Got the game last night and messed around with it for a couple hours. I wish I had more time to play with it but there's this pesky thing called work that I had to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for this morning.
Love the new skytrams! They are so cool and I cannot wait until I have a full fledged zoo built so I can ride around in my own trams looking at the exhibits. I haven't done much with the Jeep vehicles yet but those look pretty awesome, too. Both seem pretty easy to set up.
Then there's the animals. Simply amazing! I haven't gotten to use all of them yet, but the ones that I have are very well done. There's also a few new objects that are cool and there's new lighting effects. There are nine new scenarios and you unlock certain items after completing them (not 9 new items, only three).
Some really cool new animal enrichment stuff, like a salt lick and a tree swing, and some other stuff. Also a couple new food items. All the food is in 3D now, too.
Now for the downsides....I'm disappointed there are no new bigger maps. I want to build a zoo where I can have ALL the animals and I don't know if it's possible given the size of the maps we have right now. I'm going to try, though. Not sure I like the new "night" cycle. It's very dark (maybe it's a sign I need glasses??).
Given the fact I've only played for a little bit I haven't formed an overall opinion yet but so far it seems very well done. The animals are great and that's all that really mattered to me, that they focus on those rather than other stuff, and that's what they've done.
One good thing is that it appears they have fixed the problems with zookeepers not being able to clean up small poo (or I should say the poo of any animal that lays an egg) so I am happy to use the birds and crocs again. There are still some errors, like animals getting outside the zoo wall and stuff. Kind of disappointed those weren't fixed, but the new content makes up for that.
That's true, jwa. Good point!
