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Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like games that have simulations and not violence then you will love this game. You need to design, build, and maintain a working zoo. You have animals and people to keep happy. You have up keep on your property and you need to pay your workers.
I have found this game to be a challenge. I play it everyday trying new designs for the scenarios building on my knowledge each day. Design of the zoo is very important. You start by building enclosure and pleasing the animals but soon it is just not the animals you need to please now you must also please the people. You think that you have won the scenario, oh but no the black leopards are not having fun. You give them a toy and now the people can not find a bench. You put one in and now you need a maintenance worker because trash is overflowing. etc...
This game is full of challenges. It is hours of fun. Do not think that you will be able to start the game and walk away in a couple of hours and not think about it. You will be think of strategies at work and in bed.
You will become Addicted!!

Zoo Tycoon is the Best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun and addictive. The easy guides and manual help you get into the game right away. Your goal is to make the best zoo park for your guests and keep your animals happy. No game simulates as good as this, and everything is easy to use. You can buy many animals, shops, and scenery while trying to make a profit running your zoo. There are different scenarios which you must meet a goal, or you can play a freeform game where all you are doing is trying to make the best zoo ever with plenty of money. Great game for tycoonists around the world who try to have fun while running certain themes. If you are a fan of RCT (Roller Coaster Tycoon)and an animal lover you will enjoy this game. An A+ game to have! Enjoy!

I love this game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

... This is a really, really neat game and it is so much fun building the zoo, putting the animals in it and trying to keep them happy by putting in trees and rocks and water and other animals. I put a tiger in with a monkey and the tiger ate the monkey. That wasn't a good thing. You also have to keep the people who visit your zoo happy by having bathrooms and benches and food and drinks and stuff like that. And if the people notice that the animals aren't happy then the people aren't happy and your zoo starts to lose money and some organization won't let you adopt any more pets until they are all happy. You can also run out of money. It's different from Roller Coaster Tycoon where on RCT you can close a ride, close the park and stuff like that and you can't do that with this game. I wish you could and that is the only thing that I don't like about this game but other than that it really rocks!!! You should buy it. ...

Favourite Strategy Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit that after experiencing the ups and downs (pun intended) of Roller Coaster Tycoon, I was a bit hesitant to purchase Zoo Tycoon. I figured that it was going to be very similar in that in many respects the game breezed, without there being any way of making money.

I was wrong, and now I'm glad that I made the investment. I play using both expansion packs, and although I am not sure how happy I am with Dinosaur Digs (the dinos have too much of a tendancy to escape, provided you don't build moats, and they hate those!), but Zoo Tycoon itself has provided me with hours of entertainment. I'm always looking for and finding new ways to build the zoo to make both guests and animals happier, and I'm always thrilled when I find a new trick on my own!

I did find a few bugs in the game, however, and I've since found out that there are others who experience problems. Some of the animals are literally impossible to please unless you have the expansion packs installed. There is a patch available for Zoo Tycoon on the official website, but I didn't find that it worked by itself. Installing the double expansion pack did the trick though, and now it only takes about five minutes to produce a baby panda.

I highly recommend this game for anybody who enjoys strategy. It is worth every penny you'll spend on the game and it's expansions. With all of the user-created animals and objects avaiable, there is no end to how far you can go within the game, and the strategy behind winning is spectacular.

build your dream zoo!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game may not have the best graphics, but the scenarios and freeform games keep you busy. In scenarios you have different objectives to aclomplise. In freeform games, you have no boundaries (except money!) to hold you back. There are a total of 44 different species to choose from!!! There are also many awards you can get. The best award you can get-which I got not once but twice!- is best zoo in the country (even though I got it twice it is still hard to get!). One tip (in case you have money problems!) is to hold the shift+4 button (a.k.a $ button) and you get $10,000!!!

GREAT Christmas/birthday/tuesday gift!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is FANTASTIC! I absolutly LOVE zoo tycoon. It is so much fun to build exhibits, learn from your mistakes, and occasionally let a lion or two out for some fun, but i spend hours on it (which may or may not be a good thing) and i still havent seen it all!

There is so much to do, though my computer is a bit slow, so those in the same boat as I am, be patient, it is definently worth the wait!

Zoo Tycoon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Okay, it's not Rollercoaster Tycoon, but what is? An intriguing premise, easy to play, but hard to master, due in no small part to some poor programming of the actions of the zookeepers (who are responsible for the feeding of, cleaning up behind, and tending to the health of, your animals) and the maintenance workers (who are *supposed* to empty trashcans, mend fences, etc.). Your zookeepers, for the most part, tell you what your animals need, although they aren't as reliable as a zoo-owner would hope. And your maintenance workers don't always seem to notice the completely collapsed fences that will allow your elephants to trample your guests...But the variety of animals, complete with their necessary terrains, vegetation, and shelters, makes this game fun, it a bit frustrating, to play. Recommended, with caveats.

EVEN THE DEMO IS FIVE STAR

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I downloaded the demo from microsoft and was amazed .Even though the demo gave you only four species of zoo animals ,I found myself hooked on the game and had to get the full version.Usually I play only fps games and had always found simulations ultra boring,but not so with Zoo Tycoon.It's a great game. I haven't tried the expansions and can't wait to eventually try them.I found myself playing the demo for hours.

Entertaining and educating game for all ages!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Zoo Tycoon is a simulation game that enables you to build your own zoo, hire zookeepers, buy animals, build and design their exhibits, and provide scenic and entertaining park for your guests. Although there are many Tycoon games out there, this is one of the best.

The gameplay and the control panel is easy to learn, intuitive, and complete. It takes a few minutes for you to understand the buttons on the control panel. There is some tutorials available for you to learn the gameplay. The tutorial is interactive, it waits your action before going to the next step. This is to ensure you are doing the right thing. The objectives of each mission are clearly stated at the beginning of each game and you can review them at anytime during the gameplay to check your progress. When you click on one of the animal on your exhibit, an information panel will pop up. Click on Information button to show more information about the animal such as their habitats, their preference of exhibits, their habit, etc. This is a good thing to educate younger people about animals.

The graphics and sounds for this game is good. You can see your animals interacting with guests and their exhibits. You can also see your guest walking around your zoo and doing their things. Eating, taking photographs, and so on. You can hear the lion roars, wolf howl, etc.

Overall this is an entertaining and educating game not only for kids, but also for adults. Animal lovers will also love this game.

Super fun for Dad and Daughter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We bought this for my seven year old daughter's birthday in addition to the usual Barbie games that she asks for. The Barbie game has been completely abandoned and we both love Zoo Tycoon! Sometimes we split up the zoo; my daughter takes care of the animals while I build the concessions. Together we build the world's greatest zoos! We don't have the expansion packs yet but would be really keen to get access to new things to build into our zoo's. You win when the you take care of the animals so well that they are happy; guests become happy and keep the zoo financially stable. Taking care of endangered animals is especially challenging, but my daughter has learned to become quite expert. We both love this game a lot.

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