Sandbox available from day one?

[Imagin Illyar]

Has this been confirmed by anyone from Frontier yet? I'm concerned about the new onboarding they talked about in their last gameplay video.

[mbiggiani]

We don't know yet.

[Imagin Illyar]

Actually we do now. Andrew Chappell, the lead software engineer at Frontier, answered my questions on Reddit earlier:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlanetZoo/comments/c6mi43/forced_missionscampaigns_on_brokenfailed_zoos/esadbau/?context=3

I pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition :)

[mbiggiani]

Originally posted by imagin.illyar:

Actually we do now. Andrew Chappell, the lead software engineer at Frontier, answered my questions on Reddit earlier:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlanetZoo/comments/c6mi43/forced_missionscampaigns_on_brokenfailed_zoos/esadbau/?context=3

I pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition :)

Ah okay. Thanks for the information! =)

[Imagin Illyar]

You're welcome. I have really been wanting to get excited about this game. It is EXACTLY the kind of game I've been waiting for but after JWE I really needed to know if:

1 - sandbox is available from day 1
2 - campaigns on other zoos are optional
3 - everything is unlockable from sandbox

All three are confirmed by the Lead Software Engineer, this is the pure zoo simulation management game I wanted it to be. I'm stoked! I went ahead and pre-ordered the Deluxe version. I hope they release merch before the game even launches! T-shirts, mugs, but mostly I would LOVE a little well-made figurine of every Planet Zoo animal.

[TrohMaw]

Perfect. The way you have to unlock things in JWE made me not buy it.

[RebelsJ21]

Originally posted by TrohMaw:

Perfect. The way you have to unlock things in JWE made me not buy it.

yeah i bought it not realizing that and found it so annoying to get all the dinos, i gave up on that game, and every island you move onto to get more dinos, the dinos get more needy and aggressive, like overly needy from what i remember. If sandbox was unlocked from the start with everything unlocked that'd be so fun.

[Imagin Illyar]

I don't necessarily want everything unlocked from the start, nor do I want unlimited money in sandbox mode. I don't mind "earning" my way to unlocking, I just want to do it on a zoo I build by doing regular zoo management things. What I hated most about JWE was having to work on broken and failing parks that I didn't create and having to do stupid non-management things to unlock dinos and other things.

[[TGB]PolarbearMama]

I was gifted the delux version in advance, so you aren't the only one ^.^ and I want unlimited money on sandbox, I want the ability to let my creative juices flow without any hinderance. That is what its there for. Sandbox in every game is where you can let it all go its to play around in, otherwise it wouldn't be a sandbox mode.

Originally posted by imagin.illyar:

Actually we do now. Andrew Chappell, the lead software engineer at Frontier, answered my questions on Reddit earlier:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PlanetZoo/comments/c6mi43/forced_missionscampaigns_on_brokenfailed_zoos/esadbau/?context=3

I pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition :)

[Imagin Illyar]

Well, Frontier is going to make us both happy with Planet Zoo because they are offering both options. They have Sandbox mode where everything is unlocked and money is unlimited and they have Franchise mode (online and offline version) where we can play the way I like.

[williamgj02]

So just to be 100% sure. When i have the game, i will be able to make whatever i want i sandbox mode with whatever animal i want. Right?

[Arcticspyder]

Originally posted by williamgj02:

So just to be 100% sure. When i have the game, i will be able to make whatever i want i sandbox mode with whatever animal i want. Right?

yes.

[torenmeester]

Sandbox mode will not only give all items and unlimited money, but you will also be able to turn on/off options for animal breeding/ getting hurt/ age/ fighting or starving etc etc....

And yes it will be availeble from the moment the game officially launches on nov 5.

[Elise]

So what about conservation points in sandbox mode? Will we still need them to be able to 'buy' animals?

[Vinolik]

Originally posted by elise-love:

So what about conservation points in sandbox mode? Will we still need them to be able to 'buy' animals?

We simply don't know yet. They haven't gone into any details concerning Sandbox. No one but Frontier can answer your question.

[mossaddiction]

I really doubt it since all animals and everything in sandbox is unlocked.