🐾Planet Zoo: Tropical Pack arriving 4 April🐾
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Plus, it's really only the three-toed sloths that behave the way we think sloths do. For instance, you can't have an iconic character like Flash based on two-toed sloths, which can even pounce on you when triggered.
I mean, yes, but for many of these, they don't speak Mexico. Does that make sense?
It's like saying the king penguin is technically from SA, but when you think of the king penguin, you think of an area closer to Antarctica.
In the case of Mexico, the only 3 in that list that I would consider Mexican are the gila monster (maybe), the Baird's tapir, and the raccoon (Cozumel raccoon)
But what speaks Mexican will be different from person to person. People in Mexico who got some of these animals as their local wildlife would definitely see them as Mexican
And with that point of view, does the sloth feel Mexican?
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What about the Pronghorn and Striped Skunk? They both live in Northern Mexico!
Edit: no worries, just read the rest of this thread!
I would definitely include the sea lion in there.
As someone who has gone to Mexico almost every year, sometimes multiple times a year, yes and no, the sloth itself feels like Yucatan peninsula
Okay but that new plant behind the sculpture! Also loving the new ferns!! So pretty. And is that new bamboo? Maybe? Not too sure on that one.
Edit: also to me that looks like a new palm on the left!
Edit: also to me that looks like a new palm on the left!
What feels mexican? Well thats a very open ended question, what animal feels american ? Every answer will contain a very different set of animals what one may believe represents the region better
There's a good mix of good and new but still no new trees found. Background features kapok tree, Bengal bamboo and a cecropia tree. We got new ferns and the existing variegated fern next to the statues
Too me American is gators and black bears but to others up north and west it’s wolves bison or coyotes and pronghorns. The countries are just to big
The statues being mix and match is great for us atleast it let’s us better fit them and theme them appropriately
Could trees perhaps be part of the free update? Sometimes they do split them up, don't they?
I totally see why people don't like these statues, and I personally don't see the logic of having a fossa and red river hog in Indonesian style (let's please call it this and not 'Tropical Theme' or whatever term that doesn't make sense).
That being said
This is exactly what I've been hoping we'd get for a long time. For ages, I've been trying to make realistic-looking Indonesian/Balinese animal statues and now we get them. Not only that, but it appears that the heads and bodies are separate, which allows for great customisation with only a small number of objects. And the fact that the statues are not too animal-specific only adds to the freedom we get with these items.
For a regular zoo builder, I think these statues are not that useful. But for someone who loves Indonesian culture or builds a Southeast-Asian themed area and needs some general decorative statues, they are perfect.
I am, however, hoping the pack will also contain body parts for the different animals (at least a monitor, hog and fossa body and legs) to allow for full customisation and to not being forced to place only anthropomorphic animals.
That being said
This is exactly what I've been hoping we'd get for a long time. For ages, I've been trying to make realistic-looking Indonesian/Balinese animal statues and now we get them. Not only that, but it appears that the heads and bodies are separate, which allows for great customisation with only a small number of objects. And the fact that the statues are not too animal-specific only adds to the freedom we get with these items.
For a regular zoo builder, I think these statues are not that useful. But for someone who loves Indonesian culture or builds a Southeast-Asian themed area and needs some general decorative statues, they are perfect.
I am, however, hoping the pack will also contain body parts for the different animals (at least a monitor, hog and fossa body and legs) to allow for full customisation and to not being forced to place only anthropomorphic animals.
Yeah more recently trees have been part of the free update rather than the dlc pack, the confusing one is the cecropia tree ( tree right of the bamboo) is from the south American pack so we may be looking at a new tree
remember silk oak and red wood trees? those came with the free update so did the bald cypress
usually they refrain from posting screenshots containing props from previous DLC's
Yeah I was told that the other day
After your post I looked back at the image and was 100% convinced it's a cecropia tree. However, looking at the Wiki, it appears that the orientation of the leaves is more horizontal, whereas this image shows leaves pointed in more different directions. Also, the cecropia branches seem to go either horizontally or up, while some in this plant are going down. So, it may be a new plant from the free update after all.
This makes me want more Sulawesi animals. I would die for a mini-pack with Sulawesi crested macaque, lowland anoa and sulawesi bear cuscus. Hope we will get at least one of them in a future DLC.