History of Jurassic Park Trespasser

Quick rundown of the rise, fall, and spectacular crash of Trespasser by Dreamworks.

Complete LP at http://www.archive.org/details/LPTrespasser

The original files from the original LP I had hosted on Vimeo and Viddler have been removed by those sites. All episodes can now be found here on my Youtube channel.

Music is Ingen Computer Building by Bill Brown from the Trespasser soundtrack.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Jurassic Park
• Trespasser
• Let's Play
• Something Awful
• Video Game
• Dreamworks
• Jurassic Park (film)

[2ane]

i just hate how they released pre-rendered "screenshots" and tried passing them off as gameplay, it was a common practice at the time (C&C3 even had them on the back of the box) but its still an asshole thing to do.

[ResearchIndicates]

@2ane These days they call it "Bullshot"

[MichaelVoz]

Thumbs up if you think they should remake this game.

[ResearchIndicates]

@Pumpernickel006900 Buddy I said critics called it the worst game ever. I wouldn't have made the Let's Play if I didn't love Trespasser.

[6425gorda]

"No one wanted a buggy game" cause they were fucking assholes. What? They were!

[6425gorda]

Over 2 years? So what? I know about games that took longer to produce and gamers didn't fucking bitch about the game,it's the gamers fault,they rushed them,and that's what you get.

[LKDesign]

When I found that Telltale Games were releasing a new official Jurassic Park game that also seemed to be bad (not in the Trespasser way but in the actual one), I lost all hope of ever getting to see a game that would live up to this great franchise... Looks like only a great community could do this job.

[awesome24712]

Sad what happenned to the game. Though it's nice to see that the game's more popula today than it was 14 years ago. That means something. Only 50,000 copies sold, and yet this video has ~48,000.

[HorriblHarry]

@Stridus7 I think ALL developers deserve time to complete their game, I mean, look at Duke Nukem Forever, sure, its considered a horrible game by many, but it had ALL the time in the world. Maybe they rushed it, maybe it was hardly worked on. I think, because Trespasser was so close to being finished, and surely many of the frustrating bugs could of been patched. Trespasser would be a LOT more legendary, than how it is now.

[Sovvolf]

Love this Lets play, though it brings back harsh memories. The last time I watched it, there was a lot of trouble going on in the family :(. However I think I'll put that behind me and enjoy this entertaining and informative playthrough of one of the most intriguing and ambitious games I've ever come across. I just wish some company would pick it up and give it another try. The games main short comings were the technology of the time and a lack of polish.

[phatbman]

For all of its flaws, I really have to applaud the use of a physics engine, in an FPS. Shame it is so unpolished, because I am sure the game had a lot of potential. Also Great lets play! You have a great voice for narration!

[Stridus7]

Trespasser was meant to be the Crysis game of the 90's,

Dam if only the developers back then where given more time to complete this game.

[ModernDoomer89]

I actually liked this Let's Play, dunno why but they usually bore me unless the game piques my interest but not enough to play it (Or it is notoriously bad to play) or the announcer is entertaining enough. I think you hit a mix of both, your strangely soothing voice was unique for a lets play and the dryness made certain funny comments funnier. "Looks like my gun went to heaven" was my favourite. Thanks for sharing this interesting, but sadly failed, experiment. =)

[glitchhunter09]

@glitchhunter09 Cathy's beach was also originally meant for the Plantation House level and would have been a bit bigger.