Just for fun: Let's rank the animal models
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Here's my ranking. I made theorder in each category by dlc so it's easy to see how models improved as the game goes on. The only base game animal that is in the outstanding category is the red deer, who was added later.
The lowest ranked dlc animal (except the buggy ones) is the malayan tapir, for obvious reasons.
The lowest ranked dlc animal (except the buggy ones) is the malayan tapir, for obvious reasons.
I’ll make one when I get off work
Planet Zoo Tier List (Taylor's Version)
Some of the animals ranked by something that frontier added to them:
Bactrian Camel: for the new variation that makes it more like more up to date with frontier quality
Cheeath: for the King Cheeath variation
Desert Horned Viper: For hiding in the Sand
Some of the animals ranked by something that frontier added to them:
Bactrian Camel: for the new variation that makes it more like more up to date with frontier quality
Cheeath: for the King Cheeath variation
Desert Horned Viper: For hiding in the Sand
I'm going to try this when i get home but may i ask what is so wrong about the porcupine? Haven't played with it yet.
Animals are in no particular order within the tiers. Also this is based on looks of the model only, animations, sounds and other factors were not included in my decision making process. If I were to have only seen in game screenshots of the animals this is how I'd rank it in my opinion.
For some users its quills are glitching in and out of existance when the game is not paused.
I'm not into making list right now (maybe I'll catch time later) but I wanna touch up on two animals that are very rarely talked about model wise (at least what I noticed). Their models are far from bad, but I always nitpick and notice details with animala I care about more. Those two are Mandrill and Giant Anteater.
To be honest they're either neutral or leaning to "needing improvements" so far on lists in this thread. So I guess I'm not alone on this one.
I have the same "problem" with these two animals in that for the longest time I couldn't put my finger on what exactly irks me about them, but there was something. So I'll try to give my best try in describing it here.
First Mandrill
Well I guess the first thing is that their bodies are too lean I guess. Real Mandrills have this buff look about them. The "mane" mandrill has on head in game should also appear on shoulders, I guess that could help to create this hunched look. The back of the mandrill are too flat in game.
Second thing the snout narrows from head to mouth in game, while the real animal has much more pronounced snout that starts to widen again.
The "mustache and beard" help with that a bit which are too "groomed" and rounded in game, compared to wild scarggly look irl.
And now for the Giant Anteater
The main thing with anteater has to be the same thing that bothers Orangutan. Fur is just too fluffy. But I that's how it is during early stages I guess, treatment Hyenas and Porcupines got would really upgrade the anteater.
The only other thing is maybe the head definition. Maybe in game heads stands out about much, while the head of a real animal seemingly narrows down directly from spine to the point of nose.
Again these are but nitpicks and details but I just wanted to mentioned them in spirit of topic.
To be honest they're either neutral or leaning to "needing improvements" so far on lists in this thread. So I guess I'm not alone on this one.
I have the same "problem" with these two animals in that for the longest time I couldn't put my finger on what exactly irks me about them, but there was something. So I'll try to give my best try in describing it here.
First Mandrill
Well I guess the first thing is that their bodies are too lean I guess. Real Mandrills have this buff look about them. The "mane" mandrill has on head in game should also appear on shoulders, I guess that could help to create this hunched look. The back of the mandrill are too flat in game.
Second thing the snout narrows from head to mouth in game, while the real animal has much more pronounced snout that starts to widen again.
The "mustache and beard" help with that a bit which are too "groomed" and rounded in game, compared to wild scarggly look irl.
And now for the Giant Anteater
The main thing with anteater has to be the same thing that bothers Orangutan. Fur is just too fluffy. But I that's how it is during early stages I guess, treatment Hyenas and Porcupines got would really upgrade the anteater.
The only other thing is maybe the head definition. Maybe in game heads stands out about much, while the head of a real animal seemingly narrows down directly from spine to the point of nose.
Again these are but nitpicks and details but I just wanted to mentioned them in spirit of topic.
Zoinks mcgoinks, in everyone's tiers the birds range from outstanding to good.
Maybe Frontier, idk, should MAKE MORE OF THEM.
Maybe Frontier, idk, should MAKE MORE OF THEM.
Thank you for bringing this up. Having played the first two Dominic scenarios I have been overexposed to these guys and something about then felt off about the male mandrill. I can’t say much about the anteater since I don’t have the SA dlc.First Mandrill
Well I guess the first thing is that their bodies are too lean I guess. Real Mandrills have this buff look about them. The "mane" mandrill has on head in game should also appear on shoulders, I guess that could help to create this hunched look. The back of the mandrill are too flat in game.
Second thing the snout narrows from head to mouth in game, while the real animal has much more pronounced snout that starts to widen again.
The "mustache and beard" help with that a bit which are too "groomed" and rounded in game, compared to wild scarggly look irl.
Another animal that bothers me are the ruffed lemurs. These animals are husky looking but since they used the ring-tailed lemur rig they are thinner than what they should look like.