Jurassic World Aftermath Collection VR

I had completely forgotten that I had purchased this way back in 2022 on the Quest. My youngest son had played in on my account, but I had not so much as loaded it on to my face once!

It is split into two releases and I got both of them as "the collection" for the princely sum of 10.99 and it is totally worth that!

First thing to strike you is the cell shaded graphics which works surprisingly well, second, is that this environment has very few interactive elements. This ensures you cannot get distracted and items that need to be manipulated are obvious and sometimes overly obvious.

There is a lot of criticism around the first release being very repetitive, but there are various ways of playing. From speed running from save point to save point, to stealthily watching the dinosaurs pattern's and creeping about. Then in the second release there is huge jump in detail and variety.

The game can be pretty intense and after failing multiple times early on I decided to look at a few guides. Turned out I had been playing it wrong. You have to physically rotate, the controller turning is just too slow! After that revelation I was able to get on fine up until the final boss encounter.

That was hindered by the game not really having a sense of artificial intelligence for the dinos. Sometimes you could look them in the eye from across the room crouched under a desk, but because of their height when they would be next to the desk they could not see you and somehow that bypassed how perspective works. In the boss encounter you have a flashlight. The dino does not seem to directly relate to the use of the flashlight but always manages to find you where ever you hid. Watching a YouTube video showed that the trick is to hide the flashlight when she was around.

These screenshots were captured in the gallery area and you unlock each dino type as you progress. It is surprisingly fun to walk up to and around the dinos you had been running and hiding from. The velociraptors are particularly pettable :P

Overall it was well worth the money and I am surprised people do not refer to it more often. I have heard it called Half Life Alyx quality, but that is pushing it too far. It almost became canon in the Jurassic World universe and uses a number of the original actors to voice their characters.

Saw a comment that we should get a sequel "After math 2"...