Finally!

[Hosscatt]

Steam has been too long without Zoo Tycoon. I never got to play this version.
Is there a possibility for the classic PC one to get brought over as well? That was my childhood there.

[SpyroGuy]

I really doubt that a port handled by a completely different team would care even remotely to add any kind of new content to the game. Especially when even the original developers did not seem to care that much.

[Melon]

It's microsofts choice whether it gets put on steam or not. So if they decide to then it will be on here.

[SpyroGuy]

But you were talking about additional content....the game itself IS coming, we're literally having this discussion on the upcoming game's "officialish" forums. xD

[Nats]

You can get Zoo tycoon 2 on Ebay etc quite easily I have the original game plus all the expansions and they work ok on Win 10. Its a much better game than this one. This game is very simple, is full of mediocre limited animations for the animals and the zoos are small and very limited in terms of creativity. My son of 12 has this game on Xbox One and its pretty dire even he cant be bothered to get this exansion for it its so dull. Its a pretty standard Frontier game - looks good but very shallow.

[Harbinger]

Originally posted by Nats:

Its a pretty standard Frontier game - looks good but very shallow.

It's not really a Frontier game anymore, they laid the foundations back in 2013 for sure but if Microsoft/Asobo haven't improved on the depth with the Ultimate Animal Collection then that's really on them. They have the engine, Microsoft paid Frontier £519K for 2 licenses (for this and Disneyland Adventures) about 2 years ago so they have everything they need to do whatever they want with the game.

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[SpyroGuy]

Originally posted by Harbinger:

It's not really a Frontier game anymore, they laid the foundations back in 2013 for sure but if Microsoft/Asobo haven't improved on the depth with the Ultimate Animal Collection then that's really on them.

Pretty sure that the Ultimate Animal Collection's development was also handled by Frontier back in 2017 and only strictly the Steam version's porting itself was given to these Asobo guys as Frontier is/was busy with Jurassic World Evolution, so yes, it is a Frontier game down to the bone.

[Harbinger]

Nope, Frontier had no involvement in it. The last work for hire job they took on was Screamride which shipped in 2015. Ultimate Animal Collection was 100% Asobo based upon the original XB1 version utilising Frontier's recently licensed engine.

[SpyroGuy]

Originally posted by Harbinger:

Nope, Frontier had no involvement in it.

That sounds debatable. Why would Microsoft employ any another developer to slap a few extra animals and a slightly more extended campaign/challenge mode to the base game aside the original developers?

[Harbinger]

There's nothing debatable about it. Frontier are a PLC and make such announcements to the stock market as a matter of routine. They don't do games for hire any more.

[SpyroGuy]

It sounds really off to me that some random developers would randomly run into the house to slap a few extra things onto an already finished game, but I suppose that this also kindasorta explains why the game was randomly brought up again 4 years after it's original release for a re-release.

[Harbinger]

Asobo have worked with Microsoft for years including porting games from other developers.They were probably a logical choice to take the the reigns when Frontier wanted to concentrate on self-publishing.

Nats does have a point, Frontier are known for releasing games that are undercooked or lack depth. They just can't be blamed for anything specific to the Ultimate Animal Collection. ;)

[DR.【独立团】小七XiaoQi]

Originally posted by Mike:

Mine too lol. Although Zoo Tycoon 2 was THE BEST. This looks like the xbox 360 version. Hopefully it's not a clone and made for the PC.

Do you think there will be DLC? I heard that Xbox One has more than one hundred kinds of animals, while XBOX360 has only 60 kinds.

[DR.【独立团】小七XiaoQi]

Originally posted by Denomon3144:

Originally posted by Sid_Vicious:

It's not an Xbox 360 version. It's an Xbox One version. Microsoft Store features same trailer. It's a 2013 year game, so no big diffrence in graphics.

The Xbox One version was also on the Xbox 360.

There's a lot of animals that don't come out, like zebras, wolves, dogs.