After watching several Youtube videos in the last months or so, my partner and me finally took the plunge yesterday and bought the game.
There is a lot missing we'd very much like to include in our Zoo, but that's probably DLC material for the next 3 years. For now we see 3 areas (in case of 2 massively) lacking.
1. European animals - we are starting a Geozoo divided in continents (just like the great Budapest Zoo) and wanted to start with a European part - before we realized that there are exactly 2 (4 with DLC) European animals in so far - Flamingos and Wolves (+ Polar Bear and Reindeer from first DLC). While i concede, that Europe might not be the continent with the most extravagant animals, i think there are still at least 10, if not 20 very interesting animals from the continent you could easily include: Lynx, Moose, Brown Bear, Red Deer, Red Fox, Wild Boar, European Bison (Wisent), Steinbock, Fishotter + petting zoo animals (very popular in many zoos i have been) + smaller Vivarium-like stuff + European sea mammals (i come to that in point 3).
2. So we started our Geozoo with Africa, since this is currently the clear focus of the content. While there are many many plants in total (and we really welcome this), if you dial that down to a certain continent and biome (e.g. Africa jungle), there are only a few. So if you create a Geozoo the plants repeat and repeat for each and every habitat. We hope that more and more plants will be added in the future (i mean, there are more then enough out there really ;-) )
3. This is probably what is lacking the most compared to real zoo's currently. Water animals. I'd say they divide into two groups:
Would be happy for any additions
Prio B for us is: Birds DLCs, Americas DLC, Australia/Oceania DLC, Retro DLC (build your Zoo in the year 1900 and modernize it through the years)
There is a lot missing we'd very much like to include in our Zoo, but that's probably DLC material for the next 3 years. For now we see 3 areas (in case of 2 massively) lacking.
1. European animals - we are starting a Geozoo divided in continents (just like the great Budapest Zoo) and wanted to start with a European part - before we realized that there are exactly 2 (4 with DLC) European animals in so far - Flamingos and Wolves (+ Polar Bear and Reindeer from first DLC). While i concede, that Europe might not be the continent with the most extravagant animals, i think there are still at least 10, if not 20 very interesting animals from the continent you could easily include: Lynx, Moose, Brown Bear, Red Deer, Red Fox, Wild Boar, European Bison (Wisent), Steinbock, Fishotter + petting zoo animals (very popular in many zoos i have been) + smaller Vivarium-like stuff + European sea mammals (i come to that in point 3).
2. So we started our Geozoo with Africa, since this is currently the clear focus of the content. While there are many many plants in total (and we really welcome this), if you dial that down to a certain continent and biome (e.g. Africa jungle), there are only a few. So if you create a Geozoo the plants repeat and repeat for each and every habitat. We hope that more and more plants will be added in the future (i mean, there are more then enough out there really ;-) )
3. This is probably what is lacking the most compared to real zoo's currently. Water animals. I'd say they divide into two groups:
- Sea mammals / birds with their own habitats: Several types of seals, Several types of penguins, Sea lion, Sea leopard, Sea elephant, Walrus, Manati, Sea Cow
- Aquariums with several different kinds of animals (Jelllyfish, Squid, Fish, Crabs etc.)
Would be happy for any additions
Prio B for us is: Birds DLCs, Americas DLC, Australia/Oceania DLC, Retro DLC (build your Zoo in the year 1900 and modernize it through the years)