68 Macworld • February 2022
MAC GAMING
try to hide from the raptors that have
invaded the science lab on Isla Nublar.
Unfortunately, the later films
weren’t anywhere near as good,
so being able to play some of the
uninteresting characters from those
films doesn’t seem like much of a
reward as you try to progress through
the game. But, as with the new
Jurassic World film, it’s actually the
dinosaurs that deliver the goods,
and this latest Lego game adds a
new twist by allowing you to play
as a dinosaur as well. In fact, it’s a
shame that the dinosaur scenes are
relatively limited, as stomping around
and crushing the scenery is one of the
best parts of the game. There are also
plenty of good visual gags to keep
the fun going, as well as some tricky
puzzles to get you thinking as well.
MOBA GAMES
- DOTA 2
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It was the original DOTA – Defence Of
The Ancients – that really popularised
the MOBA genre (multiplayer
online battle arena), but this sequel
has had a somewhat chequered
history on the Mac. Someone once
described the Mac version of DOTA
2 as a “cruel joke”, because of its
poor performance, and just when
the Mac version seemed to sort out
the worst of its problems, Yosemite
came along and seemed to break it
all over again. Recent updates from
Valve itself actually seemed to make
matters worse, and it’s only recently
that we’ve even attempted to dip our
toes back into the murky waters of
DOTA 2 once more.
Those
waters can
indeed be
deep, dark
and murky
at times, as
DOTA 2 is
an extremely
complex
game. That’s
mainly due
to the sheer - number of