I’ve never played the first one so I cannot compare it, however I’ve found this game to be *very* buggy on the PS5. I’ve not even made it through the second part of the campaign story/ tutorial because I have to constantly restart that entire section due to bugs.
- I got stuck in the Jeep after a Dino attack, it was fine, but afterward I could not leave the Jeep. I tried to return the ranger vehicle to the base through the menu, which did so, but I was still stuck. I exited the game, resumed the level, to see if it would at least let me leave after that, no luck.
- if you’re able to work ahead of the tutorial, it messes up the timing for it and can be an annoyance. Specifically, it’s harder to get tasks done because it automatically triggers certain events.
- the first campaign it makes you do, just feels a little slow. I know it’s to help understand controls, but it still falls flat.
- sandbox mode is disappointing. In every game similar to this style, sandbox mode you’re able to unlock all items regardless of how far you are in the campaign thus the point of a sandbox. This game I don’t like that I am *forced* to do every single campaign to get just a single thing for the sandbox. I’d like to play without worrying about certain things, but sandbox is completely unplayable entirely until you’ve done a majority of the campaign.
- overall, if I could have actually played the sandbox, I would have rated this game much higher because the actual gameplay (bugs aside) is fun, but I can’t play the game at all due to the bugs in the campaign and sandbox not having anything or any Dinos even unlocked.