Zoo Tycoon Zoo Tycoon Much!!

I will start drawing out my map now because the my Zoo Tycoon 1 is not finished. Here's the animals and exhibits so far. It's based off of the Virginia Zoo.

Trail of the Tiger
-Bengal Tiger
-Orangutan
-Siamang
-Giant Panda
-Asian Black Bear
-Clouded Leopard
-Sun Bear
-Malayan Tapir

North America
-Striped Skunk
-Kit Fox
-Long-billed Curlew
-Fisher
-Pronghorn
-Bobcat
-Bald Eagle
-Great Blue Heron
-Coyote
-American Black Bear
-Moose
-Eastern Bluebird
-American Robin
-Cedar Waxing
-American Avocet
-American Bison

Shores
-Galapagos Penguin
-California Sea Lion

Australia
-Quokka
-Malleefowl
-Numbat
-Tree Kangaroo
-Wombat
-Tiger Quoll
-Koala
-Red Kangaroo
-Gallah/Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
-Brush-tailed Wallaby

Pachyderm Forest
Deserts
American Forest
Okavango Delta
 
Actually when you get all the Download enhancements including the Fan Made Radical Remake Zoo Tycoon 2 becomes an entirely different game. I don't see how they can improve on that especially if they try to make Kinectimals.
 
Not only has Radical Remake done new and realistic looking versions of all the animals that shipped with the game, they also improved the scenery and made it beautiful.

These are all the User created animals I currently have usable on my game. These are in addition to all the "factory" animals that came with the game (that are all updated and beautiful models). Zoo Tycoon 2 after investing some time and hard drive space into the user created downloads is an addicting and great looking game 8 years after it was released

My user animals
Walia Ibex
Nubian Ibex
Asian Black Bear
Dama Gazelle
Forest Elephant
Lowland Nyala
Mountain Nyala
African Spoonbill
African Leopard
American Alligator
Arabian Oryx
Asian Small Clawed Otter
Axis Deer
Blackbuck
Brachiosaurus
Bushbuck
Bactrian Camel
Capybara
Chilean Flamingo
Clouded Leopard
Common Pheasant
Coyote
African Crowned Crane
Brown Pelican
Grants Zebra
Dik Dik
Dire Wolf
Donkey
Drill
Eastern Cougar
European Badger
Exmoor Pony
Fringe Eared Oryx
Mhorr Gazelle
Giant Anteater
Giant Eland
Golden Tamarin
Grants Gazelle
Greater Kudu
Greater Hornbill
Harp Seal
Mantled Guereza
Ibis
Impala
Indian Rhino
Indian Wolf
Jackson's Mongoose
Japanese Macaque
Javan Langur
Keel Billed Toucan
Kodiak Bear
Largemouth Bass
Zebra Duiker
Scarlet Macaw
Maned Wolf
Mountain Gorilla
Mountain Paca
Lowland Gorilla
Mountain Reedbuck
Nile Lechwe
Nilgai
Northern Cassowary
Whitetail Deer
Ocelot
Olingo
Olive Baboon
Sun Bear
Malayan Tapir
Parasaurolophus
Patas Monkey
Prairie Dog
Pronghorn
Red Hartebeest
Red Fox
Red Grouse
Red River Hog
River Otter
Roan Antelope
Selous Mongoose
Serval
Sharpe's Grysbok
Sloth Bear
Three Toed Sloth
Somali Wild Ass
Southern Reedbuck
Sulawesi Ground Dove
Sumatran Tiger
Siberian Tiger
White Tailed Mongoose
Woolly Neck Stork
Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby
Highland Cow
Rothschild Giraffe
Bontebok
King Cheetah
Mountain Goat
Bobcat
Amur Leopard
Elk
Fossa
Barn Owl
Hyacinthe Macaw
Boer Goat
Armadillo
Congo Buffalo
Emperor Tamarin
Golden Takin
Sichuan Takin
Sumatran Rhino
Watsui Cattle
Red Brocket
Dwarf Cassowary
Helmeted Guineafowl
Mallard Duck
Griffon Vulture
White Eared Kob
Springbok
Dingo
Swainson Toucan
Dorcas Gazelle
Mountain Bongo
Ellispen Waterbuck
Barbary Sheep
Musk Deer
Pere David's Deer
Japanese Serow
Axis Deer
Chinese Muntjac
Lowland Anoa
Babirusa
Greater Cheverotain
Phillipine Spotted Deer
Fallow Deer
Roe Deer
Pyenean Ibex
Apline Ibex
European Reindeer
Pangolin
African Civet
African Fish Eagle
Kori Bustard
Black Bustard
Mouflon
Bald Ibis
Golden Jackal
Barbary Stag
Beisa Oryx
Dwarf Mongoose
Grevy's Zebra
Radiated Tortise
Sand Cat
Black footed Cat
Fishing Cat
Platypus
Beira Antelope
Pronghorn Antelope
Mexican Wolf
Malayan Tiger
Kit Fox
Orinoco Crocodile
American Crocodile
Mountain Tapir
Jaguarindi
Grison
Gila Monster
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Bream
Channel Catfish
Great Blue Heron
Bighorn Sheep
Rainbow Trout
Zebra Cichlid
Aurtas Cichlid
Tilapia
Tanganyikan jellyfish
African Manatee
Cape Clawless Otter
Spot Necked Otter
Tigerfish
Forest Buffalo
American Black Bear
Red Wolf
Bateleur
Black Chested Snake Eagle
Egyptian Vulture
Cinerous Vulture
Black Vulture
White Back Bulture
Common Pheasant
Golden Pheasant
Eastern Wild Turkey
Mourning Dove
Lesser Kudu

Plus over 150 additional types of plants. And also including the ability to make custom building including barns, indoor enclosures and everything.

The additional files are about 7GB by themselves but they are definitely worth the time (and being free) to source. They make the game into something that is truly amazing. These actually have done something no one else had done (and only Microsoft had came close to with the base Zoo tycoon games) and that makes an engaging Zoo game.
 
I was expecting it to be just a silly kinect game with a Zoo Tycoon label, but it looks pretty good. The flumps move really well, much better than previous versions. And so much variety, even forest and Borneo elephants.
It's also the first Zoo Tycoon with snakes, parrots, sloths and new world monkeys so it sounds like arboreal animals will be spending an appropriate amount of time in trees.

I won't be getting an Xbone just for this though. Hopefully once the new console is selling well they'll release it for PC.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Co-Optimus - News - List of Zoo Tycoon's 101 Animals Released

I'm kind of impressed by the list there, though I would have actually liked a bit more species diversity as oppose to all of the subspecies diversity (which is still good!).

~Thylo:cool:
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I'd quite like a bit more species diversity! Where are the leopards, zebras, crocodilians, cheetahs, gorillas...? And there appears to be no canids, hyaenas or Old World monkeys. Surely these are staples of any zoo?

On a positive note it's good to see some small mammals popping up. Three species of mongoose, sloths, fossa, binturong, that's not too shabby.

I'm guessing there will be downloadable content and expansion packs at some point in the future to fill in the gaps in the collection.
 
To me Brum it appears for this first release especially on a new platform they are limiting their models to the bare minimum. But like you said giving one Hyena, one wolf, one gorilla model would go a long way for helping the user created people do their thing. Though I fear with it being exclusively console that means that all downloads will probably be premiums unlike the past with Zoo Tycoon. Hell they've gotten so good with ZT2's updates that it is already a Zoo Tycoon 3. I mean how many games from 2004 do we play for how good they look in 2013?
 
No penguins or seals either.

Zoo Tycoon has always been a bit weird with what animals they choose, often they ignore staples and go for more obscure animals, and there seem to be lots of duplication.
 
yep Lamna hence my point how its 3 games with multiple expansions and no official Greater or Lesser Kudu.

I wonder how much of the restriction on the models has to do with the game being a new way of looking at it on a new platform that they focused on making the best looking/simple game at the beginning. If they focus on making a game that works/looks good they will draw in casual gamers then they can bring in more animal models probably for money.

One thing I noticed I watched a game play preview, why put this on XBox One if you aren't going to simulate the full experience? Why do so many console ports of popular PC franchises try to make the game a console game? In the video they have pre selected size exhibits (Ie Small Savannah) instead of free building fences/terraforming. Same thing with that stupid Jurassic Park social media game on facebook its Jurassic Park Operation Genesis expect it isn't. Gaming was at its core 10 years ago, they've made it look better but the Wii made gaming for idiots so popular they stopped taking risks. Now everything has to have a social element which Real Time Strategy and Park Sims aren't supposed to have (except for RTS multiplayer)
 
A review of the game: Zoo Tycoon review: animal collective | Polygon
I'm impressed that some smaller species popped up, and there is some diversity in the Antelope and Bear sections, as well as some others. But I find all the Chimpanzee, Giraffe, and Lion subspecies a bit ridiculous. Hopefully expansion packs will be released sometime, as other members have previously stated.
 
Like BeardsleyZooFan, I'm really liking the species list (especially the n'yalas), but I find that the subspecies for the giraffes, chimps, lions, and bears (13?!) are unnecessary.

And did anyone else notice one of the particular subspecies for rhino? I've never heard of a "Sumatran hippo rhino." :D

It's looking good so far, but I won't get an XBox One just for this game. It's not worth it, imo. Guess I'll stick to watching gameplay videos. Eh, I'm losing my interest in the Zoo Tycoon games anyway. There's only so much you can do in these games, and my imagination runs wild with these kind of things that are just impossible to replicate in Zoo Tycoon.
 
tschandler71 said:
You must not download then.
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Pfft! I have hundreds of downloads! My Zoo Tycoon 2 folder alone is over 7 GB! xD

I just have issues with the zoo sizes themselves, lack of arboreal animals (yeah, yeah, there's birds, lemurs, and monkeys - but they can't climb freely. It has to be on a climbing structure or on trees), the inability to make terrariums, indoor houses and such, and so on. More advanced custom scenery also would've been nice. Even though there's a great number of downloads you can find online, I find that even those do not meet my "needs." If I had the ability to make my own scenery, I definitely would.

But, guess I'll just stick to drawing my zoos, anyway. :p
 
you can find the ability to make indoor enclosures/buildings. It modifies the elevated path ways and adds walls to fences. I have zoos with function reptile houses, aviaries, etc/
 
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