Jurassic Park III dinosaur-bird connection, said the feathers quills added to the "Velociraptor" for "Jurassic Park III" "looked like a roadrunner's toupee", but conceded that feathers are difficult subjects for computer animation and speculated that "Jurassic Park IV"'s raptors would have more realistic with plumage. In 2002, Crichton said he had not watched the film. A teaser trailer was released online in September 2000. Universal avoided excessive early marketing to prevent a possible backlash; the studio believed awareness of the film was already sufficient. Marketing began in April 2001, three months before the film's release. The first footage from the film was aired
Jurassic Park: The Game aggregating review website Metacritic. IGN's Greg Miller said of the game, ""Jurassic Park" is a meandering tale of forgettable characters getting lost in a park that is far less wondrous than the one we saw on the silver screen". Carolyin Petit from GameSpot stated that while it was "fun to watch "Jurassic Park"'s story play out, the cinematic adventure wasn't much fun to actually play." While she praised the use of the source material, she criticized the lack of challenging puzzles and lack of context for conversation options. She concluded her review comparing the game progression to the "cars on