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Summary: Can you be the zoo tycoon?
Review: This game is really attractive. You can build your dream zoo with the tolls it provides. When you are installing the game, it will show a guildline for you to help you to understand the game clearly. My sister like this game very much. But she likes to kill people. She first build a fanstic zoo, then delete all the gate and let the animals escape, then all the animals will escape and fight with people. Although it is a bit cruel, but I think this is a interesting and funny way to play the game again when you are tired of building a normal zoo.
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Summary: An enjoyable game
Review: While the price of the game stumped me at first ($35 at Walmart) the game proved to be worth its cost. Simple to navigate and easy to play, once the game has completed its rather lengthy install. My only problems with the game: long install, and tends to crash my computer if I don't enter the game from the desktop. But neither of these problems are worth keeping me from the game, and downloading add-ons for the game are simple and worth the game itself. Little violence, comedic relief (around the end of October in the game a witch flies over, the same with Santa around the end of December) and excellent graphic make it an enjoyable game indeed.
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Summary: Fun - but full of bugs that the patch did not fix...
Review: As a fan of the other "tycoon" games, I did enjoy playing this game. Although, as you figure out how the game works and what is necessary to succeed, it becomes less and less challenging. I run this on XP and even with the patch, the game still freezes or the people start to "loop" and can't move. Hopefully another patch will be released so I can continue to play the game.
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Summary: A Big Disappointment
Review: I really wanted to like this game. I did. The concept was good, the features seemed exciting, and I thought that I would spend many weeks enjoying the game. I was wrong. The game play is awkward. There is a patch on the website that helps a bit, but it doesn't fix everything. The zookeepers and maintence workers do their assigned tasks and then wander off into the undevoloped areas of the park, and then when there is a problem you have to hunt them down and physically move them to where they should have been all along. I have a pretty decent computer with more than double all of the requirements, but the game will still crashed on me. Stick with Rollercoaster Tycoon and its add-on packs, and if you complete all of the theme parks there, then keep searching for a new game. Don't think that Zoo Tycoon will be the fix that you need until more Rollercaster Tycoon add-on packs come out like I did.
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Summary: Really Fun
Review: This game is sooooo fun! I played it with my friend, and we played it for a relly long time. I reccomend it if u like animals, or if you have other "tycoon" games.
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Summary: Not Much Creativity Invovled At All
Review: Zoo Tycoon as a game is not very fun. The only part about it that might be fun is the fact that the game does not take much time and that it is very easy, especially if you have the strategy guide which is very helpful, but if you have don't expect to be using much brain power when playing this game. Overall I would give this game about a 71%. I'd recommend Roller Coaster Tycoon over this game any day. RTC is at least a bit challenging and some creativity is invovled with it.
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Summary: Everything You'd Imagine
Review: Zoo Tycoon seperates itself from other "Tycoon" games. Lots of great animals, including ones you can download of their site. A must for tycooners looking for a different tycoon game. Build reptile houses and primate houses. Breed the rare Giant Panda and recieve an award. Have lions and tigers. Polar bear galore. Gators, birds, monkeys, camels, elephants, kangaroos, giraffes, yeti's, reindeer, hippos, cheetahs, leopards, and MORE! Build your own zoo for fun or take the challenge to become the real Zoo Tycoon!!
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Summary: Theme Park mentality needed!
Review: People who love RCT should really get into this game (altho it does come off as a rip-off of the RCT style and engine...who cares, makes it easier to play!)
The one thing myself and my friends did notice right away when playing...this game can be HARD! There is a lot of things you need to concentrate on all at once and learning the types of foliage and terrains and the likes/dislikes of the MANY animals is more difficult than a basic knowledge of roller-coasters and go-carts to me.
However, it does take the experience of running a Theme Park like RCT to do well in this game. You are responsible for budgets, marketing, in-park revenue (souveigners, food, etc.), and staff. Adjusting prices, adjusting attractions, shows, and so forth.
One thing that is GREAT about this game (I know everyone wished RCT had this) is the freestyle version! Aside from playing several challenge scenerios, you can also start with a blank piece of land (with terrain and budget of your choosing!)and have fun! There are also plenty of free download add-ins for this game online!
Once you get a handle on this game, you will instantly get hooked and love it...it just takes a little patience at first. But sooner or later, you'll be breeding lions just to sell them so you can open a new ice-cream cart
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Summary: Love This Game
Review: This game is LOTS of fun and very addictive. You can download more animals and objects and scenarios from both the official site and from fan sites. If you enjoy Roller Coaster Tycoon, you'll enjoy Zoo Tycoon. You can also join an e-group full of helpful people to discuss the game and strategies to win the scenarios. To join go to Yahoo Groups and join the Zoo Tycoon Group.
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Summary: ccgr.org's review
Review: So you think you got what it takes to run a zoo? This game will help you find out. Not only do you have to keep your customers happy and coming back, but you have to maintain your animals' health and happiness. To keep your animal happy you have to have a suitable environment for them. Keep the environment the same as their homeland. Not sure where the animal resides? You can read info on them. This game can be used as a learning tool! To keep your animals healthy, make sure you have plenty of zoo keepers and rush them over when your animals are sick. There are so many elements to consider when running your zoo. The most important is location, location, location. This will determine how profitable your food joints or gift shops will be. Don't forget to put in restrooms or garbage cans. Also make sure you hire grounds people to maintain your zoo, animal cages and the fences themselves. You don't want your animals getting out. (Even though it is funny watching) There are two modes of play, free form and scenarios. There are tutorials as well. The intermediate and advanced scenarios are locked until you complete the beginner ones. The game also locks animals and objects and notifies you in the game when more objects have become available. Some animals, toys, plants and environments are locked until you complete research on them. If you still can't find the animal you're looking for chances are they'll have it for download. You can get animal, object and scenario updates from the internet. This should help keep the game interesting since there is no multiplayer. This game has many Easter eggs and other funny moments. For example if you put a lion, tiger and a bear in the same cage your paths will turn yellow. (yellow brick road) If you notice my screen shot has a Microsoft plane flying across the zoo. This game also has holiday effects. My visitors are wearing orange and black for Halloween. I was also able to add a Jack-O-Lantern for decoration. Witches were flying around too. The funniest moment in the game so far had to be when I was building a cage for a cheetah, I didn't notice a kid got in the cage until I added the cheetahs. The boy was running around screaming and eventually got out. I thought that was funny. Even funnier was the fact that, that particular incident did not affect my angry visitor rating. From a Christian standpoint, this game is pretty clean. There are Easter eggs for the holidays like witches and Santa Claus though. The game was easy to install. The graphics were good. Nice detailed scenery. Good music and sound effects. The game ran very stable, no crashes. It will run on all Windows platforms. (It is published by Microsoft) The animal AI is pretty good and natural. You can watch them play and react to their surroundings. (Don't put predator and prey together) My only complaint with this games when you build big zoos, it gets slower navigating through it. Zooming out and decreasing your resolution may help. That's my only complaint. I highly recommend this game.
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