In Zoo Tycoon you can hose down a baby elephant and pull faces at a chimpanzee . If you're not all rushing to your favourite game retailer to buy it right now, you're a stone-hearted, emotionless monster and Zoo Tycoon is definitely not the game for you.

Brilliantly modelled animals; A great; subtle learning tool; Aesthetically pleasing and fun to explore

Kinect is a hindrance as much as a help; Menus often work against you; Game modes are generally too similar

My kids like the freebuild sandbox style option, however, your Zoo reaches maximum capacity very quickly which is unexpected considering the amount of land you have on the view. This means you have to build multiple Zoos in order to meet achievement requirements.

good game for all ages; none so far

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...

Easy to read and navigate menus; Good Kinect implementation

Restrictive construction limit; Difficult to meet visitor demands

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...

Easy to read and navigate menus; Good Kinect implementation

Restrictive construction limit; Difficult to meet visitor demands

Despite being a first-party launch title, there's a good chance you may have completely forgotten Zoo Tycoon even exists.

Simple and straightforward; Charming animal animations

'Zoo limit' restricts the fun; Customisation too basic; Lightweight Kinect features

Zoo Tycoon impresses you immediately with its animals. The authentic and adorable behaviors they exhibit make Zoo Tycoon an endearing game that fosters an appreciation for the diversity of creatures with whom we share this planet.

Animals are adorable and behave in believable ways; Makes its concepts accessible and easy to manage; Driving around in a buggy is fun

Clunky interface adds numerous unnecessary steps to many basic actions

Graphics and the look of this game is very good. Took a while to load but once your in a scenario it works very well. I would have liked to have seen more control over developments like the Theme range gave which you don't get with this game.

Good graphics & fun...good for kids

Basic park control

This game is loads of fun but it also has some good qualities and some bad ones. PROS : There are tons of different subspecies for almost all the different animal species. This adds to variety and immersion.

Decent game looks pretty however it gets repetitive quickly, still a decent game to rent!

The only reason you should play Zoo Tycoon is for the same reason people go to a real zoo in the first place: to see animals so adorable that you have to punch a wall five times to regain your manliness.

Cute; well-modeled animals and interactions; Smooth graphics and animations; Solid tutorials

Zoos reach capacity within three hours; Too much menu-hopping; No pause button for time; can't appreciate animals for long; Tags