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Da Best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Zoo tycoon is the best Zoo Game in the world! Even the demo is really fun!!! The graphics are good and you can let your animals on the lose! You get to even select adult fee and childrens fee! So just get it!

This Is The Best GaMe!!!! :)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best tycoon game out!You get to pick up to 200 Animals and you get to pick diffrent themes for your park.say you wanted gorilla's in your park you get to make the jungle you want them in.The other thing is if you put the wrong fence to fence in your animal they can break through the fence then you have to get your handy men to handle it back to the cage.So REMEMBER THIS IS THE BEST TYCOON GAME OUT!!!
SO GO OUT AND BUY IT!!!! :)

Fun but Unfinished

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun to play, but it seems unfinished. The graphics only look right at about 1/2 the angles, and if you zoom in they look really bad, I guess they didn't bother making new sets of graphics for each zoom level, too bad, because the main graphics are pretty good, considering it's a 2D isometric view.

Gameplay is good though, easy to understand and fun, and there's lots of animals and objects to build with, as well as a free-play mode in addition to the scenarios. The only bad part is you have to wait till more objects are 'unlocked' to use them, even in free-play mode.

All in all not a bad game, but not great either, especially considering the price.

Not a game you want to play over and over....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I thought the concept of this was pretty cool at first but when I started playing this alot it got very boring. In this game you build a zoo, feed animals, make them shelters, clean their pooh etc,. But when you play this alot it gets annoying and boring. Heres an example, you make a place for animals to live, say you have 5 living there. Make them a shelter, give them food, put some trees and your done. But thats not it, animals have to be happy at all times and that when the game really gets boring. They complain there is not enough foliage, or food, or a certain type of terrain they want, or too much trampled terrain, and the list goes on and on. You must make every animal happy at all time or visitors won't like your zoo. IF you have a big zoo its even worse, you must change the terrain every damn second of the game because its allways being trampled on or an animal is not happy with it and I mean every second almost literally. Theres allways something you must do to make them happy, and I just got sick of it. It was a waste of my time. So you might like it the first time you play it, but when you get use to it you will hate it to death. Please take my word for it, it is very repetative and gets boring fast!

Loads of Fun - With Flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have played many simulations over the years and this is the first one I've seen for a zoo. Of course I had to get it. Overall, it is a great game. The controls and gameplay are fairly easy to understand. The graphics are highly detailed and really help to get you into the game. It's fun to watch the animals in their habitat. With many terrains, buildings, animals, scenery, and objectives to work with, it's an overall entertaining sim. This game has one really big flaw that keeps it from getting 5 stars...

CHARACTER AI! The handymen are about as dumb as they can get when it comes to computer sims. No matter how many you place, they all go for the same trash to clean up.. regardless to their proximity to other trash. In Rollercoaster Tycoon, the handymen cleaned up the closest mess. Not only that, but in RCT, you can zone the handymen. I'm surprised Microsoft let Blue Fang slip this large problem through. I purchased the Dinosaur Digs expansion because I love Jurassic Park, but the AI problem is still there. The problem also exists with the maintenance people, but it's not as noticeable since they really don't do much. I hope that future expansions include AI improvements.

If you can overlook the AI problem, Zoo Tycoon is an enjoyable, realistic zoo sim with plenty to do!

A worthy competitor to RollerCoaster Tycoon.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Basically, RollerCoaster Tycoon is the best sim game ever. Zoo Tycoon is a great sim- yet different.
While RollerCoaster Tycoon is somewhat quick-paced, Zoo Tycoon takes patience. Screaming rollercoasters aren't quite the same as keeping quiet Pandas happy. However, despite the slow pace, Zoo Tycoon can keep you glued to the screen for hours.
My favorite mode is free mode, where you simply design a zoo with a given amount of money. Implementing your zoo scenery and landscaping with your exhibits is an interesting and difficult task.
There are over 40 animals, tons of exhibit foliage, fences, and toys, as well as three different staff members to hire. The result? A game big enough to keep you entertained. If you enjoyed RollerCoaster Tycoon, this is worth a shot. If you loved RCT, buy this now.

A Big Disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to like this game. I did. The concept was good, the features seemed exciting, and I thought that I would spend many weeks enjoying the game. I was wrong. The game play is awkward. There is a patch on the website that helps a bit, but it doesn't fix everything. The zookeepers and maintence workers do their assigned tasks and then wander off into the undevoloped areas of the park, and then when there is a problem you have to hunt them down and physically move them to where they should have been all along. I have a pretty decent computer with more than double all of the requirements, but the game will still crashed on me. Stick with Rollercoaster Tycoon and its add-on packs, and if you complete all of the theme parks there, then keep searching for a new game. Don't think that Zoo Tycoon will be the fix that you need until more Rollercaster Tycoon add-on packs come out like I did.

Wild Animal Park-just add a computer!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We just got this game. And let me tell you that it's GREAT!!! It's perfect for all ages, even adults! As in the other Tycoon games, there's a few goals; keep guests happy(I have to admit I feel sad when the guests say "I don't like this zoo at all; I'm going home") and take care of your animals and your zoo. The animals are very adorable(especially the baby tigers and lions...awww, so cute!!!). The more animals you get, the harder the game gets. You can't just build a little cage and plunk some animal in it and sit back and watch. You have to constantly be checking on them to see if they are still happy, so this game actually requires some work.
This game is so fun, it's a definite must have!

One tip; be extra careful with the lions; once they have babies, they won't stop(once we had 24 of them). And you can't sell any of them; they will get sad.

great fun for all ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i bought this one for my grandaughter for christmas and we all had to play after watching her and enjoying all the animals and births and learning to manage a business fun for all. i loved it so much i am buying my own. and im 60 but in combo with the marina and im sure we will get the dinasaur one next, it is hours of fun.

3 words, BEST GAME EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game i have ever played for the pc. Its so real, and so addicting, There is so much that you can do to make your perfect zoo. The animals are realistic, and so are the guests in the zoo, I cant stop playing it!!!!!! its awsome!

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