Having already established itself as one of the best zoo simulation sport on Xbox, extra Planet Zoo can solely be factor. And that’s the case with the newest DLC pack – the Planet Zoo: Aquatic & Twilight Bundle, the primary for the reason that sport launched onto consoles.
So let’s pack some sandwiches, take some pocket cash for an ice cream and see what new wonders await us on the zoo this time.
The bundle accommodates each the Aquatic pack and Twilight pack, that may be bought individually if one is extra attractive than the opposite. Actually, what’s included in every is a bit missing for us to evaluate them individually however we are going to assist differentiate what animals and options belong during which pack.
First up is the Aquatic pack which accommodates 5 new animals: King Penguin, Large Otter, Gray Seal, Dwarf Caiman and the Diamondback Terrapin. The latter being an exhibit solely animal, much like the varied bugs in Planet Zoo that delight and terrify in equal measure.
The Twilight bundle additionally accommodates 5 new animals: Raccoon, Pink Fox, Widespread Wombat, Striped Skunk and Egyptian Fruit Bat. Not one of the animals in both packs are merely reskinned variations of present animals in Planet Zoo both, which means these are model new so as to add to any zoo that you simply want.
After all, ten new animals means ten new habitats to construct and meticulously plan out, however this consideration to element is basically the place Planet Zoo comes into its personal. By now, you need to be a dab hand at making a habitat and tailoring it for the animal in query, offering a minimum of you will have gotten over the irritating controls on console. One thing this DLC jogged my memory, was that these controls are nonetheless a little bit of a ache.
However take the Egyptian Fruit Bat for instance. This nocturnal flyer additionally comes with some all new walkthrough displays that permit company to wander by way of the habitat with the bats flying overhead. Anybody who has been to a zoo will testify that that is at all times a spotlight, so having the ability to construct it in your individual zoo after which expertise it in first-person is a pleasure.
Watching each the otters and the penguins go about their day-to-day life is nice too. As I discussed in my preliminary evaluate of the sport, watching the animals is arguably the place I get essentially the most enjoyment out of Planet Zoo, and a number of other of those new additions are going into my private zoo.
However not the purple fox although. No disrespect to them however we now have a number of roaming our streets at evening in real-life, and various instances have their screams woken me up.
Each expansions include a brand new state of affairs so that you can deal with. The Twilight Pack is full with a suitably spooky new zoo based mostly in Transylvania. Fort Myers was as soon as extremely thought to be a zoo, however the earlier proprietor left it to deteriorate. Now you’re available to revitalise this distinctive trying zoo.
Many of the zoo infrastructure is in place so that you can make a stable begin, offering you wrangle up the escaped animals first. However the true showpiece of Fort Myers is the citadel itself, set upon the highest of an imposing hill it actually does exhibit the creativity of the builders, and evokes me to wish to attempt one thing like that myself. Someday. Finally.
For the Aquatic Pack, we are literally given a brand new timed state of affairs. Set in Oregon USA, Pink Barn River Zoo has simply obtained an enormous donation and referred to as upon you to increase the zoo in time for the subsequent vacationer season.
Each these eventualities do a implausible job of showcasing the brand new animals respective to their packs but additionally permitting you to discover them in your individual manner as effectively. For instance, the Aquatic Pack state of affairs has a beautiful penguin exhibit able to go and the Twilight one has an goal so that you can introduce some fruit bats to the zoo.
And in the event you like how these new eventualities look, the DLC packs embrace over 350 new surroundings objects. There’s every thing included, from new scenic waterfalls, atmospheric foliage, new sculptures, spider webs, cauldrons to even some new rubber duck enrichment objects. However simply who’re the enrichment objects for precisely? The otters or the guests? Why not each?
Extra animals, extra eventualities and extra surroundings objects. There aren’t any surprises within the Planet Zoo: Aquatic & Twilight Bundle; simply extra of the identical goodness we’ve come to anticipate. Maybe the most important shock is the truth that among the animals included right here – just like the King Penguins and Egyptian Fruit Bats – are the primary of their species to be included within the sport. However that’s testomony to the bottom sport that with the quantity of animals initially included, we by no means actually observed both being lacking.
However now that they’re in, anticipate them to pop up in as many Franchise zoos as I can bodily match them in.