The only dino game I'm currently playing is jurassic world alive, it is a bit more playable than Pokémon go in a rural area, but it still requires you to spend money if you want the more powerful dinos ( which I'll never get because I refuse to use real money on mobile games).
I really like some of the models they used for the dinos, though the animations could be better. I really like the AR photos option though! Might allow some fun photos together with action figures :D

That sounds pretty cool! I'd have to get a new phone though, mine is too old for that game. XD

I know the feeling, i only got a new phone since mom gifted one to me. The one I had before couldn't even take photos lol

I don't know if the mod still works, but I remember there being a play a dino mod for Ark.

I've tried that mod awhile ago but couldn't get it to work. I wonder if they've fixed it since then, hmm, might have to check.

I've played Jurassic World Evolution for many hours. In the main Scenario you play your career as a Park-Manager. Basicly you get a empty Island where you start building a Jurassic-World-Park. You get Support from three Managers of the departments science, Marketing and security. Each one gives you orders wich needed to be done. While some are rather Basic and quite similar from park to park othes tend to play a role in a larger storyline. Without telling too much... Doctor Wu is planning something... While the Basic game has already a vast amount of really well designed dinos the add-ons get the number of species that can be added to the parkto a Level wher you can't possibly fit all in one park. And it isn't enough to build simply a fence, add some water and a food-dispenser and to drop the Dino in... each species needs a specially designed enclosure. Herd animals tend to want large Groups... some somewhat about five members Minimum... but be carefull you can overpopulate an eclosure, too. Both Scenarios can add stress to the happiness-level of a dino... if it drops too much the dino tries to escape... you need to refill the Food dispensers from time to time and keep the Dinos healthy... but the Dinos aren't your only Problems... the visitors want your Attention, too. Restaurants, large powerplants and the infra structure needs your Attention, too. You can progress from park to park quite easily but if you can't solve a problem right now (cause you don't have the right building played free right now for example)... don't worry you can return to older parks at all time to solve unsolved orders. And there is even more to the game...
For me the game worked very well. In my opinion it's one of the best park-Managing games (with Dinosaurs) ever made. But that is my opinion. If you've ever played Jurassic Park Operation Genesis... I think you might want to give it a try. ;)

Wow, what a thorough review! Thanks for the input. Sounds like it could be fun, maybe I will pick it up. :3

I play JWE and it's really addictive, mostly for getting all of the dinosaur species and all of the skins unlocked. It can get a bit boring though so I don't play it all the time, but when I first got it I marathoned it until I got all the species i really wanted. XD