Planet Zoo

Just got the game on sale. The controls so far are a bit frustrating and difficult, I still don't know how to tilt the camera or rotate it, only how to pan. I'm on the tutorial level though and immediately after buying two bengal tigers, they climbed on the roof of their shelter and launched themselves out of the enclosure. An alarm was going off for a moment for the first one before I managed to watch in horror as the second one attempted this simple acrobatic feat and B lined it for the nearby trash can and then went to sit down on a rock. Because this is the tutorial level, apparently for some god-forsaken reason, emergency animal recapture is PROHIBITED, so they just live here now ig. Very great value for the money, I cannot stop giggling. I'm very excited to play the rest of this game.

This could have been a good game, but the controls are diabolical. I didn't even manage to get to the Putting Animals In Habitats part. Here's what happened in my playthrough, such as it was: I watched an amazing YouTube tutorial, and then spent 45 minutes fighting "How To Create Staff Paths That Actually Connect All Your Staff Buildings" before I gave up. I had all my staff buildings placed in a small area, and I had connected them all together and then to the main path... or at least it LOOKED like I had. But noooooooo. I couldn't move animals from the trade centre to the quarantine facility because it said there was no path connecting them. Even though there was. I could see it heading to the doors of both buildings. However - so it's not connected. Let's build a new staff path then. Noooooooo. It was obstructed by I don't know what - a stray blade of grass, perchance... or just maybe a doorway into a staff building which I'm trying my uttermost to make it lead to. So then I tried spreading out my staff buildings and creating a new series of long interconnected staff paths between them (and the customers can just BE miserable because they're close to the water treatment). When it instead made a staff path bridge into the air, I gave up. Fix your game's blasted controls! It should not be this impossible to place a simple basic pathway! Idea: Excellent. Playability: 1/10. Not recommended at all until the absolute travesty of an excuse for basic building controls is fixed.

The game looks like a lot of fun, but honestly getting into it, I thought it would be more like how Jurassic World does its building, then management from there. The build mechanics are super weird and non-descriptive and there is no easy to find tutorial on how to build. So although i bought this game for two dollars, I found no satisfaction.

the pathing in this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUCKS, Jurassic world evolution 2 and 3 both have such easy pathing, but this ♥♥♥♥ ass game as some of the worst pathing EVER

9块，他就是一坨屎，我也得亲自尝尝它是什么味道

This doesnt compare to zoo tycoon. its a totally different game. Its different to navigate, not difficult just more complex. more animal needs/requirements, more buisness requirements that pull you away from being able to be creative which has made the game too boring to go through the tutorial. If you are more into the buisness part of these tycoon games then i would recomend it. If you like watching the animals, or create unique fun habitats, then i wouldnt recomend this game.

The controls to build on this game are unbearable, building paths even in the tutorials destroys the terrain. I want to like this game but the core mechanics are too infuriating to deal with

Even on sale the DLC is stupidly expensive for what should be included in the game.

This game is really fun! My PC is pretty low end, but with low settings it runs pretty good! Highly recommend if you're into these types of games.

I want to love this game because the building system and habitats are amazing, but the management gets in the way of actually enjoying what you create. I spent around 6 hours building two habitats and making everything as close to 100% as I could. Then I finally let the game run for 5–10 minutes so I could just sit back and watch the animals. Instead, everything fell apart. Thirty flamingos got sick almost instantly, protesters showed up, donations dropped, and I started losing money. I have multiple vets and keepers hired, but for some reason one vet has to walk across the entire zoo while an outbreak spreads through the whole flock. It doesn't feel like the staff react intelligently to emergencies. The social limits also feel overly restrictive. I built a huge preserve because I wanted animals to have space to roam, but the game still complains about group sizes regardless of how massive the habitat is. On top of that, guests complain they can't see the animals because they're actually using all the space I gave them. The game feels like it punishes you for taking five minutes to admire the zoo you spent hours building. Instead of managing a zoo, it feels like you're constantly putting out fires and micromanaging staff. The building tools are incredible, but I wish the management side trusted the player more instead of turning every short break into a disaster.