
You’ll need to be careful (and patient) to navigate without getting caught and sent straight back to your last checkpoint. For the most part, the game plays out like a round of hide-and-seek, and if you’re found the penalty is death. Of course, finding your way around the facility and completing objectives is made slightly more complicated by the velociraptors that are loose.

Throughout the game you’ll be navigating a research facility to complete a series of objectives driven by a narrative that-while very well voiced-is delivered entirely via the old ‘voice on the radio’ trope. If that’s what you’re into, Jurassic World Aftermath is the game for you. So, naturally, we’re going to pay people money to provide us with the feeling of being stalked by a deadly predator. VR is here and we can do literally anything with it. The review score considers the experience of both Part 1 & Part 2 together it has been changed from an overall 7.5 to 7.9.
Aftermath game update#
Update (October 5th, 2021): This review has been updated following the release of the Jurassic World Aftermath Part 2 DLC each section below has additional impressions based on Part 2.

Release Date: Part 1 – December 17th, 2020, Part 2 – September 30th, 2021

With Part 2 now released as paid DLC, the game finally offers a complete narrative and gameplay arc. Jurassic World Aftermath unabashedly hijacks the hide-and-seek gameplay of Alien Isolation (2014) while bringing it to VR with a Jurassic Park context and a unique and well executed visual style.
