I’ll start off this review agreeing that this does resemble Pokémon Go, however there are many things that separate the two. First off the only thing really similar between the two is that they both use GPS to make their worlds. It’d be very unfair to call it a Pokemon Go rip-off because in my opinion it’s very much it’s own game. There’s too many good things about this game to list so I’ll just state some of the bad-ish ones: The fact that some dinosaurs only appear in certain environments is a good idea however it doesn’t work very well in my opinion and favors certain areas; for instance at my house I can only seem to find four legged dinosaurs who’s natural habitats in real life vary quite a bit. At my friends house however he seems to find loads of Spinosaurus’ (Sorry if I spelt it wrong) and other predators. The environment around his house isn’t actually any different from mine, he actually lives down the street from me. I can assure you that the area around his house would not be hospitable for a Spinosaurus so that confuses me a little but not as much as the fact that carnivores spawn around his house yet herbivores spawn around mine; even though there is nothing that separates our houses more than 2 miles. I understand that location matters but we live in the same town and the conditions are the same at both of our houses. I hope this review can help someone wanting to get this game and even maybe one of the developers, thank you for your time.

For the concept and dino collecting and graphics this game would get 5 stars. BUT and these are big ones, like other reviews mention, the game has some bugs and major glitches. This in regards to unmatched level battles against other players, rigged matches where you lose when you should win, and freezing or the game playing for you when it shouldn’t and you end up losing. Also the points and bonuses in the game that we should have received we weren’t getting, the numbers on the screen didn’t match or allocate to what we should have received. Now for the BEWARE. I have had to restart this game from scratch for my son twice already, once because of the above issues being so bad, that it was unplayable and so unenjoyable. The second time it was a bit better with the aforementioned, however one day when he got on, his whole collection of Dino’s (which was better then the first) and other items were wiped clean, he had nothing left. He was so upset and cried so hard, it broke my heart to pieces and I refused to let him continue playing. That was maybe 2 months ago, and because he is in absolute love with dinos, yet again he wants me to re-download it for the 3rd time. Hopefully someone who can really fix these issues sees this and looks into it. It’s sad and unfair that people waste good time and money to only end up sobbing in something they truly enjoy with all their heart.

JW alive has a been a favorite of mine even before it came out (I pre-registered). And it has served me well. There are very annoying bugs going around the game, and recommend those should be fixed. Like if I accidentally exit the app, it can restart the whole game, make this magenta colored screen, or basically kick me out of the battle I’m in and take control of my team with AI saying “Catching up to present”. Also, Ludia, I think the game can have a few more features like: alliance peace treaty’s/alliance friends and alliance wars/conflicts, and betting like for cash, coin or DNA in battles and stuff like that. Also, the AI I face in campaign and just normal battles, get like 75% critical chance for them (while it says they still have 5%), while I still have 5%, they also know what your going for so they can perfectly counter the attack. But, anyways, Ludia has done such a good job with COVID-19 situation, there adding giga scents, which attract a variety of different dinosaurs, and have increased the drone meter for normal and VIP. Speaking of VIP, VIP should be lowered to $5 a month instead of $10 a month just because of its abilities and features. And Ludia, some back round info, I honestly got this game noticed by me from TheGamingBeaver, so when you get the time, give him some JW the game and JW alive bucks (also say it was from me).Thank Ludia! (If you even read this).

Thank you so much for making this game! I love playing it and it’s so fun! I could not recommend it more! Very well done graphics and the sounds that the dinosaurs make are SO realistic. Plus, it’s free so I didn’t have to pay for it! Major acknowledgement to the people who made it! I started playing this game because I love dinosaurs and this looked pretty cool. So I downloaded it. And now I’m so glad I did! I’ve been playing it for a while now and I think it’s the best game I’ve ever played. I kind of like Pokémon Go and this is kind of like it...but WAY better I’m so happy I got the game. I’ve never seen a game as cool as this one. Thank you very much for making this game so much fun! I think the best part is that it has new stuff and always creates more. Some games I’ve played before aren’t that fun because it’s the same thing. Like only one basic idea, but this one has so many different features that all go along very well with the point of the game. There’s battling, collecting dinosaurs, evolving them into huge strong dinosaurs, and SO many dinosaurs. I never get bored because just when I think I’ve collected all the species, a new amazing one comes around and then once I get that one a new one comes along. Besides that you can join groups made up of other players and there’s nest strikes were you can battle Dino’s for super amazing stuff! I think it’s just amazing and nothing less.