Judging by the video....

[Mike]

Seems like this is the Zoo Tycoon from Xbox 360. There were limitations on that game. Are the limitations ported over to the PC? Can we create enclosures or they are premade? Small zoos or can we go big on the PC? Will there be DLC- marine life? I was hoping of a remake of the Zoo Tycoon PC franchise.

Wildlife Park 3 was nice but Zoo Tycoon was my absolute favorite. I'm guessing ZT2 won't be remade cause of the feud with Blue Byte.

I'm hoping for a deep tycoon/business sim here. I;m hesitant but watching!

[Sid Vicious]

"Ultimate Animal Collection" edition was never released on Xbox 360, only on Xbox one.
https://www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/p/zoo-tycoon-ultimate-animal-collection/9pj06tzx4nmh?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab

[AubreyKitsune]

All enclusures are premade. There's only one fence.

There's also a low variety of large animals. Don't expect favorites like gorillas and zebras.

[Mike]

https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Tycoon-Xbox-360/dp/B00DBF7YF0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534966793&sr=8-1&keywords=zoo+tycoon+xbox+360


My point is this is from the console version, not the PC version (Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon 2).....BUMMER

[Mike]

Originally posted by Denomon3144:

All enclusures are premade. There's only one fence.

There's also a low variety of large animals. Don't expect favorites like gorillas and zebras.

I loved the Zoo Tycoon franchise for the PC; where we made the nclosures.

[Sid Vicious]

I repeat - it's an Xbox One port. Look at Xbox one gameplay video and compare it to the trailer. It's a 2013 year game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8iG2tiB_k

[AubreyKitsune]

Originally posted by Sid_Vicious:

I repeat - it's an Xbox One port. Look at Xbox one gameplay video and compare it to the trailer. It's a 2013 year game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8iG2tiB_k

I repeat - the Xbox One version was also on the Xbox 360.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Sid_Vicious:

I repeat - it's an Xbox One port. Look at Xbox one gameplay video and compare it to the trailer. It's a 2013 year game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8iG2tiB_k

I repeat- BUMMER.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by Sid_Vicious:

I repeat - it's an Xbox One port. Look at Xbox one gameplay video and compare it to the trailer. It's a 2013 year game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8iG2tiB_k

I repeat- this is from the CONSOLE VERSION and BUMMER.

[SpyroGuy]

It's actually not that bad and this is coming from an avid fan of the old games. Just don't expect too much variety and depth from it and you're good. They really managed to hit the nail in the head with the tone and the soundtrack, so I'd say that it's definitely worth checking out, just not for the full price tag, whatever it may be. I've almost completely finished the Xbox 360 version, despite the fact that the game is undeniably lacking compared to the title that it was given.

[SpyroGuy]

Pros:
- TPS visitor mode where you can do a fragment of the actions that you were able to do in ZT2 (for example picking up the trash and interacting with a few attractions), you can also drive around in your zoo with a Magic School Bus ripoff
- customizable avatar person/zoo caretaker/whatever
- there are like a total of 4 minigames, from which 3 are an absolute joy to play at least personally I couldn't get enough of the feeding and cleaning minigames, they were just a-dorable
- soundtrack, ironically it wasn't released separately, massive bummer for that, cuz it's such a happy-go, joyful pile of tunes that I'd love to have separately...perhaps the community can rip them from the game now with this version's existence?
The soundtrack is probably the only aspect of this game in which the "reboot?" managed to outplay the older games...I don't even remember them having ANY music whatsoever, aside the title theme.

Cons:
- horrible animal variety, at least in the "base" 2013 version that I've played, like 4 sub-species of the same animal are counted as "another animal type" and cuz of this there are like 4-5 individual "actual" species of each size spectrum
- no dinosaurs, no safari management, no marine stuff, 90% of ZT2's content is absent
- menu system is kinda boring, but the atmosphere almost always distracted me from that
- all enclosures are pre-made and barely customizable, like it's a f*cking mobile game or something

P.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9JjhQsImFo

[SpyroGuy]

Another soundtrack sample (actual in-game soundtrack). :3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoz-CtS3n5o

[Mike]

Originally posted by SpyroGuy:

Pros:
- TPS visitor mode where you can do a fragment of the actions that you were able to do in ZT2 (for example picking up the trash and interacting with a few attractions), you can also drive around in your zoo with a Magic School Bus ripoff
- customizable avatar person/zoo caretaker/whatever
- there are like a total of 4 minigames, from which 3 are an absolute joy to play at least personally I couldn't get enough of the feeding and cleaning minigames, they were just a-dorable
- soundtrack, ironically it wasn't released separately, massive bummer for that, cuz it's such a happy-go, joyful pile of tunes that I'd love to have separately...perhaps the community can rip them from the game now with this version's existence?
The soundtrack is probably the only aspect of this game in which the "reboot?" managed to outplay the older games...I don't even remember them having ANY music whatsoever, aside the title theme.

Cons:
- horrible animal variety, at least in the "base" 2013 version that I've played, like 4 sub-species of the same animal are counted as "another animal type" and cuz of this there are like 4-5 individual "actual" species of each size spectrum
- no dinosaurs, no safari management, no marine stuff, 90% of ZT2's content is absent
- menu system is kinda boring, but the atmosphere almost always distracted me from that
- all enclosures are pre-made and barely customizable, like it's a f*cking mobile game or something

P.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9JjhQsImFo

It's a shame. Loved Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon 2 games. I love depth and variety in a tycoon game (business/management simulation type). Enjoyed making my own enclosures and such. Will watch this and check out youtube videos. Hope it's somewhat reworked and content is added to the PC version.

So it was on the 360? Dare you say???? ;-)

[SpyroGuy]

Originally posted by Mike:

So it was on the 360? Dare you say???? ;-)

Indeed it was.
The "base" version was released back in 2013 both for the 360 and One.
Afaik, the One version has like 40ish more animals in it, also online functions too.
I also recall it having community events which were advertized as actual convertible charity work by Microsoft, say if the community reached the goal of the event, then Microsoft sent money to some actual places committed to animal care and such.

A slightly upgraded version called "Ultimate Animal Collection" was released last year which was then randomly ported to PC (as a Win 10 exclusive, only available in the Microsoft Store) earlier this year only to have it end up here also no longer being a Win 10 exclusive, as the requirements are mentioning Win7 as a minimum.

The 360 version was only single-player stuff with some moderately terrible framerates and occasional crashes, but considering how the game autosaves in like every fifth minute, the not-so-common crashes weren't really an issue for me.

[Der Falscher]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2017/10/20/zoo-tycoon-ultimate-animal-collection-qa/

You get most of the new stuff there. For one, they took the 100 animals that were in the 2013 release and added another 91 species on top of it, including "all the exotic animals from South America like jaguars, tapirs, and anteaters and from Australia such as kangaroos, koalas and platypuses". That is of a 2017 post though.

[Mike]

Keeping an eye on it. I loved Zoo Tycoon 2. The Wildlife Park series is ok but nothing new in years except DLC but for a game that's I think 3 or 4 yrs old itself.