
Instead, you'll have to spend time getting your vets and mechanics to uncover more information about each species or zoo sub-section, eventually unlocking better gear, increasing the food quality, buildings, fences and more, which you'll then be able to offer to your creatures, guests, and staff. To begin with, your options are a little basic and you might not have everything you need to satisfy your new residents straight away.

And yes, every single baby critter is utterly adorable – I've checked.

Plus, the happier your creatures are the more likely they are to breed. When you've got everything right, watching your creatures just existing is the best thing – like a wonderful wildlife screensaver that also happens to involve watching animals poop a lot. Your creatures will need the right food and drink bowls, the right mix of terrain, require plants and trees plucked straight from its natural habitat, appropriate space to roam, or swim, or climb, adequate hard shelter, and the right amount of friends to frolic with in order to be even vaguely happy. Even creating the perfect habitats for your creatures is an intense process, with multi-level happiness requirements that will constantly shift and change according to what's happening in their enclosure or exhibit at any time. It takes the depth of simulation and creative freedom found in Planet Coaster, pairs it with the animal welfare elements of Jurassic World Evolution, and melds them into the ultimate zoo-building title. Everything the light touchesĪnd this is a game that keeps on giving.
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It makes the entire experience a lot more immersive, pushing you to dive into the layers of sub-menus to discover how to get more out of Planet Zoo. Before long, you'll find you've absorbed more fun facts and tidbits than you prepared for, just by trying to make your animals happy. You'll learn about each of the species as you play, and flicking through the Zoopedia makes you appreciate the various wants of your creatures and the reasoning behind them all. Planet Zoo shines in its presentation of animals, thinks deeply about their welfare, and constantly reminds you that conservation and education are as important as your bottom line. My knowledge now ranges from Aardvarks to Western Lowland Gorillas, and from Amazonian Giant Centipedes to Yellow Anacondas.

It’s a modern zoo where you’ll be able to educate yourself about the animals you’re looking after.Developer / Publisher: Frontier Developments The titles senior artist Liesa Bauwens says “You’re not just seeing all the lovely, pretty animals, you’ll be doing research and learning about conservation, too. Of course, you’ll also have guests to keep happy, too which could be an even bigger job. All the creatures of the enclosure will react to whatever decisions you make – good or bad, so think carefully as they could end up worse off. For animals like hippopotami, players will need to cater to their aquatic needs with a more swamp-like atmosphere.

In its very first gameplay trailer, we get to see up close and personal at some of the Zoo’s host of realistic animals that include bears, lions, elephants and many more.ĭepending on the which animals players are housing, they can build individual structures to care for their needs like climbable forts for cats and monkeys.
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Developer and publisher Frontier Developments has announced that its Planet Coaster follow-up – and Zoo Tycoon spiritual successor – Planet Zoo, will be heading to PC on 5th November.
