So glad I waited for the entire collection the be available on amazon. I have the base game but the disc is cracked, like literally cracked, I knew I needed to just buy another copy. (It still worked though.

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Game won't install due to some disk error; While trying to install the final 3rd disk, it will tell you to put in the 3rd disk; So the game won't install; This doesn't seem to be an isolated incident either; Checking another site reviews for this game, 100% of them (8 of 8) say the same thing

Zoo Tycoon 2 managed to keep a number of people up late into the night in its original form, and now there's an expansion to help add hours to the fun. Microsoft's new expansion gives you things like sky trams, official Jeep tours, and a gun-less FPS element, but is there really anything new here?

ups: cool animals; finally elevated walkways

downs: very thin expansion; still no way to speed up the game

It's easy to see where the "Tycoon" part of Zoo Tycoon 2 comes in-- babies. More and more babies...to sell on the black market, I like to pretend. Sure the nature show bit is skipped, but magically, pint-sized critters sprout up in exhibits, cute little hearts over their heads.

In Zoo Tycoon , nothing is more important than your animals. Whether you're simply watching an elegant giraffe leaning over a pool to drink water or marveling at the adorable baby elephants romping around, every species in this menagerie is delightful.

Great animal detail; Fun animal facts

Useless Kinect controls; Unintuitive menus; Boring research

I found this game very advenced because you can go into different modes such as the bird view where you can see your zoo from a bird's eye view. There is a guest mode when you can walk around in your zoo (cool feature)! The last one, zoo map.

"Mommy! What's that monkey doing?" "Move along, dear.

Zoo Tycoon is the latest in the Tycoon series of games, this one developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft. The main concept of Zoo Tycoon is quite simple - build and manage a zoo. Sounds simple? It isn't.

Zoo Tycoon 2 successfully acheives what it sets out to do and that's to let you build your own zoo.

Who here hasn't walked around the zoo as a kid thinking it would be cool to design your own? Now these child dreams might come true. In Zoo Tycoon, you'll be challenged to build the most healthy and vibrant zoo possible.