Planet Zoo 2 has now been officially revealed by Frontier Developments with pre-orders live for release on October 13th. The developers say that this big sequel will including both aquatic and flying species, alongside a deeper conservation focus.
What exactly is it? A building and management sim where you build your own zooes around the globe with various different animals.
In the press email they noted "Conservation in Planet Zoo 2 goes further than ever before. Zookeepers will take on conservation projects across the globe, revitalising expansive Wildlife Reserves and creating living ecosystems by releasing animals into their natural habitats. From ensuring animals are kept in habitats that mirror their natural environments to creating immersive spaces for zoo guests to interact and learn, Planet Zoo 2 offers players a meaningful management experience. From managing staff morale and training to constructing the perfect habitat, it’s vital for budding Zookeepers to balance guest satisfaction with animal wellbeing in order to boost their rating and ensure their zoo becomes a roaring success as it grows."
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There will be more news and information to come for it during the Wholesome Games showcase on June 6th and the PC Gaming Show on June 7th.
At release it will cost £39.99 / $49.99 / €49.99 for the Standard Edition, and £54.99 / $64.99/ €64.99 for the Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition includes an additional six animal species from across the globe, as well as a selection of exclusive animal signs to decorate parks with.
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Due to all this frustration, every time I tried to play the game, I got turned off by the building system, which felt like an insurmountable wall on the way to my perfect park. The rest of the game is lovely - the animals are some of the best I've ever seen in a game - but it's just not fun to build when the learning curve is so crazy. The best zoo building game is still in my opinion, Zoo Tycoon 2 from 2004. Because it did all those things way better than Planet Zoo, and it had dinosaurs and marine animals which PZ completely lacks, despite being a 'spiritual successor' to it.
This game's Minimum requirements explicibly EXCLUDES Windows 10 - either Windows 11 Home/Pro OS (despite still having some issues) is STRICTLY REQUIRED as minimum OS listed to even run it.
This means - no real ability to run the game without more modern (and possibly noticeably expensive) PC:
1. NO Windows 10 support, whatsoever;
2. NO older/cheaper GPUs support: like NVidia's GTX 9xx/10xx series like GTX 950-980Ti and 1050-1080Ti (1030 in even its DDR5 version is pretty bad as performance for modern games), nor AMD RX 4xx/5xx Series like RX 470/550/570/580. Especially on discontinued NVidia's GPUs on Linux, they might go unusable since Linux' kernel fully stops driver support for old NVidia GPUs at some point.
3. Due to lack of Windows 10 support, this game also rules older PCs with still capable CPUs, like: i5 6500, 6600, i7 6700, i5 7500, or i7 7700 which just CANNOT PASS Windows 11 requirements that will accept ONLY PCs from around 2018 and newer.
Unfortunately, in my country Bulgaria, we're lacking any sales with second-hand decent GPUs from actual verified retailer (not private people) from neither Nvidia nor AMD's with a actual cheap price! All second-hand used GPUs here are only GTX 7xx/9xx/10xx and RX 4xx/5xx - but all of those driver support's - basically DISCONTINUED! ANY Nvidia RTX (even theirs oldest RTX 20x0 series) and AMD's RX 6xx0/7x00/90x0 GPUs all are selling only brand NEW with PRETTY expensive prices... 🤮 (Unfortunately RX 6400 - cheapest sub-75W AMD's GPU is already gone from Bulgarian's physical IT hardware stores here.)
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