Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species
| Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species | |
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| Developer(s) | Blue Fang Games |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Series | Zoo Tycoon |
| Engine | Gamebryo |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | October 2005 |
| Genre(s) | 3D Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species is the first of the Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion packs (The others are African Adventure, Marine Mania, the downloadable Dino Danger Pack and the newest expansion Extinct Animals). It gives the player 20 new animals, some of them are rare, such as the caribou and the koala, as well as giving the player new innovations such as sky trams, Jeep rides, elevated paths and several new campaigns and challenges.
Gameplay
Tour possibilities
With the addition of this expansion pack, the player can create a Jeep Wrangler or Jeep Commander tour through the zoo's exhibits. The new sky tram routes allow the guests to get a bird's eye view of the animals. Wooden and rock elevated walkways can be build over exhibits and large bodies of water, allowing visitors and players alike to walk right above the exhibits. These even allow food courts to be built above enclosures. Both the elevated paths and sky trams will give the guests a good view of the animals, while still keeping their privacy levels content, creating a win-win situation.
Various tour objects are available to the player; interesting, mechanical objects that move and improve the guest's overrall rating of the tour. This includes machines that spurt snow and giant sequioa tunnels.
As a bonus, guests can now toss coins into fountains, and pay for face painting featuring endangered species like pandas and tigers.
Animals & plants
As well as twenty new endangered animals, a feature called 'variant skins' allows certain animals to have variation in their skin colour - a herd of zebra can have multiple different stripe patterns – moose can be dark brown, tigers can be white and so on ('Marine Mania later included this feature). Not only are there exotic animals, but also exotic plants like golden barrel cactus and scythian lamb and trees such as the bur oak and durian tree.
Graphical enhancements
Endangered Species introduces some much needed graphics updates and patches. Players can set the water in Zoo Tycoon 2 reflective by changing water detail to "very high". Trees, food and all of the 2D objects in the original game have been updated to be 3D.
Animals
Endangered Species contains 20 brand new animals from various countries and habitats. The expansion focuses on endangered animals like the orangutan and giant sable antelope. Zoo Tycoon 2's first expansion, Endangered Species updates most of the animal behaviors; basic herding behaviors were added (more advanced herding and pack behavior came out in African Adventure) and animals can no longer breed with their siblings and parents. Animal models and skins are also more realistic than the animals from the original game.
| Animal | Biome | Conservation status | Star rating required |
|---|---|---|---|
| African wild dog | Savannah | Endangered | 3.5 |
| American bison | Grassland | Lower risk | 0.5 |
| Baird's tapir | Tropical rainforest | Endangered | 1.5 |
| Caribou | Tundra | Vulnerable | 0.5 |
| Crested gibbon | Tropical rainforest | Endangered | 4 |
| Fennec fox | Desert | Lower risk | 2 |
| Florida panther | Wetlands | Critical | 5 |
| Galapagos giant tortoise | Scrub | Endangered | 1.5 |
| Giant sable antelope | Savannah | Critical | 2 |
| Gray wolf | Boreal forest | Lower risk | 2.5 |
| Javan rhinoceros | Tropical rainforest | Critical | 3.5 |
| Koala | Temperate forest | Lower risk | 2.5 |
| Komodo dragon | Scrub | Vulnerable | 2 |
| Markhor | Alpine | Endangered | 2 |
| Orangutan | Tropical rainforest | Endangered | 4.5 |
| Przewalski's horse | Grassland | Endangered | 3 |
| Scimitar-horned oryx | Desert | Critical | 1 |
| Spanish lynx | Temperate forest | Critical | 3.5 |
| Spectacled bear | Temperate forest | Vulnerable | 4 |
| Wolverine | Boreal forest | Vulnerable | 3 |
Ambient animals
These animals run or fly around freely in the zoo environment.
| Animal | Biome 1 | Biome 2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| American bullfrog | Wetlands | A larger, selectable version titled "giant bullfrog" is available in Extinct Animals. | |
| American crow | Scrub | Temperate forest | |
| Arctic tern | Tundra | ||
| Kookaburra | Scrub | Temperate forest | |
| Toco toucan | Tropical rainforest |
See also
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