Planet Zoo in the Test

In the last couple of years, I have discovered my love for building and business simulations. You have charm, and the possibility to let your creativity run free, I can sink a good hundreds of hours of my life to feel without the hint of a loss. This passion drove me sometime into the arms of Frontier Developments. While me your license implementation Jurassic World Evolution, due to the very limited creative opportunities, unfortunately, only moderately delight were able to, had the British with Planet Coaster my heart is conquered. Planet Zoo, combines the best qualities of both brands, and despite the quirks, it is a wonderful time-eater to become.

I’m building a Zoo!

The story of Planet Zoo is very thin and is quickly told: your hires as a newbie in a company, operating worldwide, several Zoos distributes. Contrary to what you may know it from the real world, the management of the Welfare of the animals at heart. Therefore, you’ll be charged with the planning, construction and supervision of future Zoos. Goal by Planet Zoo is the ideal habitat for our charges, and our clientele for amusing, but also instructive hours during your stay to ensure. Because if humans and animals are happy, it is raining in which every aspiring Tycoon craves the most: beautiful money!

And this money, you will also need. Only with a balanced revenue and expenditure balance sheet, enough capital to pay potential residents of our zoo, a species-appropriate home. The resulting costs and effort for you as the operator are enormous. After all, you Planet Zoo all the 73 species of animals to choose from. The species diversity ranges from small animals such as snails, spiders and snakes, over crocodiles, Pandas and even Zebras, right up to the really large calibers, such as apes, big cats and elephants. Every single 3D model is highly animated, detailed, and incredibly lifelike. Me with the dinosaur during my Tests to Jurassic World Evolution thrill, puts Planet Zoo in behavior and credibility of our favorites, still a nice stack on it. It made me insane joy to watch, as the attractions of my animal parks, I have created, environments were.

The creation of a suitable enclosure, is quite challenging. Similar to the Dinos in Jurassic World Evolution, also have the animals of Planet Zoo very individual needs, which we in the construction need to pay attention to. A lion, we will not put, for example, in an Arctic scenario, an elephant in the Vivarium. This is a kind of Terrarium, and is home to mostly all kinds of bargain animals, and reptiles. Thus, the various species of the animal Kingdom feel well, it is on the terrain, Fauna, employment, Eating and their social needs to pay attention to. Also, we should ensure that the protections of the outbreak are safe. No one wants a Cheetah, the grab for Breakfast a couple of Zoo visitors. The construction of each of the habitats has to me always very much fun made, as a Planet, the Zoo , the visual design is very much a free Hand. The only tricky because of imprecise control, has driven me occasionally in the madness. The exact and desired placement of an object in the landscape, because of the complicated handling is often the biggest challenge in a Planet Zoo is.

The key to success

The key to success lies in the Management. A Park is supposed to work, it is during the design phase to take into account all sorts of factors: How do I place my enclosure? What is the thematic focus I put? How do I create strategically correct ways, or to arrange sanitary facilities, snack bars and souvenir shops so accurate that the visitors spend Maximum time in our Zoo, and during the stay of as many as possible of our products to consume? We have made these decisions, it is important to maintain high Park ratings. A high level of customer satisfaction is therefore one of the points which should be kept in mind. A clean site, information boards and a good view of the inhabitants of the zoo are an absolute Must.

Additional criteria of the General condition of the Park and the health and well-being of the animals would be. All of this would not be without competent personnel. Fortunately, it is in Planet Zoo animal doctors, animal caretakers, Zoopfleger, security forces and technicians to deal with. Each of these individual occupational classes fulfilled its own purpose. The veterinarians care for the health of our wards, or can be sent in the research. There diseases and new elements for the enclosures of the animals will be explored. The animal Keeper ensures Cleanliness within the animal habitats, the Zoopfleger keeps the grounds of the Park clean. There are problems with the electricity or a fence is broken, we have to call a technician. The has to do just nothing, he can explore other technical Features of our Park. Happy employees are the engine of every functioning enterprise, therefore, should be made for suitable accommodation, ongoing training, and salary increases.

The Interface is, unfortunately, both in the management of the employees and animals, as well as the Building Tool is very confusing. Unfortunately, in the Tutorial a lot, but not enough is explained, resulting in some quite viable options for a long time remain hidden. But this is criticism on a very high level and after some induction period, there is also a strong weight.

CONCLUSION

Planet Zoo is a dream for Hobby-Manager! It takes the “Pet-Care Simulator” of Jurassic World Evolution and unites him with the creative freedom of a Planet Coaster. The realistic Animation of the animals, as well as the Simulation of their behaviour are simply stunning. I had to watch my joy, like my little and big darlings in their enclosures on a tour of discovery walked, played, or with your fellow employees. So the countless hours, which I part for the planning and design of a single living space had made, equal to many times more fun. The freedom panels for the visual design of facilities, landscapes and Small festivities such as speakers and info, looking to your same.Only stupid, that the controller is not running, unfortunately, nearly as round as it would require a complex Mechanism. I have consumed some of the annoying Minute, in the attempt of the individual elements to properly align or Combine. Also the Interface is somewhat suboptimal. To is just the start of it – in spite of the Tutorial hard to keep the Overview. A weak point of the can, with some training time levering, however, better accessibility would have been desirable. Complain can I, in spite of the quirks, because Planet Zoo is the game, which I to me at the time of Jurassic World Evolution had hoped: A time-eater full of creative possibilities and a beautiful sandbox!

What Planet Zoo? A-building and economic simulator, with the Zoo as a theme.
Platforms: PC
Tested on: Intel Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, Radeon RX Vega
Developer / Publisher: Frontier Developments
Release: 05. November 2019
Link: Official Website