Setting aside all of the “That doesn’t seem logical” or “That’s unlikely” stuff, hit me with all your wants for DLC packs. Since we’re currently in a 5 animal (4 habitat and 1 exhibit) format, let’s keep it in that format. Otherwise, tee off.
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A bit aggressive of an intro.
But, I would love packs that are varied and cover multiple different taxonomies and species type, similar to the aquatic pack and other DLC’s. If going the same way without birds...
Examples:
North America
Puma
Alligator
Sea Otter
Moose
Asia
Sun bear
Gibbon
Takin
Clouded Leopard
A little bit of everything with an aquatic, reptile, primate, big cat, hoof-stock, etc mix. Don’t necessarily care about which they choose for exhibits.
I’m hopeful for larger packs after aviary packs are developed and new mechanics are not as time consuming.
But, I would love packs that are varied and cover multiple different taxonomies and species type, similar to the aquatic pack and other DLC’s. If going the same way without birds...
Examples:
North America
Puma
Alligator
Sea Otter
Moose
Asia
Sun bear
Gibbon
Takin
Clouded Leopard
A little bit of everything with an aquatic, reptile, primate, big cat, hoof-stock, etc mix. Don’t necessarily care about which they choose for exhibits.
I’m hopeful for larger packs after aviary packs are developed and new mechanics are not as time consuming.
I mentioned this in another thread, but these are the two packs I'd love to see next:
North America:
1. Lynx
2. Red fox
3. White-tailed deer
4. Moose
5. Scarlet kingsnake or California kingsnake as the exhibit animal
South America pack 2:
1. Sloth
2. Capybara
3. Ocelot
4. Macaw
5. Emerald tree boa as an exhibit animal
North America:
1. Lynx
2. Red fox
3. White-tailed deer
4. Moose
5. Scarlet kingsnake or California kingsnake as the exhibit animal
South America pack 2:
1. Sloth
2. Capybara
3. Ocelot
4. Macaw
5. Emerald tree boa as an exhibit animal
I love all the biomes and regions, so for me they can't go wrong. But since I read this as a more creative brainstorming thread, there are two specialty packs in addition to birds that I've been thinking about, but which I haven't actually settled on a full roster for.
One would be a specialty petting zoo pack, that might come with new walkthrough mechanics (to allow the petting zoo) or new playground mechanics for guests. The key thing that I think would make this more interesting to a larger group of players, though, is if they picked some rarer breeds of standard animals to include. So for example, the highland cattle or the vietnamese pot-bellied pig or the alpine ibex instead of just a traditional cow or pig or goat. It could even be where they include animals like the Yak or the Przewalski's horse or the asian water buffalo, so that they're satisfying both the players who want a petting zoo system, while also keeping their focus on conservation for those who want to make separate habitats or incorporate them into other regions of their zoo.
I've also been thinking about some creatures that would be great for small-to-medium sized habitats. Things similar to the red panda or the pangolin or (presumably) the new caiman, whose land requirements could be fairly low and thus could be used as "filler" habitats. (Even if some of us will end up building palaces for them anyway!). If they got really ambitious, they could even develop burrowing mechanics for animals once they've mastered diving, swimming and flying. (Again, this thread said we could set aside logic or likelihood, so this is not an expectation). But I started thinking that a lot of interesting animals could be bundled under such a heading -- armadillos, badgers, squirrels, moles, platypus, wombats, prairie dogs, gophers, wolverine, tasmanian devil. At first I worried that such a pack focused on smaller burrowing animals might not be as flashy as aquatic or aviaries and therefore might not sell widely enough -- until I remembered that they could put the highly requested burrowing meerkat as the poster animal, and it would sell itself!
One would be a specialty petting zoo pack, that might come with new walkthrough mechanics (to allow the petting zoo) or new playground mechanics for guests. The key thing that I think would make this more interesting to a larger group of players, though, is if they picked some rarer breeds of standard animals to include. So for example, the highland cattle or the vietnamese pot-bellied pig or the alpine ibex instead of just a traditional cow or pig or goat. It could even be where they include animals like the Yak or the Przewalski's horse or the asian water buffalo, so that they're satisfying both the players who want a petting zoo system, while also keeping their focus on conservation for those who want to make separate habitats or incorporate them into other regions of their zoo.
I've also been thinking about some creatures that would be great for small-to-medium sized habitats. Things similar to the red panda or the pangolin or (presumably) the new caiman, whose land requirements could be fairly low and thus could be used as "filler" habitats. (Even if some of us will end up building palaces for them anyway!). If they got really ambitious, they could even develop burrowing mechanics for animals once they've mastered diving, swimming and flying. (Again, this thread said we could set aside logic or likelihood, so this is not an expectation). But I started thinking that a lot of interesting animals could be bundled under such a heading -- armadillos, badgers, squirrels, moles, platypus, wombats, prairie dogs, gophers, wolverine, tasmanian devil. At first I worried that such a pack focused on smaller burrowing animals might not be as flashy as aquatic or aviaries and therefore might not sell widely enough -- until I remembered that they could put the highly requested burrowing meerkat as the poster animal, and it would sell itself!
For me I’d like aviaries, more Australian animals and an endangered species pack. Overall, though, I just want more stuff! Especially smaller species. I have zero interest in farm animals though.
I'd personally like to see the following packs make it into the game:
Southeast Asia Pack
Sun Bear
Malayan Tapir
Proboscis Monkey or Siamang
Clouded Leopard or Binturong
King Cobra (Exhibit)
North America Pack
Moose
American Beaver or River Otter
Mountain Lion
Northern Bald Eagle or Alligator Snapping Turtle
Blue-Spotted Salamander (Exhibit)
Africa Pack
Eastern Black Rhino
Secretary Bird or Marabou Stork
Meerkat
Fennec Fox or Gelada
Black Mamba (Exhibit)
Marine/Coastal Pack
Pacific Walrus
Green Sea Turtle
Sea Otter
Brown Pelican or California Sea Lion
Pacific Octopus (Exhibit)
Another Australia Pack, an Aviary Pack, and biome-based packs would also be cool.
Southeast Asia Pack
Sun Bear
Malayan Tapir
Proboscis Monkey or Siamang
Clouded Leopard or Binturong
King Cobra (Exhibit)
North America Pack
Moose
American Beaver or River Otter
Mountain Lion
Northern Bald Eagle or Alligator Snapping Turtle
Blue-Spotted Salamander (Exhibit)
Africa Pack
Eastern Black Rhino
Secretary Bird or Marabou Stork
Meerkat
Fennec Fox or Gelada
Black Mamba (Exhibit)
Marine/Coastal Pack
Pacific Walrus
Green Sea Turtle
Sea Otter
Brown Pelican or California Sea Lion
Pacific Octopus (Exhibit)
Another Australia Pack, an Aviary Pack, and biome-based packs would also be cool.
Indonesia
Madagascar
Madagascar 2
Europe
I would also like more from Australia, including a Tree Kangaroo and the Platypus
- Blue spotted Tree Monitor
- Babirusa
- Sunda Leopard Cat
- Palm Thief
- Borneo Earless Monitor
Madagascar
- Sclaters lemur
- Aye Aye
- Malagasy Civet
- Fossa
- Mossy Leaf Gecko
Madagascar 2
- Giant Coua
- Humblot's Heron
- Parson's Chameleon
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Panther Chameleon
Europe
- Red or Roe deer
- Boar
- Capercaillie
- Moose
- Marbled Newt
I would also like more from Australia, including a Tree Kangaroo and the Platypus
I completely agree with you. I would absolutely love more small animals and a petting pack. To add to that, I would love to see more felines in the game, because I love cats.
We've done this so many times, I'm just re-copy-pasting my answers at this point.
I'd actually LOVE to see a Central America pack... because:
And a final bonus pack. My top contenders:
Fennec Fox
Dromedary Camel
Spoonbill
Shoebill
Golden Pheasant
Grey Crowned Crane
Leopard Seal
Markhor
Aardwolf
Proboscis Monkey
Pelican
Giant Eland
Maned Wolf
Though I'd prioritize any animals that got left off the lists above.
I'd actually prefer if they released a basic bonus pack in spring, with much-needed basic construction pieces and zoo items that we're missing, and some "reskin" animals. Then the rest of the DLCs would have no pieces, mainly just animals, and be a bit bigger.
They could also release a free update that adds aviaries, but just a few basic species. One species of macaw, an eagle, a vulture, an owl, something like a kookabura, and maybe two bat species? (I assume they'd be easier to make than habitat animals, if they just loop from branch to branch or something.) Then, in a perfect world, each future DLC would come with five or six habitat species, two aviary species, and one exhibit species.
But I'm happy to just get anything at this point. There's too much time in between each DLC for our imaginations to run wild and get our hopes up. I just hope they're still listening to us. ¯\(ツ)/¯
I'd actually LOVE to see a Central America pack... because:
- We need the sloth
- And we could have at least two out of these three: howler monkey, scarlet ibis, and manatee. (In a perfect world, all three of them would be great)
- The little white bat would be a great exhibit species
- Then the puma for sure, as well--
- Arctic Fox
- Roosevelt Elk
- Sea Lion
- Beaver or Alligator Snapping Turtle
- Another bat pls
- Lynx
- Alpine Ibex
- Eurasian Moose
- Walrus
- Walking Stick Insect
- Sea Otter
- Homboldt Penguin
- Elephant Seal
- Platypus or Beaver
- Anaconda as exbibit animal (they like water... will probably need bigger exhibit box though)
- Sun Bear
- Axis/Sika Deer
- Red Crowned Crane
- Clouded Leopard
- Softshell Turtle
- Indian Leopard
- Nilgai/Blackbuck
- Binturong
- Gibbon or Langur species
- King Cobra
- Meerkat
- White Rhino
- Fossa / Crested Porcupine
- Red River Hog
- Chameleon or Hammerhead Bat
And a final bonus pack. My top contenders:
Fennec Fox
Dromedary Camel
Spoonbill
Shoebill
Golden Pheasant
Grey Crowned Crane
Leopard Seal
Markhor
Aardwolf
Proboscis Monkey
Pelican
Giant Eland
Maned Wolf
Though I'd prioritize any animals that got left off the lists above.
I'd actually prefer if they released a basic bonus pack in spring, with much-needed basic construction pieces and zoo items that we're missing, and some "reskin" animals. Then the rest of the DLCs would have no pieces, mainly just animals, and be a bit bigger.
They could also release a free update that adds aviaries, but just a few basic species. One species of macaw, an eagle, a vulture, an owl, something like a kookabura, and maybe two bat species? (I assume they'd be easier to make than habitat animals, if they just loop from branch to branch or something.) Then, in a perfect world, each future DLC would come with five or six habitat species, two aviary species, and one exhibit species.
But I'm happy to just get anything at this point. There's too much time in between each DLC for our imaginations to run wild and get our hopes up. I just hope they're still listening to us. ¯\(ツ)/¯
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