Bold predictions 2023
- Thread starter SanRazo618
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- We will get at least 1 primate per pack
- 3/4 packs this year will include walkthrough exhibit birds
- We will see every current top 10 animal (Tasmanian Devil, African Crested Porcupine, Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth, Red River Hog, Lar Gibbon, Secretary Bird, Wolverine, South American Coati, Fossa, Walrus) on Random Goat's Meta Wishlist, added into the game this year. And yes this includes the Lar Gibbon. Yes this is a very BOLD prediction.
- We will never get any fully aquatic animals. Closest thing we will see this year is the walrus.
- We will see a new rock set this year (this is mostly wishful thinking, considering we haven't had a full rock set added since Aquatic)
- Guests will be able to feed the Giraffes (via free update)
Didn't stop them for adding the clouded leopard. Hope it is not stopping them for adding birds like these.
Yes, the San Diego Safari Park
Cool! You got any pictures?
I actualky saw clouded leopards in an open enclosure once
But it is at least the most common way to keep them. And a lot of people who go with realistic designs for them in PZ go with a roof/top, which they have to build themselves.
If we can accept species like the clouded leopard to be implemented without a functioning aviary system, then why not species like secretary birds, ibises, crowned pigeons, and so on?
Species that usually will be in an aviary or under a roof because they can fly. But flying is just not a very important behavior to make them appear believable in PZ since you won't see them do it much in captivity anyway. So they might as well be treated like flamingos, cranes, and peafowls. And then let people build aviaries for them if they like realism. No reason to set the bare minimum for realism higher for birds, than for other species.
And sorry if that wasn't the road you were going. The argument is just often going in that direction when it comes to secretary birds.
To me it has to do with the fact that to keep most flying birds in an open enclosure you need to actively trim their feathers, while for climbing animals you just need to design non-climbable walls.
Not that either matter much in a computer game.
But nothing is stopping you from building an aviary if you want to or find one on the workshop. Making aviaries the only way to house them is in the end just giving us less creative freedom. They also gave us the option to house bats open air, even though no zoo would do that. But it does wonders for the creative freedom. It can even be used to make their enclosures look more realistic.
It is none of my business how other people play the game. If they want to house flying birds open air let them. Just like they can house tortoises outdoor in a tundra zoo or elephants only behind glass walls if they want to. But luckily it is optional.
I think we’re gonna get some wading birds too I should add
- At least two more possible multi-species-walkthrough-exhibits (2 species of tamarins and 3 species of hummingsbirds)
- A free animal and a new shop for the game's 4th anniverary
- the dromedary camel but not the black rhino
- A pack including the Lar Gibbon accompanied by an update which makes the Orang Utan bracchiate
- first petting zoo animals, most likely in a Petting Zoo Pack including Alapacas and Guinea Pigs
- two packs that are not themed by terrain
- more educating features that guests can interact with
- all animal statues in the same style as part of a free update
- at least 10 more animals from South America and at least 3 more animals from Oceania
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I would love all the food shops from Planet Coaster.
Bold prediction: we get all the world food from Planet Coaster in a pack that contains animals from all over the world but not necessarily themed to that
I guess I'll give this a shot.
Last one, but mostly wishful thinking (I mean most of this is, so not too different I guess)
- One more year of support after this one.
Not getting my hopes up obviously, but I'd be happy if one or two of these turned out correct.
- We'll get both the Black and Sumatran Rhinos this year (Sumatran through some dlc, and Black as the anniversary animal akin to the Red Deer)
- At least two of the big three Arctic animals: Muskox, Walrus and Wolverine
- Walkthrough birds get introduced through multiple macaw species
- Two packs contain walkthrough animals, two with regular old exhibits
- Islands will be a theme pack, unfortunately for me. The other theme pack will be more unorthodox.
- We'll get the Lar Gibbon to reuse the Siamang's rig, but still no brachiating orangutan.
- Malayan Tapir will get a surprise redesign midway through the year due to outcry
- At least three new habitat bird species
Last one, but mostly wishful thinking (I mean most of this is, so not too different I guess)
- One more year of support after this one.
Not getting my hopes up obviously, but I'd be happy if one or two of these turned out correct.
I predict that:
- We'll get the black rhino for a 4th anniversary
- We'll get all the shops from Planet Coaster and a few new ones
- We'll get 3 animal packs
- We get a career that acts like a farewell from Frontier for Planet Zoo. Maybe Bernie comes back and we team up one last time to build a zoo
Indroducing new species:
- 3rd equid - Somali wild donkey
- most wanted piggy - Red River hog
- Critically endangared desert Antelope - Addax
- second species with the extinct in the wild status - Pere David’s deer
- Animal behavior - Brachiation for orangutans.
- Hollows for some arboreal species. Hollows should work just as burrows but we should be able to put them on the big climbable trees.
- Deep diving for tapirs and Malayan tapir fix.
- American bison size adjustment.
- Guest behavior - Become a zookeeper for a day and work at the zoo with your favorite species. Income from additional tickets.
- New shops - Farmers market with fresh and healthy produce from zoo
- New staff - Gardeners/Farmers collect poo and grow plants make income and reduce feeding costs.
- Animal colormorphs - Summer and winter coat available for some canines, cats and bears.
- New facility - Hotels, stay in zoo overnight in hotels, habitat guest huts and tree houses.
- New gameplay feature - New Ride - fly among the trees - Zipline attraction with ability to connect the zipline towers and making a customized Zipline experience around your zoos also ability to remove the path from WE and one more bigger WE shape.
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- We will get flying birds but they will be walkthrough exhibit animals and are Not delivered in a single pack
- We will get the Sloth and it will be a normal Habitat animal
- There will be No Marine pack
- There will be also no Petting Zoo pack
- There will be at least two "...-lands" Pack
- Classic DLC (4+1+ Scenery) will stay unpredictable
- We will get at least another cat and finally another bear (both probably from South America)
- We will get another monkey
- We will get the Sloth and it will be a normal Habitat animal
- There will be No Marine pack
- There will be also no Petting Zoo pack
- There will be at least two "...-lands" Pack
- Classic DLC (4+1+ Scenery) will stay unpredictable
- We will get at least another cat and finally another bear (both probably from South America)
- We will get another monkey
• All the exhibit species we get this year will be walk through
• We get a scenery pack similar to the conservation pack that adds a bunch of random props that the community loves
• We get a species similar to a highly requested animal that is lower on the list (think white nosed coati instead of south american)
• A new canid that divides the community
• American bison model is updated
• No birds pack, but we will have the most amount of birds added to the game this year
• At least 2 fully domesticated animals added to the game
• An animal with 2 or less meta wish list votes
• The merch shop starts selling a line of enamel pins that I spend way too much money on
• We get a scenery pack similar to the conservation pack that adds a bunch of random props that the community loves
• We get a species similar to a highly requested animal that is lower on the list (think white nosed coati instead of south american)
• A new canid that divides the community
• American bison model is updated
• No birds pack, but we will have the most amount of birds added to the game this year
• At least 2 fully domesticated animals added to the game
• An animal with 2 or less meta wish list votes
• The merch shop starts selling a line of enamel pins that I spend way too much money on
I'll go broke if the in-game sign artwork is used for this. I'm not even kidding.