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[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Hudo]

For reasons I don't quite understand yet, Frontier's Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo games never grabbed me like Rollercoaster Tycoon (especially the second game) and Zoo Tycoon (the first game). Maybe it's the same reason why Cities: Skylines never grabbed me the way Sim City 3000 or Sim City 4 did.

 

[IDKFA]

Amazing news, however like their previous games this is going to be packed with DLC. They're almost as bad as Paradox.

I'll wait until I can pick up a complete edition later down the line.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

For reasons I don't quite understand yet, Frontier's Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo games never grabbed me like Rollercoaster Tycoon (especially the second game) and Zoo Tycoon (the first game). Maybe it's the same reason why Cities: Skylines never grabbed me the way Sim City 3000 or Sim City 4 did.

It's because they are customization games first and manager games second. I like their games, but I wish they tuned the systems to need some management and strategy like the older management games.

 

[Larxia]

It's because they are customization games first and manager games second. I like their games, but I wish they tuned the systems to need some management and strategy like the older management games.

I remember briefly trying Planet Coaster, but I was disappointed because it felt too sandbox-ish for me. I like things with freedom and I don't mind sandbox, but to discover a game, having an actual campaign with clear goals etc is more entertaining and easier to get into, rather than just building stuff.

Another thing I always wished games like this had, is a mode where you can actually walk around (as a character, not just a free cam) in your park, to explore it an enjoy it in an immersive way. It doesn't seem like something that should be too hard to implement, so I'm surprised it's never a thing.

 

[Hudo]

It's because they are customization games first and manager games second. I like their games, but I wish they tuned the systems to need some management and strategy like the older management games.

Ah, that might actually be why!

 

[calico]

I liked Zoo a lot more than Coaster, but what I really want is Safari, so it's more like tending an organic ecosystem.

The breeding mechanic in the latest Jurassic World Evolution allowed you to touch on this a tiny amount, because you could put predator and prey in together and find a sustainable balance, but it still wasn't really built for it.

Some older city builders would lean more in this organic 'gardening' direction rather than strictly 'building', which I always found more engaging.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Build a wilder world in Planet Zoo 2. Create distinctive zoos around the globe filled with awe-inspiring animals, including fully aquatic and flying species, before taking your experience beyond the zoo to release your animals into expansive Wildlife Reserves.

 

[jshackles]

The animals and environments look great, why do the people look so derpy?

 

[calico]

"into expansive Wildlife Reserves"

 

[kpopSuperstar]

It's cool that we can have fish and stuff now, but I also think this will feel identical to their previous games, like Planet Coaster 2 does.

It almost feels like an expansion.

 

[Bridges]

Another thing I always wished games like this had, is a mode where you can actually walk around (as a character, not just a free cam) in your park, to explore it an enjoy it in an immersive way. It doesn't seem like something that should be too hard to implement, so I'm surprised it's never a thing.

The Zoo Tycoon reboot that launched with the Xbox One had this. It was a bad game though unworthy of the Zoo Tycoon name. Would be nice for a "real" one of these to have that feature though, I completely agree.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

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