Is it worth? And how's the performance?

[PixelNuts]

I stopped playing JW Evo some months ago and got interested on Planet Zoo, but what's the difference regarding replayability, difficulty, "must-have" DLCs and so on? Worth getting only the base game right now? Also I've heard it's a bit "heavy" compared to JW Evo regarding the game performance (but not that heavy like Planet Coaster). How does it run for you?

If possible to answer, how many visitors should I set for constant 60fps using high or maybe ultra settings if it handles with this PC (maybe one of you have a similar rig): GTX 1070, R5 3600, 16gb Ram 2666mhz.

Thanks in advance! :)

[jessu892]

Hey, here is my opinion.

Specs: There are many places you can find in a search where others discuss their computer specs and performance in the game. Personally, I have a several year old Dell XPS laptop and looks like my specs are: GT 750m, core i7, 16gb ram, 60hz.

Performance: Before game came out I worried when seeing all the discussion about performance, but I am now able to play the game without issues (I began playing the day it released) as I keep my settings at medium and just one or two on high. I can raise them more, but I haven't. Maybe because I just want to ensure the game stays running smoothly and it still looks great to me (but I never take screenshots or videos). Although after the initial release there were certainly problems for many users in starting the game, crashes, etc., for me at least those issues have no longer been an issue.

DLC: Also, you should choose which DLC you want based on the animals included. To me, the pack with the South American animals and tropical/ancient scenery is most appealing.

I would def agree that there is more management involved and other small considerations than in PC, but I love that. You'll have a lot of fun if you like to be a micro-manager. As for how many guests, I think setting a max of 200 is sometimes recommended if that is causing you issues, but with a great computer I'm sure you could have many hundreds more guests max.

(btw, I have not played JW)

[theoivio]

It's a luck if get working proberly, it's not depends how powerful your pc is. Mine works some time lawless but get then stutters, and only cure is to restart game. Buy rather MS FLS 2020.

[PixelNuts]

Publicado originalmente por jessu892:

Hey, here is my opinion.

Specs: There are many places you can find in a search where others discuss their computer specs and performance in the game. Personally, I have a several year old Dell XPS laptop and looks like my specs are: GT 750m, core i7, 16gb ram, 60hz.

Performance: Before game came out I worried when seeing all the discussion about performance, but I am now able to play the game without issues (I began playing the day it released) as I keep my settings at medium and just one or two on high. I can raise them more, but I haven't. Maybe because I just want to ensure the game stays running smoothly and it still looks great to me (but I never take screenshots or videos). Although after the initial release there were certainly problems for many users in starting the game, crashes, etc., for me at least those issues have no longer been an issue.

DLC: Also, you should choose which DLC you want based on the animals included. To me, the pack with the South American animals and tropical/ancient scenery is most appealing.

I would def agree that there is more management involved and other small considerations than in PC, but I love that. You'll have a lot of fun if you like to be a micro-manager. As for how many guests, I think setting a max of 200 is sometimes recommended if that is causing you issues, but with a great computer I'm sure you could have many hundreds more guests max.

(btw, I have not played JW)

Thank you very much!!

Publicado originalmente por theoivio:

It's a luck if get working proberly, it's not depends how powerful your pc is. Mine works some time lawless but get then stutters, and only cure is to restart game. Buy rather MS FLS 2020.

What is MS FLS 2020?

[Kajsa_Kavat]

Publicado originalmente por PixelNuts:

What is MS FLS 2020?

I guess it's Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, not even close to PZ but well, neither is the rest of his post.

[McChicken]

worth it? no, theres too many features and mechanics missing from planco (railings that block way, Billboards, vista points, restaurants and many more), but yet they manage to copy paste most assets/engine and break it somehow and deliver a broken game with very uninteresting content in the long run. Performance is what we all know from these kind of games. If you go into every little detail and plan on building large zoo's you are going to get lower framerates.

[psychobellic]

Publicado originalmente por McChicken:

worth it? no, theres too many features and mechanics missing from planco (railings that block way, Billboards, vista points, restaurants and many more), but yet they manage to copy paste most assets/engine and break it somehow and deliver a broken game with very uninteresting content in the long run. Performance is what we all know from these kind of games. If you go into every little detail and plan on building large zoo's you are going to get lower framerates.

100% true! In addition, they aren't able to fix many bugs which are in from beta release and added new bugs which they, of course not, also haven't fixed.

[McChicken]

Publicado originalmente por psychobellic:

Publicado originalmente por McChicken:

worth it? no, theres too many features and mechanics missing from planco (railings that block way, Billboards, vista points, restaurants and many more), but yet they manage to copy paste most assets/engine and break it somehow and deliver a broken game with very uninteresting content in the long run. Performance is what we all know from these kind of games. If you go into every little detail and plan on building large zoo's you are going to get lower framerates.

100% true! In addition, they aren't able to fix many bugs which are in from beta release and added new bugs which they, of course not, also haven't fixed.

true! lets not even mention the last update they put out which basically fixed none of the major problems that a lot of players are having since months now. oh and beta? more like that 2-3 weeks demo 1 month before release. We all know betas so short before release is just not a good sign at all. the alpha/beta process for planet coaster was way better handled.