
It obvious the development team took a leaf from Jurassic World Evolution’s book, which is only a good thing, as kicking back and building a park from your sofa is as precise as you’d probably have hoped. The button mappings to navigate menus, build roller coasters, and move around in 3D space (sometimes all at the same time) is nothing short of sublime.Īs much as they are a little finicky to get your head around and master, once you’ve got the basics under control (definitely play the tutorial level - that I’ll get to), you’ll be breezing about your park, building attractions and placing flamboyant toilet buildings like a pro.
#PLANET ZOO PS4 REVIEW FULL#
The game is a spiritual successor to Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon 2, with gameplay similar to the studio's theme park game, Planet Coaster. Planet Zoo is a beautiful achievement that seamlessly blends education and environmental consciousness with a colossal management sim full of possibilities.

However, Frontier have done what many might see as impossible: have every ounce of control available in the original Planet Coaster easily accessible with a controller. Planet Zoo is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments for Microsoft Windows. Transitioning between around 100 individual keys to something with only a handful of buttons at its disposal was no easy feat.
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Planet Zoo Steam charts, data, update history It was announced at the launch of Eternal, and was free (on. Ups 6 - The Controls Are Excellent Frontier Developments News, guides, leaderboards, reviews and more. Planet Zoo is simply wonderful a bright and breezy park builder that gushes with enthusiasm for its charges. With 500+ hours in the original PC release of Planet Coaster, who better than to put their muscle memory to the test with a whole new Planet Coaster experience? Please keep arms and legs inside the car at all times, and hold on tight.

It must have been no easy feat to translate such a complex PC title to console, but Frontier have struck gold with the Planet franchise once again.

Come 2020, the means of creating your very own theme park has made its way to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S via Planet Coaster: Console Edition, a marvellous port of the original PC title, ready and waiting to be tackled with a controller. However, there are aspects I prefer from its. Spoiler alert, I absolutely love the game. Four years later, Planet Coaster has continued to be a much loved park sim, with its own sister title Planet Zoo releasing late last year. Before you read my Planet Zoo review, yes, the game is worth the hype.
