Oh yeah, hope we could turn the confetti on or off
Planet Zoo 2 Speculation and ideas
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This immediately stood out to me too. Itâs almost immersion breaking to see these cartoon characters up alongside increasingly lifelike animals. I imagine this is less of an issue for Coaster, so hopefully itâs prioritized a bit more for Zoo 2.
I think Planet Zoo has a lot of good things going for it and aside from the areas that everyone wants in terms of mechanics (better pathing, scalable items which Coaster 2 is already implementing) and animals (birds, exhibit rework, aquatics although thatâs a lower priority for me personally) what I would love to see is better hitbox and climbing mechanics, particularly for smaller animals. I saw northern treeshrews for the first time last week and have been obsessed with them ever since. A way to zoom in a bit further and better fine tune traversable area for animals of that size would be a dream come true. Treeshrews, squirrels, tamarins, lorises, bushbabies, hyraxes even though they arenât arboreal in the same sense even though theyâre certainly climbers. The more small mammals the better.
But then you'd have to make hybrid animals as well, and that's only going to make things really complicated... look at big cats for example; almost all are a species/subspecies of Panthera... are they really going to lump them all into one animal?I mean, if you happen to purchase a subspecies hybrid, try not to release into the wild otherwise your zoo lose credit or something, a bit more realism with irl zoos. I think a good example would be that of tigers and lions.
I thought of this idea cuz if Frontiers made the Planco people looked a slight more detailed in PC2, why not the animals
Iâd greatly prefer to keep PZ going as long as possible
1. I would want all animals to rejoin the roster and would be irritated repaying for dlcs that I had paid for.
2. Aviaries: big ones that function like habitats for raptors or large flying birds and smaller ones for small birds functioning like exhibits.
3. Redo the exhibits: make micro exhibits for the animals that seriously donât the current exhibit size. Larger exhibits that can house small mammals and reptiles that would not be suitable for our current size, examples slow loris, kangaroo shrew, anaconda, dwarf caimans.
4. Paths: re work them what else do I have to say
5. Fix emoloyees: make patrol paths for security guards. Make a security room where guards can watch cameras to increase their range. Fix guided tours so they arenât happening too frequently and the educators donât get overworked. Have keepers address habitats that are cleanliness risk instead of rushing to feed them then clean. If employers get stuck and quit, you have the ability to make them disappear instead of them remaking in the same place unable to be movedNot sure why frontier wonât address those issues. Also give employees a golf cart track.
6. Tank exhibits: I will support freshwater species like electric eels, alligator gar, piranha etc. I want to keep it simple as opposed to going full aquarium as I would prefer the hypothetical planet aquarium to include sharks etc.
7. Guest control: I donât want them all running to the petting zoo and flooding it.
8. Ambient sounds: we speculated that they help with animal stress, CMs confirmed it doesnât, this time letâs make it real.
9. Rides: frontier has never addressed if guests âlook all directionsâ while riding rides to view animals. Letâs them move around on the monorail or gondola.
1. I would want all animals to rejoin the roster and would be irritated repaying for dlcs that I had paid for.
2. Aviaries: big ones that function like habitats for raptors or large flying birds and smaller ones for small birds functioning like exhibits.
3. Redo the exhibits: make micro exhibits for the animals that seriously donât the current exhibit size. Larger exhibits that can house small mammals and reptiles that would not be suitable for our current size, examples slow loris, kangaroo shrew, anaconda, dwarf caimans.
4. Paths: re work them what else do I have to say
5. Fix emoloyees: make patrol paths for security guards. Make a security room where guards can watch cameras to increase their range. Fix guided tours so they arenât happening too frequently and the educators donât get overworked. Have keepers address habitats that are cleanliness risk instead of rushing to feed them then clean. If employers get stuck and quit, you have the ability to make them disappear instead of them remaking in the same place unable to be movedNot sure why frontier wonât address those issues. Also give employees a golf cart track.
6. Tank exhibits: I will support freshwater species like electric eels, alligator gar, piranha etc. I want to keep it simple as opposed to going full aquarium as I would prefer the hypothetical planet aquarium to include sharks etc.
7. Guest control: I donât want them all running to the petting zoo and flooding it.
8. Ambient sounds: we speculated that they help with animal stress, CMs confirmed it doesnât, this time letâs make it real.
9. Rides: frontier has never addressed if guests âlook all directionsâ while riding rides to view animals. Letâs them move around on the monorail or gondola.
Planet Zoo 2 can be the unofficial Planet Aquarium, the way JWE2 had both aviaries and lagoons.
Looking at how PC2 added a long-requested feature in water rides, I think it's a given that PZ2 is going to include at the very least aviaries, and very likely some manner of aquatic animals.
I don't think we'll see the likes of whales and dolphins, but manatees, fish, possibly turtles, these seem more possible.
I don't think we'll see the likes of whales and dolphins, but manatees, fish, possibly turtles, these seem more possible.
Also PC2 has scalability to objects. I wish we could get that in PZ2. Another feature I would like is making wildlife parks.
How are wildlife parks a feature tho?
Like put a bunch of animals on african savannah map and have them survive without keepers and exhibits, and then being able to make a safari tour around them. Maybe even with resorts and stuff.
Thatâs pretty much my take as well, I donât think we will see any cetaceans due to the controversy, but a lot of other aquatic creatures should be on the table.
A lot of zoos I have been to have either a handful of fish tanks, or some of the larger zoos may even just have full on aquariums/ very large fish tanks. Off the top of my head is the Columbus Zoo (and Aquarium) as well as the National Zoo having a massive tank for Amazon fish such as arapaima.
Also the bird thing, I got to be honest if they canât figure it out by an inevitable sequel I may not get the sequel. Bird houses are such a massive part of zoos and zoo collections. I donât even care if the âaviariesâ are glorified exhibits/ WTE, having a zoo game without any parrots is so silly. Basically pull a JWE2, give us flying animals and aquatic animals. That way even if they have to âresellâ animals we will overall have more to play with.
If we can do that I hope they actually add herding or flocking mechanics in the future.
Actually let me just add a couple more things I want in the sequel:
- Fix the weather and time system: it barely snows in places it should, and seasons last only a couple minutes. My zoo shouldnât be 200 years old after a couple hours! This can also help implement other features betterâŚ..
- My next big thing is I want more community management: decorate the zoo for certain seasons, develop certain sales, make zoo memberships a thing. Make your zoo feel more like a real zoo. Likewise give us a summer camp or classroom please and thank you.
- Be able to make your zoo have its own ânewsletterâ. This you can share online with friends, it basically updates what you do to your zoo in real time. If you add new habitats, get new baby animals, create new restaurants, or see what your zoo does for conservation. Speaking of conservationâŚâŚ
- You can send keepers or veterinarians âinto the fieldâ which can help aid certain animals in the wild. The negative of this is that you will lose some key staff and have to plan accordingly.
- You can directly engage in breeding efforts like SSPs. You may receive certain males and females, and likewise have to send your animals to other zoos as well. Unlike the trade center these animals donât cost anything, and is done in game with âautogeneratedâ animals.
- Your zoo can get engaged with release programs. The benefit is directly boosting the animal population in the wild. The downside is it is pretty much a 100% loss and wonât make you get money back. Guests cannot see the animals you are trying to release, whether it is some endangered insects, frogs, birds, hoof-stock, or big cats. Likewise you will have to have specially trained staff, on top of a whole facility, to get these animals back into being rewilded.
- Likewise, on a more local level, you can have a wildlife hospital. From injured seals, turtles, moose, kangaroos, and more your zoo can receive wild animals depending on where you are. Likewise, your zoo may directly get shipments of animals confiscated from the illegal pet trade, or pets that were improperly cared for.
- Finally, with enough money, your zoo can flat out buy some protected habitats.
- Better management details (at least on hard mode) and hopefully a bit slower time...
- Animals have their own personalities.
- Pretty much all of it. With a few exceptions: such as Perentie instead of AWM OR Linne's Two-toed Sloth instead of Three-toed.
- I hope for model variations that could kind of represent different subspecies or even breeds of livestock. That way people wouldn't complain about clones such as arctic wolves and dingoes...
- A smaller roster.
- Birds
- I have no idea... I'm thinking it might actually be less than PZ... How many rides are in PC2 vs base game PC1 should be a good indication of how big our roster would be (assuming we even get a PZ2)
I'm hoping it is at the minimum similar to PZ1.
Agreed!
1: A new pathing system is a must.
2: Aviaries have to be a launch feature.
3: Hopefully 100% of them, like with Jurassic World Evolution 2.
4: Just a more diverse animal roster in general.
5: Too much of a focus on hoofstock, give us more small mammals!
6: Item scaling and being able to build with other players at the same time.
7: Ideally all of the animals from the first game, DLCs included, as well as around a dozen new species, more if we get aviaries.
2: Aviaries have to be a launch feature.
3: Hopefully 100% of them, like with Jurassic World Evolution 2.
4: Just a more diverse animal roster in general.
5: Too much of a focus on hoofstock, give us more small mammals!
6: Item scaling and being able to build with other players at the same time.
7: Ideally all of the animals from the first game, DLCs included, as well as around a dozen new species, more if we get aviaries.
Not sure how I would feel for paying again for animals that were already in PZ1, especially if they take years to come. Can you imagine waiting for the dromedary or the leopard again?
Imagine starting the roster with only the Japanese macaque and mandrill as your only âtrue monkeysâ. Likewise imagine the bird roster only starting with the flamingo, peacock, and ostrich.
Planet Zoo 1 is not doing that well in term of monkeys still.
I dont need to lol.
Yeah that was my joke, itâs just gonna be like Planet Zoo 1 all over again lol