Maybe after the Introduction of Aviarys. Then the Spix Macaw could be added and the Mangarahara Cichlid would be the Exhibit Animal which would mean we would also finally have a Fish in the GameThere are only three mammals on that list - the scimitar-horned oryx, Pere David's deer, and Barbary lion. I think all three would be welcome additions (well, I could miss the lion, to be honest), but it would be difficult to make a DLC out of them.
🐾 Planet Zoo: Africa Pack arriving 22 June 🐾
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HeatherG
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Can we please keep this thread heading in a positive direction. Critisim is perfectly fine it's it's done in a constructive manner.
Please don't tell the Community Managers what they should do or say. They work extremely hard on our behaves.
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Please don't tell the Community Managers what they should do or say. They work extremely hard on our behaves.
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They're very obviously listening to our requests and doing their best to implement them. If I've ever criticized Frontier for anything (besides the binturong debacle) it was only about the frequency of communication, however it's not questionable that they're trying their best to satisfy the communities wishes. This update/dlc proves that beyond doubt.
-Adding four of the top most requested animals on the first meta-wishlist
-Going above and beyond by adding burrowing for meerkats
-Adding mesh pieces (FOR FREE) in the update
-Adding vista points
-Adding diving to not 1, but 4 bears
-Reducing polar bear requirements significantly
And that's all this, plus whatever else hasn't even been revealed yet, in Q2. So people could at least be a little grateful here.
-Adding four of the top most requested animals on the first meta-wishlist
-Going above and beyond by adding burrowing for meerkats
-Adding mesh pieces (FOR FREE) in the update
-Adding vista points
-Adding diving to not 1, but 4 bears
-Reducing polar bear requirements significantly
And that's all this, plus whatever else hasn't even been revealed yet, in Q2. So people could at least be a little grateful here.
Nothing to add friend, well said
HeatherG
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And I don't feel like it has been mentioned a lot, but the animals seem of really high quality in this DLC, from what we have seen so far!
Oh, I didn't think you were referring to me, I just wanted to back you up
A question. Why doesn't this DLC have 8 animals like the one in Southeast Asia Animal Pack?
I love all the DLC's, but I would have preferred that all the DLC's to date had as many animals as the one in Southeast Asia Animal Pack
I love all the DLC's, but I would have preferred that all the DLC's to date had as many animals as the one in Southeast Asia Animal Pack
I was worried about a possible cartoonish look for the meerkat and the fennec, i love how they turned out.
More animals come at expense of foliage and building pieces.
The size of an animal is absolutely relevant. If you're running a busy zoo, you need the ability to easily have a quick overview of everything with the heatmaps to make sure everything's okay. With smaller animals, this gets a lot harder to do and therefor makes them more of a gameplay-related liability than anything else. Even with lemurs and gazelles you can see those far more easily than meerkats or fennec foxes.
And as if the adults weren't hard enough to look for, good luck finding a rogue baby meerkat that got out of its enclosure. So either you have to pause around and put a full stop away from your bird's eye overview (which is unfeasible in Timed Scenarios that we get with these updates), or you go through a bunch of menus trying to get it resolved. Either way, there's no elegant resolution that lets you return to your quick bird's eye view, and therefore makes smaller animals and their babies very much not worth the hassle.
I get it, people have their favourites. But when you're making a game, you need to pick animals that work with the gameplay and not against it. If this means letting go of favourites, then so be it.
HeatherG
Volunteer Moderator
Thanks!Oh, I didn't think you were referring to me, I just wanted to back you up
what
just what
you do know that there is both a pause button and that you can access your animals per habitat or popup?
like what
This is a building game for creative freedom, not whatever you are describing
no offense btw, im just honestly baffled. The way you describe it makes this game sound stressfull and not like the relaxing time waster that keeps me from doing more fore university
I addressed those as unviable pausing for Timed Scenarios and excessive menu navigation.
And since Planet Zoo is a game for creative freedom, would it not make the most sense to have animals that compliment this process, and not ones that need zoomed-in attention like meerkats?
But isnt it necessary for full creative freedom to actually have small animals so that we can create small exhibits?
And if thouse animals are a hassle in timed scenarios, then just dont use them? It does not change that everyone and there mother wanted them and that they compliment this game and its nature imencly
Since when did you need small animals to make small exhibits? Just turn off space requirements and that lets you go right ahead without having to shoehorn in an animal for that already attainable purpose.
Ideally, any animal should be viable for any game mode. Telling people to just not use them is a great way to reveal that that animal was in fact not the best addition.
Ideally, any animal should be viable for any game mode. Telling people to just not use them is a great way to reveal that that animal was in fact not the best addition.
Im honestly unsure if youre trolling, that opinion is just wild, but you do you i guess.
I hope you can atleast appreciate the rhino and the new pieces then, have a nice day and a great time with the dlc
I hope you can atleast appreciate the rhino and the new pieces then, have a nice day and a great time with the dlc
The white rhino is fine. I consider it a missed opportunity because I would've very much preferred having a full Big 5, which values the black rhinoceros instead.
But of course, having an African leopard when space is so limited wouldn't fly well.
But of course, having an African leopard when space is so limited wouldn't fly well.