Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure Expansion Pack

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Interactive edutainment - Players will learn all about valuable species and incorporate knowledge to improve their zookeeping skills
• Exclusive Zoopedia, powered by Encarta, includes interesting facts about the African species, allowing gamers to uncover each animal's specific dietary and habitat needs
• More realistic predator/prey and pack behaviors add to the challenges
• How players design and build their zoos determines the type of animations their animals perform
• Come face-to-face with animals while caring, feeding and improving their happiness in Zookeeper mode

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000ETRTXI
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 16, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,618 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure is an expansion pack to the hugely popular, award-winning Zoo Tycoon 2. Turn your dream zoo into an exotic African adventure. Bring the wilds of Africa to life with the new desert theme pack, and build your exhibits on maps based on legendary African locations. It features 20 of the African continent's most exciting species -- from the adorable and mischievous meerkat to the elusive white rhinoceros. The Habitat Builder allows players to build moats, waterfalls and more. The Biome Brush provides the final touches on a new exhibit, painting landscapes instantly to create natural deserts, rain forests, and savannah. Walk around with guests and enjoy the zoo via Zoo Guest mode Step into their dream zoo via the all-new Zootopia - Enhanced functionality and 3D graphics let you experience it all first-hand

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars African Adventure: Is It Worth The Money?, July 6, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

Though I always enjoy Zoo Tycoon 2, African Adventure is often more expensive than its worth. Its Expansion Pack Companion, Endangered Species, is of much better value.
African Adventure adds these animals: Aardvark, African Buffalo, African Spurred Tortoise, Barbary Ape, Bong, Caracal, Ethiopian Wolf, Gelada, Gerenuk(very cute!), Mandrill, Masai Giraffe, Meerkat, Nile Moniter, Pygmy Hippo, Ratel,Secretary Bird, Striped Hyena, Warthog, White Rhino, and the Wildebeest.
There are a few other features, including 'new' themes, campaigns, challenges, and Maps.
Though I enjoyed this game, I would definitly recommend Endangered Species vs. African Adventure

50 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars That's it...?, June 3, 2006

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Diane (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

I loved Zoo Tycoon (and all the expansions) - so when Zoo Tycoon 2 came out, I bought it right away. There are three ways you can play ZT2 - one is in campaign mode, where the player is given certain objectives to meet and once met, that game is won. The second is in challenge mode, where the player chooses a map and how much money he/she wants and then just builds a zoo; along the way players are given challenges and if successful, they get incentives (mostly cash). In challenge mode, there is no "winning" - you can play on and on indefinitely. Finally, there is free-form mode where the player picks a map & how much cash to start with and then just builds a zoo; there are no challenges or objectives.

I like playing in campaign mode the best. I like completing objectives and I like to complete one game and move to the next...

The first expansion to ZT2, "Endangered Species", added a lot of new content to the game, including nine new scenarios (campaigns), zoo "tours" (including Jeeps & a sky tram), new objects and new animals. Many of the new campaigns were challenging and I had start over a couple times before beating them. They were a lot of fun.

This expansion... well... it added only three new scenarios and they were very, very easy. In fact, I completed all three in only a few hours of gameplay. "African Adventure" basically only adds new animals and new desert-themed objects, and even those aren't really "new" - they're just existing objects (like a drink stand) that now have the desert-"look" to them.

All in all, the game is still fun, but this expansion is a let-down. Only three new campaigns that will only take you a few hours to beat, a handful of new animals, and the desert-themed buildings & objects. If you enjoy playing in challenge mode or free-form mode, you should get some enjoyment out of the new aniamls. Personally, I was really hoping for more...

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good game for animal lovers!!, August 28, 2006

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C. Brown (NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

I would recomend this game for kids in fourth grade or up and I only am saying this because there is mating were you see the male and female lay down close to each other and then it tells you that they are mating and the female then becomes pregnant. If you don't mind explaining to kids about what is going on than the game could be for any age. But it has amazing graphics and you get to see mom dad and siblings grow up. There are tough tasks that you need to perform in order to get themed items or breeding center. But you can also play in the freeform mode. This means you have unlimited money and you have every kind of animal and all food/drink/entertainment for your guests. It is a lot easier to obtain a 5 star zoo when you play in this mode. All in all a great game for animal lovers!!!!