

It’s a pleasant introduction to the game, with fully voice characters adding some personality to what easily could become a monotonous tutorial. In here are some tutorial missions to get through before it begins to open up to more scenario-based challenges through the game’s take on a sort of story, each with a bronze, silver and gold star rating to achieve based on hitting specific criteria. There is a lot to learn in Planet Zoo, so anyone who cares for the animals and wants them to live happy lives will want to jump straight into the career mode. Planet Zoo takes the creative freedom of Planet Coaster and mashes it with what was initially designed in Jurassic World Evolution to bring a wonderful zoo management simulation that does more than just have people playing to build the best zoo in the world.

This is helped by the success of the developer’s return to theme park management with Planet Coaster, a spiritual sequel to the beloved RollerCoaster Tycoon. It has been six years since Frontier Developments last allowed people to create their own zoos with Zoo Tycoon on Xbox One – many developers do not seem to attempt a business simulation game set with the theme of zoos, so seeing Frontier Developments make the Planet Zoo announcement has been met with a positive reaction.
