Planet Zoo: Oceania Pack arriving 19 Sep 🐧
- Thread starter Lydiah Moon
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I've been to Australia. I've even been to 4 Australian zoos. By now with all the packs that we already have I could build a pretty decent bit of Australia zoo or Sydney zoo. But if it's different for the area that you are from I'm sorry, and am happy for you that you like this pack.
Anyway I don't begrudge you the pack at all. I love the theme of the pack. I just (still) think that another penguin is a poor substitute for the other very nice Oceanic Flying bird options we could have had.
I don't hate flying flying foxes, I actually think they are very cute and love seeing them in real zoo's. I just think we are missing out BIG time that we got them instead of a flying bird. Lorikeets, Kea's, galah's any cockatoo really, hell even budgies!
I don't hate little blue penguins either. I'm just bummed to get them instead of a something which was less of a copy of something that is already in game.
Fact is that we only have 5 slots in the roster for a scenerie pack. And we have no idea how many we will get untill they give up on the game. And if we don't get the flying birds soon I fear that they will be kept ransom till an eventual PZ2
That means that all the money I've put into this game (I have everything, every pack bought as soon as they came out) will have not been enough to build a complete balanced zoo! A balanced zoo needs more birds. From every continent!
Okay, so they added an animal that is rarely showcased in zoo's, sounds like a good thing to me.
I agree with you this is likely. The thing is, after following the game for all this time and buying every single DLC, it would be a shame if PZ never reached its full potential for amazingness by the omission of birds.
Agree. I'm happy to see birds getting some attention, even if they're not to my personal preference, but the lack of diversity is really odd. Even if we can't have aviary birds for whatever reason, there are so many other types of habitat birds that could be included, not just penguins and ratites.
I agree, I'm not much of a fan of the idea of a PZ2, just give us a HUGE update with birds, aviary builds and one with Aquariums and tanks build and PZ can go on for many more years. Do we really need a PZ2 for that
?Well I agree, but still it's better than none. There is still some possibilities those birds or at least some of them might come into the game. Pelicans, darwin rhea still have a good possibility of coming into the game. Other birds, chances are getting slim honestly.
Wohooo! Happy Oceania Pack Announcement Day!
I really am in love with all these animals! The feisty Tasmanian Devil, the cute Quokka, the shy Kiwi, the playful Little Blue Penguins and the fluffy Spectacled Flying Foxes. I really do adore each of 'em and they are all welcome additions to the roster of Planet Zoo!
Yes, of course there are "could be's" or "wished they added X instead of Y's". Don't worry and trust in Frontier. They know things we don't. Maybe they got your favorites still in development, maybe they got a big surprise for us later in the Planet Zoo lifespan. And if we're unlucky, we won't ever get 'em... it's just the harsh truth: we can't get every animal in the game.
I am just really happy with each new DLC they add to the game <3 Even if they add animals I'd never use, or doesn't fit in our 'real life zoo's', remember it's a game! They are meant to be possiblize things that ain't possible in real life, for the sake of fun! Educate yourself about these rare animals, see animals in-game you'd never see in real life! I think that's also part of the fun of Planet Zoo <3
I really am in love with all these animals! The feisty Tasmanian Devil, the cute Quokka, the shy Kiwi, the playful Little Blue Penguins and the fluffy Spectacled Flying Foxes. I really do adore each of 'em and they are all welcome additions to the roster of Planet Zoo!
Yes, of course there are "could be's" or "wished they added X instead of Y's". Don't worry and trust in Frontier. They know things we don't. Maybe they got your favorites still in development, maybe they got a big surprise for us later in the Planet Zoo lifespan. And if we're unlucky, we won't ever get 'em... it's just the harsh truth: we can't get every animal in the game.
I am just really happy with each new DLC they add to the game <3 Even if they add animals I'd never use, or doesn't fit in our 'real life zoo's', remember it's a game! They are meant to be possiblize things that ain't possible in real life, for the sake of fun! Educate yourself about these rare animals, see animals in-game you'd never see in real life! I think that's also part of the fun of Planet Zoo <3
I'm now thinking that the tree kangaroo is so popular that it could be held back for an eventual islands pack Along with a manatee, pelican, coconut crab, turtle... I'd say, make it an animal pack for sure (because we've got multiple island themed building sets now) and include the Hawaiian nene, puffin, and why not a Walrus too.
Along with a manatee, pelican, coconut crab, turtle... I'd say, make it an animal pack for sure (because we've got multiple island themed building sets now) and include the Hawaiian nene, puffin, and why not a Walrus too.This is our second "Islands" pack. I don't think we will see another islands pack, not called like that anyway and most likely not from this part of the world again. If we get another Islands pack will probably be Caribbean themed.I'm now thinking that the tree kangaroo is so popular that it could be held back for an eventual islands pack
I think this pack will rocket up towards the top of most people's leaderboards...TDevil, Blue Penguin and Kiwi are very highly requested and liked by the community. There is a case to make that the Quokka would be better if it was a Tree Kangaroo, but that's a minor quibble. The build pieces and scenery seem to have a lot of initial positive reviews.
The only negatives are 1)The animals are a bit niche so not everyone likes them and 2)Flying Fox instead of a bird as the exhibit animal...but to defend Frontier(something I don't always do), the FF is iconic to Australia, so I think it's still a solid choice.
Overall, looks like this DLC will be a fan favorite.
The only negatives are 1)The animals are a bit niche so not everyone likes them and 2)Flying Fox instead of a bird as the exhibit animal...but to defend Frontier(something I don't always do), the FF is iconic to Australia, so I think it's still a solid choice.
Overall, looks like this DLC will be a fan favorite.
Ah well, if you need another penguin when you already have 2 then anything goes, anything goes...
This is precisely the point that in my opinion will never make this game grow and develop completely or in any case slow down its growth. Example: if in the next 3 DLCs they introduce another 3 species of penguins, 90% of the people above will write expressions of jubilation and infinite happiness... I mean, are we kidding? Here there are no very popular and necessary birds to recreate a zoo and one has the courage to say that this penguin was necessary... I have no words.
In the hope that this game will be as long-lived as possible then I could say that there is no problem one day being able to have another penguin (maybe a Macaroni or a Rockhopepper, who are particular and different with that tuft on their head), like any other clone or animal similar to another, but since we don't know how long the game's support will last, I would always prefer animals that we generally don't have yet, types of regions that are under-represented, under-represented genres, etc...
The habitat animals look great but I have this growing concern that if an Oceania pack doesn't include lorikeets or budgies, what pack will? I think this was such a missed opportunity that Frontier may be planning to save all flying birds (maybe all tiny mammals and fully aquatic creatures too) for PZ2. That would truly make me a sad camper.
None. Unless we get bird expansión at the end.
I really see this as only realistic option. I mean this went back to Tropical pack, but people keep hopefully expecting birds to come up out of blue alongside regular pack.
I reaaally don't see that happening. Not saying birds aren't coming at all, but I truly believe we're not getting a single species of flying birds before dedicated pack
A birds pack could have 'em :>
Also I think it's fairly safe to assume that they keep deliberately keeping big seller animals for later, I guess it was too much to get the 2 most requested animals in one pack, that's why we didn't get tree roos.
There is actually a great point there too. Both flamingo's and cranes are flying birds that the game pretends can't fly (are clipped) and that's ok by me.
But that also means.... why no ground hornbills, why no Pelicans, Swans, Ducks, pheasants, etc etc
Of course. I would rather have them flying. And I'm eager to have Eagles ans Owls and Macaws and such. But by this point I'm rather desperate and would cry happy tears for a freaking standard duck.
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Another problem is that following Frontier's DLC release style we will never have a dedicated pack just for them, so necessarily (if they arrive) we have to wait for them 1 at a time per DLC.
I would also like to underline that personally I am not a lover of birds, I like some for their sounds and colors such as parrots, toucans... but I consider them fundamental for the development and completeness of the game. The only one that I'm almost certain to see, still following the Frontier indications, is some type of macaw, because in the game there is a poster that depicts it and given that it was the same for other animals previously...