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Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania Expansion
Availability:
4-5 days
Price:
$43.95*
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| Part No: | B000H11F9C |
| Manufacturer: | Microsoft |
| MFG Part: | C3E-00032 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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| Splish-splashy fun! | 2010-07-07 | 5 / 5 |
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Marine Mania was--in my humble opinion--the best xpack in the original Zoo Tycoon series. It holds the same position for me in the second run of the hit game--only because it cannot go higher.
In the orginal Marine Mania, marine animals were added to your already impressive arsenal of critters (such as whales, dolphins, sea otters...). Most of these creatures live in tanks, so you were given tank walls instead of fences for enclosures, or you could split them to make a hybrid tank. Some of the animals could also perform in shows, which you could set up to awe your guests--or lull them into sleep.
Sounds like it couldn't get any better, huh? Well, it did. Everything in the original Marine Mania is here in the second version--plus a few other things. In this version, you can actually dive into the tanks with the animals (The catch is you don't have to breathe--since it's an E-10 game, i can see where Microsoft was going with that) and even swim with a select few of them. You can actually train your future stars yourself, or hire a trainer (a trainer takes longer to train the animals--but it gets boring really quick if you do it yourself. your choice). It's cool that you can actually sit and watch your show--if you can stand it. It is nearly impossible to create a show that your guests actually like (the closest i've gotten is 'that show was OK'. not exactly perfect, huh?)
Nevertheless, this is still a fantastic expansion pack, and I think that the good balances out the bad pretty well. It may not be perfect, but is better than the original. Play it and I think you will agree. |
| A splashing good time. | 2010-04-10 | 4 / 5 |
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Oh how I love this. The creation of tanks is simple and fun. In the first your tanks could only be a square or a rectangle, now you can use your imagination and make any kind of tank you wish! True that it takes some fair amount of MegaBytes, but thats from the detail of the water (which you can adjust.) I love the training mini-game. I don't see why people complain about it, you play for hours and hours, but you won't take fifteen to twenty minutes to train an animal...how do you say 'lazey?'
There is a nice addition where you can ride with your animals, but not all such as the Great White Shark. The water filters are more realistic, you have to clean them from time to time and it depends on the animal. A Sea Turtle needs the filter set on 'Constant' while the Sharks might need it on 'Rarely.' You can now watch your own shows from the stands, OR on stage! The shows take time but if you've trained your animal(s) right the more famous the show, it works like the Zoo rating, up to five stars. You can also read comments by other guests. For example if one says:
"The show was fairly amusing."
This could mean many things;
A.) Make sure the show is long enough.
B.) Make sure your animal(s) at least have a 3 of 5 trick learning ability.
C.) Make sure your tank wall is adjusted so people can see.
D.) Make sure there a plent of tricks the animal(s) can preform.
Overall, experianced and new Zookeepers will enjoy mixing their Grassland or City Zoo with Marine animals. |
| TWEEN IS TICKLED PINK!!! | 2010-01-12 | 5 / 5 |
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My twelve year old daughter is a HUGE fan of Zoo Tycoon and has been making me 100% insane, asking we drive all over Atlanta to find this game. All other resources exhausted I turned to the ever faithful . The game was delivered well before Christmas and delighted her beyond words Christmas morning. This entire line of games (along with SIMS) has given her hundreds upon hundreds of fun electronic time.
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| great game | 2009-10-18 | 5 / 5 |
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| This is one of my all time favorite games. Very fun. Kids enjoy playing also. Just wish there was more senerios. nice graphics |
| really fun game | 2009-05-25 | 5 / 5 |
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| this game is great i looooove it the graphics are great just like zoo tycoon 2, endangered species, and african adventure!!! i love this one because if you get the expansion for the zookeeper collection there sooo many campaighn games and the challenge games have a lot of cool stuff. all the marine animals are so cool but the reason that its rated 10+ is because the animals can die somtime they die because their sick or somtimes thev'e been attaked or somtimes old age, i pesonaly think thats really cool (not that they die) but thats exzatly what the cycle of life is!! you can train your marine animals like the dolphin or orca to do tricks and then enter them in shows and you try to make your shows 5*s its sooo fun you can also unlock stuff in campaighn games so you can upgrade your show platform well anyway this game is great i no kids will loooooove it and i've met adult who love it tooo!!!!!!!!! |
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