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2004 video game| Zoo Tycoon 2 | |
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| Developer(s) | Blue Fang Games |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mobile Phone, Macintosh |
| Release | November 2004 |
| Genre(s) | 3D Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Zoo Tycoon 2 is a simulation computer game in which the player must successfully create and run a zoo, by managing its finances, employees and animal exhibits. The goal is to become a "zoo tycoon".
It was developed by Blue Fang Games and produced by Microsoft Games after the competitor Zoo Empire succeeded Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon with 3D graphics in August 2004.
General game play
Freeform
A freeform game in Zoo Tycoon 2 allows you to create the zoo of your choice, the only restriction being space. The player's money supply is unlimited, and all items are available from the beginning of the game play (Except those that can only be unlocked in Scenario games). Freeform games begin with an empty zoo, to which the player adds animal exhibits and guest facilities (such as restaurants and bathrooms), hiring employees to staff and maintain them.
Challenge
Challenge games are the equivalent of previous Zoo Tycoon freeform games. In this type of game, the player's money supply is limited, and not all items are ready for immediate use and stocks of an animal species are limited. Game play is the same as freeform, except that the player must make a profit in order to keep the zoo running, and certain items must be researched before they become available for use.
This mode will occasionally give the player extra challenges. Some of them will involve creating habitats for specific animals. Other photo challenges will involve snapping a picture of a designated animal doing a specific behavior, such as running or hunting.
When a specific number of regular challenges, endangered species challenges (Endangered Species expansion required), or photo challenges are completed, a specific theme for buildings are available, allowing versions of the player's restrooms, food stands, scenery, and other items to be constructed altered for that theme.
Campaign
A campaign s a game form in which the player must complete a goal to win. Each campaign gives the player a certain task to achieve (such as constructing a particular exhibit or gaining a specific award), and when the goal is met, the player moves onto the next.
Campaigns can range from simple construction tasks to creating and managing a popular zoo for several years. As the player progresses through the campaign, the scenarios become harder. After the player completes the last scenario, a reward is obtained, usually a new building, or allowing the player to take on an entirely new campaign.
Animals
These are all of the animals from the original Zoo Tycoon 2 (without expansions). There are more in expansions and downloads.
- African Elephant - Savannah
- American Beaver - Wetlands
- Bengal Tiger - Tropical Rainforest
- Black Rhinoceros - Savannah
- Cheetah - Savannah
- Chimpanzee - Tropical Rainforest
- Common Peafowl - Temperate Forest
- Common Zebra - Savannah
- Dromedary Camel - Desert
- Emperor Penguin - Tundra
- Gemsbok - Scrub
- Giant Panda - Temperate Forest
- Greater Flamingo - Wetlands
- Grizzly Bear - Boreal Forest
- Hippopotamus - Wetlands
- Ibex - Alpine
- Jaguar - Tropical Rainforest
- Lion - Savannah
- Moose - Boreal Forest
- Mountain Gorilla - Tropical Rainforest
- Nile Crocodile - Wetlands
- Okapi - Tropical Rainforest
- Ostrich - Savannah
- Polar Bear - Tundra
- Red Kangaroo - Scrub
- Red Panda - Temperate Forest
- Reticulated Giraffe - Savannah
- Ring-Tailed Lemur - Tropical Rainforest
- Snow Leopard - Alpine
- Thomson's Gazelle - Savannah
Ambient Animals
- Rock Pigeon/Grassland
- Herring Gull/Grassland
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker/Savannah
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw/Tropical Rainforest
- Mallard Duck/Wetland
- Common Loon/Boreal Forest
- Springhare/Desert
- Red Squirrel/Boreal Forest,Temperate Forest
- King Vulture/Desert,Savannah and Scrub
- Monarch Butterfly/Grassland,Alpine,Temperate Forest and Boreal Forest
Bonus Downloads
Bonus downloads can be added to the game for free either by downloading them via the in-game menu, or by the 'extras' section of the official website.
- Black Leopard - Tropical Rainforest
- Musk Ox - Tundra
- Asian Elephant - Scrub
- Addax - Desert (may only be downloaded from the 'extras' section of the official site)
Another animal (TBA) will be released later in 2007.
You can also win an asiatic black bear by completing all the scenarios of Zoo Tycoon 2: Mobile Version.The asiatic black bear can be transfered to PC versions as well.
Expansions
Endangered Species
In October 2005, Microsoft released the Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species expansion pack. This expansion pack adds more rare animals, including the komodo dragon, scimitar-horned oryx, and orangutan, as well as a number of new forms of transportation, including sky trams, jeep tours and elevated paths. The expansion also has a feature called "variant skins", which means that when the player adopts an animal, it may look different from normal members of its species (such as a Bengal tiger being white).
With the addition of this expansion pack, the player can create a Jeep Wrangler or Commander tour through the zoo's exhibits, or a sky tram route. Elevated paths allow visitors to walk right above the exhibits, giving a very good view of the animals, and even allow food courts to be built above enclosures. It also introduces Grassland animals.
African Adventure
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure, released May 2006, adds various new African animals such as the Bongo, Secretary Bird, and Meerkat, allows the player to drive through savannah exhibits with African-themed jeep tours to get closer to them. The expansion pack also includes new maps based on well-known African locations, as well as new desert-themed buildings and lizard live food, and a new set of challenges and campaigns. The expansion also gives animals more behaviours.
Dino Danger Pack
The Dino Danger Pack was released at the end of July 2006. It is only available as a "Premium Download" on the official Zoo Tycoon website. It adds four new animals to the game. They are Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Carnotaurus, and Styracosaurus. There is also a new animal enrichment item, two new food items, a new plant, and a new Challenge and Campaign. It includes a new type of fence suited for dinosaurs as well.
The Dino Danger Pack can be purchased for $4.99 and downloaded at http://zootycoon.com/Downloads/premiumdownloads.htm
Marine Mania
Released on 17 October 2006, Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania features 20 new aquatic animals, plants, the ability to build tanks, animal shows, an aquatic theme, 4 new aquatic biomes (reef, coastal, pelagic,and benthic), and new scenarios. Changes have be made to the original method of biome layout.
Upcoming Expansions
It is confirmed that another expansion is being worked on. No hints have been given to what it is, but it is said that it will have new themed objects.
Zookeeper Collection
Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection was released in October 2006. It includes the original game as well as the Endangered Species and African Adventure expansions. It includes some Marine Mania features, such as the new mode of biome layout.
Competition
Since the release of Zoo Tycoon in 2001, many other companies have imitated the gameplay, and the concept of running a zoo. The followers since include Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!, Zoo Empire and Wildlife Park 2. All of these have different gameplay and content, but all have the same basic concept.
User Objects
Thanks to certain tutorials and good thinking, one with certain abilities can create objects of his/her own.animals, packs, objects, buildings, plants and gifts purchased by guests have been made. However, the bonus user-made items may ruin the game for some users but most are fine.
Most user made downloads are the same as the entity they were made from with an edited texture, but 'mesh editing' allows one to change the 'model' of the object. Mesh editing is new and full of glitches, and can be done using a program like Blender and 3D Studio Max.
Examples of user made objects can be found in fansites like Zoo Admin. and zootycoon breakout http://z11.invisionfree.com/Zoo_Tycoon_Breakout/index.php?act=idx
Trivia
- Without any expansion, Zoo Tycoon 2 has 30 animals, and with all the expansions, 98.
- The very first bonus download for Zoo Tycoon 2 was the black leopard and stuffed prey dummy.
- Zoo Tycoon 2 has ten biomes, but included four more in Marine Mania.
- The animals required for five stars in all expansions are the giant panda, Florida panther, Ethiopian wolf, Tyrannosaurus Rex, orca, and white shark.
- There is also a Macintosh and Mobile phone version of Zoo Tycoon 2, however, none of the 2nd version expansion packs are available for these platforms.