I think we should be able to modulate the width, length, rooftop elevation AND floor elevation, not mentioning have more freedom with the ground, water, rocks and plants inside the tank and their placement. Exhibit management is a bit dull at this point.
Hot takes for planet zoo
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Well, early hot take I guess:
- The Asia Pack should have had a bird, especially a new pheasant
- I love having a new exhibit animal, but I really feel like it should have been the king cobra.
I'll reserve full judgement until scenery but Asia is easily the worst animal pack yet released.
I didn't see anything about a exhibit animal, where is it?!
Content creators have been sharing a screenshot around
Thanks! I was searching everywhere, people keep talking about it but I couldn't find a source!
I would have rather picked a cobra or python, but oh well... xD
I mean, a free butterfly and they're keeping the rest under wraps. Maybe we'll get a Cobra, not impossible
I think they did a butterfly since people have complained about walkthrough exhibits being useless without DLC while also being much easier to program than something like a sloth or a bat
Yeah, I’d pick the elephant over the rhino too, but it’s purely because elephants are my favorite animal.
I would highly doubt they have more animals than that. I feel like they would have marketed the free update more heavily if it came with more animals.
My overall takes for the Asia Animal Pack:
- I have no problems with the honey badger, macaque, tanuki, or blackbuck.
- As much as I love elephants from the deepest depths of my heart, we didn’t need another one. I’m eager to see what they do with it though.
- I think the deer is a good addition due to their conservation story.
- I’m indifferent to the nilgai. It might grow on me. Who knows?
- I think there’s a bit too much of a focus on the tropical regions of Asia. Swapping the nilgai with a yak would be my preference.
- This was the perfect opportunity for a king cobra or Indian grey mongoose.
- Just another butterfly? Meh.
My hot take for this pack is that I´m legit excited for the butterfly, probably even more than most of the DLC animals 
I loved the Americas animal pack. I was ecstatic to get the Bush Dog, Coyote and Ocelot and I liked the Rhea well enough. Not so much unpopular for this part of the opinion but I would've preferred a different monkey species (marmoset or tamarin, tiny monkeys where are you?), a different bird species (Scarlet Ibis or Roseate Spoonbill were right there), and the sheep was meh but I give it a solid 8/10 for the Bush Dog, Coyote, and Ocelot plus having a bird even if it's a meh bird.
I'm not as excited about the Asia animal pack. I'd have to give it a 6/10. I only really care for the Tanuki and the Nilgai. The Honey Badger's ok but I'd have preferred a different carnivore like a mongoose or civet. The elephant shoud've been anything else (bird?, pheasant, duck, jungle-fowl, something?), I'm neutral about the blackbuck, not a big fan of Old World Primates so not into the Macaque, and I would've preferred a different deer (where's my small muntjac, vampire-like Chinese Waterdeer, or even the tiny mousedeer, which is not technically a real deer, but whatever?)
So in conclusion my Asia pack would've looked something like this:
1.Indian Civet or Indian Mongoose
2. Tanuki (Japanese Raccoon Dog)
3. Nilgai
4. Muntjac or Mousedeer
5. Any Asian Pheasant or Duck Species
6. Blackbuck (whatever, it's fine. I know alot of people wanted it.)
7. Atleast a more unique primate than another Macaque (maybe that golden snub-nosed monkey a lot of people want.)
I'm not as excited about the Asia animal pack. I'd have to give it a 6/10. I only really care for the Tanuki and the Nilgai. The Honey Badger's ok but I'd have preferred a different carnivore like a mongoose or civet. The elephant shoud've been anything else (bird?, pheasant, duck, jungle-fowl, something?), I'm neutral about the blackbuck, not a big fan of Old World Primates so not into the Macaque, and I would've preferred a different deer (where's my small muntjac, vampire-like Chinese Waterdeer, or even the tiny mousedeer, which is not technically a real deer, but whatever?)
So in conclusion my Asia pack would've looked something like this:
1.Indian Civet or Indian Mongoose
2. Tanuki (Japanese Raccoon Dog)
3. Nilgai
4. Muntjac or Mousedeer
5. Any Asian Pheasant or Duck Species
6. Blackbuck (whatever, it's fine. I know alot of people wanted it.)
7. Atleast a more unique primate than another Macaque (maybe that golden snub-nosed monkey a lot of people want.)
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It's genuinely a very smart pick as far as freebies go.My hot take for this pack is that I´m legit excited for the butterfly, probably even more than most of the DLC animals
- Makes walkthrough exhibits useful in the base game
- Low effort in terms of modelling and animating
- Subtly advertises the DLC pack
Just saw they have an exhibit animal, but it's just another butterfly. Why? I'd rather it at least be another bat.
We are not gonna complain about a free animal aren´t we?
Skipped the African Leopard discourse did we?We are not gonna complain about a free animal aren´t we?
Ooh that's pretty!
Oh no I know people complained about that too, which I think is wrong aswell! (even tho I don't really care for the african leopard, but still it's free)