This game looks good, but I wonder why we can't integrate the two games together? Is it possible in the future if we own both games?
Would it be possible to integrate PZ and PC?
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I would not mind, but what I think is important is that the game represents it's value and stays playable. And if merging it with PC makes it lose value due to the complexity and troubles PlanCo already has, I'd rather not.
But not everybody will agree, as similar threads already showed.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/combine.510241/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/using-planco-assets-in-planzoo.509758/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-elephant-in-the-room.509742/
But not everybody will agree, as similar threads already showed.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/combine.510241/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/using-planco-assets-in-planzoo.509758/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-elephant-in-the-room.509742/
I think integrating the two would be possible, since they seem to have the same artistic style, mechanics, and probably share many scenery items, the question really would be will Frontier do it or not. It could either be really good for planet zoo, since they'll likely get a lot of sales from the supporters of Planet Coaster, but it could also make the game look like just an expansion of Planet Coaster instead of its own entity. I really hope they integrate the two, making a busch gardens/sea world type park would be awesome!
I also think it could help make the simulation aspect more realistic. Maybe they could introduce better financial or management simulation by having an online server where parks from both games (or parks with features from both games) compete for business and visitors. That would be the ultimate combination of the games in my opinion.
I also think it could help make the simulation aspect more realistic. Maybe they could introduce better financial or management simulation by having an online server where parks from both games (or parks with features from both games) compete for business and visitors. That would be the ultimate combination of the games in my opinion.
Regardless of what's possible, I personally hope they will not.
Decorative assets shared across the games would be cool - animals living in the noise of an amusement park, not so much.
Decorative assets shared across the games would be cool - animals living in the noise of an amusement park, not so much.
Tell that to Busch Gardens Tampa...
As much as I would love this I wouldn't want this, Planet Coaster is cpu heavy as is and merging the two games would probably crash the game or give us very little fps. Plus, with Planet Zoo being a separate game, they can go more in depth, and make it the best Zoo game out there. If they merge the two games together we would have less from Planet Zoo and some things that are already in the game wouldn't be possible in Planet Coaster like better water physics, weather, and etc. We don't want a repeat of RCT3 Wild which I thought would be awesome to have both zoo and theme park together, but turned out to be crappy and only ended up using the rides for the game. The zoo aspect of it was crap and ended up getting ZT2 which I absolutely played the crap out of it. We want a better ZT2 and not a repeat of RCT3 Wild. Hopefully now people will understand why we don't want to integrate the two games together. It'll literally ruin the game even though it sounds nice.
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Wildlife biologist/conservationist student here 
so, the game is basically educating guests and breeding/conservation, which means that a lot of focus was put into the animals (personality, looks, genetics, illness ect) which means they really wanted people to focus on the animals. If it was put together, people may lose the main idea of planet zoo, which is animal education. Sure some zoos or parks have both a zoo and amusement area, but these zoos aren't as big on the breeding and conservation as zoos without (not saying they don't, but they don't have say, as big of a part or program) and since this is the main focus, it makes sense they are 2 separate games.
so, the game is basically educating guests and breeding/conservation, which means that a lot of focus was put into the animals (personality, looks, genetics, illness ect) which means they really wanted people to focus on the animals. If it was put together, people may lose the main idea of planet zoo, which is animal education. Sure some zoos or parks have both a zoo and amusement area, but these zoos aren't as big on the breeding and conservation as zoos without (not saying they don't, but they don't have say, as big of a part or program) and since this is the main focus, it makes sense they are 2 separate games.