There are just too many weaknesses in the basic game design to make this more than a very average game.On the economic side, Planet Zoo has a well-balanced set of income sources and expenses to consider. Birds don't lay eggs, pregnancies are not visible, and I really wonder why most of the work seems to have gone into the process of pooping. Except when they are swimming, then they are walking on the ground, even if it's way too deep. Watching them can be nice, but most of the time their pathfinding glitches out and let's them 'swim' over the scenery. Overall it fails to make it's animals the stars. When clicking on one of those warnings it will change into one of it's several overview modes so that you can hardly make out details and have to switch back to building mode, having the screen go pitch black every single time. Not only is another distracting element in the already convoluted UI, since you can't really direct the priorities it makes the whole warning system useless. It's really keen on letting you know everything that goes wrong, important or not, including absurd alarms like 'Low on cash'.

The staff is barely functional by now, but you will still need six keepers per animal to not have dozens of warnings and alerts flashing on the side at all times. Building pathways as well as buildings is as fiddly as ever, and half of the time you will fight the camera on top of that. It reuses so many assets and mechanics - including the faulty ones - from Planet Coaster that it should have been a DLC for that game. While it is very nice to look at when it comes to graphics and animations, in the end it was the lazyness of the whole thing that stood out to me. Compared with other zoo management games, especially from older generations, Planet Zoo completely fails to impress me. I played two tutorial missions and was found naked and crying somewhere 120 miles away from home, that's how stupid they are. Updated review after patches:+4 First off a warning: You should really switch off the character's voices, especially the constant laughter Updated review after patches:+4 First off a warning: You should really switch off the character's voices, especially the constant laughter about their own jokes. Your choices come alive in a world where animal welfare and conservation comes first. Thrill visitors with iconic exhibits, develop your zoo with new research, and release new generations of your animals back into the wild. Focus on the big picture or go hands-on and control the smallest details. Manage an amazing living world that responds to every decision you make. Craft detailed habitats to bring your animals' natural environments home, research and manage each species to allow them to thrive, and help your animals raise families to pass their genes onto future generations. From playful lion cubs to mighty elephants, every animal in Planet Zoo is a thinking, feeling individual with a distinctive look and personality of their own. Create unique habitats and vast landscapes, make big decisions and meaningful choices, and nurture your animals as you construct and manage the world's wildest zoos. Experience a globe-trotting campaign or let your imagination run wild in the freedom of Sandbox mode. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim, featuring authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them. Experience a globe-trotting campaign or let your imagination run wild in Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. Summary: Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo.

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