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Zoo Empire gives you complete freedom to design your dream zoo, in any way imaginable. Create fantastic exhibits that are naturally closed-off by the surrounding terrain. Build visiting areas and animal habitats, and place over 150 types of visitors and animals objects. If you can think of it, you can build it!
Would be fun but...Reviewed by Holly, 2009-11-30
This game would be fun if it didn't keep crashing all the time. It'll play for anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours and then all of a sudden crash for no reason. I have a pretty good computer that meets all of the requirements it says on the box but they're obviously wrong about them. The graphics are great, the game is fun, and the animals are pretty cute and all but the darn game just won't play right. Unless you have a really great running up to date super computer I wouldn't recommend buying this game.
Great GameReviewed by Anonymous, 2009-02-08
i am the daughter of this accounts owner:) I play Zoo Empire all the time. Graphics are great you have nothing to lose when buying this game. You have some scenairos when they are challenging , and the goals are limited to 1yr ( game time ). I am 11 now and I still play it . Yet it is so easy to play . Even my 6 year old brother can make better zoos than me !! He had achived 5* zoo fame in just one hour. As i said there is nothing to lose when buying this game ( except [...]$ )
Fun, with a dash of frustrationReviewed by Kimbo, 2008-03-31
For people that are looking for a game which will take longer than
an hour or so to beat and love animals, this is your game.
The tutorial levels can be quite tedious until you get a handle on
the camera controls and terrain editor. However, they are good
preparation for the levels ahead, and I would suggest completing
them to optimize your zoo in the free play mode.
I found that when you become very adept at creating a happy
environment for the animals they are VERY quick to procreate, and
before you know it you have a small exhibit with a large quantity
of animals.
When using the terrain editor to create hills/mountains or
valleys/bodies of water, it is difficult to tell how much you are
affecting the selected land.
Once you become confident in your skills, you can really have fun
with it without frustration. All-in-all, a good game.
A few tips and hints after only playing the demo.....Reviewed by Anonymous, 2006-07-03
I usually play demos of games before I consider buying them, to
know if I can even understand the game enough to enjoy it. I play
alot of games that are like this, and I enjoy simulation games as
well. And here is some of what I noticed:
I was reading another persons review and they said that the camera
moved too fast. They were probally clicking then going right to the
edge of the screen to move, and the games camera is not meant to
function that way. The farther you move your mouse from the point
where you clicked makes it move faster, it works best if you just
move a centimeter or two from the point you clicked, trust me. I've
encountered this type of camera control in games before and your
first time using it is usually very confusing and
frustrating.
Another person also said the zookeeper would immediatly cage their
animals. I also had that happen the first time I attempted an
exhibit. But after looking around the menus a bit, I discovered why
this happens: the first fence you find is for DECORATION ONLY. It
is not meant to contain animals, so to the zookeeper, an animal
surronded by decorative fence might as well have no fence
whatsoever around it, and puts the animal in a crate. I don't quite
remember what menu it's under, it might be Animal Enrichment
Objects, but there is EXHIBIT FENCES for containing animals.
Someone also said that they were having problems placing fences.
Yet again, I have encountered the way fences are to be placed in
this game in other games. The way it works is that you have to
click and the move your mouse to where you want it. But if you go
to the left or right of being in a straight line from your starting
point, it will make and L. You cannot make squares without 2
starting points, and there is no(to my knowledge in this game at
least) diagonal walls.
Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed playing the demo and plan to
purchase the full game. I was espescially impressed with the
quality of the graphics in this game. Though I did notice that the
black bears rear is quite skinny compared to his front!!!
Avoid THIS GAME !!!Reviewed by P. Ziolkowski, 2006-06-18
Again as the other consumers have said... DO NOT BUY this game. It will not play on about 95% of the computers that have been manufactured. Save your money. Buy ZOO TYCOON ... a good game!
