What’s more, you can’t filter Nature objects by animal, so you have to go back and check their environmental preferences before continuing. You have to switch through different tabs and scroll down a big list of available animals. While Planet Zoo does have a filtering system in place that lets you filter by animal, biome etc., it’s more of a pain to use. It gave you one convenient place to see, select and purchase every item that animal could use. In Zoo Tycoon 2, there was a Zookeeper Recommendations button available on animals’ information panels when you clicked on them. You get used to the options, but my biggest gripe with the menus so far is that it’s a bit of a pain to get all the items you need for one animal. Planet Zoo is pretty easy to get to grips with, even if there’s a whole lot more going on in its menus than players of (yes, I’ll mention it) Zoo Tycoon might be familiar with. The warthog enclosure I had to improve as part of the tutorial. Each step feels natural, with mechanical learning objectives and the tutorial’s narrative meshing together seamlessly to form a cohesive whole. She takes me on a tour of the zoo, letting me get familiar with the controls before putting me to work on the warthog enclosure. I do love it when the voiceovers (of which there are plenty, in career mode!) sound like actual people. Nancy leads me through the tutorial – a lovely Welsh lady who jokes about thingamajigs and wotsits being left undone.
Especially as it’s my job to renovate it. I’ve never been one for building beautiful things in games – I usually just plonk things down as and when I need them – and the gorgeous zoo Bernard’s created, as he explains in the jovial voiceover, gives me a lot to live up to.
It’s with a little trepidation that I watch the opening sequence. I… did not make anything this nice during the beta. Out of the top options available in the beta (the other is franchise mode), it seems the sensible place to start. I figure it’s time to jump into career mode. The customisation options seem limited for now, but I could care less – it’s the animals I’m really here for. The first thing Planet Zoo lets me do is create an avatar and drop it onto the globe for others to find. The elephant’s trumpet on Planet Zoo’s logo screen feels suitably triumphant as I boot it up, the soundtrack perfectly joyful. Now, the day has finally come.Ĭonveniently, the download of Planet Zoo finishes just as I clock off work. For weeks, my husband and I have been barely able to contain our gleeful anticipation for the Planet Zoo beta from Frontier Developments. My eyes drift over to my left-hand screen as I wait for a work document to save, eager for the sight of a beautiful blue ‘install’ button.
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