I have been playing a lot of EDh and not as much Planet Coaster, but this new Planet Zoo, is there any kind of plans or news that FD might incorporate the two titles together as they did with the Roller Coaster Tycoon titles?
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As much as I would love this, Planet Coaster is cpu heavy as is and merging the two games would probably crash the game or give us very little fps. Plus, with Planet Zoo being a separate game, they can go more in depth, and make it the best Zoo game out there. If they merge the two games together we would have less from Planet Zoo and some things that are already in the game wouldn't be possible in Planet Coaster like better water physics, weather, and etc.
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I expect the chances are slim for the reasons Evolution said, however, it looks like they are set in the same world so will have similarities.
I think what Evolution has said is correct. The game will have aspects of Planet Coaster in terms of branding I would imagine, and in terms of play style, but much more emphasis will be put on things that make more sense in a zoo. Planet Zoo needs to really focus on being a zoo game in my opinion, rather than being an extension to Planet Coaster. The Wild expansion for RCT3 as an example really wasn't very in depth since it was constrained to the rest of the game.
I am glad they are separate. It allows the zoo management aspect to be much deeper as mentioned. It was incredibly shallow in rollercoaster Tycoon 3, to the point where the animals were little more than decorations. Plus, not everyone will want to put a zoo in their theme park or rollercoasters in their zoo - probably a greater majority than want to combine both. The TMTK gives plenty of wiggle room to make zoo/theme park hybrids if that's what you fancy, there's already a plethora of animal animatronics on the workshop.
I think integrating the two would be possible, since they seem to have the same artistic style, mechanics, and probably share many scenery items, the question really would be will Frontier do it or not. It could either be really good for planet zoo, since they'll likely get a lot of sales from the supporters of Planet Coaster, but it could also make the game look like just an expansion of Planet Coaster instead of its own entity. I really hope they integrate the two, making a busch gardens/sea world type park would be awesome!
I also think it could help make the simulation aspect more realistic. Maybe they could introduce better financial or management simulation by having an online server where parks from both games (or parks with features from both games) compete for business and visitors. That would be the ultimate combination of the games in my opinion.
I also think it could help make the simulation aspect more realistic. Maybe they could introduce better financial or management simulation by having an online server where parks from both games (or parks with features from both games) compete for business and visitors. That would be the ultimate combination of the games in my opinion.