At the very least they would be flying props that's better than what we have right now here. Not very far from the original exhibit animals...
DLC18 discussion and predictions
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Honestly, scaling the way they've implemented it in PC2 is probably fully feasible in the current Planet Zoo so... Why wait?
You've never been to an aviary, have you?Are people seriously upset about this? Ambient birds in Planet Coaster 2 is infinitely easier to implement than flighted habitat birds in Planet Zoo.
Like, they probably won't even land.
Well that would clearly be the way to go. I just doubt it would happen given the amount of assets that would have to be reworked. Easier to start from the ground up.Honestly, scaling the way they've implemented it in PC2 is probably fully feasible in the current Planet Zoo so... Why wait?
That said...yeah..why wait! I'm for it and it would be one of the few things I would call "game changing" at least for the builders.
Might aswell be lol, the coaster forum only has 4 pages of engagement compared to our 8 or something.
Now here’s a question, if, and I mean a big IF. This final dlc finally gives us WTE birds (cant stress this enough I am not counting on it and wouldn’t recommend expecting it) what species would you expect? I was trying to think of what birds I have seen in walk through aviaries in real life, or at least open concept bird houses (no windows). Here is what I have:
- Scarlet macaws
- Budgies
- Conures
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Inca turns
- Turacos
- Sunbitterns
- Aracaris (species of toucan)
- Zebra finches
- Inca terns
- Scarlet ibis
- American flamingos
- More duck species than I can remember
- Yellow billed stork
- Hamerkop
- Madagascar sacred ibis
- Ocellated turkey
- Night Heron
- Roseate spoonbill
- Cattle egret
- Sea birds like an oystercatcher
Seeing American flamingo, ibises, roseatte spoonbill, ocellated turkey, ducks, yellow billed stork as WTE exhibit makes me want to cry.
Planet Coaster 1 has pigeons, guys. This is not a hint, it's just a redo from the previous Planco. The pigeons are ambient birds.
I'm ususally pro sequel, but I agree that with JWE2 they - for me - also feel kind of flat. I know JWE players who would disagree though and I have to say, at least from dino behaviour JWE2 seems to be a bigger upgrade thatn PC2 at first sight, if we let aside that most of the "new" management features are "just" PZ features.
I have to say though, as much as I dislike the downfall from the Sims franchise, it's save to say that every sequel brought some huge unique new gameplay features to the franchise, even if it's debateable if those features were a good idea or balanced or whatever. It always felt worth a new number behind the "Sims".
I expected those BIG things in PC2 and maybe it's just because I'm no theme park enthusiast, that I don't see water park be THAT feature instead of a larger DLC.
I mean, truth be told, there will litterally be a lot of "water running down the river" as we germans say, until we even get remotely close to a Planet Zoo 2, so who knows what leaps the Planet franchise will take in the next 4 years or so. I'm just less hyped about a PZ sequel than I was before and I was always one of the players who advocated for sequels.
On a side note: If the tool building with walls and such is easier in PC2, which I assume it is, I envy that a bit, ngl. Building plain, tiled pools in PZ is a nightmare.
I'm ususally pro sequel, but I agree that with JWE2 they - for me - also feel kind of flat. I know JWE players who would disagree though and I have to say, at least from dino behaviour JWE2 seems to be a bigger upgrade thatn PC2 at first sight, if we let aside that most of the "new" management features are "just" PZ features.
I have to say though, as much as I dislike the downfall from the Sims franchise, it's save to say that every sequel brought some huge unique new gameplay features to the franchise, even if it's debateable if those features were a good idea or balanced or whatever. It always felt worth a new number behind the "Sims".
I expected those BIG things in PC2 and maybe it's just because I'm no theme park enthusiast, that I don't see water park be THAT feature instead of a larger DLC.
I mean, truth be told, there will litterally be a lot of "water running down the river" as we germans say, until we even get remotely close to a Planet Zoo 2, so who knows what leaps the Planet franchise will take in the next 4 years or so. I'm just less hyped about a PZ sequel than I was before and I was always one of the players who advocated for sequels.
On a side note: If the tool building with walls and such is easier in PC2, which I assume it is, I envy that a bit, ngl. Building plain, tiled pools in PZ is a nightmare.
Goodness, it's been a while since I've even thought about a list for flying birds....it's that much off the table.
For fun...going to go with these tiers, all WTE birds.
8 birds (the very minimum and would come with a lot of building pieces)
Bald Eagle
Scarlet Macaw
Hyacinth Macaw
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo
Toco Toucan
Snowy Owl
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Kookaburra
12 birds (which I would think would be most likely of this entirely unlikely scenario) add in:
Keel Billed Toucan
African Grey Parrot
Golden Eagle
Blue and Yellow Macaw
16 birds (probably the absolute most we'd get)
Military Green Macaw
Major Mitchel's Cockatoo (AKA Pink Cockatoo)
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Oh I didn’t mean as WTE animals, I was listing birds I have seen in real life aviaries that I could walk through. My bad for not being descriptive enough lol.
I would argue that a zoo game will appeal to a broader audience than a theme park builder since most people would want to put down some plants and watch animals move but you have to be convinced that your are creative enough to want to build a roller coaster in order to think planet coaster is worth the investment.
Also something to consider here is it has been decades since a good quality zoo builder had been released so planet zoo had a corner on a market. Coaster building games already have planet coaster so people with less disposable income who already have planet coaster are likely not going to upgrade soon especially those who just bought it on sale.
It will be will it be as big of a hit still unsure if it will reach planet zoo levels but it will be up there in frontiers top selling games.
I never played pc, some of you have suggested awaiting pc2 instead of buying 1. I take it water parks were the aviarys of pc, by that I mean a highly requested feature that simply was never featured despite push from fans.
Maybe this would suggest a pz2 would likely highlight aviaries as a feature in the reveal trailer.
Maybe this would suggest a pz2 would likely highlight aviaries as a feature in the reveal trailer.
Joke aside and to answer your question i've been on WT aviaries with parrots (including macaws) and toucans so those are locked. I've seen pics of snowy owl WT aviaries so that one counts i guess. And despite what people Say here i've also been in WT aviaries for hummingbirds so those as well (and they are some of my most wanted types of birds for this kind of exhibits). Songbirds for sure too. And i know there are "coastal" WT aviaries as well.
Looking at the Big zoos WT enclosures gives you a long list of bird species that could be included.
My favorites, the eagles, are unfortunally not among them
No idea what you're getting at. My point is that birds that fly around in the sky and have no real bearing on the game other than being visible in the sky are functionally very different than birds in an aviary for Planet Zoo...
They wouldn't really need to re-work any assets though... Modders have literally figured out how to do it already.
This has probably already been touched on but as someone who has never played Planet Coaster what I’m most curious about is whether content that was DLC in the original game was present in the reveal trailer
I’ve been on the “Planet Zoo 2 is inevitable and likely where we get the bird blowout so just wait” train for a while but I’m really curious about how they’ll handle both games’ large DLC backlogs going forward
I’ve been on the “Planet Zoo 2 is inevitable and likely where we get the bird blowout so just wait” train for a while but I’m really curious about how they’ll handle both games’ large DLC backlogs going forward
We can't tell yet since the trailer mostly focuses on the new swimming pools and slides. We have only seen a couple of rides, so it's hard to tell.
I want this in planet zoo so bad
I was so certain it would be a december release.
people will still complain that a baby building game has more attention then their sophisticated space game.
I highly doubt there will be much returning stuff and they will sell similar theme packs to what planet coaster 1 got. This however will probably mean nothing as to how a hypothetical planet zoo 2 will function since animals are very different to scenery peices.