Yeah, I'm glad that we will be able to see them swim, I'm just surprised.
Planet Zoo Planet Zoo!
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Yeah, at least we're getting a species of an actually aquatic chelonian. I just think they could release bigger packs; like, they could use a model to make many alike species, for example, they make a small turtle model, and with small changes, they could create a bunch of species; not only the terapin, but sliders, amazon river turtles, side necked turtles, etc... Same for the gray seal and the caiman. There could be at least three species for each one (arctic, baikal seal/broad-snouted, black caimans), and it wouldn't be that much work for them...
Surprise has tended to be a common thing in the Planet Zoo roster. Quite a few animals have been surprising in their appearance and the roster in general is a bit odd. Dall Sheep for example, and having both giant tortoises and two brown bears in the same pack. Yellow Anaconda over Green as well.
Equally surprising is some exemptions thus far, the highly popular Meerkat comes to mind in particular.
I honestly don't know what they consider while choosing the species to be released... Many famous animals are not in the game, while, as you said, we have two species of brown bears, wolves and tortoises...
I certainly agree, but then it would go the way of Zoo Tycoon 2013: Too many varieties of what is ultimately one "kind" of animal.
I personally think that they should release packs less often, but give a large amount of creatures per pack (like South America could have Capybara, Spider Monkey, Green Anaconda, Maned Wolf, Chinchilla, Ocelot, Three-toed Sloth, and Mara along with the other creatures for a greater price)
That way we get more content so it feels more worth it, and so we get more animals that aren't just reskins (like how Australia probably included the dingo so they could modify the wolf model)
I personally think that they should release packs less often, but give a large amount of creatures per pack (like South America could have Capybara, Spider Monkey, Green Anaconda, Maned Wolf, Chinchilla, Ocelot, Three-toed Sloth, and Mara along with the other creatures for a greater price)
That way we get more content so it feels more worth it, and so we get more animals that aren't just reskins (like how Australia probably included the dingo so they could modify the wolf model)
One thing I have noticed about Frontier is they do give you alot of stuff but at the same time they leave alot of stuff out.
For Example, Planet Coaster has some great tools to make alot of cool stuff but it still feels like something is missing. I honestly feel like RCT 3 did more to cover its bases.
Jurassic World Evolution had decent variety but alot of stuff is still missing, nowhere near enough buildings and decorations and while the Pteranodon was a welcome surprise I still feel like they could've taken the idea further.
And Planet Zoo is turning out much the same. They will probably add more stuff in the future but they probably won't cover enough bases to truly be a perfect zoo game. More like Zoo Continent then Planet Zoo.
For Example, Planet Coaster has some great tools to make alot of cool stuff but it still feels like something is missing. I honestly feel like RCT 3 did more to cover its bases.
Jurassic World Evolution had decent variety but alot of stuff is still missing, nowhere near enough buildings and decorations and while the Pteranodon was a welcome surprise I still feel like they could've taken the idea further.
And Planet Zoo is turning out much the same. They will probably add more stuff in the future but they probably won't cover enough bases to truly be a perfect zoo game. More like Zoo Continent then Planet Zoo.
Indeed. It's much better than JWE, but I hope it doesn't go full-on "five different hadrosaur reskins with identical color variants"
I agree. I think the price should stay the same though, so that it would be more worth it. I mean, who would buy the Arctic DLC if Polar Bear wasn't there? Reindeer, Dall Sheep, and Arctic Wolf aren't exactly enough to sell a pack. Several high profile animals were held out of the base pack (Jaguar, Polar Bear, Koala, Red Kangaroo, penguins) seemingly to give high incentive to buy the DLCs.
Good point, I just wasn't sure if one animal/dollar is too cheap.
Though I do have to thank Frontier for helping inspire me to one day create my own Zoo/Park simulator that will blow all others out of the water.
For a virtual animal, I feel like it's not. Every DLC swamps us with new building pieces too but we have so many now it's really not really necessary to add a ton more imo.
Not promoting bad welfare I would guess
Alligator Snapping Turtles actually do much better in smaller exhibits.
Why? That doesn't make much sense to me.
They get more stressed in bigger exhibits, even they tend to spand all of their time in a single corner. In smaller spaces they are more relaxed and are easier to feed.
Interesting.
They prefer to be able to breath by rearing up on their back legs rather than having to swim I believe. Thus a lower water level is preferable.
According to everythingreptiles, a common snapper needs at least a 120-gallon tank and an alligator snapper likely needs an entire pond or a very large tank. The entire "reptiles get stressed in too big of a tank" thing is a myth, although snapping turtles do need places to hide.
That's what I thought, because this means that in the wild they would be constantly stressed.
As I said earlier, it depends on the reptile. Many species are not stressed by a large tank but there are some that are. Don't forget quite a few reptiles establish territories, staying within those boundaries their entire life.