There's nothing like a lion scorned, or starved for that matter. Not only do you have to pay attention to regular stuff such as feeding your guests, keeping them happy, extorting as much money from them as you can, and keeping the park clean and running smoothly, but you'll also have all of your animals to take care of and keep happy. There is a little more you're going to have to pay attention to here, however. See, borrowing conventions from RCT isn't a bad thing at all as most people will know by now, the interface is pretty well suited for the task, and in certain aspects, even a little easier this time around because you don't have to make pieces of track fit together, just enclosure walls. There are a lot of similarities in terms of gameplay mechanics and interface design that it was no problem at all getting through the short tutorials on animal care and park building before I was out and into some of the scenarios in no time at all. The development team spent a lot of time playing RCT. On loading up the game, I became very aware of one particular fact. Being from San Diego, I've had plenty of experience with the wonderful zoo they had there and had no doubt with that under my belt that I would be able to create a beautiful and highly successful zoo in no time. Being a big fan of tycoon games such as this, that is ones where you get to design your park from the ground up, I was naturally pretty excited to get in and start locking animals away behind bars for their own good, and the good of the species. We actually just received a playable copy of the game from Microsoft and figured you'd all love to hear how what could possibly be the next big thing in tycoon games is coming along. So it's back to the park we go, only this time to let your little simulated people roam the paths of your own animal sanctuaries to learn and love the animals that you have "adopted." Zoo Tycoon hopes to poke at people's attention by letting them design and run a zoo (something most people consider fun, unlike Airport Tycoon, or Laundromat Tycoon), including all of the responsibilities therein. In an attempt to emulate, but still move in a slightly different direction from the RCT games, Microsoft and developer Blue Fang have partnered up to bring us all the joy of going to the zoo, with what else but. But for the most part, these games have failed to achieve the unbridled success of the theme park games. Pizza Tycoon, Business Tycoon, Political Tycoon, Airport Tycoon, Child Slave Labor Tycoon.
The onslaught was on, and all of a sudden there were so many tycoon games that we didn't even know what to do with them. With its success came some other tycoon games. That game has nestled itself in the top ten best selling games for a long, long time. A perfect example of this is, of course, Roller Coaster Tycoon. Especially those that deal with things that they already like. There is one thing that has become pretty clear on store shelves over the last couple of years: people like tycoon games.
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