🐾Planet Zoo: Tropical Pack arriving 4 April🐾

DrBurrito

DrBurrito
tigris115 said:
The sloth could have easily been a habitat animal like the koala (another species that spends much of its time asleep)
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I would have agreed if the sloth in question was a two-toed sloth, but three-toed sloths as habitat animals are pretty much impossible with current mechanics. I did share my views on this topic (and video evidence) quite a few times last year.

All linked below:
forums.frontier.co.uk

Sloths: WE vs Habitat

Relax. No need to get upset over how UKZooFan perceives this issue. Distorting the truth? Come on now. I still think it was a manipulative comment. Up until their post, the public opinion was something like 5-4 or 5-5 depending on how you count NZFanatic's vote. In addition there were 2 people...
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My only concern would be the lack of a juvenile model, as baby sloths are super cute. I hope they have gone out of their way to add proper juveniles for an exhibit animal.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlEpHyiS90
 

synthetase

synthetase
Disclaimer: I am always grateful for new content! So thank you Frontier!
This is the first pack in which I am actually more excited for the architecture than the animals... The stone looks very pretty and the plants are always welcome! I also think the RRH is cool/cute, the sloth was needed from day 1, and the Fossa is a great addition ❤️ I remember them from my childhood as scary bad guys from a certain movie. I always thought they were interesting looking and grew to not dislike them after learning about their real life version. All that said, I am slightly not excited... I will still buy it at launch day but compared to the last DLC, its not my personal favorite... Still solid and I am happy for those who wanted these animals! Even if I think the RRH is to PZ what labradoodles used to be to dogs. i.e. everyone wanted them for no reason... I do like RRH though... I like doodles too haha
 

Veah

Veah
DrBurrito said:
I would have agreed if the sloth in question was a two-toed sloth, but three-toed sloths as habitat animals are pretty much impossible with current mechanics. I did share my views on this topic (and video evidence) quite a few times last year.

All linked below:
forums.frontier.co.uk

Sloths: WE vs Habitat

Relax. No need to get upset over how UKZooFan perceives this issue. Distorting the truth? Come on now. I still think it was a manipulative comment. Up until their post, the public opinion was something like 5-4 or 5-5 depending on how you count NZFanatic's vote. In addition there were 2 people...
forums.frontier.co.uk forums.frontier.co.uk

My only concern would be the lack of a juvenile model, as baby sloths are super cute. I hope they have gone out of their way to add proper juveniles for an exhibit animal.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlEpHyiS90
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That's the cutest video that has ever been posted in this forum, and I've watched very cute videos around here. Should be included in the thread https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/irl-cuteness.539696/page-18
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
Well...consider me rather underwhelmed. I mean, not one of these animals was very high on my personal list. The red river hog is probably the most immediately useful for me.

The fact that we've been stiffed on a New World monkey once again is actually kind of irksome, and here we had the perfect opportunity to include one. Instead, we have another gibbon (yes, I know the lar gibbon was specifically high on the meta wishlist, but I refuse to believe it still has the same popularity after the 'gibbon' box was ticked with the siamang).

Then we have another monitor lizard, which makes three, which would be fine if it wasn't a species that barely seems to come up. Oh, this one can swim and dive? Well, the Nile monitor can swim, and it should be able to dive, too. It can also be kept in tropical environments, and it has vibrant colours. IMO if they were dead-set on a third monitor, the lace monitor or perentie is a far better choice; one that isn't functionally identical to the Nile and at least exists in a different biome range, and is an Oceanian species.

The fossa is an animal that a lot of people wanted, so I'm at least glad that those people got it. For me it was never a huge priority, but that's okay. It's at least somewhat more unique, even if it is cat-like.

Finally, the sloth; a species that literally doesn't exist in captivity. I'm fine with it being a walkthrough exhibit animal, that makes sense to me, but why that species?

I haven't played in a long time, and I was banking on the new DLC giving me some motivation to jump back in, but...quite frankly, I'm just not excited. This is Twilight Pack levels of bummer for me.

Oh well, you can't win them all. I guess for me it's better luck next time.

On a more positive note, the models we've seen look pretty good and the building pieces seem intriguing. The tropical foliage doesn't really scream 'useful' to me, but that's just my play-style more than anything else.
 

Aramar

Aramar
The new path, benches, bins, lamps and umbrellas look good 👍. I haven't noticed the picnic tables yet.

The more I look into the new building set the more I like it (and this comes form someone who prefers animal packs over building packs).
 

Fabian

Fabian
I'm overall really satisfied with this pack. I think I have already made my peace several packs ago that no single pack will ever to 100% give me the animals that I wanted to have. Even the oddball inclusions that initially made me raise my eyebrows in unpleasant surprise (i.e., the Spectacled Caiman, Water Buffalo, Nile Lechwe, Skunk or Blue Wildebeest) turned out to be great additions that I frequently play with, and I expect the same to happen with the new monitor. Always great to have more choices to select from, even though this fills a kinda samey niche as the Nile Monitor and Komodo Dragon combined. In an ideal world I would have liked the Lace Monitor in a different pack, but we can't have everything.

A bigger issue would be the second gibbon instead of a New World Primate. But that's nothing against the gibbon; I'm really happy with their addition and will probably be using them over the Siamang. But... but... where are the new world primates? 😭 Spider monkeys? Squirrel monkeys? Tamarins? Sakis? Howler monkeys? Frontier, you'll still have to make room for them somewhere down the road! 🤨
(Also, here goes one of my best chances of getting a tree kangaroo... I'm still doubtful we'll ever get them, but I'm not giving up hope!)

The fossa and red river hog are hands down the best parts of this pack, for me. The hog looks ridiculously fantastic, and I can't wait to build Madagascar houses. More small carnivores are always appreciated IMO. Red River Hog has been high on my wishlist for a long time, if only because most of the zoos in my close proximity have them and they have such a distinct visual appearance. I'd still appreciate the Wild Boar, and peccaries are among my Top Three wants for the game (next to Tree Kangaroo & Takin).

As for the sloth – yeah, it should have been the other species, but if I'm honest it's not a deal-breaker for me, I'll still use them. And I'm happy they were added as walkthrough exhibit animals; I think it's the best solution for an animal that I couldn't really have imagined as a regular habitat animal with the current PZ mechanics.

I'm also looking forward to the architecture! Haven't seen the trailer or the breakdown videos yet that go further into detail there, but the last few scenery packs have brought some extremely useful and versatile stuff and offered more than just heavily themed pieces.

Not perfect maybe, but I'm still looking forward to the pack! And my fingers are crossed for more new world monkeys, SA animals in general and more birds for the future of PZ. 🙂
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
Fabian said:
I think I have already made my peace several packs ago that no single pack will ever to 100% give me the animals that I wanted to have.
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Honestly, I feel the same in that regard, but for me this pack doesn't really tick any boxes. Ultimately it boils down to personal preference, of course.

I'm glad people are excited about it in any case. It seems that the lack of a New World monkey is the most consistent disappointment, though. A big missed opportunity if there ever was one.
 

Mr Weasel

Mr Weasel
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Animals aside, I'm looking forward to some new tropical plants for my tropical houses! I don't recognise the ones on the left, so I'm assuming they're new. Whatever they are, they look fantastic and much better-looking than some of the earlier base game tropical plants which I've always felt were way too vibrant and cartoony.
 

abigenius

abigenius
yoav_r said:
Not really. Most people voted "sloth". Originally OP put all the generic votes to the three-toed, and then moved them to the two-toed later.

To the vast majority of people sloth is sloth.
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I'm one of those, I never I've seen one in captivity and I don't really care about the specification of species , I'm really happy for the inclusion
 

biggest_dreamer

biggest_dreamer
Mr Weasel said:
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Animals aside, I'm looking forward to some new tropical plants for my tropical houses! I don't recognise the ones on the left, so I'm assuming they're new. Whatever they are, they look fantastic and much better-looking than some of the earlier base game tropical plants which I've always felt were way too vibrant and cartoony.
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Oh, I'm just now noticing the pitcher planets. Honestly, you could give them their own little mini exhibit area, that's how I've seen it done in some places.

I was a bit confused about how or why we'd want to use the rafflesia, given the smell. But thinking about the pitcher plants like that made me recall a few years back when a friend on the other side of a country went to see a rafflesia bloom that was actually a huge event with a long line for admission. Apparently the blooms only last a very short amount of time. So that's actually something you could do here too, actually build around the rafflesia and make it into a destination all its own.

Also, heh, it's Victreebel and Vileplume right next to each other.
 

SanRazo618

SanRazo618
Ngl this is the first pack I’m genuinely a bit disappointed in. I’m happy with all the animals and scenery we got but as a package together it’s lacking for me. No birds and only one SA animal (that’s a WE instead of a habitat) it’s just meh for me I’m sorry. Thank you to the dev team for still supporting this game for years on in and I hope many more to come and I’m thankful we got all these animals I wanted so badly but as a package together it’s weird. Especially when we have to wait months till the next one. I love PZ but we need birds and IMO aquariums soon.
 

Firestar97

Firestar97
ralphthestick said:
Looking forward to seeing it all in action, especially if brachiation is now possible on building items - that's an absolute game-changer. Has it been confirmed anywhere that that is indeed the case, or whether it's just possible on the vines?
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😃 Thanks for pointing this out. Needed to watch the Trailer again. Really hope it'll work with the Ropes too. Maybe also the nice Surprise of finally giving other Primates the Ability too🤔
Makes me even more excited. So much will have changed when I can finally play the Game again. Also that Gibbon Transition at the End: if there would be a Orangutan Version of it somewhere, that would be exactly what I want for the Orangutan Education Stage in my Breeding Center🦧

Sindy said:
I really didn't want another gibbon and with the water monitor it likely means no perentie later down the line. Bummer.
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I'm really hoping for a australian Monitor Lizard too. At least our asian Sections in Reptile Houses won't be that empty anymore

Sindy said:
Also so excited to see the new plants! I really hope there are some new palms. We need them so badly.
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Hope so too. The Selection of tropical Plants is way too small. Especially if you filter by Continent

sumcherish82 said:
Do anyone know how many colour morph lar gibbon has?
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Really hope they'll have a lot. Saw a Graphic a few Days ago that showed all of them, so at least one or two additional ones would already be really nice (still waiting for Frontier to change their Mind of Peafowl Color Morphs)

snoogins said:
Where are the birds?
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Where are they?!!!!🥺 Starts taping Missing Posters on the Walls with Bird Silhouettes on them
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
Fabian said:
But... but... where are the new world primates? 😭 Spider monkeys? Squirrel monkeys? Tamarins? Sakis? Howler monkeys? Frontier, you'll still have to make room for them somewhere down the road! 🤨
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The only ones that could be realistically implemented from this list are the squirrel monkeys, and tamarins as walkthrough exhibits.

Anything else would have very unrealustic movement, which some people might be fine with but I personally wouldn't like.
 
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