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More polished than Zoo Tycoon 2 and has the potential. It needs some work.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 33 / 35
Date: October 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was surprised at the content and the graphics on this game. I thought Zoo Tycoon 2 was good. Wildlife Zoo's graphics are so much better and it seems like you have more to do (micromanaging). You have to grow certain food, build poulty farms for meat, and watch plants grow. I loved the thunderstorms that include rain and makes the skies a little dark. Seeing it snow and it sticking onto the ground was a welcome site; however one flaw which takes away from the realism of the game is that people who come into the park and are wearing shorts makes you think, "huh", when the temperature shows that it's -2C. Hopefully a patch will fix that. But on another flaw of the game, on Dreamcatcher's website who published the North American version of Wildlife Park 2, used a weird extension on a patch that virtually makes it not downloadable. A flaw in the game shows up way too much because the animals eat and drink in the "air". There mouthes are not exactly in the water bowl or the food bowl yet theyre actually eating and drinnking perspectivly. Both the shorts in the winter and animals eating and drinking in the air take away the realism. The animals in Zoo Tycoon 2 (and its expansions) are more realistic in the behaviors (eating, drinking, sleeping, playing with toys). Some people might be turned off by the lack of support by the publisher and the sense that the game was left for dead. You would think that if the game has terrible graphics and is totally a mess, that it would be left for dead. I believe this can be a great game if some polish is added (though not as bad as some other games) and some added content and expansions are added.

Mentioning both Wildlife Park 2 and Wildlike Zoo might confuse some people. Wildlife Zoo is Wildlife park 2's North American release is so much better than Wildlife Park. Wildlife Park 2 was released in Europe. I would rate this game a little higher than Zoo Tycoon 2 (a half star more)because of the graphics, how its presented, and the fact that nothing is recycled. If the 2 expansions of Wildlife Park 2 ever make it to Wildlife Zoo, then Dreamcather could have a hit, and a terrific game (if the bugs are fixed also). Now hen I say recycled, look at Zoo Tycoon and its expansion Marine Mania. Marine Mania was redone for zoo tycoon 2. Zoo Tycoon's latest (last year) expansion was a recycled Dino Digs expansion for the original Zoo Tycoon labeled Extinct Animals. Many kids like it but I was very disappointed as I was looking for new content and some fixes as well. Wildlife Zoo also seems to cater to both adults and kids. Zoo Tycoon 2 seems more geared towards kids but is great for adults ( I have it).

Basically in Wildlife Zoo, you are given tasks to run a zoo. I believe it has 20 campaigns with goals that you must complete. The first 3 campaigns are tutorials to help you with minor tasks and get you going. The game has a great tutorial which is not confusing and allows you to grasp the games concepts and pulls you in. They are very informative and dont push you but more along the lines of guiding you. If Wildlife Zoo comes out with expansions then I really see this game skyrocketing over Zoo Tycoon 2. For now it has a slight edge on ZT2.

By the way, for system requirements, it says P4 2.0GHZ and recommends P4 3.0GHZ, however I'm running it on an Intel Core2 Duo (e6300- 1.86GHZ) and it works without any coughs or hickups. If you can, get a system that has Intel Core2Duo. NOT INTEL CORE! These are 2 different processors. If you are interested in AMD processors just make sure it's at least a Dual Core processor. DO NOT run onboard video and/or sound. This can drain your systems resources and cause games to not run, or fail, act sluggish, or act strange. The prices have fallen on processors, video cards, RAM (system memory), and sound cards.

Please note: I don't work for Intel, AMD, Dreamcatcher, Microsoft, or any other company associated with this product! :)

Update: You might want to hold out on this one because I found that Wildlife Zoo Deluxe Edition could be coming out on 8/5/08. I say could because lately game companies have a habbit of listing a release date, then it gets moved so many times. The Deluxe edition could be the expansions that were released for its European counterpart Wildlife Park 2. I don't know for sure because no information is given--just a release date. Just give an example, Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe is a box with the game and its expansions, so this is why I'm thinking it could include the expansions from Wildlife Park 2. Hopefully with some bug fixes as well.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: June 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm disappointed in this game because it just seems like Zoo Tycoon 2 recycled. Same format, same controls, same items, same clicking the same patch of dirt a hundred times to keep your animals happy in their environment. I actually bought this game because I was looking for an alternative to Zoo Tycoon 2, which I just don't care for. Instead, I got virtually the same game that I don't care for, and already own. The only major difference is in this game you have to raise your own meat, fruits, and vegetables for food and create your own water supply. Do zoos really do this? It just seems like busy-work to make an already mediocre game even less fun. Hard-core fans of Zoo Tycoon 2 might like this, just for the addition of the growing-your-own-food component, and there is also weather in this game. Other than that, I don't see any big difference.

Not much fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: April 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Nice graphics, but we didn't like the game much overall. Tasks were boring, sometimes you just have to wait when something was happening on the screen and watch animation, sometimes you just move the objects around. Control panels were too complicated and didn't give many options at given time.

I wouldn't work for our computer

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my son thinking it was like Zoo Tycoon, but we were unable to load it on our compter. It wouldn't download for some reason. We had a Windows XP, and later we got a Vista, but even that wouldn't let us load it. We never got to play this game, and since all the paperwork was thrown out, we couldn't return it either. We also contacted the company, and they couldnt' help us either. Don't waste your time on this game, you might have problems loading it too.

not happy, because we can't play

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: March 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Looks like a great program! But we have not been able to play it, due to the fact, we need more graphic memory. We met the minium requirements, but according the company; which I called, we need to have another graphics card put in the computer. The graphics memory minium should be a 128 or 256, not 64 as listed. So unless you have that much graphic memory, and/or are prepared to purchase for your computer, forget it. For the price of a $20.00 game, I have to spend another $100-200 to put more graphic memory in my computer. So until I can pay that, we cannot play the game.

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