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AndyZoos

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Silhouette said:
As for news who knows, I'm doubting it because they seem pretty tight lipped as of late in regards to new things.
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That's a little weird, no? I'm not a big PC gamer, so I'm not really sure how news about these games typically rolls out... But should we anticipate more reveals or the full list of animals before the game comes out? Or will it be a "You know what you know! Go explore the game!" kind of thing? I would imagine that it would be beneficial for Frontier to let people know specifically how many animals there will be if it went from ~50 to something like ~60. But it seems like most developers these days don't delve into all the details before release from the quick digging I've been doing...

They also don't bother with "official" instruction manuals anymore, as far as I can tell. With descriptions of menus, lists of items included, etc. Man, would that be beneficial... Or maybe I'm just old. :)
 

Silhouette

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Alkaline Andy said:
That's a little weird, no? I'm not a big PC gamer, so I'm not really sure how news about these games typically rolls out... But should we anticipate more reveals or the full list of animals before the game comes out? Or will it be a "You know what you know! Go explore the game!" kind of thing? I would imagine that it would be beneficial for Frontier to let people know specifically how many animals there will be if it went from ~50 to something like ~60. But it seems like most developers these days don't delve into all the details before release from the quick digging I've been doing...

They also don't bother with "official" instruction manuals anymore, as far as I can tell. With descriptions of menus, lists of items included, etc. Man, would that be beneficial... Or maybe I'm just old. :)
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Duuude I miss those manuals. I mean, I never usually used them anyway, but they were nice to look at regardless 😂

As for news I'm not really a PC gamer either, and I never particularly followed Frontier games before this one, so I don't know how they usually reveal things. A lot of people seem to expect more news which feels weird to me because personally, less than 3 weeks out, I'd rather they just keep everything else a surprise so we don't open the game and know everything. I mean I liked having new animals in the beta that we didn't know about before.

Even the number of animals I feel is unnecessary to divulge. What better marketing than telling people 50+ animals and they open the game up to find double that, you know?
 

NikolaP

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So far they always showed a couple of new things for some gaming events, it won't be different this time I'm sure.

Maybe we get a new trailer with a couple of new animals and new theme which they hinted in last journal. I believe it is East Asian theme, but nevermind I still can't wait to see it :)
 

AndyZoos

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Silhouette said:
Duuude I miss those manuals. I mean, I never usually used them anyway, but they were nice to look at regardless 😂

As for news I'm not really a PC gamer either, and I never particularly followed Frontier games before this one, so I don't know how they usually reveal things. A lot of people seem to expect more news which feels weird to me because personally, less than 3 weeks out, I'd rather they just keep everything else a surprise so we don't open the game and know everything. I mean I liked having new animals in the beta that we didn't know about before.

Even the number of animals I feel is unnecessary to divulge. What better marketing than telling people 50+ animals and they open the game up to find double that, you know
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I never really read the full manual, but the "cheat sheet" that mapped out the different controls, commands, and keyboard shortcuts as well as the diagrams that highlight the different menus and options were always very helpful. Easier than the "You can figure it out!" method most game use today. I get why they do it, but having a reference via a web site would be useful...

This is what roped me into Frontier, too! And it led me to buying a new gaming laptop, purchasing Planet Coaster, and actively engaging in a non-music related web forum for the first time in 15 years or so. So yeah, I can't speak to how things usually get revealed by Frontier or anyone else really.

I'm not sure which approach is best, to be honest, as far as "reveals" are concerned. I think they found themselves in a weird spot when that tweet went out saying "many more than 50" animals and another response somewhere saying "50+". Not saying whether that included exhibit animals or not (I'm guessing it does). And people getting all sorts of excited, assuming 50+ means dozens more.

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter... But I think if they had a significant number more than 50? The would up the base number by that amount (meaning, it would be 60+ or 100+ or whatever). That would make more sense to me.

I guess leaving it up to chance in the base game just gives me anxiety/excitement about what's to come and I'd like to know what the hard list is. But that's on me, haha.

Either way, I'm excited about getting at least 50 animals to start the game. It'll be a good way to start off, haha. And I honestly feel like--as with any game--regardless of what the developers do? A certain segment of people are going to complain and be unhappy about it ("You said many more! Many doesn't mean 5 more!"). And I kinda refuse to be one of those people.

So hey, here's hoping for 50+ and many more to come via DLC!
 

ninkaii

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I only had the first career scenario to play at the booth today. Still had a great time! It's been a week and a half since the beta ended. Wonder what things will be revealed tomorrow.
 

Joël

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Joël
ninkaii said:
I only had the first career scenario to play at the booth today. Still had a great time! It's been a week and a half since the beta ended. Wonder what things will be revealed tomorrow.
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Great to read that you were able to visit the EGX booth and that you had a great time playing the game!!! :D
 

Merit Selket

Merit Selket
" EGX: Hello. Planet Zoo is coming up in about 20 minutes time, stick around. "
I so hope for some news 😸 gonna get me some coffee and wait for it ....
 
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