Zoo Tycoon
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Critic Reviews for Zoo Tycoon
There's huge satisfaction to be had from building your zoo, observing the animals and watching all the graphs go up. It's just a shame that over time, as the novelties wear off, the lack of depth makes it hard to keep coming back. But who knows? Perhaps a future update will introduce monkey butlers.
Zoo Tycoon is a great casual game with plenty of enjoyable animal moments, but the experience is marred by an over-emphasis on simplicity and a terrible menu interface.
Building exhibits and interacting with animals in Zoo Tycoon isn't much fun when you're fighting with this menu system.
Zoos are special and Zoo Tycoon captures that nicely. The sometimes disappointing limitations and even the dreadful menus don't take away enough from the overall package to prevent it from earning a recommendation, particularly for animal lovers and families.
Building your zoo offers fun moments, but doesn't have any depth or reasons to try different approaches
Zoo Tycoon's animals are adorable, but a clunky interface prevents this management sim from reaching its potential.
Zoo Tycoon may be one of the lesser known Xbox One titles, but it's not one of the lesser quality ones. With four modes, a deep interface and multiple activities, it's clear that a lot of effort went into its development.
