Planet Zoo: Eurasia Animal Pack arriving 13 Dec ❄️

[Cooper_yang]

I am an Asian, and people in the community have noticed that I have been calling out for East Asia and the Himalayas, especially the ungulates and some primates in these two regions, for attention. Similarly, I think Europe should get the wisent and boar, and I also think North America would be better off with a white-tailed deer and ABB. Of course, I also want some African things, such as the secretary bird, the shoebill, the baboon, the Black-and-White Colobus, the Eland and so on. Of course, Oceania also needs tree kangaroos and echidnas, and the polar regions crave musk-ox and walruses.
But I can safely say that South America is probably the most "barren" place at the moment.There would definitely need to be an entire animal pack added to it to barely qualify as "OK."
Of course, I think East Asia plus the Himalayas definitely deserves a package of animals, such as wild yak, PD deer, yellow-throated marten, tufted deer, golden monkey, golden pheasant, white-lipped deer, etc. (PS: I wouldn't ask for one for each, although I could easily make a list, but that would be greedy and unfair to other regions)

 

[NZFanatic]

Oh I completely agree, I just used this guy because the general community wants him more. But the Gelada is 10/10 the best baboon.

Geladas aren't baboons, therefore literally cannot be the "best baboon".

 

[CharlieXGaming]

Geladas aren't baboons, therefore literally cannot be the "best baboon".

Baboon- like species.

 

[paul78]

I kinda think a highlands pack might be off the table now. Oceana now Eurasia. I think the next pack will be Latin America and then possibly a farewell pack of some sorts.

 

[NZFanatic]

Baboon- like species.

I mean, you're still wrong. Hamadryas baboon and mandrill are both better.

 

[CharlieXGaming]

I mean, you're still wrong. Hamadryas baboon and mandrill are both better.

Disagreed. Gelada is more interesting.

 

[NZFanatic]

Disagreed. Gelada is more interesting.

You're welcome to disagree, but you'll never convince me otherwise. Hamadryas is the most important anyway. Most common in zoos, therefore most necessary for a realistic roster. Gelada can play second fiddle.

 

[CharlieXGaming]

Hamadryas is the most important anyway. Most common in zoos, therefore most necessary for a realistic roster.

Keep in mind an animal doesn’t have to be common in zoos to be the best. Perfect example being the Saiga. Not existent in captivity, but is very interesting in itself. Gelada has a decent captivity presence and is more vibrant and more likely to get an audiences attention imo.

 

[NachoB]

Being the best is subjective though. GSNM is the best mountain monkey for me.

 

[Captain Callum]

You're welcome to disagree, but you'll never convince me otherwise. Hamadryas is the most important anyway. Most common in zoos, therefore most necessary for a realistic roster. Gelada can play second fiddle.

Keep in mind an animal doesn’t have to be common in zoos to be the best. Perfect example being the Saiga. Not existent in captivity, but is very interesting in itself. Gelada has a decent captivity presence and is more vibrant and more likely to get an audiences attention imo.

If there is anything this year has taught us about animal picks, it's that frontier does not value the common in zoo argument to base an animals worth. The three toed sloth, saiga, spectacled flying fox and possibly even the quokka (not sure on that one) are all unique animals in their own right. Best doesn't really mean much when trying to make an animal seem better than the other, both are good animals for a zoo.

 

[Milurian]

This is kind of funny because it exaggerates the American-centric view and tries to make it out as unique. North America has more megafauna than South America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, North Africa and East Asia. It's only really behind sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia. We all have our 'local roadkill' species too but don't complain. But my lord when that racoon and that skunk were released. It was like the apocalypse had arrived....

I find this double standard annoying because for me roadkill is kangaroos and wombats yet people would be outraged if I called them that. Also I love the raccoon and skunk they are so fun to build for because they feel unique to me as someone not constantly surrounded by them. On the issue of megafauna I can confidently say there is only one continent that has all its realistic megafauna and that is oceania since the only ones left are more kangaroo and existing ratite species.

Actually, I'm thinking, but imagine a DLC called the Garden pack. It has 200+ pieces revolved around plants, like plants (who knew?)
Animals could be butterflies, hedgehogs, deer from another continent, some kinda musteloid

The animal roster might be a little weak, but the scenery could make up for it

I would love this also the rosters potential to include things like more waterfowl, lagomorphs, some kind of weasel, hedgehogs, deer or you could even look at it more globally as well and include possums .

Weak for everyone except me! I'd love some smaller animals...

I agree to this small animals are so cool to build for

I was like the pale one is beautiful! But I also like the black ones and the red one is So, I hope we get all the wolverines!
For me continents' wildlife would go something along the lines of Africa> Asia >> South America >> North America ~ Europe> Antarctica (Australia is soooo unique I don't even know where to put it)... But there is the disclaimer that, although not "exotic" some of the North American animals I still adore and want in game! I don't know its hard to explain... The ranking is based on colors and uniqueness and exotic... not necessarily how much I love each continent's wildlife...
And Finally, I hope we get to see the Sloth Bear today!

The way you separated Australia/oceania but included antartica my ranking would be pretty similar: Asia>Oceania>Africa>South America>North America>Antarctica>Europe.

Question. Has anyone actually enjoyed building for ungulates more now that we get so many of them recently?

I think I’ll enjoy building for these more than the arid ones, but that’s cause I don’t like building for deserts.

The more that get added the more I dread building for them because a majority of the time they arent fun to build for since everything has to be flat so they dont cry about not be able to walk. It also doesnt help that my current project requires me to use all of them so it gets boring building for generic african savanah ungulate after generic african savanah ungulate.

You can defintely disagree, that's just my own opinion. There's certainly other animals I'd put higher on a list, but when it comes down to it, mammal wise, South America is now way out front for me.

There is a difference between saying no continent should get more mammals besides south america and south america should be the top mammal priority. One statement I agree with the other I dont south america is severely lacking in animals especially monkeys but to say no other mammals are important is wrong because we still dont have a lagomorph or weasel or some sort of non tropical baboon these things would add so much to the games diversity and shouldnt be written off because they are not south american.

The wild boar loos so good! I didn't expect to get them so soon after the peccary, but this was a wonderful surprise.

The peccary is exactly why we got the boar. They probably have very similar rigs and since they were working on the boar they tossed us the peccary as the anniversary gift.

 

[Milurian]

Keep in mind an animal doesn’t have to be common in zoos to be the best. Perfect example being the Saiga. Not existent in captivity, but is very interesting in itself. Gelada has a decent captivity presence and is more vibrant and more likely to get an audiences attention imo.

The person your talking to hates the saigas inclusion for the very reason they hate the gelada so your wasting your time.

If there is anything this year has taught us about animal picks, it's that frontier does not value the common in zoo argument to base an animals worth. The three toed sloth, saiga, spectacled flying fox and possibly even the quokka (not sure on that one) are all unique animals in their own right. Best doesn't really mean much when trying to make an animal seem better than the other, both are good animals for a zoo.

People just have it in their head for some reason that they have to only include super ultra realistic seen in a hundred plus zoo animals. Every pack of late seemingly has one animal that is iconic but rare or non existent in captivity. I think this is a good thing because ultimately the majority of people dont care about how widespread somethings captive presence is they care about how cool and unique the animal itself is. So a balance between animals people see in their local zoos and have personal connections to and the animals that are just cool and wacky that you have never seen before is needed to make a good pack.

 

[Fossa]

Lol, kiwi-avatar guy who hates saiga and gelada is gonna be mad with the upcoming mountain pack, gelada over the baboon every time

 

[FoxyDee]

So the Wild Boar was never high on my wishlist, but it does look great. Getting 3 swines in one year is kind of wild, I have never even imagined we would get both Red River Hog and Peccary and here we are with both and a Wild Boar. Wish the same would happen with monkeys and waterfowl next year.

 

[Fossa]

2023, the year we completed the pig family.

 

[Angeł]

It’s so funny to me that the argument against the Gelada is that it isn’t in captivity but I have seen it at a lot of the zoos I’ve visited in the UK. It’s nowhere NEAR as absent from captivity as a lot of the other species in game.

 

[jcp011c]

So the Wild Boar was never high on my wishlist, but it does look great. Getting 3 swines in one year is kind of wild, I have never even imagined we would get both Red River Hog and Peccary and here we are with both and a Wild Boar. Wish the same would happen with monkeys and waterfowl next year.

The year of the pig-types for PZ for sure. TBH i think most of us are probably good with the 5 we have (or wiil have the 13)

 

[CharlieXGaming]

I did not expect all my swine dreams to come true this year. I also love how at the anniversary people were so excited if it was the boar, and now that it’s coming I’ve seen so many comments saying it’s a boring and useless pick like what

 

[DragonNTiger]

TBH i think most of us are probably good with the 5 we have (or wiil have the 13)

Hate to be that guy... but I'm pretty sure most of were probably good with the 4 crocodilians we had... then they added the one with literally zero votes on the meta list... so when it comes to our feelings, no guarantees of anything...

 

[Captain Callum]

I did not expect all my swine dreams to come true this year. I also love how at the anniversary people were so excited if it was the boar, and now that it’s coming I’ve seen so many comments saying it’s a boring and useless pick like what

I'd actually be mad if a eurasia pack didn't get one of the most common eurasia animals. I can excuse the wisent complaints but I draw the line at excluding the wild boar.