I haven't had a chance t jump in game myself yet, but I watched Content Creator Videos, so I think, my feedback is valid.
You guys, what have you done? You said that this year shall be the best for Planet Zoo yet and here you are, off to a rocket start! The animals you did in the past were always good quality, but with this pack you managed to outdone yourself! I don't even know what you made different, if you all did workshops or hired new artists or are just now warmed up with making animals, but the quality with all of them is top notch! I'll be honest, besides the Malayan Tapir, I had none of these animals ever on my wishlist, didn't like some too much IRL even - but you did such an phantastic job with EVERY animal here, that I can not wait to add them ALL to my zoos - some of them even before I add my favourite animals. Words can not describe how much I am blowen away by the quality. Like seriously, I haven't been that hyped about a pack ever since the arctic pack, and that's even though I loved animals in later packs more. If this is the start of the year, where is the fast forward button so I can get more?!
I fell off the hype train with the Aquatic DLC, mainly because it didn't had enough animals in it for me and I would have chosen another otter species etc. But now? I am fully back in fangirl mode and am cheering for you all!
Is the DLC the only reason for it? Nope. There was fear in the community, that we wouldn't get more building pieces in the future and questions of more animal packs. You guys were brave enough to come forward to say, that we will still get building pieces and more animal packs. It isn't a road map but, in my opinion, is the communication about the future, that we needed. Us players are full of anxiety that the life cycle of this game will be too short, so getting a little glimpse helped a lot.
AND the "bintu-wrong" gate - you guys handled it with grace and in hindsight, in my opinion it's the best thing of "oopsie" that could have happened to you, because with re-doing the Binturong and delivering such an awesome new model you showed that you care. And I really, really, really love them now. (To be fair, in game the old model didn't look half as bad as the screenshot suggested, so I don't know if this was yet another model or that guy wasn't phtogenic, but the improved version.... AWESOME!!!)
Now, not gonna lie, I miss my building pieces and I say it again and again: I am more than willing to pay more for 8 animals AND building pieces. And I really, really, really hope that this game will have a much longer life span from now, longer than PC hopefully. Because I feel like you all just warmed up and I'm totally here for it and seeing Planet Zoo maybe finally meeting the potential us hardcore fans see.