Rating 3.6 54 reviews
Manufacturer: Microsoft
price $43.99
Dealspwn
25 years ago

Zoo Tycoon Review | Kinect With The Animals

Zoo Tycoon isn't your typical console launch title. It's an oasis of calm and entry-level accountancy in a cacophony of tyre smoke and bullets, a sim designed for all the family. And a Kinectimals sequel.
Pros:
  • Varied menagerie of brilliantly-realised animals
  • Enjoyable management suitable for less experienced or younger players
  • but can be pleasingly stressful
  • Surprisingly compelling
  • features numerous unlocks and challenges
  • Fun Kinect interactions and superb voice commands
Cons:
  • Overlong
  • boring and dull (if functional) tutorials
  • Inconvenient interface - learn those voice commands
  • Lacks advanced depth for genre fans
  • somewhat repetitive
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Destructoid
12 years ago

Perfect for kids and animal lovers alike

A solid game that definitely has an audience. Might lack replay value, could be too short or there are some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
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Console Monster
12 years ago

Zoo Tycoon

Overall, Zoo Tycoon is a great launch title for the Xbox One that works well if played on a casual basis, rather than in lengthy stints. Despite its issues, picking up poo has never been more enjoyable.
Pros:
  • Navigation is quick and painless
  • Community aspect is a nice touch
  • Multiplayer works well
Cons:
  • Lack of depth
  • Audio gets repetitive quickly
  • Training Mode is tedious
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Boomerang Video Game Rental Online
12 years ago

Zoo Tycoon

Decent game looks pretty however it gets repetitive quickly, still a decent game to rent!
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Mighty Ape
12 years ago

"Not as good as the classics"

You are unable to make personalise enclosures, there aren't too many animal groups; however, there are subspecies. This game is too focused on the idea of being the zookeeper, you can no longer make the zoo of your dreams :(
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review.goodgearguide.com.au
12 years ago

Microsoft's animal park management simulator does away with some of the nitty-gritty in order to be a more accessible game

The Zoo Tycoon series has been letting PC owners build and manage their own animal park for over a decade, and the latest entry makes its debut on Xbox One. While it's a comprehensive business simulator on PC, the console version simplifies the administration experience to make the game appeal to a...
Pros:
  • Easy to read and navigate menus
  • Good Kinect implementation
Cons:
  • Restrictive construction limit
  • Difficult to meet visitor demands
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Shacknews
12 years ago

This review is based on early retail Xbox One code provided by the publisher. Zoo Tycoon will be available on Xbox One on November 22 as a downloadable title on Xbox Live. The game is also available on Xbox 360. The game is rated E.
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Metro
12 years ago

Zoo Tycoon review – animal?attraction

A fun demonstration of the Xbox One's capabilities but unfortunately much more a stealth sequel to Kinectimals than it is a proper Tycoon game.
Pros:
  • Cleverly thought-out interface manages to work very well on a joypad
  • Animal mini-games are charming and the online options very robust
Cons:
  • There's no depth to anything and the game pulls its punches in terms offering any real challenge or even true customisation
  • Graphics have some rough edges
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oxmonline.com
12 years ago

Zoo Tycoon Xbox One

It's Saturday night, and we're nuking turd piles in an Indian Elephant exhibit during a virtual heat wave. No one ever said that the life of a videogame zookeeper was glamorous. It's a lesson Zoo Tycoon teaches firmly; for all its warm, fuzzy screenshots of adorable chimps gazing at butterflies,...
Pros:
  • + Easy to pick up and learn
  • nice Kinect interactivity
  • who doesn't like making animals happy, + An initially huge suite of tools to build out your park with
  • Freeform mode good for the entire family
Cons:
  • - Doesn't introduce enough new surprises after long
  • re-researching for each new Campaign scenario grows tedious, ?
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Gamereactor
12 years ago

Zoo Tycoon

Zoo Tycoon's a tweaked take on the popular PC franchise, redone for its transfer to console. Developed by Frontier Developments (the studio responsible for Kinectimals and Kinect: Disneyland Adventures) the intention is to retain the core essence of the Windows PC games, while creating something new...
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