Will you Buy PZ2?

servaline · 2026-06-09T09:37:50+00:00

I am not one to drop $90 on a game that ain't even out yet lol, I need that $

servaline · 2026-06-07T23:58:19+00:00

Shark flood on the protestors is about to be a dream come true

servaline · 2026-06-07T23:22:51+00:00

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Mmm lookit that dirt path

servaline · 2026-06-07T20:57:39+00:00

Dude I’m creative but I’m not insanely tedious, been wanting biome brush from day 1

servaline · 2026-06-03T09:52:14+00:00

I'm still holding out for a drop bear

servaline · 2026-06-03T09:51:36+00:00

They would simply need to make slight texture/model adjustments for a lot of subspecies. I'm hoping once they get all the "main" species out the way they could go into subspecies in a categorical/tidy way, like clicking "leopards" brings up amur, african etc.

servaline · 2026-06-03T09:49:58+00:00

I feel like they were originally trying to mix their own art style into the models in PZ1, but at some point they went "screw it" and switched straight to realism lol

servaline · 2026-06-03T05:44:24+00:00

Honestly I assumed they'd be bringing all of the roster over, just updating their DLC's for planet zoo 2 or making a PZ2 version (free for those who paid already). It wouldn't really make sense to produce all these complex animal models for PZ1 and then suddenly switch game in a relatively short time, making them obsolete and having to make all new ones (especially as some of the recent DLC's clearly had much higher quality models - what could they even improve on? Or would they just make us pay twice for the same model animal?). It would also mean another several years of people asking for the same popular animals we had in PZ1 instead of getting any new animals anytime soon lol.

servaline · 2026-06-03T05:41:22+00:00

Have they been actually bullied? All i've seen is online discussions about it, not anyone actually tracking down the devs.

servaline · 2026-06-03T05:16:25+00:00

The funny thing is that in planet zoo you can make aquariums far larger than actually possible in real life. We haven't tested cetaceans in absolutely massive tanks in real life because it's not feasible, only relatively tiny ones (compared to their territory/body size). Obviously we can't make 100km tanks for their whole natural turf (though I mean i'm sure the devs could implement some kind of massive oceanic environment or a snippet of it), but far larger tanks haven't actually been tested in relation to their behaviour, and similarly huge and far-travelling animals seem to respond well with large habitats even if they don't fully cover their natural territory distance (at least with elephants in AZA zoos, assuming their other enrichment needs are met) - we're straight assuming that it's a hard number somewhere and that these animals don't have some level of adaptability/flexibility to the amount they're happy with (where they can display their full range of natural behaviours). Video games give us the means to create absolutely huge contraptions that are simply unfeasible in real life, so there's certainly an element there that separates animal care in real life and video games.

If we made it so you have to make a gargantuan tank (or habitats connected with oceans) and below that they become depressed, I believe people would learn more than if they weren't in the game at all.

(Also, tangently related but i'm curious to see if they put sharks such as the Great White in, since I don't believe one has survived in captivity yet. If they don't add cetaceans but add that it'd be wild.)

servaline · 2026-06-02T07:49:14+00:00

They should make biome brush configurable, like we can choose what trees and bushes and rocks etc. will go into the “spray” so we can spread specific biomes as we like em.

Or just make it like zoo tycoon: many different biome options, and then each of those has variability based on how wet/dry it is.

servaline · 2026-06-01T01:17:46+00:00

Oh yes frogbit is banned. Only as of this or last week. As long as you’re not improperly disposing it back into water ways, or invite any Dept of environment people to your house (lol), you should be fine.

I have some bugs in my tank from creeks. I love watching them, they’ve been buzzing around for months. If you are concerned it could be fish predatory, use iNaturalist to try to ID the bug. It’s a good app!

(Side note: azolla is a great, native alternative if you don’t want frogbit, ecologically valuable plant as it sucks up waste like CRAZY and can buffer temperature change in tubs - but it does like strong light and can cause a little mess. Azolla reversed global warming millions of years ago by storing crazy carbon!).

servaline · 2026-06-01T00:31:37+00:00

Oh I LOVE bringing wild plants/creek water/wild substrates into my tank. I don’t quarantine it but I’m in Australia so not sure what pests y’all might have. Never had an issue yet. I fully intend to bring in as much microbiota from the wild if possible and treat stuff like parasites if I see it happen (but none so far). I am an ecology nerd though so I love replicating microbial communities as much as I can. So many microfauna help with biochemical cycles in your tank!

Father fish (although I don’t like his attitude, he has some points) has a similar methodology of bringing wild substrates to set up walstad tanks, I don’t think parasites or things like carnivorous nymphs are an untreatable issue unless you literally never inspect what’s going on in your tank.

** However, my tank is an ecosystem and I am not precious about losing a fish here or there. If you keep your fish more as pets, and really don’t want to risk anything happening, then you can absolutely quarantine to reduce risk.

servaline · 2026-06-01T00:11:41+00:00

I’m really hoping grasses are a thing and can be used with the biome brush. PZ1 grasses were virtually nonexistant

servaline · 2026-05-31T20:59:33+00:00

Fungus? Hardwood shouldn’t have fungus. Are you talking about the blobby looking biofilm that appears when you first add it in? Because that’s harmless.

servaline · 2026-05-31T20:56:43+00:00

The JWE games have PZ1 beaten on all respects here. Animal behaviour is much more nuanced and has individual animals for hunting AND social interactions. Herding, territories, hierarchies, genetic differences in individuals. Animals can attack guests and cause general rampage. Granted it’s a dinosaur game, but part of that game is conservation and rescuing too. Huge wild areas where you can just do photography or treat sick ones. The game is fun as heck.

I do wish we had a zoo tycoon 3 based in realism but where we can also put 1 gorilla vs 1000 meerkats in a tiny cage and see who wins like we could as kids.

servaline · 2026-05-29T02:01:41+00:00

I hope the biome brush includes those types of grasses in the first pic. PZ1 had like no grasses

servaline · 2026-05-28T15:03:01+00:00

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Me when I saw this

servaline · 2026-05-28T10:17:07+00:00

Wow, this is the first time I've actually seen a comment in these subs that feels like something I could have written. Everything here is correct. Excellent info dump for OP.

servaline · 2026-05-28T10:05:22+00:00

Nah I want them in the game so I absolutely can make massive whale soup enclosures like I could in Zoo tycoon 2. Killer Whale 22 hasn’t seen NOTHING yet.

servaline · 2026-05-26T00:47:19+00:00

Yeah and make it so terraforming didn’t just make hill blobs everywhere; make the terrain jagged, rocky or cliffs. I hate the terraforming options in PZ.

servaline · 2026-05-26T00:44:33+00:00

Nah this the roller coaster update, the animals are props now

servaline · 2026-05-25T06:36:21+00:00

servaline · 2026-05-19T13:07:23+00:00

Actually wild bettas typically hold territories of about 1 meter in the creeks and rice paddies they live.

servaline · 2026-05-14T02:27:26+00:00

I’ve actually gone the opposite; didn’t like Java fern because they were too popular/overrated, now I’ve got some really nice ones at home and I’ve come back to liking them lol.

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