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Summary: Very Nice!
Review: I gave my husband zoo tycoon as a gift. He loves it. He has found many ways to get around the game and new animals to download, excellent.
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Summary: An excellent addition!
Review: I have been a huge fan of sim type games for literally yeras. I mean I have loved these type of games since the very first sim city on Super Nintendo. I picked up the first Zoo Tycoon on it's release date and loved every aspect of the game. Knowing, pretty much what I was getting into before I even played it, this game absolutely did not disappoint.
I also picked up Dinosaur digs on release date and got everything that I expected out of it. Although a bit smaller than I had hoped. This did not surprise me however because I have bought many expansions and many of them have been smaller than necessary.
Marine Mania is as good as expansion packs can get. Not only does the expansion pack include Marine Mania, but it also includes Dinosaur Digs, which kind of made me upset me because I just purchased it a couple of months ago. Anyways, I don't care too much for reviews that ramble on, but Marine mania is well worth the purchase, because not only do you get the one expansion, you get a full two expansion packs. So for those of you whoo liked the first Zoo Tycoon and have not picked up Dinosaur Digs yet (or even have picked it up) I suggest that you buy this expansion, it is seriously much fun. Pick it up and enjoy!
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Summary: Marine Mania - addicting
Review: Excellent game for my 7 yr old daughter. This really captures her attention. Our whole family loves it! My husband even plays it. Highly recommend.
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Summary: Marine Mania
Review: I just want to say this because I think most of the reviewers left this out. This has BOTH Marine Mania & Dinosaur Digs.
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Summary: Z.T. 2
Review: 22 PREHISORIC BEASTS: APATOSAURUS, ALLOSAURUS, ANKYLASAURUS, CAMPTOSAURUS, COELPHYSIS (SEE-LO-FI-SIS), PLATEOSAURUS, STEGOAURUS, GALLIMIMUS, SPINOSAURUS, STYRACOSAURUS, TRICERATOPS, T. REX, IGUANODON, LAMBEOSAURUS, PLESIOSAUR (PLEY-SI-O-SORE-US), SMILODON (SMI-LO-DON), WOOLY MAMMOTH, WOOLY RHINO, AND KENTROSAURUS, PLUS OVER 30 ORIGINAL ANIMALS. ALMOST 100 NEW ITEMS, TOO.
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Summary: come see the incredible styracosaurus (and about 19 more)!
Review: really cool graphics. fun gameplay, including 20 dinos plus regular animals, like lions, bears, gallimimus, t. rexes, stegosaurs, giraffes, and even raptors! u can start out with up to $500,000. u can even plant prehistoric trees.
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Summary: Fun but....
Review: 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.
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Summary: Simple but addictive!
Review: I haven't had time to play this game on many occasions, but when I do play, I hunker down for hours. Everything is very simple and straightforward but it has a certain addictive cuteness about it, from watching the monkeys play to being able to click on a particular customer walking through the zoo to see what they're thinking (such as "I'm thirsty," or "I need to find a trash can.") I enjoy buying and breeding difficult animals, such as pandas, while hubby likes to see peoples' reactions when the lions get loose. A bit of fun for everyone!
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Summary: A Great Zoo Just Got Better
Review: The Marine Mania expansion pack of Zoo Tycoon is great. While adding marine wildlife and shows to your zoo increases the level of challenge, I have personally enjoyed Marine Mania more in the past week that the past several months of Dinosaur Digs. But don't get me wrong, I still want my Dinosaurs.The increase in features such as new marine animals, tanks instead of exhibits, new buildings for making $$$ and very decorative foliage all add a whole new look to any zoo, making a great zoo even better.
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Summary: Really fun simulation game
Review: This is a fascinating simulation game. You get to build am entire ecosystem around making a zoo work. Since you're the zookeeper, imagine that you start with some land and a few dollars. You get to make all the decisions on how to build and supply a zoo: - keep the animals fed, watered, and clean in an appropriate habitat,
- keep the guests pleased with food, bathrooms, and happy animals,
- make decisions on ticket prices (important for crowd control),
- make plans for animal acquisition and personnel hiring,
- manage the buildings and grounds,
- identify marketing, advertising, merchandising plans,
- and so on The software gives you a number of different choices of basic habitat and even allows you to start with different amounts of funding so you get a chance to see what it's like to start a zoo on a shoestring budget and then when funds are no obstacle. It makes a huge difference and keeps the game really challenging. I have two relatively small quibbles with the game. One is that the description says age 6 and up; I think that children under 12 aren't likely to make enough good decisions to keep the zoo alive unless they get significant coaching. The second is that you have to have a CD-ROM on your system so, if you want to play on an airplane, your laptop needs an extra drive. Still, I think that this game is really fun to play. And, a word to the curious and adventurous: once you get your zoo going, you can see what happens when you fence in the entrance/exits so that the zoo visitors can't leave -- and then let the lions and tigers out of their cages. Or, get the Dinosaur extensions and let a T-Rex loose!
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