

Nex, being the sort who apparently refers to himself in the third person, immediately assumed the title would allow gamers to manipulate the corpses of long-dead beasts (and, with any luck, unicorns). Say you lived in an apartment where adorable pups and kittens and strictly verboten the easiest solution is, of course, murder, but for those of you who don’t fancy stabbin’, picking up Zoo Tycoon and raising a virtual posse of dolphins, egrets and baby moosesesseses is a viable alternative.Įarlier today, Microsoft dropped a press release revealing an upcoming expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon 2 entitled Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals.

This isn't going to change the world, nor is it going to win any new gamers, but it's worth a go if you've got a copy of the game to hand, especially considering the bargain price of the Zoo Keeper Collection at the moment.Microsoft’s Zoo Tycoon series has long been a one-stop shop for all of your animal rearing needs. Ultimately, Zoo Tycoon 2 has its audience, and this expansion builds upon the structure in place. This adds another level of depth to Zoo Tycoon 2, and it's a laugh playing House MD with your animals, even if it's easy. Players also have to deal with disease, hunting down the source of the illness by analysing food, objects and trees in the animals' enclosures.

The dinos need to be controlled by either your new ability to tranquillise them, or if it becomes a serious, your local dinosaur capture team. The caveat is that these animals are not the easy to deal with -notably the angry dinosaurs which occasionally become enraged, turning your zoo to rubble and eating passers-by. There are certainties in life the sky is blue, QPR are never going back to the Premiership, and there will always be more Zoo Tycoon.Įxtinct Animals does what it says on the tin, bringing long-since dead animals back to life by manipulating fossils, and challenging you to shoehorn in said fauna into your budding zoo.
