As long as we get a Scottish animal (Highland cow or Shetland pony) in a children's zoo pack I'll be happy
Spring dlc Speculation 2023
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I will actually be ok with any of those two. They are some of the few domestic animals i think they would be cool to have in the game.
Thinking about my previous comment though, most of those features are more likely to come in a free update, so other than playgrounds and barns i don't know what else we could get from a children's zoo pack.
Thinking about my previous comment though, most of those features are more likely to come in a free update, so other than playgrounds and barns i don't know what else we could get from a children's zoo pack.
Just a thought but what if the packs this year were "opposites" of last year's. 
Wetlands > Deserts (Going from very wet to very dry..)
Conservation > Children's Zoo (Going from endangered species to common/domestics)
Twilight > ??? (Honestly idk for this one, daylight seems like a silly idea)
Grasslands > Rainforests (Going from wide openness to packed with trees)
Wetlands > Deserts (Going from very wet to very dry..)
Conservation > Children's Zoo (Going from endangered species to common/domestics)
Twilight > ??? (Honestly idk for this one, daylight seems like a silly idea)
Grasslands > Rainforests (Going from wide openness to packed with trees)
Yeah I mentioned before that apart from some more wooden walls, unique feeders and possibly a guest interaction mechanics , there isn't much else I can think of that would warrant a scenery pack. Guest interactions would really need to come with an update since the most requested feeding option would be giraffes rather than like goats. Maybe a whole playground set that guests actually use or going all out and adding a carousel
I see your point but I still think they'd be better in a tropical rainforest pack
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Firstly I absolutely love Europe scenery especially decals. Wetlands is definitely not the most controversial, mabey when it released. That spot probably goes to twilight even though I like it. Sorry but thus take here is just very opinionated.
I thought the same, everyone was so happy the capybara and company was announced it would be hard to call it controversial
With controversial i was meaning more to the "surprise" factor that involved the dlc, unexpected but very good recieved, specially for capis, probably the most wanted animal of the game
I mean, there's a lot of potential assets that could be reused from PlanCo. A lot of them would have to come in an update rather than DLC, though.
As for animals, goats would be a guarantee and then pick three other domestics (pick three of cow, sheep, pony, donkey, alpaca, chicken, duck, maybe dromedary/guineafowl if they want to go a bit more exotic), and then either budgies (walkthrough) or honeybees for the exhibit.
Personally I'd also be fine with a deserts/drylands animal pack that heavily focuses on the Middle East and North Africa.
- Hamadryas baboon
- Dromedary
- African spurred tortoise
- African crested porcupine
- Addax, aoudad, rock hyrax, or sand cat
- Patagonian mara
- Collared peccary
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I have a feeling we'll get packs in a somewhat similar manner to the Conservation Pack. Packs with a loose theme that can pack a ton of highly requested animals into them. Unfortunately, I think we'll see some picks deemed mediocre by most, that come alongside highly requested animals. Kind of like how both the Wetlands and Grasslands Packs went down. I'm optimistic for 2023!
Black footed ferrets are pretty high on my list. Adorable, unlike anything currently in game, and a great conservation story.
It's worth noting that almost every pack had a "controversy" when it was released:
- Arctic - the 4 animals model and inclusion of the arctic wolf
- SA - the 4 animal model and complaints about the lack of south american animals. Also the inclusion of the llama over the vicuña/guanaco
- Australia - the lack of australian animals, the inclusion of the dingo, and the lack of the emu
- Aquatic - best recieved pack at release, but aged a bit bad due to literally every habitat animal getting a more popular alternative in later packs
- SEA - by far the most controversial one, over the animal pack model, the animal choices, the models of the dhole, binturong and malayan tapir, and the buggy clouded leopard
- Africa - the large disconnect between the theme and the animals
- NA - no major controversy
- Europe - a lot of talk about whether a european dlc is actually needed
- Wetlands - no controversy, but it was extremely unexpected
- Conservation - no major controversy, but underwhelmed reaction from the community
- Twilight - controversy over the halloween themes and the animal choices, most contriversial pack since SEA
- Grassland - no major controversy
So by my count only 4 packs were completely well recieved at the time of their release: Aquatic, NA, Wetlands and Grasslands
I'd say that generally speaking, most of these "controversies" were pretty small and contained within the online community, especially these forums. Really the only one that received a decent amount of attention was the Binturong issue. And compared to plenty of other games, these "controversies" are pretty puny.
Agree with a lot of that, except the reaction to the Europe pack. There was discussion about if a European pack was necessary, but when it was revealed reaction was extremely positive
(That and the those of us that were baffled by there not being an Old World Porcupine in the Grasslands pack)
(That and the those of us that were baffled by there not being an Old World Porcupine in the Grasslands pack)
Nahh, the mixed reaction to 4 animal format with the early packs was all over social media, as was the discussion about the need of a europe pack.
I somewhat disagree. Because the discussion was about whether a eurppe pack is needed in the first place, everyone that didn't want it just didn't have anything to say after its release, as it was very well made. Those that find european animals boring didn't change their minds when the pack came out, but there was no more point in discussing it.
Fair enough point, the case could be made either way, but for sure, once it was confirmed it was coming out that point became moot.
Wetlands was reasonably "controversial" for including the caiman, lechwe, and water buffalo, all of which had virtually no presence on the meta wishlist and were generally just never discussed or asked for. I think that at least puts it on the same level as Africa and honestly more controversial than Europe.
My Opinion:
Best - South America, North America, Conservation
Great - Aquatic, Grasslands, Wetlands, Europe
Good - Africa, Australia
Alright - Arctic
Mediocre - Twilight, Southeast Asia
All the way down....
Downright awful - deluxe pack
This is fun my opinion now,
Best - grasslands, wetlands
Great - NA, Australia, Africa
Good - Europe, twilight, SA, aquatic
Alright - conservation
Mediocre - Arctic, SEA
I honestly don't think deluxe is that bad considering it's half the price of the other ones (in my currency at least). And it has komodo dragon which is best boy.