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Summary: Fun!
Review: 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.
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Summary: relly cool!
Review: Zoo tycoon was fun but after a few months i got a little tierd of it. so i went on E-bay and picked up a copy of Marine Mania (Includes Dinosaur Digs!) and this is a cool Expansion pack you get buld cool exebits!! and shows!! with new senarios!! that are relly cool! buy it now!
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Summary: Not worth the money at all....Dont waste it!
Review: This game is awful. the dinosaurs are VERY picky. they like a lot of plants, but then they run over them and get mad about the rubble. It is very hard to keep them happy. also, i hired a crew that catches dinos if they escape. when my spinosaurus got out and started eating people, they just stood there! all my guests were screaming and running from my zoo. Very frustrating, and a money waster!!!
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Summary: Don't Buy This Game!!!!!
Review: This is great game and a very fun addition to Zoo Tycoon, but you can get it with Marine Mania for the same price as it alone. The game itself adds plenty of new animals with the addition of dinosaurs. You now have a scientist and a dinosaur collection team. Oh Yeah, if the T-Rex gets out, he will eat your guests!
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Summary: Fun game for the entire family!
Review: The Zoo Tycoon series is one of the greatest thing to happen to RTS (Real Time Strategy) since the invention of the optical mouse! Marine Mania offers a new twist with the introduction of animals that must have aquatic habitats. This game also comes with the "Dinosaur Digs" expansion, which is frustrating if you have already purchased it, and great if you haven't The combination of the games gives you a ton of challenging scenerios and batch of animals to keep in your zoo. I only wish you could pick up unhappy guests and throw those whiners in the lake like you can in Roller Coaster Tycoon! Overall, this is a fabulous game with tons of replay value. It is a good, non-violent game to add to your collection.
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Summary: I wish they would ship Zoo Tycoon to Austrailia
Review: I liked the demos when I first downloded them,But they are quickly becoming boring.I am rating the game on the Demos so do not take much notice of it.I'v seen the game in Brisbane but was not able to afford it.I hope that amazon will beable to ship it to Australia in time for my birthday.
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Summary: great game!
Review: this game is loads of fun The expansion pack is necissary too. There are many animals and real restaurants on line as well. If you like RCT you'll like this as well
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Summary: Loads of Fun - With Flaws
Review: 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!
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Summary: Great, Great, Great!
Review: This is a great add-on to the Zoo Tycoon series. The animals and the buildings are really slick and can add a lot to your zoo. However, I can't think of anything else they can do for this series to keep it running....
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Summary: A well done experience!
Review: Zoo Tycoon is alarmingly addictive. Like the other games of this genre, there is a certain level of education that the game passes on in order to make you a better player... for example, you will quickly learn what kind of terrain and foliage a LOT of different animals prefer. That makes it very interesting for adults and educational for kids. There are many different ways to success (or failure) which makes this game have a high replayability value. I have often found myself coming back to it after a few months away and quickly get the same intense enthusiasm for the game - thinking THIS TIME I'm going to get it right! Perhaps the best part is not something I would recommend for REAL zookeepers... when you are done for your session, save your game and then tear down a few fences here and there... preferably on cages that have really BIG MEAN animals. It's amusing to watch your 900 guests run screaming for the exits as your Bengal Tiger picks them off one by one in "cartoon thundercloud" violence! :)
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