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nice idea, average execution

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really was looking forward to this game, hoping it would be everything Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 wasn't. It's a good first effort, but the packaging is a little misleading. You don't really get to design your park, your way. You really only get to decide where, in their 3 basic park designs, that you want to put the completely pre-designed rides and buildings. No custom coasters here, and no real interaction with the animals. It's an awesome concept--mesh "Zoo Tycoon" with "Rollercoaster Tycoon". The problem is, it doesn't work well as either a coaster game or a zoo game here. Awesome concept, average-to-poor execution (I only lean toward "average" because it's a first-time-effort).

Also, like many games these days, there is no real manual included. Why *give* you a manual when they can *sell* you a strategy guide? You're not going to figure out many aspects of the game w/o playing the first few levels (which really should have been labeled "Training").

disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm Just going to hit it all..
-No undo button
-game tells you that the lines are too long (but doesn't tell which attraction so you can not solve the problem)
-no real tutorial, the learning consist of placing a couple of building.
-most of the major building can not be rotated, so you cant plan a park, its where you can fit it with the entrance.
-when looking at the menu to buy building, they are not in $ order or in intensity order, very hard to check every building to see what specifications it has.
-no loans, so u have to wait for money, very boring, but got some house cleaning done while waiting, lol
-once u buy attractions, sometimes people are upset, and say the don't like them, but u can't do anything about it because they are pre-made buildings.

In all, there is nothing to this game. It is all smacking down a building here or there and waiting, and waiting for money to roll in. If u play RCT or ZT, don't waste ur money. I have a question for activision, have u ever heard of beta testers?

Thar' she blows!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In the words of the Sea Captain, "thar' she blows!" This game doesn't come close to rivals RCT and ZT. The inability to design rides or attractions, the inability to rotate the screen and the inability to get money fast enough are just a few of this game's flaws. It is not worth $20. It might be worth $10 when you've played all there is to play in this one.

Good Game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great.If you read the review that says there is no undo button there is.I love to watch Shamoo and the Bottle nase dolphens preform. If yove been to sea world you will really enjoy the game.Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

One Of The Worst Of The "New" Tycoons

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love Tycoons. I don't even know if this game can be classified as one, since you can't plan your park from the beginning, are not given any real tools to moniter and manage your park, and no management over each individual building. People will complain about things being wrong, but most of the time you are unable to do anything about it since the buildings are pre made (meaning you can't set the prices etc for most of them).
There is no tutorial, but the game is so simplified and has such limited options one isn't really needed. There is no open play, and you are given about 10 missions - which I completed in half a day. Yes, I dragged myself through to the end with blind faith that it HAD to get better. It didn't. I can't believe any game company could publish this and expect people to pay money. If you want a GREAT game about managing zoos and seaparks, try Zoo Tycoon Collection which includes zoo tycoon and the expansions marine mania and dinosaur digs.
The only way I could see someone being satisfied by this game is if they are under the age of 13 and have never played a decent tycoon game. Compared to the others it can't even get off ground level.

Fun Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game really gets you interested in building and managing your own theme park.But also gives you the opportunity to talk with the people who go in the theme park.You click on them and if they want something and are about to leave, you must quickly make it so the person won't leave.You must also make sure you mustn't spend all your money all at once or else you'll be in big trouble!!I recommend this game to kids 8 and up.

It's ok...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well, it's good, but not the best. I bought this game thinking that I would be able to design the park my way. You can do this, just not to a great extent.

Pro's:

Wonderful detail (the attractions look exactly like they do in the the real Sea World)

Pretty scenery

Interesting animal sounds/info

Con's:

no rotating button (I'm used to rotators, so having none in this game really dissapointed me)

not enough attractions/scenery (even though it's beautiful, I wish there were more of them)

inablility to choose your own animals/no way to design buildings (this is probably the biggest thing that upsets me. in zoo tycoon, you can choose which animals you want in an attraction. you can also color your own buildings and create your own pens/cages for the animals)

fizzy when close up (what's the point of getting as close as you can to the screen, when you can't see anything because it's blurry?)

not enough "sandbox" levels (they should have more locations as to were you want to build your own park)

All in all, it could use some work. Great idea, great attractions, not-so-great game.

Worst game ever.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game, i am all excited. I just played it for 5 minutes. You can build like 14 things in the whole game. There are no tuturials, there are no cars on the tracks of the roller coasters, the graphics are terrible, the camera goes off by itself, you cant rotate the camera, because there is no toggle, it is way too educational, and is had a horrid layout. The cover and the inside may look cool, but the graphics are not near as good as they say they are, the gameplay is the WORST in any game I have ever played. If you choose not to buy this because of my review, I just saved you 20 bucks well not spent. Buy warcraft iii... that is a good game. Do the mauls online on that. That is fun, unlike this game. A DEFINATE NOT BUY!

OK for young kids, too boring for experienced players

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: March 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have a 5 and 7 year old who have been playing Zoo Tycoon and Roller Coaster Tycoons 1 & 2 for about a year. I have to agree with most of the other reviews here. this game is way too slow and boring for any experienced gamers. My 7 year old is very disappointed that he can't build his own coasters. We've only had the game for 2 days now, but we still haven't figured out how to add employees (can anyone tell me???) so our parks all have trash on the ground and our rides need mechanics. I'd love help with that one!!

My 5 year old, however, is ok with this game. he is too young to build his own coasters, and slapping down prefab buildings is more up his alley. So he thinks this is ok. There are only 3 different scenarios to choose from though, so I think he will quickly outgrow it. Especially since he already does ZT pretty much alone and prefers to choose the tricks that the animals perform in their shows. This game just doesn't have it.

I would reccommend Zoo Tycoon with the Marine/Dinosaur expansion for anyone thinking about this game. You get SOOOO much more for your money. If you already have ZT, don't buy this -- you will be disappointed.

Not like the other tycoons I've played.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this game and I don't even know how to play it, it's nothing like zoo tycoon. You can't even turn the itens around so they all face the front. you can't make a good layout that way. also you have to wait for the research to finish before you even get one animal and I don't think you can build a pen to keep them in anyways. You really can't build anything it's already made up and you just place them down. The concept is great but why didn't they make it similar to zoo tycoon but with the sea world atmosphere.

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