Anything more endangered than that comes at a premium.)īeyond that, the management side of Planet Zoo sticks closely to the management sim standard, with plenty of different intersecting sub-systems to micromanage so that your zoo runs as smoothly as possible. At the time of writing, those whims mean the marketplace is flooded with warthogs, because they’re cheap to come by and easy to breed, making them perfect for grinding out conservation credits. Planet Zoo’s Franchise Mode, on the other hand, has you buying animals from a shared, multiplayer marketplace that is-by design-susceptible to the whims of economics. (At least, that’s the idea, and what happens when you’re playing in the purely single-player modes. If you want access to the highest profile animals so that you can pull those guests in, you’re going to have to do your part for the planet’s conservation. When it comes to buying new animals for your zoo, some will be available for cash, while others-typically the rarer, more sought after ones-can only be purchased with conservation credits. Conservation credits, meanwhile, are earned when you release animals into the wild and complete certain challenges. Money is money, and works as money does: it comes in when guests enter the zoo, buy things from shops, or give donations, and it goes out when you build stuff, buy stuff, and through general zoo upkeep. To achieve that, Planet Zoo uses two different currencies (don’t worry, neither is a “premium” currency, and it’s disappointing that I even have to clarify that). Breeding programs for endangered species and educating guests are every bit as important as giving people the chance to watch monkeys swinging about on their playgrounds. That obviously means designing the enclosures, choosing which animals to buy, and keeping staff and visitors happy, but also managing the crucial role zoos play in conservation efforts.
#PLANET COASTER INTERSECTING TERRAIN SERIES#
True to form, it’s a management sim that offers plenty of depth and unrivaled scope for creativity, but can also be rather daunting to approach.Īs you may have guessed, Planet Zoo sees you managing a series of zoos. That certainly seems to be the goal of Frontier Developments - after a very successful spiritual successor to RollerCoaster Tycoon in 2016’s Planet Coaster, the studio has now given the same treatment to zoo management with Planet Zoo. I wonder how long it will be before “tycoon games” start to instead be known as “planet games”.
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