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Summary: Zoo tycoon
Review: I borrowed this game off a friend, and almost refused to give it back! This game was instead of homework for me! I just couldn't stop playing. I found the layout and access to different controls extremely easy, making this fabulous gameplay. The graphics were quite good. I enjoyed feeding the animals and finding out if they had young! You always had to check on them to see if they had food and had suitable exhibits, which was good because it introduced a slight feeling of desperateness. When youre animals were happy or when an endangered animal was born you would earn awards. You have scientists who research different animals, toys, shelters and park equipment such as merry go rounds and stuff. If you made a good enough park with interesting exhibits and side shows, you're park would become a Zoo Tycoon!!!!Try and be a zoo tycoon yourself by buying this game!
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Summary: ZooTycoon
Review: Zoo Tycoon is a great idea and has lots of potental. Beware of trouble. Its is not very compatible with all computer systems. There are alot of software conflicts that I have come across. Tech support is so-so from Microsoft for this game. They always blamed it on the computer and its software that was preloaded. What's so funny is that my new DELL computer is preloaded with Microsoft software. The troubles I am referring to are lock-ups, freezing and slowness of game prior to locks-ups/freezing. Microsoft needs to fix the problems with software conflicts especially when its their software that is the conflict. Graphics and the ideas of the game are great.
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Summary: Whoo! HOO! Microsoft, Funner Than Sim City!
Review: Zoo Tycoon may be another one of those simulator games. But, No! Zoo Tycoon is a fun cool zoo games with animals from elephants to zebras. The regular Zoo Tycoon, you may not be looking for it but the new Dinosaur Digs Expansion Pack with has dinosuars and all kinds of prehistoric animals. If you want a cool simulation ZOO Game, this would be it!
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Summary: You can be the next Spielberg!
Review: This is a must have for anyone who is a fan of Simulation games and Jurassic Park. With 20 different dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, the summit of the volcano is the limit. While it is a bit of a challenge keeping your Tyrannosaurs happy, this game promises fun for the whole family. Plus it offers great information on your favorite dinosaur, with eating habits, size and more. In addition, there is great new scenery available, fossils, tar pits, steam vents, stone benches, and of course volcanos. Another great feature is the ability to integrate your dinosaurs with your lions, and tigers, and bears to make the ultimate zoo.
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Summary: **Very entertaining... hard to please**
Review: I love this game - not only can you design the animal's habitat, but you can choose how many animals and create all types of attractments in your zoo. The only negativity I found in the game was how hard it was to please both your customers and the animals at the same time. It's very challenging and fun. AND you can download animals from the website, so I think it was worth the money - well, maybe 1/2 the price.
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Summary: Worst Simulation Game Ever
Review: Pros: None
Cons: Bad Graphics
Boring Gameplay
Money System guarentees you'll be broke unless you stick to th tightest budget possible.
[It's just like] Roller Coaster Tycoon
Unecaseraly Hard
More furnishing animals cages and keeping them happy than running a zoo
Price is overdown this plays like [a]game out off a bargain box
With in 25% hour of playing it you'll start to loose intrest
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Summary: If you ever wanted to build Jurassic Park....
Review: I was thrilled to read the initial press releases about this game - and I have been very impressed by the actual game thus far. I bought it the day it came out, and am still having fun playing it a week later. These are the following dinosaurs/prehistoric animals that you will be able to house in a zoo: (1) Smilodon (sabertooth cat), (2) Wooly Mammoth, (3) Wooly Rhino, (4) Giant Turtle, (5) Stegosaurous, (6) T-Rex, (7) Allosaurous, (8) Velociraptor, (9) Triceratops (which you unlock with a cheat code), (10) Lambeosaurus (Duck-billed hadrosaurs), (11) Styracosaurus(Five-horned Dino), (12) Ankylosaurous (armor plated with bony tail), (13)Iguanodon, (14)Spinosaurus, (15)Plesiosaurus, (16)Kentrosaurus (cousin of the stegosaurus), (17) Caudipteryx (lean green hunter), (18) Coeleophysis (bird-dinosaur), (19) Herrerasaurus (very cool striped hunter - my favorite in the game!), (20) Apatosaurus, (21) Camptosaurus (gentle herbivore)...plus there is one more "unlock" animal in the game that is revealed when you make it to the later scenerios - it is very impressive!!! Also, you may ... via the special "internal update" function of the game and download two additional new dinosaurs. I'll just let those be a surprise for you, but they are also very cool. I have wanted to build my own Jurassic Park since that movie came out in 1994...this Zoo Tycoon expansion is our first chance to do it!!! Along with the animals, the game designers have also created a ton of prehistoric fauna and other items such as volcanoes to add to the exhibits. There is even a "Recovery Team" that includes a helicopter that takes off and captures the dinos when they get loose - and you know they will indeed get loose at some point. The animals in this game actually test the fences for weaknesses and attack the same spots repeatedly to facilitate an escape. There are electrified fences and giant concrete walls to try to keep these monsters penned - but good luck - they were born to cause mayhem! This expansion pack has 6 cool new scenerios for you to play with as well: An Ice-Age Zoo and a Jurassic Zoo are just two of them. There is even a scenerio where you have to salvage the remains of a "Dino Park" after its previous owner had to abandon it when things went horribly awry. Like Zoo Tycoon, there are also buildings to place in the park that have animals inside them, but which cannot be further manipulated by you - in this case, A Pteranodon Aviary, a Prehistoric Amphibians House, and a Jurassic Cinema (which has different movies on the Marquee like Dinosaurs Attack!). There is even a playground with dinosaur slides and different fossil statues to place around the zoo for aesthetic reasons. Plus, a Mammoth Cones shop and a Bronto Burger Stand, Yummmm! This game is a must-have. I really enjoy playing my zoo tycoon, and I couldn't wait to play this game. And for anyone reading this who is excited about creating their own Jurassic Park - in the Fall there will be an even bigger surprise. The people behind the Jurassic Park name and logo are putting together their own Dinosaur Park building game, which at this point is being called Jurassic Park: Project Genesis. You will be able to do basically what you are doing in ZT: Dinosaur Digs, only you will actually get to use the logo from the movies on your buildings and have access to supposedly realistic-looking dinosaurs. While I love the animals that were created for Zoo Tycoon, they are slightly on the cartoon/stylized level. This is not a complaint, but an observation. If you want photo-realistic dinosaurs, supposedly Project Genesis is going to be something wonderful to behold. The only bad thing I have to say about Zoo Tycon and Dinosaur Digs is that these games are not for everyone. Dinosaur Digs is what I call a "Bonzai Game" - one that you play slowly and over long periods, which does not have a lot of blasts and explosions in it...just like nurturing a Japanese Banzai over time. If you enjoy animals, and like games that are slow to play and involve the constant maintenance and upkeep of exhibits, then you will enjoy playing this. If you are more a "Tomb Raider" kind of player, then you will be disappointed to find little action here - there are no guns, lasers, or karate chops to be found. I personally enjoy escaping from my life for a few hours and disappearing into my little zoo, creating the exhibits with great care and trying to please all my guests. I like the thrill of trying to keep all my fences intact and make sure all the animals are healthy. I enjoy arranging the different plants and sculpting the scenery just so. And, I must admit, I also enjoy the moments when one of the dinos gets loose and wrecks havoc - watching the helicopters take off and race to subdue the beast (you can't control the helicopters, you can just build a helicopter port. After that, your staff does all the flying and dino-tranquilizing). I sincerely hope there are dozens more expansion packs for Zoo Tycoon. It is incredibly well done, hours and hours worth of entertainment. I can't wait to see what other animals the people at Microsoft are dreaming up!
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Summary: #1 Creating Game
Review: I think Zoo Tycoon is the best building game I have ever played. You can have so many different animals, and even make beaches by combining water and sand. One of the only problems is that the animals reproduce way too fast. I started with 4 lions and ended up with 26! Luckily, you are able too sell your animals. I HIGHLY recommend this game. It is really fun.
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Summary: Lots of fun!
Review: Zoo Tycoon was lots of fun! I couldn't wait to start making my own zoo. There are a pretty good variety of animals and plants-and a lot of things for your visitors. I thought it was funny when you see a tour guide, they usually have a pack of people behind them. :) It's fun for a very long time, but after a while it does get kind of boring because your people get bored of your zoo. And it's a little frustrating when you try and try and try to get your zookeepers to clean up the animals' "poo". Other than that, this game is a LOT of fun!!
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Summary: The best zoo I've ever been to...
Review: There are plenty of scenarios to keep you busy for a while, but having completed all of those, I'm having the most fun in sandbox mode, creating fantasy zoos. Be forewarned, however--having provided a home for all of these magnificent animals, you must devote yourself to their continued happiness. If you don't, they will let you know. Some of them will express their displeasure by attacking your guests, which has quite an effect on the overall mood, which directly relates to your profits. There are tons of cheats on the internet for this game. Of course, I know you would never use them in the scenarios, but a couple hundred thousand extra bucks >:. come in real handy when constructing the zoo of your dreams. I eagerly await the dinosaur expansion for this game, available sometime in Summer 2002.
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