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Doubt between original Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon 2?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was a RollerCoaster Tycoon fan, but then I wanted to try Zoo Tycoon. Downloaded the trial version and liked it, so I bought it.

BEFORE I bought it, I was in a really big doubt between getting Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection ($[...]) or Zoo Tycoon 2 ($[...]). I looked everywhere to find forums to tell me which one was better. I couldn't find it, so I'm typing here. I really liked Zoo Tycoon 2. I didn't play the full version of the original Zoo Tycoon, but I don't know if it would be as cool as Zoo Tycoon 2. I really enjoyed Zoo Tycoon 2.

What I liked the most was ZooKeeper mode AND the Challenge Mode - this is the game mode I like, and wish there was this mode on RCT. It works like this: You choose a zoo, choose your money, and start with some available animals to buy, and you receive some challanges from time-to-time. Then you have to make your zoo more famous. It is cooler than Campaign Mode, I gotta say. I think that this feature (Challenge Mode) isn't available in the original ZT.

So, in conclusion, I recommend Zoo Tycoon 2. I am playing this game WITHOUT any expansion pack, and it is awesome!

Daughter loves it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 11-year-old daughter because she likes computer and video games, and because I happened to notice it on a list of parent-recommended software. After reading some of the reviews here, I was a little hesitant, but it wasn't that expensive so I figured I would give it a try.

She LOVES it! When I got home from work last night she had installed it herself, taken some tutorials, learned to play it, and was busily watching giraffes being born and setting up amenities for her zoo visitors. I'm not a huge fan of sim games, but this has certainly kept her absorbed. I think she's going to learn a lot from this game, and it's a fun activity for those boring summer days.

Definitely a good game for my daughter!

Better Than the First One

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Attention!
Don't tycoon games bore you after a while? You buy them, play them, get bored of them, and soon buy the update, and so on and on, etc. Well, Zoo Tycoon has a reputation for being one of those games. If you ever have played games like Roller Coaster Tycoon or the Sims, you'll get what I'm getting at.

For instance, my history with tycoon games. Chritmas 2002 when I was 8. I got Roller Coaster Tycoon after going on my first Roller Coaster and exclaiming that I wanted to make them. Then, the following month during my birthday, the expansion packs turn up.
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 shows up. I upgrade to that. I spend my money on the expansion packs, Roller Coaster Tycoon is gathering dust rapidly on the shelves.
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is made. You can guess what my reaction was and what happened to the former played with Roller Coaster Tycoon 2.
That's right. Dust.

The same thing happened with the Sims and Zoo Tycoon. I had all those dinky expansion packs for the Sims and sold the lot for 350 bucks on Ebay. Same with Roller Coaster Tycoon, for 150, and Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, for 200. Zoo Tycoon I kept for my little brother and while he enjoys that I'm playing with my happily upgraded Zoo Tycoon 2.

So, parents, you want to have an experience like this? Be my guest.

Zoo Tycoon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got started on these with roller coaster tycoon, which I still think for the time was/is the best of them all. Somewhere I saw a bundle with the latest roller coaster tycoon, and this one, which was about the same price as this one alone. A better deal I think, but this is still good.

AWESOME FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i LOVE this game and so do my kids especially my 8 yr old this is a great game. if you are a tycoon game nut then you will love this game also.

Beware of this Game - Terrible Quality

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After trying several copies we are giving up on this game - very poor quality control. Would not load properly and numerous other bugs while attempting to play. No problems with other games including original (first) Zoo Tycoon. Avoid this one.

What a great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was able to exact revenge on my former employers as a zookeeper in this game. I was once a zookeeper, enjoyed the job, but couldn't stand the bureaucracy of the zoo world and their bad ideas on animal collections and exhibit design. I wish I could have designed a cool reptile building with the expansion packs, but it still rocks. I've played this game for hours and still enjoy it. A must buy for adults and children. Enjoy.

fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is so cool i can't say how much how do you get all the cheats to work oh i think this game is amazing to have more fun put meat eaters with plant eaters and it will look just like the wild just my idea of fun

very satisfied

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my Grandaughter and she absoultley loves it, she wants to own a zoo and be a zoo keeper when she grows up.

Somewhat let down

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I loved the original Zoo Tycoon. I can't say the same for this sequel. The 3D graphics could be better. The user interface is less friendly than in the original. And there are less items to be had for the zoo, but perhaps Miscrosoft wants to put them out in expansion packs.

All in all, it's a good game, but I was a little let down by the fact this sequal isn't really better than the original Zoo Tycoon.

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