the best thing would be large scale customisation, like a second story to a hotel or restaurant, rather than just changing the roof from planters to seating
You’ll get prebuilds too
I agree. At that point it’s just a different game. That said I do want lots of new customization options. All buildings should be customizable with a system like the amenities but reworked so more people will enjoy it. I don’t think it will have modular building.
bro, i just want to stick things together. im a bad modular builder, but simple decorations aint enough. i want to make a custom brige, or a cool viewing gallery, the game dosent let you. practically no one likes building everything on their own, because thats a big waste of time. if you want modular building, that dosent mean you want to build everything by yourself, but have more freedom to do it
“This will not influence JWE3.”
Evo let’s be honest with ourselves frontier listens to you probably more than anyone.
Edit: yall it’s a joke I know how developing and fan suggestions work
Frontier listens to the entire community. But no, this video will not influence whether JWE3 will have modular building or not, because that decision will have been made looooong before this video and that's not something that can be changed.
@@Finn_reif Yes they listen to her but there is nothing she can do at this point to influence something that huge in the game. And it’s not her opinions they listen to. It’s the communities. If Frontier used this channel as a guide for how to do everything we would be getting modular building because it won the poll.
Happy compromise would be remove the building restrictions for decorations and place buildings on paths like PC2, and then give us more variety of decorations.
removing the hitbox is one of the alternatives suggested in the video yes
I think Jurassic world evolution 3 and prehistoric kingdom are completely different games, apart from the dinosaurs. Jurassic world evolution 2 is for a quick, fun, and easy park building game. Prehistoric kingdom is for very creative, you can make anything in that game. It just depends on how you are feeling when you start up your pc.
@@EvolutionSquare I want all buildings to have fully detailed interior like Planet Zoo! Frontiers needs to stop being lazy with their JP license!
I think one thing worth note about the idea of modular building is that it would be a very time consuming process to build anything on controller
But if it did have modular building you could give the Dino skeletons hats
I don’t want it to have modular building like planet zoo does. But I *DO* absolutely love the way Lagoons and Aviaries are built in JWE 2. I don’t want modular building overall, but I do want *that* feature to come back.
I wouldn't consider the way we build lagoons and aviaries in JWE2 as "modular building" the way this term is defined in the niche
@@EvolutionSquare indeed. I swear that the promotional material leading up to JWE2 called it “modular” though so I just kinda adopted the term.
Hope they add more optians for building like. 3 styles of monorail stations. 1 at the ground maybe 2 raised. Same with hotels and whatever else they go for
I totally agree. Once you reach that stage, it feels like a whole new game. That being said, I’m really hoping for a ton of new customization features. It would be similar to Planet Zoo, which is enjoyable but definitely takes way longer to create a solid zoo compared to building a park in JWE2. So, I doubt we’ll see modular building in this one.
Personally, I think they should have a toggle where you can turn modular building off and on. So that way everyone’s happy. It’s be nice to have modular building in a game with Jurassic style dinosaurs instead of only having it with accurate dinosaurs.
Modular building makes things to complicated for me instead of having modular building we should have tons of decorations and different styles for each decoration
The only real reason I want modular building is because of habitats, like if they have small animals like micro-raptors (Or any small animal) Then I Can Just Make Little Climbing Areas, Or Maybe Caves For Animals, Or Pretty Much Anything I Make In Planet Zoo
Thanks! Evo all the hard work you put in your Videos. have a great day too.
Thank you
@@EvolutionSquare Your Welcome Evo no problem anytime.
I agree with you, i hope jwe3 doesnt have modular building. i LOVE the potential inside of prehistoric kingdom, but it simply isnt for me! i dont have enough patience nor the time to make an amazing park like i want to in that game. JWE2 is much more my speed. Plus with more dinosaur animations and such, building aside i find jwe2 more FUN
I think when people ask for modular building want more options. I do love the modular building system and I prefer it to a JWE2 esc system. For modular building I have PK. I want JWE3 also. I don’t want it in This Game.
yes I get that same impression. Most people want modular building *and the workshop* so they can download the many decorations/buildings built by others. Which means they really just want more things to choose from, not an entire system that gives them the ability to build things themselves.
Ok, here's my point: I think we shouldn't have Modular building OR prefabs, but a MIX of the two.
Here's why. In the current state of the game, creativity is always attainable, but you can only select prefabs and your park can only go as far as you imagine it, with having to take several "let's pretend"s along the way. Modular building can be great for if you want to do something different for your Sandbox builds. Want a concrete cliff that oversees youd dinosaur habitat, go for it! It also can let us finally *DISABLE BARRIERS*, giving new life to an already based game. It can enable more creativity into your sandbox parks and will ensure no park will be the same.
Now, what are the downsides? Modular building, as you guessed, is a *LOT* of work. Park's wouldn't be just click and paste anymore, but would go from taking a few days to a few months. It's daunting! And let's touch on not just the harsh work to make something so simple, but also Challenge mode and Campaign. Trust me, if your guests are wanting a single building like a potted plant all over your park, it's gonna get annoying quick.
Solution: Build and Place mode. Go between the two. Let's say you want a simple plaza with a rock wall, but the angle of the terrain isn't steep enough, switch to a modular path, place it around where you want your guests to see from, then build your curved wall! Then, once the foundation is done, click and place rocks all over the wall surface and your done! Now your guests can enjoy a few snacks as they watch some dinosaurs from the top of a cliff.
Also, this can work wonders for not just guests, but dinosaurs too! Make a option for dinosaurs to climb pieces so your spinosaurus can walk off a ramp into a lagoon or have a tree with a wooden floor so your Scorpios Rex can do what it did in the show: climb trees. But, let's say you built a wall, took a long time to do it and then realized "OH NO I LEFT THE SETTING ON!" No need to worry! Dinosaurs can't climb something to steep, so if your dinosaur tries it, it can't make it to the top. Unless, of course, you have a species like Scorpios Rex, which can climb things angles at 90*, then you better act fast!
In games that have modular building, I mostly don't use it. However, there are occasions where I want to make something special that requires modular building in order to do, which is why I want it in Jurassic world evolution 3. There were several instances where I wanted to put a skeleton inside of my Indominus rex enclosure, which I couldn't do without modular building.
Aside from it being a dinosaur game and not an animal game,jurassic World Evolution 1 & 2 were better for me because they weren't overwhelming like planet zoo. You had to put tens or if not hundreds of hours into that game just to complete one zoo/park of your liking. It was extremely time-consuming, too. The only thing that stopped casual players from playing it was their own imagination as it would overhwhelm and take a lot of their time
On the topic of modular building, i would use both, i love being able to build whatever, while also being able to be lazy whenever i feel like it
Also, hewlo evo, i havent watched your content in a long while due to being busy after getting married
If I want modular building I'd just play Prehistoric Kingdom, I love the JWE for the fact I can just build a park without spending hours and hours just to get a building done, I love modular building a lot but sometimes I just wanna play some good ol' plop stuff down and build a park kind of games y'know. What JWE3 needs is a wide variety of pre made decorations and various buildings, JWE2 was a step up but it still felt very lacking on the guest attractions aspect.
just about to take a gander at the video but i dont have headphones so ill give my opinion now on why we shouldnt;
If you want that you have PK
JWE prides itself on being an easy to learn / understand game
you dont need to have modular building to make a killer park
some Jp fans aren’t neurodivergent (i am but shush), so few of us have the patience to spend 100 hours on one park (i understand some of y’all are like that and i am too but not many people are like that) (also this is a half joke point)
that's pretty much the gist of the video haha
I don’t think it will but I hope it does have modular building
I personally really want modular building, it's one of the things I could spend days on, but I don't want people to not play because of it. As long as it gets the PC2 path tools I think I'd be fine
I hope it doesn’t. Not because I don’t want more options or to make people upset, it’s just because every time I log into Planet Zoo I feel like I’m gonna have an anxiety attack from the menu and options overwhelming me.
I think they should just add more decoration options like for the rex skeleton for example. You could have an options menu that allows you to place it in different poses
I think you’re bang on with this Evo tbh and pretty much nailed the representation and explanation of what the community generally wants and would be very satisfied with.
I definitely want lots more customisation and perhaps a few prefabs or very useful building pieces but not particularly full modular building.
I do think the more casual but still creative style is the theme for JWE games too, which I can’t see Frontier changing too drastically.
But I would however, love things like:
Individually placeable letters to make signage
Different styles of text
Customisable planters, fountains, buildings
Fully height adjustable, rotatable, tillable foliage and decorations
Vast decorations
Vast foliage options
Vast food/drink/shopping/attraction signage options
Vending machines, small food stalls, ATMS
Customisable bridges and footpaths
Those music speakers from Planet Zoo!
Imagine different themes of music to match the biomes and also the option for Jurassic Park / World theme playing right near your park’s entrance!!! 😍
A thing with modular building someone said it best, I do not want to spend hours on a single building however modification options or atleast additional modication options like Evolution 2 but more, and maybe more with hotels and such.
Plus I would like customization that can be amenity specific so lets say park sponsorships, you will have employees standing outside offering them.
I absolutely need more decorations in JWE3! GIVE ME MY DECO! Also, yes, superficial changes to fountains and statures
I would like a bit of a mix of the 2, having the ability to create whatever you want will be a nice thing to have.
I would be happy to see more variety in buildings like adding modules that are also used by the guests. Like adding a watchtower a hotel or more floors or a seating area for restaurants to add more capacity. Also more connections for path like tunnels and bridges or multiple access for free standing galleries like the Biosync towers
I would like modular building not for structures, but to make my own dino hybirds; Imagine being able to stick a galimimus head on a t-rex torso, or making a 3-headed barionix with therezinosaurus claws, or make a quadruped ceratosaurus with an ankylosaurus tail... The possibilities would be endless
Couldnt agree more ^^
(also thank you for the shout out hehe wasnt expecting that)
I’ve always loved modular building. I’m a sandbox building type of gamer and with JWE 1 & 2 not having MB, I still love them and find creative ways to build parks but it’s missing that down to earth creativity Frontiers other games had. It would make sense to have the 3rd installment to have it. Better since Frontier has experience with this thing in the past. Ps you excited for Planet Coaster 2! 😁
Planet Coaster type of games are boring. Zoo games are fun, planet coaster games are a waste of development time from Jurassic World Evolution 2.
Tbh what I want is being able to recreate accurate buildings from the films, games, and shows. So in the event that someone else created it I’ll use it, otherwise I’ll do it myself. Modular building is fine but I’m not crazy about it, I just really enjoy recreating scenes from the films and the ability to customize the buildings makes that easier and more pleasing
I think your ideas are very good buy in my opinion I think we need to have better terrain tools, dinosaurs not breaking the laws of physics, sauropods and hadrosaurs being able to fight back, customization for prefabs like you said, small fences,petting zoo like in planet zoo and accurate dinosaur skins.
that's a whoooole different video lol literally last week's video. This one is just about modular building yes/no
@@EvolutionSquare is there I got to watch it now!
Personally if that poll was made before Planet Zoo Console Edition I would’ve said no but Planet Zoo Console Edition was my changing factor. I love the building system if it takes an hour to make it then I’ll take the hour I like making my own stuff, Planet Zoo is the first game where I genuinely know I can get as good as the youtubers, it just takes time where as the JWE series yeahhh. I just get bored and get a lack of motivation for it. Edit: Even though I’m gonna lose the heart from editing my comment. If I wanted modular building I have Planzo and when I can get them Planco 2 and PreKin. I can have all four.
you are so well spoken; i was pretty on the fence even as a non-architect because i was unsure of how i felt, but this really put it into perspective for me. agreed on everything
Your prehistoric kingdom parks look way better than anything I could think of
I agree
that's very kind!
Awesome video!!! Also I have a question, what Species would you like at the start of the game if we don't get all of them in 3 straight away? I got my list :)
- Microceratus
- Compsognathus
- Moros Intrepidus
- Segisaurus
- Homalocephale
- Leaellynasaura
- Protoceratops
- Lystrosaurus
- Oviraptor
- Coelophysis
- Dryosaurus
- Struthiomimus
- Gallimimus
- Archaeornithomimus
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Stygimoloch
- Dracorex
- Nodosaurus
- Polacanthus
- Sauropelta
- Northern Troodon
- Pyroraptor
- Atrociraptor
- Dilophosaurus
- Velociraptor
- Proceratosaurus
- Monolophosaurus
- Concavenator
- Utahraptor
- Corythosaurus
- Lambeosaurus
- Parasaurolophus
- Edmontosaurus
- Tsintaosaurus
- Maiasaura
- Muttaburrasaurus
- Camptosaurus
- Ouranosaurus
- Iguanodon
- Euoplocephalus
- Ankylosaurus
- Triceratops
- Torosaurus
- Styracosaurus
- Pachyrhinosaurus
- Sinoceratops
- Nasutoceratops
- Gigantoraptor
- Deinocheirus
- Therizinosaurus
- Baryonyx
- Crylophosaurus
- Majungasaurus
- Metriacanthosaurus
- Megalosaurus
- Kentrosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Brachiosaurus
- Camarasaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Diplodocus
- Mamenchisaurus
- Qianzhousaurus
- Suchomimus
- Ceratosaurus
- Carnotaurus
- Gorgosaurus
- Albertosaurus
- Allosaurus
- Tarbosaurus
- Tyrannosaurus
- Spinosaurus
- Giganotosaurus
- Indominus Rex
- Indoraptor
- Scorpious Rex
- Ankylodocus
- Stegoceratops
- Spinoraptor
- Spinoceratops
- Bragosaurus
- Ankyloceratops
- Spinotaurus
- Ultimasaurus
- Pteranodon
- Geosternbergia
- Cearadactylus
- Maaradactylus
- Tropeognathus
- Dimorphodon
- Jeholopterus
- Quetzalcoatlus
- Ichthyosaurus
- Plesiosaurus
- Archelon
- Xiphactinus
- Dunkleosteus
- Halisaurus
- Elasmosaurus
- Liopleurodon
- Tylosaurus
- Mosasaurus
- Megalodon
- Dimetrodon
- Dodo
- Kelenken
- Daeodon
- Saber-Tooth Tiger AKA Smilodon Fatalis
- Elasmotherium
- Woolly Mammoth
- Paraceratherium
They could easily combine the two, like they can give us all the preset items AND the more detailed modular building assets, and besides, I'm sure someone will mod in the presets, planet zoo dropped in as is with its building, but we have two whole games worth of preset assets for some to implement if the studio doesn't do it themselves
Ok, before watching the video, I absolutely think it should have. I will come back later and analyse the points made, to see if they change my opinion.
Update: You´re kinda right, more decorations and no hitboxes would work just fine. Maybe at least an elevate feature.
I don't really understand the argument against having both modular building and prefabs. Doesn't every single game that currently has modular building also have prefabs too?
I played Planet Zoo a lot, and have messed around with Prehistoric Kingdom just a little bit, but rarely used the modular building and still greatly enjoyed both games. I don't think it's common for people to feel dissatisfied with using the prefabs, since the alternative is that there's just "more prefabs and only prefabs".
I think having modular building + prefabs would be ideal for everyone. I don't really understand the argument against it, it seems to be arguing for fewer and more limited options for people.
I don't understand why people are against it because its something they won't use. Cool, stick to prefabs then. Tbh its the main reason I haven't played JWE2 seeing as Frontier proved they can do it already when they released Planet Zoo, I was bummed to see the same level of customization wasn't available in JWE2 which came out 2 years after PZ.
I think you are misunderstanding parts of the video, because I'm not making an argument against modular and prefabs. Nor am I denying the obvious truth that modular buildings have prefabs - I use a PK prefab in this video as an example. (interesting to note PK doesn't have as many prefab fountains and planters as JWE2, and it doesn't have any skeletal prefabs, but that's beside the point).
The part "why not both?" specifies "both" as modular building *and* "non-modular expansion of the creative tools" (like the alternative I just talked about).
All I'm saying is: if the game has modular building, I will personally always feel like I'm failing at it. I don't get any pride/joy out of it, because I'm using the game at 10% capacity and it's constantly reminding me of a skill I don't have.
If they added in modular building with the option of prefabs, I would never ever use a prefab and I think that would be the same for a lot of people.
I disagree with that. I think most people would rely on the prefabs. Because the prefabs probably look better than what most people have the skill/time/patience/creativity to build
@@EvolutionSquare I agree most people would be fine with using the prefabs but I’d say probably 10-20% of the community would consider it lazy and hold themselves to the standard of using the game to its fullest which could create a community divide in play styles and make people who use prefabs feel like they aren’t any good at building when they really just prefer a different play style. It’s shoving 2 games in 1.
I completely agree with you. I don't have the patience, attention soan, or creative skill for modular building. I play PZ and PK and have never finished a park because i lose steam or just get overwhelmed. I would love JWE3 to just expand on the flexibility of the types of decorations and more of them without going into modular. I would like the options like you used as an example to customize all buildings and major decorations with changes available on a menu. I would love more individual rocks and plants or maybe tje paint brushes updated as well.
I'd mostly download prefabs from the workshop, but I would occasionally use it to put plants around the park to give it a sort of abandoned feel.
Ifeel itd be cool to have a custom decoration creator with parts of modular building. Like a section in the menu where its just a large room, a group of props and pre existing decorations to make preset decor, like maybe a dining area that you can place benches garbage cans and umbrellas all at once without placing them seperately, or even make your own unique decoration, like maybe a car decoration. I like this way so you can just use the basic decorations or use the feature to place mamy decorstions at once
I feel like modular building would be cool as long as it's completely optional. For instance, you place down an item and click on it, a menu would pop up allowing you to place parts on it where ever you want. You can still play the game like the old game, but the people that want modular building can go crazy with it.
Your example of high customizable prefabs seems perfect.
I'd personally like minimal modular building, like a separate menu where you can add sections onto a building rather than wall-by-wall. Think Spore's building editor just Jurassic themed.
I loved the camp Cretaceous build when you built their tree house
I for once think your first park in prehistoric kingdom was very beautiful, sad to see we probably wont see stuff like that anymore
the only modular building I would want is the ability to customize the park buildings like food shops, gift shops, drink shops, and the other quest facilities a little more, like giving us the ability to add more outdoor seating for the food and drink shops, and outdoor displays for the gift shops, where you can change the type of seats, what item is on display or even the locations of the seats and displays would be nice, modular skeletons would be nice, but not give us full customization to it would be preferable, like you can change if the skeleton is standing/flying or laying down, if it's in a scare pose or eating, and only some skeletons are customizable like that is good way to do that, giving us the ability to make completely custom hybrid skeletons will lead to some very weird displays. Just my thoughts on complete modular building.
Edit: You said exactly what I would want, and how it's not exactly modular building and just a more in-depth customization menu for decoration items.
Just give me dynamic water so i can make waterfalls and flowing rock pools, and we'll be fine! Adding your idea makes so much sense that it NEEDS to be included
You made a lot of good points in this video. I doubt JWE3 will be anything like Prehistoric Kingdom in regards of gameplay, I think it'll be like what has come before- but better, things we wanted in the previous games but were perhaps too big to implement into it. Some of my builds on JWE2 have taken me days to complete/perfect, I can't imagine trying to do that with a mind-boggling number of choices that modular building would bring. Like you said, what we need is variety and customization. I just want to make nice parks that don't take months to get one area complete. One thing I hope the sequel has is the ability for other players to visit your builds (you could choose to have builds private or open to guests sort of) and other players perhaps seeking inspiration could walk around your parks in the first person mode and be a guest, they could even rate your park with a star rating, and the highest rated parks will be at the top of a list when you browse parks to visit, or you could search directly a park if you know the person's gamertag.
I think it should have some option of modular building, like some category of modular building aside from buildings already pre-made (?) because it's really complicated in jwe2 to make parks oriented to a concept, like you said in other videos, like chinese themed or in a swampy area with wood floor going above the water and so
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I think JWE3 would benefit from an in between what JWE2 does and Prehistoric Kingdom with having modular rooms that can be combined to create different structures for example, to build the visitor center you would use a circular room and add a restaurant, gift shop, theater tour, and research lab, this would add more variety and management to the game! We could also expand on guests and employees with them being able to walk around inside structures and interact with them, with decor furniture and etc. This could be inspired by games like project hospital, Rim World, The Sims, or Two Point Hospital. Rooms can be assigned types (theater room, lobby, laboratory etc.) that have requirements of objects to be that type. Instead of the static repetitive buildings we have in JWE2 this gives more individuality and uniqueness that people seek with modularity in prehistoric kingdom and planet zoo without the overwhelming dread of building.
I think part of it is that people don't really have much faith that decorations will be super customizable without modular building. Having some customization options for a fountain would be great, but if its just three species and four trees, it would feel a little lame. What if I wanted a Nasutoceratops statue, but the closest thing available on the remade fountain is a Triceratops statue?
(I don't think I'd be able to do anything good with full modular building, but I understand why some people would be completely fine with just downloading a workshop fountain and switching out the statue)
I want like a mix of the two. Lots of customization for a single building sounds awesome to keep things from feeling the same. Having hundreds of options to choose from and colors to pick would be cool. But I also am not skilled or creative enough to use modular building. Though it would be cool to be able to use stuff people have made using it in my own parks.
I think there should be a personalisation feature for the player to select mainly for sandbox modular building for one type of player and what we have now for another type
I think they should have aspects of modular buildings like making the fountain idea. Have some decorations like that be semi customizable
This is the exact building style I'm hoping for in the next game.
Modular building as you described is overwhelming and time consuming. And does not make it overly accessible to get into for the average player.
But given the ability to decorate/customize specific aspects of building and decor sets would solve this I believe, and satisfy the majority of players. So given preset buildings and decor items so that players that don want or care to customize have those prebuilt items ready to drop down and move on. But give the customization and variety other players are seeking to design and customize their parks. Like you mentioned doing this with all aspects of the build catalog will give players seemingly infinite possibilities. I think combine this with having more flexibility or control over being able to intersect items its going to make a lot of players happy. Perhaps a modular building aspect similar to how we build aviaries and lagoons would be interesting so we can expand upon buildings to an extent. Or give us some opportunity to make indoor enclosures and alternatively indoor visitor areas, with modular building in that sense. I think there's lots of cool things the developers could do to make JWE3 worth while and unique.
totally agreed, modular building requires the energy and inspiration plus so much time to build those things, whereas jwe2 is so chill to play and just do casually. Plop down some buildings and decorations in a nice formation and im happy, then i can spend two hours looking at my dinosaur children doing cute things!
Can we all at least agree that, even if we don't get modular building, we can at LEAST get a good boi tyrannosaurus with a huge underbite? 0:11
Dr. Wu be cooking in the lab as we speak
Honestly that is why Modular Building has such a huge learning curve. I love Planet Zoo for that, but I'm still learning how to build something nice with it if I want something easier to make nice and fast I go for JWE2.
I agree! Lots of great points. I think more options and a better UI would be the right direction. We definitely need more customization, but we don’t need the entire toolbox. Just a little extra could go a long way.
It couldn't really like it, i play on console, specifically Ps5, and it's very wonky to move around the pieces and get the hang of it, it just feels to clunky
I want a modular system like we see with housing in Manorlords. much less tedious as full modularity like you are opposed to but still able to mix things up with new and custom buildings.
So basically: instead of modular building, there should just be modular decoration?
I like that
For building I think it would be cool just to be able to like not have items have like a hit box it so would be cool to be able to like clip items together like rocks and also stack them on top of each other so we can make caves without any mods
I want a little bit in between module, boating and prep building
I love how modular building works. I love going into PK and decorating and making small gazebos or look out points. But when it comes to making full buildings, i fail every time.
For jwe3, a hybrid model would work for me.
For me, I don't want modular building like other games have (I'm mostly console, it would be a nightmare for us I think!)
I'd like something similar to Cities Skylines 2 with buildings like the cemetery where you can upgrade the building to add more modules to it, and make them customisable. That way you can upgrade the building how you want, and customise them to make them all unique.
Like a restaurant where you can add additional segments to the main building to make it longer (and thereby able to fit more customers), and those segments could be a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces, play areas for kids (or JWE 3 adds kids to the game)
People like to make the hotels in the game look custom made by placing a big hotel next to a small hotel, etc. They could give a main building, then you can add extensions to it, like a swimming pool or 10, a restaurant section, etc (which could also make buildings multi-use instead of a restaurant being just a restaurant and a drinks place being just drinks, etc)
So a prefab/modular mix sort of thing
I want Modular building, thats the only reason why i quit playing JWE but still play Planet Zoo
You should check out and support PRehistoric Kingdom too if you don't already
@@EvolutionSquare Yes I am, forgot to mention that but they have slow development wich is understandable for a small company, however maybe a mix for jwe could be good you have a prefabs and then have tons of options for customization and better path I want bridges in jwe game its not soo hard :D
I only play Jwe2 and I still play the first because they’re based on my favourite franchise and don’t require to much effort to have fun. And for those who do want modular building, theres always Prehistoric Kingdom. Sadly Prehistoric Kingdom can’t make a Jurassic Franchise add-on, so, we’ll just hope that in the future a Jurassic game will have modular building whilst the Evolution games keep it simple. That’s my personal opinion.
I personally don’t want only modular building because if we get an exhibit speedbuild in jwe 3 half of the time i think it would be just you trying to get a statue to pose correctly.
Tbh I don’t really mind but wat could be cool is add both moduler and non-moduler for sertan buildings/decorations I think would be smart and wouldn’t rush them to much 😅
i think what they could do is that they can make so that players can switch between modular building and the current building system,no need to add more blocks,just the ones from the already made buildings(such as the stores and bathrooms) should be enough,along with some new animal enrichment itens of course,just my opnion tho
I think variability and more options with things like fountains, as your platform with the Edmontosaurus/Mammoth statue being swappable example really shows the potential of a game, even without modular building. Dashing most of the building constraints and clipping would benefit a lot. Between that and more adjustment/modification options would be great.
Perhaps they release essentially modular building tools to build things that can be ported to the game through an in-game workshop, kinda like what's been available in farming simulator. So no modular building within the game, just modular building tools to create some custom stuff that you can add to your game. Time flies in JWE, definitely don't have time for modular building within the game. I feel that crunch in Planet Zoo. I feel this essentially modding/creator tools as a free downloadable program, would allow those modular buildiers to do extra creative stuff, because as a creative person, I occasionally like spending ungodly time just designing/building stuff, then just making it available in the game via in game marketplace to download and add to your park so you don't wait time in game while actively building could combine the best of both worlds.
As a very different example, Star Wars Empire at War isnone of my most favorite games. The developers released mod tools for the game. It's allowed the game to live and thrive over 20 years and is still one of the best strategy games ever. Everything from adding new buildings and units, resources, the easiest changing stats of some units that feel unbalanced or inaccurate to in-universe lore. They also had a map maker as part of the tools, which could be added into the game, via coding. This would just streamline the availability in game vs knowing how to modify the coding to make whatever new units, buildings, etc available (which would restrict it to PC). You could do the modular building designs on a PC, add it to your own personal "market" ( where it could be accessed if you have the game on other platforms other than your PC) or have it available for others on an open market that would be available to all players on all platforms the game is released on. I feel that suffice both sides of the coin. Also could potentially open up custom maps/islands/locations, not just building/decoration designs.
The modular building system is present in Planet Zoo, but I could not build a zoo that would fill the entire map. Because the game slows down as the number of pieces used increases. If the maps are going to be larger in the third game, I think there should be no modular construction because it can cause optimization problems. The lack of modular building in the game can be compensated for with advanced terraforming and more advanced building customizations compared to the second game. They should also be more generous with decorations.
frontier should take lessons from zoo tycoon 2 because it's approach to decorations and customisation is the best out there because they're simple and easy to use, and most importantly fun to use.
I'd love there to be a happy medium, where buildings are built as they were in JWE2 by default, but there's the option to go into "advanced mode" to move about certain modular elements. That way you could just slap a building down & never have to deal with the modular elements if you wanted, or you could fiddle about with the bits & pieces.
The key is you would be starting backwards from Planet Zoo, with a fully decked-out building that you could add or delete elements from, rather than start with a frame & add to it.
i think that the people that want a modular dinosaur game (which i do not) want a jurassic modular building game with the designs from the jurassic films, because of how iconic they are, and because they grew up with those designs.
that's a good point
I think that the functional buildings should remain as customizable prefabs like the amenities in JWE2, but I really want to have the ability to create cosmetic structures like the ones you build in this video using modular pieces. This way the modular tools would be more optional and the gameplay would retain its simplicity while also allowing for limitless creativity
Some different possess for the statues would be nice. Changing the look of the fountains would also be good.
There was no 3rd option, so I went with no to modular, but the lack of hitbox and maybe the ability to change or swap decors appeal to me. I really don't wanna spend hours on one thing, when those hours could be spent placing planters,rocks, trees and bushes around my park to make it beautiful
As someone who plays both Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, and at least in my opinion, am pretty good at building on there, I really wouldn't want the modular building system on JWE3. I'd love a nice compromise where decorations can be put anywhere and everything would have a ton of options to edit said building from a menu like the amenities (just dial it up to 100), but I don't know if I'm willing to spend the hundred or so hours I have in both Planet games just to build a park with the modular building system that I'm content with. With the JWE games the stakes feel so much lower. I just sometimes want to scratch the building itch on that game with more decorations and options for walls and buildings. Love all three of those games though.
Modular building would add a lot of flexibility and creativity to the game, allowing players to design their parks in unique and personalized ways. It could also enhance the strategic aspect, as players could optimize their layouts for efficiency and aesthetics so yes i think it should
I think modular building would be a nice option if it was approached like Kai's Wee Toolbox. Where they still have tons of regular building decor, but have a tool to toggle on to then make it a modular building piece.
I couldn't agree more. I loved Evolution and still love Evolution 2, but I've tried getting into Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and Prehistoric Kingdom, and I just can't. I'm not creative enough to come up with my own designs for every single thing, and just using stuff others built on the workshop feels like I'm missing out on the most important element of those games, and makes everything I do make feel awful in comparison, and I'm left more with a feeling of why did I waste my time, rather than one of satisfaction or accomplishment and ultimately I feel like buying those 3 games was a waste of my money.
I'd love for Evolution 3 to have more options in the ways you suggested, let me customise fountains with different plants and statues, let me choose a theme for my shops, and give me tons of prebuilt decorations, but don't just give me a ton of stuff and tell me to build it myself.
Evolution, IMO, especially with it been a part of the Jurassic Franshise, needs to keep a lower barrier of entry, be the "babies first park builder" of the genre, as it allow casual players like myself to continue to have fun building parks without the elements we don't enjoy, and is easier for newcomers to start with and if they enjoy it and want something with more freedom, the other games exist to fill that need.
I dont want module building, but more customisation in buildings, decorations and animal design and skins, i would be so happy. Along with ramps for lagoons, semiaquatics and paleo accurate models of animals. I agree with all your points, i definitely don't want to spend hours on a small build.
I would tend to agree with your customization of superficial aspects. A somewhat more advanced option that wouldn't necessarily alter the game itself would be an external editor. Other games have given access to a design tool (at least on the PC) that can then allow the creations to be shared around. The big downside to this, of course, is moderation of these things if sharable.
In my opinion id like both, we already have the normal building system in 1 and 2 so I dont see much need for it to improve or change to much, but adding a simple (Not comlicated) modular building system alongside the static props I think would benefit everyone. So for example lets use the skeleton building system from PH, instead of having every single bone, instead we could get lets say a Trex ribcage, the top of the skull, bottom jaw, both entire legs, tail and then the arms, and these are already pre built but configurable such as every joint being editable. Just a crude example but thats my idea that id love to see in JWE 3
I want modular building because we won’t have prehistoric kingdom.
Edit: I meant that in console i think that prehistoric kingdom isn’t going to be available, so if JWE3 has modular building it would be better
what do you mean we "won't have Prehistoric Kingdom"? That game already exists, isn't going anywhere, and will only get better as time goes on.
@@EvolutionSquareI think they’re on console.
@@sjs817705 ah that's a fair point then. But then again I don't think it's JWE3's responsibility to compensate for that. It's complicated.
@@EvolutionSquareWhat I mean is that if I were on PC, I wouldn’t care, and I didn't care until Planet Zoo came out on consoles and I realized what could be done, it must also be said that modular building can be done not as deep, for example in Spore it’s pretty simple, now that I see that it can be a problem, although if it is like Planet Zoo it would seem fine to me. I understand that it is not Frontier's fault that Prehistoric Planet is not on consoles but a modular building would still be cool.
For example, a park with optimus prime in the center.
I changed teams between the release of JWE2 and now cuz planet zoo taught me the same lesson u learned with PK. I can’t do the prefabs without hearing the echos of “but you didn’t earn it” lol.
I have made some absolutely sick exhibits on planet zoo, slick and luxurious for the animals and guests, but I have never once finished a full zoo cuz I’m spending a full day on 1 habitat
I do agree with the more decorations with the customization you can do with the decorations.
Hey evo great video! My thoughts are that I don't want it, because for one I'm on console and that would be a nightmare, and 2, I wont have the time and would much rather have more options, like a fountain with a pose for the dinosaurs, so on- tho of course it's all up to personal experience and likes
People seem to forget this game will also be on console. As great as modular building is it can be a pain in the butt to make work well with a controller with only 8 buttons and 2 sticks vs keyboard and mouse, and console wouldn't have the Steam Workshop to fall back on either.
Frontier has released both Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo on console though.
I totally agree with Evo at this point
I loved the evolution games becouse of the console access and the easy building 😊
Nice video evo