Disagree with the Lack of Animal Attacks

[NickEast]

Simply put, people getting killed by animals adds nothing to the game. It's not a feature nor a mechanic. As has been said before, animals can escape and threaten the guests. This impacts both the building and management sides of the game. That the animals can escape means your habitats aren't secure enough, and that they threaten and scare away the guests will hurt your zoo's reputation. Graphic violence would not be necessary, and does not fit the vision of the developers. That would mean that any violence would be needless and inappropriate, and that is the worst you can do in games like these. This has nothing to do with maturity, what another game did, or realism. Some games may need graphic/comic violence to convey a certain meaning or experience, and that adds to the experience. In these games it adds nothing. Sure it may be "fun" to crash roller coasters or let animals escape, but again it would be needless and senseless.

If you want animals killing guests, play Jurassic World Evolution. In that game it does add something, as that is the whole thing about the Jurassic Park franchise: dinosaurs escaping and wreaking havoc.

 

[ZJoe2136]

I completely agree. I had Zoo Tycoon 2 but it would only work on my Granny's Windows XP for some reason and she doesn't exactly live close. One of my favourite things to do was get an unrealistic amount of lions or something similar in an enclosure and put a guest in. I loved watching them run around. I don't exactly want Planet Zoo to have gore and limbs torn off by angry gorillas but I do want them to maybe fall over after being run at by a rampaging elephant. At the very least the notifications should stop saying "dangerous animal escaped!" if the animal just isn't dangerous at all.

 

[Swjosdotschka]

At the very least the notifications should stop saying "dangerous animal escaped!" if the animal just isn't dangerous at all.

Can you name an animal where this message pops up that IS NOT dangerous? I never came across one.

 

[Dezessete]

Can you name an animal where this message pops up that IS NOT dangerous? I never came across one.

Seeing that no animal will ever hurt one of your visitors, no animals in the game are dangerous "in-universe".

 

[Firestar97]

At the very least the notifications should stop saying "dangerous animal

But they can be dangerous to each other. It could happen that a Tiger climbs over a Fence and kills a Orangutan. So I think this Notification is not completely useless.

Something like a Mini-DLC could be a good Solution that adds Stuff like Animals attacking Guests (of course not all the Time when they are outside of their Enclosure) and personal injury compensation
So Players could decide if they want it in the Game or not.

 

[Swjosdotschka]

Again, I never have seen a notification where the game said "dangerous animal" when it is not dangerous IRL. What I've seen though are people who are a bit misinformed about wild animals. A zebra and a giraffe for example can indeed be dangerous. An ostrich that is in panic will ran you over, a zebra stamp you down, a giraffe in panic not even noticing you.
Carnivores aren't the only potentially dangerous animals.

 

[Masteradstriker]

Wonder why this thread was resurrected? And yes, even something the likes of a bug can be dangerous.

Follow these rules: Don't bother the animal, and they won't bother you.

 

[Moonfox]

Again, I never have seen a notification where the game said "dangerous animal" when it is not dangerous IRL. What I've seen though are people who are a bit misinformed about wild animals. A zebra and a giraffe for example can indeed be dangerous. An ostrich that is in panic will ran you over, a zebra stamp you down, a giraffe in panic not even noticing you.
Carnivores aren't the only potentially dangerous animals.

Oh man, I wouldn’t mess with an ostrich! They can be mean, nasty buggers and they could do a lot of damage. If you’ve ever been attacked by a goose, just imagine the goose being two metres tall.

 

[DarthQuell]

Here's what I say: this isn't Jurassic World, where a dinosaur eats people. This isn't Zoo Tycoon, where it's a little fantasy by having mythological creatures or animals that realistically can't be in a zoo (like Great Whites). This is Planet Zoo, a realistic zoo simulation/management game. I don't want people dying in a zoo. But, I do see the appeal of animal attacks. The way I'd do it is by doing a compromise: animal attacks that don't kill guests. For example, the big cats would grab guests (men) by their pants and shake them and then drop them. Bears would knock them around like a ball. I'd add attacks like those, where the animals can irritate or hurt the guest but never kill (funniest attack where the horses when they would kick a guest and he'd flip over). I think that's a good and realistic compromise