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Customer Reviews of Zoo Tycoon Expansion Pack: Dinosaur Digs

This is just about the ultimate sim game from a number of points of view. First, like SimThemePark and RollerCoaster Tycoon, you've got the whole "please-your-people" aspect. You want them to have pretty paths to walk on, easy access to food, drink and restrooms, rides and attractions to see. Your visitors love looking at animals, and the happier the animals are, the more the people enjoy their experience.

But in Zoo Tycoon, instead of "boring" rides that you merely maintain, you now have incredibly animated animals! Put in a pair of lions, and you'll find them running around with glee, chasing each other, and lounging on rocks you give them. If you don't give them an environment they enjoy (say arctic tundra with cactusses) they'll pout and growl instead. If they're content, they might even have lion cubs, that you can watch grow over time!

The game is great for kids, adults, and everybody in between. I have friends with 3 computers in their house and all 3 are running this at the same time, as each little zoo is being worked on. You can have lions, tigers and bears ... flamingos and ostriches ... black leopards and rhinos, elephants and giraffes. You can research the ability to work with endangered animals, build aviaries and other special buildings.

The scenarios are great. You take over badly-run zoos, and cringe when you see the concrete-and-steel tiny homes these poor animals had! The pleasure you get when the once-miserable animal runs around its new home, happy and content, is very real. Their free-form games mean that you can build yourself your ideal zoo, too, on any number of map-styles.

Highly, highly recommended as a game that will be enjoyed for months and months!

A Very Good Game
Introduction:
Zoo Tycoon (Original) is the best out of all of these. Marine Mania... is cool. Dinosaur Digs SUCKS. I think it takes the realisticness out of the game. Not only that... It costs A LOT of money and just makes you go into the red. Overall, though, it's a good game because you don't have to put the dinosaur stuff in do you?

Gameplay 8/10
It's simple to build exhibits... and fun. It's easy to find out how your animals are doing. Everything is easy and doesn't take much effort. Like hiring Staff Members or telling them what to do. It's also cool to watch the marine shows. One flaw is the crowds. I needed more bathrooms so I installed them. The people continued to use the other ones. Then they get mad when they can't use the bathroom and leave. The A.I. of the crowds would have to be uhhh 0.

Graphics 7/10
Everything looks realistic. I wish I could zoom in just one more time to get closer to the animals. But still, things are good. Its not great, but good.

Sound 9/10
You can hear all of the animals and the people talking. Seems like you're at the zoo instead of looking over it. Great job herm just not perfect.

Play Time 8/10
I've spent hours on this game. If you do it right it can be a lot of fun for hours and hours.

Replayability 8/10
I play this game alot. It's certainly something you can play over and over.

Overall 8/10
A very great game. The one or two flaws is overpowered by the other great stuff in this game.

Final Recommendation
Buy this game. It's great. If you're not sure... borrow it. Sometimes people don't like these kinds of games.