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Zoo Tycoon et al.....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: October 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love Zoo Tycoon (not Dino Digs so much) and I'm sure Marina Mania will be awesome - judging by webshots and the buzz at various fansites. I can't wait to incorporate "3D" water into exhibits. But I do have a word of warning for those who are not familiar with the Zoo Tycoon games. This game is not for people who like fast-paced action games. No explosions or monsters to kill, - no gore (unless an amimal escapes, or you let one loose). So this might bore some to tears. But, that being said, it's still a great game. It's very challenging trying to keep animals and visitors happy and have a cool looking zoo. If you ever wanted to be a zoo keeper when you were a kid, you NEED this game!

SPLASH!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love the Zoo tycoon pack of Marine Mania. With so many fun animals to work with it is the best! I love the dolphins the best because they can do really cool tricks. But this is a complicated game, so if I was a beginner to the Zoo Tycoon's I would start out with the Zoo tycoon then the Dinosaur Digs then the Marine Mania. Have Fun!

Educational...Exciting...Everything you'd ever need!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is great for all ages, all types of people. You don't need to be a teenage computer geek to love this game, or a child future vet to love this game.
The graphics are really good, and the animals are so real. It's more detailed than RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, but it doesn't have quite as many options.
We recently went to Animal Kingdom at Disney World, and I knew all about every animal we saw on the safari: okapi, Thompson's gazelle, clouded leopard...when we were passing the okapi, I even said to my mom, "Man, those animals are high maitenance. They're never happy, and always have to live by themselves!" Of course, she was wondering WHY IN THE WORLD I would know about an animal she had never heard of until then. After passing the Thompson's gazelles I said, "Oh, I love those things. They are so easy to take care of, and I can even add other animals in there with them! They love to be with zebras, and even giraffes! They mostly just need savannah terrain, so it's pretty simple." Yet another awkward stare at my astounding knowledge.
Who would've ever guessed that it could be this educational? You can even see what different animals eat, and what their poop looks like!
Now let's talk about the shows. You can get some dolphins or killer whales, or some other animals, to come out and do a show for you! It's quite simple. You just have to conduct a show with the already-purchased toys, buy stadiums for the audience, and sit back and enjoy the show! It's really cool seeing the dolphins swimming around and performing tricks.
The Dinosaur Digs part isn't that great. I personally don't really enjoy the dinosaur part, unless I'm freeing them to kill everyone. Sometimes I block the exit so the guests won't leave, fire all of the workers so they can't stun-gun the animals, and free everyone: the lions, bears, tyrannosaurus rex's...it's so fun to see all the people running away and screaming...

Zoo Tycoon Marine Mania is a must!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I first perchased the original Zoo Tycoon I was a little bit disapointed. The graphics wern't bad but there were no sea creatures or barely any aquatic animals beside the crocodile, polar bear, sea lion, hippo, and penguin. Yet when I purchased Marine Mania my troubles were solved. ( I have always had an enterest in marine biology. )You get new buildings, objects and animals such as the great white shark, sperm whale, and atlantic sword fish. Along with regular marine exibits you can build a marine mammal/fish show. But only the killer whale, bottlenose dolphin, California Sea Lion, Southern sea Otter and Great White Shark will preform in tanks.But when you create your marie habitat be sure to buy a tank filter or a marine specialize the maintenece of your tank. When you get marine Mania you also get Dino digs. With dino digs you create a Prehistoric and Ice Age feeling to your super zoo. You get new stuff and of course Dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts such as the Wooly Mammoth, Velocioraptor and of course Tyrannosaurus Rex. But tou don't just get them full grown you purchase them as eggs and assign scientists to help it hatch. So you get Sea World and Jurassic Park in one Box! Be warned the sharks, sperm whales and Tyrannosaurus will eat guests that you put in their exibits !!Its fun to watch a gust get devoured by The rex. But these animals will only eat grown men not women,or children. The creators must have been sexist. A few codes: put a mermaid stachue in a tank and a living mermaid will burst from it. To get all the dinosaurs at the begining of the freeform game Name a guest Dinoman and all dinos shall become avalible whith out any consevation funding. If you want to have unlimited money hold down Shift and 4 and your money will rise rapidly, just make sure you do it at the begining befor you create any exibits for the fences shall decay and the tank water will turn brown. For the Dinosucus Crocodile name an exibit Supercroc and you shall be able to adopt this animal. Name an Exibit Cretaceous Corral and the Tricerotops shall become avalible, make sure you leave the exibit name as Exibit 1, 2, 3 , ect. then rename it. If you do not do it in this order the game WILL CRASH. Bottom Line: Good game,should keep gamers on ther computers for days strait.

Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed the first Zoo Tycoon, and for people who want to create the ultimate animal park, this is the expansion pack to get. There is a wealth of detail in this game and quite a lot of new features. I love the listening to the people cheer at my dolphin shows, and the creepy calls of a full dinosaur park in action is something to behold! There is a wonderful range of animals to choose from, as well as food stalls and decorate accents.

However, I find this version a little more difficult to use. Setting up your aquatic tanks, keeping them clean, and creating a show tank take a little persistance and concentration. There also seems to be a new feature of the dinosaur park in that even if you use the strongest fences and keep them meticulously maintained, the carniverous dinos can still bash through and cause a little havok on your park. I get the impression though that this might have been intentionally built into the design, and that perhaps dinos are supposed to be more of a challenge to keep. (Hence also the requirment to keep a helocopter pad in your park to capture stray dinos.) I like to keep a well ordered park myself, but there is some fun also in watching a huge raving dino rage about your pathways, flinging guests and causing screaming and pandemonium!

This is a good game, but more suited to adults or children with high attention spans and a lot of patience. I did have a few minor problems with my dino park crashing, but it seems to be a relatively rare occurance. Overall, I recommend this game for any one that loves detailed simulation games that allow you to get into the nitty gritty of creating.

VERY Entertaining

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game was very fun and very entertaining. I still play it and I have had it for some time now. The animals are very cute--but at the same time are very needy. It is fun to be able to run your own zoo. Although there is some cons to the idea...when the animals aren't happy they get tooken away, the guests may tend to get angry and your zoo may be a total stinker! But if you follow the instructions and do the best you can then your zoo will be the best it can be! :)

Must have game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun. When I first played it I loved it from right then and there. It taught me how zookeepers take care of the animals and how it is a place of buisness. If you love sea world animals and dinosaurs this is the right game for you!

A fun expansion to Zoo Tycoon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this as a birthday present a while back, and have recently started playing it again. Here's some quick Pro's and Con's:

Pro's:
-A bunch of marine animals
-Some animals can perform
-Marine animals are easier to care for then zoo animals
-New objects

Con's:
-Show animals won't perorm well if hungry
-Marine specialists can be very dumb
-Guests are still idiots
-Cannot get tank service filter intill late in game
Now I'll explain these pro's and con's in more detail.
Pro's
There is a bunch of marine animals, all who are easy or difficult to care for. They are generally more easy to care for than zoo animals though.

Show animals!!! You can make a profit off some of your animals by having them perform in shows. Be sure to make them perform "Infrequent" so they don't get mad. If you over work them they will get angry and so will your guests.

New objects. There are a bunch of marine objects, making your zoo look more appealing. Also, just as a tip, if you put the mermaid statue in a tank, it becomes a real mermaid!

Con's

Show animals won't perform well if hungry. This has been a problem for me. My orca's will go into the show tank with a full stomach (If they don't I cancel the show) and leave with a empty one. They miss/screw up the ticks if they are hungry and this causes my guests to boo and think "What was that?"

Marine specialists are, like zoo keepers, idiots. I'll get a notice saying my Tiger Sharks are hungry, and I'll see my ten billion marine specialists running around "Monitoring" the zoo.

Guests are idiots. I'll see a starving guest wandering around, so I'll drop him in front of a burger stand and he'll walk by. My problem with the seafood resteraunt is I'll drop a guest by, they'll walk in and come out with all bars up, but the happiness bar which is at zero.

Tank filter. If you make a tank without a filter it'll eventually become dirty making your animals mad. A marine specialist can clean it, but that takes forever.

Overall a good game worth buying. Plus you get Dino digs, which I am not gonna review, cause this just took me too long to type.

Fun but....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 16
Date: November 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The reason I gave Marine Mania a 4 is due to lack of information.Just like Dino Digs you are on own knowing what keeps the fish happy.Microsoft/Blue Fang need to take a lesson from Maxis and come out with a manual everytime you release a expansion.I guess when your Bill Gates you don't care about us average hard working people as long he gets our money.

A Preteen Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is so cool,dude !I think its a good and fun game!Cool I give this game 5 stars,man!I hope they make more Zoo Tycoons.

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