Almost half a decade after its release it was still earning millions and finding itself on lists of best video games. Zoo Tycoon was a hit as one of the early tycoon games in the genre, garnered relatively positive reviews, and won numerous awards. However in Zoo Tycoon, instead of building roller coasters and other rides, you were creating animal exhibits, breeding different animals, and keeping animals happy. The original Zoo Tycoon hit our Microsoft Windows and Macintosh systems in 2001 and it was riding the success of a budding genre of tycoon games that started with RollerCoaster Tycoon. If you want to reach the highest levels of play, you’ll have to commit a decent chunk of time and energy to getting there.īefore speaking about the great simulation game Planet Zoo, let's remember the history of similar games. With so much responsibility, the ‘weakest’ point of this game is the learning curve. Essentially, it’s the perfect builder title because there’s truly no limit to what you can manipulate in the park – even the type of guest/demographic you’re going after can be tweaked. You’ll always have something to work on and improve in your park and the developers included plenty of helpful instructions to get you started. Vet surgeries, workshops, staff rooms, you name it and there’s probably a building you’ll need to install to ensure your park has all the necessary bells and whistles. Beyond being able to construct your own (fully functional!) buildings or using prefabricated ones, you’re able to terraform the land, manage facilities, unlock new blueprints and animals, dictate worker wages, the list goes on and its impressive. Its…incredibly polished and deserves as much praise as I can give to it.

Despite my ineptitude, I absolutely adore the control that you’re given. I’m perhaps the worst when it comes to strategy and building games – Planet Zoo is no different and further expands on your creative freedom. You won’t only be managing food stands, attractions, animals, and walkways, no, you’ll be free to design anything and everything in your park to your liking. Planet Zoo, which plays just like its immediate predecessor Planet Coaster, gives you complete and total control over every aspect of your zoo.

If you’ve played any number of tycoon games before, take everything but the most basic way of playing and throw it out the window.

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