Zoo Tycoon

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Summary: I love this game!!
Review: ... This is a really, really neat game and it is so much fun building the zoo, putting the animals in it and trying to keep them happy by putting in trees and rocks and water and other animals. I put a tiger in with a monkey and the tiger ate the monkey. That wasn't a good thing. You also have to keep the people who visit your zoo happy by having bathrooms and benches and food and drinks and stuff like that. And if the people notice that the animals aren't happy then the people aren't happy and your zoo starts to lose money and some organization won't let you adopt any more pets until they are all happy. You can also run out of money. It's different from Roller Coaster Tycoon where on RCT you can close a ride, close the park and stuff like that and you can't do that with this game. I wish you could and that is the only thing that I don't like about this game but other than that it really rocks!!! You should buy it. ...

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Summary: This game rocks!
Review: I got this for Christmas from Santa and this game really rocks. It won't work alone, you have to have the original Zoo Tycoon. I really wanted this game and I was really excited when I saw it also had Dinosaur Digs on the disk! It's a lot of fun to play and I could play on my computer for hours, but my mom won't let me she said it's bad for your hands and wrists and eyes. But this game is still a lot of fun. I really like trying to make the animals happy! I don't really care about making the people happy but if they are not happy then the zoo will have no money coming in so I guess I have to keep everyone happy.

I am 9 years old and really, really like this game! You should get it!!

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Summary: A great expansion!
Review: Lets see.......hmmmmm, San Diego Zoo/Wild Animal park meets Jurassic Park and Sea World. What is not to love about this game? It is also very educating. Also they have some nice and fun easter eggs and cheats. One secret I can tell you is if you put a mermaid statue in a tank of water than it transforms into a real mermaid. The only con that I have about this game and I hope that they make one more expansion with this in it is that there are not any "real" birds. They need to have eagles, falcons, hawks, etc. I think this would make it complete. But other than that this game is awesome.

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Summary: Zoo Tycoon - original version
Review: This is a great game , a bit on the boring side after a while (5 days straight). You have a huge area of land and you need to transform it into a zoo. First you have to build some cages , bring in the right terrain for whichever animals you choose to put in the cages , bring in toys for the animals , asign a zoo keeper (optional) , asign a Tour guide (optional) , bring in some handymen , add some food and restroom stuff , build some entertainment houses for the guests and decorate of course. You have such a great variety of animals to choose from , lions from the savannah , tigers from the rain forests , bears from forests , crocs from saltwater territory , camels from the desert and so much more! Hope you choose to buy this game and have fun!

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Summary: Makes Zoo Tycoon worth having!
Review: Again, this was purchased for my 9 year old daughter for Christmas. It was to go along with the original Zoo Tycoon that she received for Christmas. She wanted Dinosaur Digs as well but I wasn't about to buy all 3 at one time and since she is so into dolphins I figured this expansion pack would be worth it. And boy was it! I was pleasantly surprised when I received my shipment and it said it was a "double" expansion kit and included Dinosaur Digs as well! That alone was worth the price! When you put this double expansion kit together with the original Zoo Tycoon you can't go wrong! It made the whole "building your own zoo" come alive! The sounds, the people, the animals, everything is just thrilling about these games! And it is very educational for children as they have to keep the animals and zoo visitors happy at all times, whether it's with feeding the animals, feeding the visitors, lowering the price on the food and gift stands, putting up more restrooms, adding more foliage or animals to an animal cage, sending maintence workers to clean up an area, etc. Children will learn about money, responsibility, and so much more with this game without even realizing it!

This is a wonderful expansion pack to add to your original Zoo Tycoon!

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Summary: Hours of fun!
Review: I got this for my daughter ...and she has thoroughly enjoyed it more than the roller coast game! It's fun and exciting to build your own zoo and with expansion games it's evn more fun! The game is great as you have to keep all the animals and guests happy. And if they are not happy you lose your previlages to purchase new animals, you don't get funding, people stop coming to the zoo and you slowly but surely (and in some cases very rapidly) lose money. It's a great game to teach children about responibility as far as caring for animals, managing money, etc. It's not as if they can just build a cage, stick an animal in it and that's it. You have to provide shelter, foliage, rocks, grass, water, snow, toys, food, animal trainers, etc. And you need maintenance workers to repair fences, clean the grounds, etc. It's a lot of fun and you can spend hours on this game. I can honestly say that I've enjoyed it just as much as my daughter. I started playing it about 10 at night and it only seem like 30 minutes went by but it was already 1:30 in the morning! So time really does fly when you are playing this very enjoyable and what I believe to be a good educational tool for both children and adults!...

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Summary: Great learning tool.
Review: I haven't spent much time with this program yet but it has excellent potential for kids and adults who need to see the value of planning ahead.
The graphics are nice and some of the instructions are funny, tongue in cheek stuff. All in all a good PC game if you have time to fiddle with it.

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Summary: my zoo rules...
Review: I got zoo tycoon for christmas. It is an awesome game!!!!As a tip for the game you need to put lots of restraunts and restrooms
to keep the people happy. The lions get cranky a lot but I like the rest of the animals. This game is based on a real zoo like if the animals are happy and there are at least 2 of a different gender they will have babies. Sometimes they die of old age. My favorite animal the monkey. In the begining there are about 25-50
different zoos to chose from.

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Summary: Zoo Tycoon Impresses This Gamer
Review: I bought Zoo Tycoon and the Expansion Pak for my sister this Christmas and she loves it ... but not more than I do. I consider myself an action and sports gamer yet, when I tried Zoo Tycoon, I couldn't stop playing. For anyone that loves SimCity, this is just as good if not better. The only problem I have with this game is that I have too much fun playing it which makes time fly for me.

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Summary: Not as great as I thought
Review: Maybe that is my problem, I purchased this game with high expectations. I am a very big fan of Roller Coaster Tycoon, both RCT 1, 2 and both expansions, but Zoo Tycoon is not a fun. First of all the staff members have less control. Your maintenance people (they are the ones in charge of making your park look nice), tend to have a mind of their own. Some of the animals are impossible to please. I will add that the game is more challenging. Roller Coaster Tycoon is all about the guests. You're job is to make you park work nice, and if you do things correctly the roller coasters don't complain about not having enough to eat or that they need more work done on them, or they are feeling crowded by too many guests. The animals however are easily upset, difficult to take care of and it's very easy to forget about your guests and worry only about your animals. That makes the game a little more interactive, you have to work extremely hard to make sure you're zoo is productive, the staff and zookeepers are also more expensive. You have to worry about the animals reproducing, (don't worry mom and dad there are no graphics for that the babies just appear), lest the animals grow to large for their enclosure. In my opinion that is what makes the game more fun than it's sister, Roller Coaster Tycoon.

One of the big downsides (at least in my opinion) is that their is no winning. In Roller Coaster Tycoon you have objectives and each scenario is different or more difficult. In Zoo you pick your own level of difficulty, but there is no way to really win. I am very competitive and for me there has to be closure. I currently have a zoo that has been open for ten years, it's completely developed and I have over a million dollars, I started with only 10k, what else do I need to do to win? Needless to say I have lost intrest in that park and only bring it up and use it when I am bored.

There is a fairly good sized variety of animals and you never run out, it's fun to make your guests happy and make money, you also get to see the private donations that your exhibit attracts and that is quite fun as well. Overall I am glad that I own it, but I most definatley will not be buying the expansion packs. It's a fun family game that really can capture you for 2-3 hours and it's seems like you just started to play. Overall fun game

3 Stars