Let's play: Choose only 4 DLCs
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My three first options are clear:
-Africa pack (meerkats and penguins are a must. It also has nice enrichment items and the rhino and fox are very welcome additions)
-North America animal pack (my favourite pack so far)
-Europe pack (great animals, the plants I wanted to create a zoo in the Mediterranean and very useful pieces)
Now the difficult part comes. I hesitate for my 4 choice between the Arctic and Australia pack.
The Arctic has my favourite animal (polar bear) and I really like the reindeer. The Arctic wood is one of my most used pieces. However, this pack has the less amount of animals with no exhibit animal.
Australia brought the kangaroo and koala, which I love. The exhibit animal in this pack is one of my most used.
So I'm going to leave the 4th spot open. Sorry, I can't decide
-Africa pack (meerkats and penguins are a must. It also has nice enrichment items and the rhino and fox are very welcome additions)
-North America animal pack (my favourite pack so far)
-Europe pack (great animals, the plants I wanted to create a zoo in the Mediterranean and very useful pieces)
Now the difficult part comes. I hesitate for my 4 choice between the Arctic and Australia pack.
The Arctic has my favourite animal (polar bear) and I really like the reindeer. The Arctic wood is one of my most used pieces. However, this pack has the less amount of animals with no exhibit animal.
Australia brought the kangaroo and koala, which I love. The exhibit animal in this pack is one of my most used.
So I'm going to leave the 4th spot open. Sorry, I can't decide
Is hard for me because all the packs at meats have one thing that i love and I couldn't live with them;
1.- Europe pack, easy, it's has my favorite animals of the game, in fact when we got the NA DLC, I wasn't very excited for a Europe dlc, but with the time I Fell in love with the animals and obviously the gorgeous building pieces
2.- Conservation pack, Amur leopard, Oryx and Prewalski's Horse + awesome plants, I don't need to say anything else
3.- Africa pack, White Rhino My #1 favorite animal of all the game, also the Building set is amazing and so useful + Excellent Plants
4.- Grassland Animal pack, This was hard for me but i chose this for the so good animals and the quality of they, Frontier is getting better in their models and that's for me the best thing
1.- Europe pack, easy, it's has my favorite animals of the game, in fact when we got the NA DLC, I wasn't very excited for a Europe dlc, but with the time I Fell in love with the animals and obviously the gorgeous building pieces
2.- Conservation pack, Amur leopard, Oryx and Prewalski's Horse + awesome plants, I don't need to say anything else
3.- Africa pack, White Rhino My #1 favorite animal of all the game, also the Building set is amazing and so useful + Excellent Plants
4.- Grassland Animal pack, This was hard for me but i chose this for the so good animals and the quality of they, Frontier is getting better in their models and that's for me the best thing
Man this game is so hard! It really gave me a new appreciation for all the DLCs, even those who i wasnt too hyped about at first 
I tried to cross out the ones i could live without first. Which didnt get me to far because its basicly only the arctic Pack
Sooo yeah im happy that i dont have to choose
I tried to cross out the ones i could live without first. Which didnt get me to far because its basicly only the arctic Pack
Sooo yeah im happy that i dont have to choose
Haha I know, I really am an outlier. I just think they’re such a sweet misunderstood animal. I’ve always liked the oddballs and the spooks, so the oddball from the spooky pack is sure to be one of my favourites!
Aquatic Pack didn't come with new mechanics, just animals and scenery. The diving mechanics are free in the base game.
Anyway, I couldn't pick just four. Africa, Conservation, Wetlands, and Grassland are probably my overall favourites but I still feel like I'd be missing out on too much (Aquatic is hard to give up, for the seal and king penguin).
Aquatic has one of the most useful themes in the game by far, rivaled only by conservation. Europe is in a somewhat distant third place.
True. Cant imagine not having the faux rock. The roster on the other hand kinda suffered with time passing by imo
Giant otter and grey seal are favorites of mine, but yea I almost never use the king penguin and the dwarf caiman anymore since the african penguin and white caiman hsve been introduced.
Yeah every animal of the Aquatic pack has a counterpart that i like and use more
Oh ok.
I'd still keep it in my listo for the building pieces the seal, the penguin and the otter.
This challange while hard was quite a no brainer for me, because:
1. Africa is the only great region base game, so bye bye africa pack
2. Asia is decently coverd and profits from most dlc, but the standout needs are smaller animals and ungulates
3. Atleast some Aquatic Species are a must
4. Arctic Wood is an Addiction
5. Even afterall the Dlc south america still kinda sucks
So regarding all of this my choices are:
Arctic Pack: We might allready have a cervid in the basegame, now that we got the Red Deer, but the reindeer is still really great, with the polar bear aswell and the dallsheep and arctic wolf being quite solid, but the real kicker is arctic wood. How can people say with a straight face that its the worst dlc with wood pieces this good?
Wetlands Pack: We got, Small Asian Otter, Asian Ungulate, Birb, Cappyflappy, the now much less redundant Caiman and even a little more for africa and australia and even one domestic there is no wild waterbuffalo in planet zoo. The less packs you got the better this spread out pack becomes as it might not do much on its own but its a great support pack that can help everywhere a little when you dont have the specific dlc
Grasslands Pack: The Emu and the Wallaby really carry this pack, with this pack alone you can make a decent overseas australian section, which is pretty nice + 2 more for south america and 2 asia africa hybrids. The butterfly houses possible now also elevate this pack as something completly new.
Europe Pack: Handsdown, the best pack for pieces. The animals are nice and very useful, but truth be told this pack is here just for its sheer quantity in pieces.
And even more interestingly, why the other packs havent been choosen:
South America: Okay building set with great bamboo pieces, BUT if i have to choose a neglected continent it would be south america as even with the pack while better it wouldnt be good, something europe, asia and australia could achieve with little amount of packs.
Australia: Got out competed by the grasslands pack cause emu wallaby combo, but i totally understand the other way around as the pack also brings good pieces and for australian zoos essential foliage, but as i tend to build european zoos (and even live next to among the biggest australian sections in europe, they even got tassies), i would skip this one
Aquatic: The loss of faux rocks hurts, but i dont use them that much anyways compared to the religious use they get in speed builds. For the animals i got the more common otter and caiman with the wetlands pack while also providing a better base for asia and south america then just aquatic.
South East Asia Pack: The only pack i activly dislike. While still decent and part of my steam libary, compared to the other animal packs this one really adds nothing unique or missing with the popcorn bear being the closest, but another bear, cat, paintjob, not found primate and my favorite animal in the game? ehhhh
Africa: Great pack, but africa is allready in a great spot from the start, so eventhough all the animals are big winners with great scenery, id rather strenghten the weaker areas
North America: For temperate packs, its pretty much europe vs NA and im honest i like building, its fun and building pieces win me over
Conservation: Allmost made it in because i really like some of the building pieces and both the prez horse and the siamang are really cool additions, but it isnt arctic wood lvls of quality or europe pack lvls of quality, so i made a pass
Twillight: While i personally find the twillight pack to be nice and innoffensive, i really dont need fine and innoffensive when its just 4 packs. Im bringing the a game so the okay game doesnt cut it. Racoon still do be my baby though
1. Africa is the only great region base game, so bye bye africa pack
2. Asia is decently coverd and profits from most dlc, but the standout needs are smaller animals and ungulates
3. Atleast some Aquatic Species are a must
4. Arctic Wood is an Addiction
5. Even afterall the Dlc south america still kinda sucks
So regarding all of this my choices are:
Arctic Pack: We might allready have a cervid in the basegame, now that we got the Red Deer, but the reindeer is still really great, with the polar bear aswell and the dallsheep and arctic wolf being quite solid, but the real kicker is arctic wood. How can people say with a straight face that its the worst dlc with wood pieces this good?
Wetlands Pack: We got, Small Asian Otter, Asian Ungulate, Birb, Cappyflappy, the now much less redundant Caiman and even a little more for africa and australia and even one domestic there is no wild waterbuffalo in planet zoo. The less packs you got the better this spread out pack becomes as it might not do much on its own but its a great support pack that can help everywhere a little when you dont have the specific dlc
Grasslands Pack: The Emu and the Wallaby really carry this pack, with this pack alone you can make a decent overseas australian section, which is pretty nice + 2 more for south america and 2 asia africa hybrids. The butterfly houses possible now also elevate this pack as something completly new.
Europe Pack: Handsdown, the best pack for pieces. The animals are nice and very useful, but truth be told this pack is here just for its sheer quantity in pieces.
And even more interestingly, why the other packs havent been choosen:
South America: Okay building set with great bamboo pieces, BUT if i have to choose a neglected continent it would be south america as even with the pack while better it wouldnt be good, something europe, asia and australia could achieve with little amount of packs.
Australia: Got out competed by the grasslands pack cause emu wallaby combo, but i totally understand the other way around as the pack also brings good pieces and for australian zoos essential foliage, but as i tend to build european zoos (and even live next to among the biggest australian sections in europe, they even got tassies), i would skip this one
Aquatic: The loss of faux rocks hurts, but i dont use them that much anyways compared to the religious use they get in speed builds. For the animals i got the more common otter and caiman with the wetlands pack while also providing a better base for asia and south america then just aquatic.
South East Asia Pack: The only pack i activly dislike. While still decent and part of my steam libary, compared to the other animal packs this one really adds nothing unique or missing with the popcorn bear being the closest, but another bear, cat, paintjob, not found primate and my favorite animal in the game? ehhhh
Africa: Great pack, but africa is allready in a great spot from the start, so eventhough all the animals are big winners with great scenery, id rather strenghten the weaker areas
North America: For temperate packs, its pretty much europe vs NA and im honest i like building, its fun and building pieces win me over
Conservation: Allmost made it in because i really like some of the building pieces and both the prez horse and the siamang are really cool additions, but it isnt arctic wood lvls of quality or europe pack lvls of quality, so i made a pass
Twillight: While i personally find the twillight pack to be nice and innoffensive, i really dont need fine and innoffensive when its just 4 packs. Im bringing the a game so the okay game doesnt cut it. Racoon still do be my baby though