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• gamedeal user

  Aug 8, 2022

  If you played the original two Zoon Tycoons back in the early 2000's and wanted this to try and get a blast of that familiar Zoo Tycoon nostalgia, this is not the game for you. You can't customize exhibits or anything like that. I regret spending the money on this honestly.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 3, 2022

  TL/DR; buy this on sale if you just want a simple, cute game you can turn your brain off for because this is a game for that. If you're expecting it to be like its predecessors do not buy it expecting that, this game is nothing like them and only uses the name as a cash-grab (standard for Microsoft). Mechanically, it also doesn't work well on mouse and keyboard as it's poorly ported over from Xbox, but if you have a game-pad (or don't mind the clunky keyboard controls) then go ahead! I think it's fun despite its simplicity. I'm going to start this off by saying that I have always loved the Zoo Tycoon franchise. I remember one Christmas I was incredibly excited, unpacking my Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection game when I was 7 or so (even though it was several years old by that point) and that I'd desperately wanted Zoo Tycoon 2: Zoo Keeper Collection for my birthday when it had first come out (and then the same when Zoo Tycoon 2: Ultimate Collection came out a few years later). I played the demos for the new Zoo Tycoon 2 dlcs as they became available and would replay them again and again *for hours*. It's safe to say that Zoo Tycoon 2, especially, is my all-time favourite game, no matter how many years it has been. Zoo Tycoon (Xbox release: 2013 / Windows release: 2017) is not like the other games in the franchise. It bears no resemblance to its "predecessors" and the only thing it has in common with the previous free-form titles is that they all are zoo management games. That's it This game is simple and easy to learn and very obviously aimed at young children in my opinion (because it lacks free-form). In spite of that, I enjoy it! It's cute, fun and looks nice! It is one of those games where you can almost turn your brain off for, not needing to pay much attention and only needing to keep everything in the green (animal needs, animal variety and guest needs), but that's about it, really. Aside from the poorly ported controls, but you can remap your keyboard controls so it's not as bad as it could be. The game's downfall, and reason for so many negative reviews, is that Microsoft wanted to market this game as a carry-on of the franchise without actually putting any thought into why the game franchise was so beloved and successful in the first place, let alone 21 years later (at the time of writing this, it was 12 years when the game was first made for Xbox and 16 when it was brought to Windows). Because of that, the game doesn't feel like Zoo Tycoon and the fans who grew up with the series tend to hate this game and what it means. That brings me to reason 2 of its downfall: the target audience isn't the original fan-base. The game's target audience is children - young children - not the adults who grew up with the franchise (or the teens for those like me who were born around/after the release of the first game). I think the game is fine if treated as removed from the franchise, which is how it should be treated. But I do like turn-off-your-brain type games because they're chill. I hate that there isn't a change speed option tho but the series has never had those.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 4, 2022

  ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
• gamedeal user

  Oct 12, 2022

  Bought this thinking it would be an updated version of the original tycoon games, but was very disappointed. The UI, building, and gameplay were instantly clunky and unintuitive, and the fact that I can't even make my own custom enclosures was a dealbreaker. Part of the fun of the old games was the ability to "tetris" together unique enclosures, adding to them and expanding over time, and they made it super easy to lay out paths and buildings too. So if you're looking for a replacement for Zoo Tycoon 1 or 2, do not get this game: hoping my refund will go through, because otherwise this was a huge waste of money.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 22, 2023

  THIS IS NOT ZOO TYCOON! If you are looking for the original Zoo Tycoon, look elsewhere. This is a very awkward playing game. It insist on having you walk a character around the 3d zoo - even following prompts for this action is difficult. I did not even make it through the tutorial. It kept saying 'see what your elephants need'. Well, whatever it was, I am sure my virtual elephants are dead now, because no matter how hard I tried, I could not get it to let me take care of them. It continued to say 'press space', well... pressing it brought up the Animal Care menu, but when pressing the only action that it allowed me to do - did not open the care window. Some games were not meant to be so-called 'improved' upon. Give us the original Zoo Tycoon. This game stinks. Just like the remake of Roller Coaster Tycoon that they insisted on making 3d :( At least I only paid $5.00 for this garbage. Terrible, just terrible.
• crono1113

  Oct 11, 2023

  This is definitely not the game I was expecting. It is nothing like the one I grew up with and was hoping for. A complete waste of money and time.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 15, 2018

  looks good but you cant even make your own exhibits. that was the best part about zootycoon 1 and 2.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 15, 2018

  This is my first review of a Steam game and I feel pretty bad that it's negative, but I'm so bummed out by this game! There isn't any deep customization at all. It is a significant departure from how the original Zoo Tycoons were played. I was really excited when I saw this game announced and was looking forward to hours of in depth customization and... 40 minutes of boring tutorials later, this game turned out to be very one dimensional and very disappointing. You literally just drag and drop pre-made exhibits into a big empty map. Minimal path placement control, minimal exhibit editing, minimal visual gratification from gaining more guests, it's just unfortunate all across the board. When you "upgrade" facilities, your stats are the only thing that change! They couldn't even draw a fancier version of the facility and have it change into that when you upgrade? I muscled through the tutorials hoping that the freedom of sandbox would help make things more interesting... nope. Gameplay completely aside, my screen "pulses" when in first person mode. I could deal with that if the game was good but... it will probably be the first ever Steam game that I refund.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 29, 2018

  Okay so i have played zoo tycoon and zoo tycoon 2 and all the expansions in the past and loved them all. Before buying this game do not assume its anything like the other zoo tycoons you know and love Things you can't do anymore. - You can't go into the enclosures - Their are no marine animals - You cannot breed the smaller animals - The vairity of larger animals you can interact with are all in sub categorys. - Limited amount of decoration Things that are New - Mutiplayer [ Saves the game really] - Way better graphics and animations - interactions with animals are a little more detailed from an animation and graphical stand point. - Some new cool features such as your own zoo website and updates on released animals. - You can now donate animals to your friends zoos. - ALOT MORE BUGS THAN EVER BEFORE This is a short summary of the game. I do enjoy it and i would suggest it as a new seperate game entirly different from the zoo tycoon franchise.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 4, 2018

  I'm going to keep this review short and to the point. If you were expecting Zoo Tycoon 3, this is NOT it. Can't create your own enclosures or areas, all you get to do it plop down enclosures and guest areas then connect them with pathways. Just stupid. The only decent thing about this game are the graphics. This game was very clearly made for Xbox, then adapted (barely) for PC. The UI is just not suited for a PC game, especially coming from ZT2. Please, we want ZT3!