Customer Reviews

Sea World Simulation

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I'm Just going to hit it all..
-No undo button
-game tells you that the lines are too long (but doesn't tell which attraction so you can not solve the problem)
-no real tutorial, the learning consist of placing a couple of building.
-most of the major building can not be rotated, so you cant plan a park, its where you can fit it with the entrance.
-when looking at the menu to buy building, they are not in $ order or in intensity order, very hard to check every building to see what specifications it has.
-no loans, so u have to wait for money, very boring, but got some house cleaning done while waiting, lol
-once u buy attractions, sometimes people are upset, and say the don't like them, but u can't do anything about it because they are pre-made buildings.

In all, there is nothing to this game. It is all smacking down a building here or there and waiting, and waiting for money to roll in. If u play RCT or ZT, don't waste ur money. I have a question for activision, have u ever heard of beta testers?

I really was looking forward to this game, hoping it would be everything Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 wasn't. It's a good first effort, but the packaging is a little misleading. You don't really get to design your park, your way. You really only get to decide where, in their 3 basic park designs, that you want to put the completely pre-designed rides and buildings. No custom coasters here, and no real interaction with the animals. It's an awesome concept--mesh "Zoo Tycoon" with "Rollercoaster Tycoon". The problem is, it doesn't work well as either a coaster game or a zoo game here. Awesome concept, average-to-poor execution (I only lean toward "average" because it's a first-time-effort).

Also, like many games these days, there is no real manual included. Why *give* you a manual when they can *sell* you a strategy guide? You're not going to figure out many aspects of the game w/o playing the first few levels (which really should have been labeled "Training").

Well, it's good, but not the best. I bought this game thinking that I would be able to design the park my way. You can do this, just not to a great extent.

Pro's:

Wonderful detail (the attractions look exactly like they do in the the real Sea World)

Pretty scenery

Interesting animal sounds/info

Con's:

no rotating button (I'm used to rotators, so having none in this game really dissapointed me)

not enough attractions/scenery (even though it's beautiful, I wish there were more of them)

inablility to choose your own animals/no way to design buildings (this is probably the biggest thing that upsets me. in zoo tycoon, you can choose which animals you want in an attraction. you can also color your own buildings and create your own pens/cages for the animals)

fizzy when close up (what's the point of getting as close as you can to the screen, when you can't see anything because it's blurry?)

not enough "sandbox" levels (they should have more locations as to were you want to build your own park)

All in all, it could use some work. Great idea, great attractions, not-so-great game.

I have played many tycoon and simulation games dating back to when Sim City was new, and really the only sim game out there. I have see the rise and fall of maxis as the golden child of sim games. With tycoon being the current tycoon among simulations, a certain quality is expected. SeaWorld tycoon is defiantly one to pass up.

While I have loved many simulation games, even some of the very obscure titles, SeaWorld was just plane bad.


The ever-increasing quality in graphics has been an enjoyable treat with the entire simulation genre; it is not what makes these games fun and enjoyable. And sadly the only thing I cannot fault this game on it graphics. They were what one would expect. However the usability and ability to customize were not there. In fact the only thing I discovered in my attempts to play this game was an over whelming sense of frustration. Frustration that I had actually bought this game, Frustration over what seemed to be either poor programming or fatal bugs that rendered this game worthy of only the trash heap.

Do yourself a favor, pass this game up, instead play any old game you have. You will get a lot more enjoyment out of that, then you ever will out of this game.

I collect zoo and animal related sim. games and this is the worst! The lack of freedom is the biggest problem. You can't rotate the map (you have to spend forever trying different things to find this out, as the game comes with very minimal directions), you can't rotate some of the attractions, there are only 3 freeplay maps, all the attractions are pre constructed ( you don't need creativity for this one) and you don't have very many things to choose from. All around, it was a big disappointment. I would give it a zero if I could! The Zoo Tycoon games are way better!

I have a 5 and 7 year old who have been playing Zoo Tycoon and Roller Coaster Tycoons 1 & 2 for about a year. I have to agree with most of the other reviews here. this game is way too slow and boring for any experienced gamers. My 7 year old is very disappointed that he can't build his own coasters. We've only had the game for 2 days now, but we still haven't figured out how to add employees (can anyone tell me???) so our parks all have trash on the ground and our rides need mechanics. I'd love help with that one!!

My 5 year old, however, is ok with this game. he is too young to build his own coasters, and slapping down prefab buildings is more up his alley. So he thinks this is ok. There are only 3 different scenarios to choose from though, so I think he will quickly outgrow it. Especially since he already does ZT pretty much alone and prefers to choose the tricks that the animals perform in their shows. This game just doesn't have it.

I would reccommend Zoo Tycoon with the Marine/Dinosaur expansion for anyone thinking about this game. You get SOOOO much more for your money. If you already have ZT, don't buy this -- you will be disappointed.

(...)I've been playing RCT1 and RCT2 for a few years. I thought this game would be similar but there's many things I don't like. The graphics are blurry. The rides take a long to start and run for only a short time. The camera view doesn't rotate. (...)

I just bought this game and I don't even know how to play it, it's nothing like zoo tycoon. You can't even turn the itens around so they all face the front. you can't make a good layout that way. also you have to wait for the research to finish before you even get one animal and I don't think you can build a pen to keep them in anyways. You really can't build anything it's already made up and you just place them down. The concept is great but why didn't they make it similar to zoo tycoon but with the sea world atmosphere.

I love Tycoons. I don't even know if this game can be classified as one, since you can't plan your park from the beginning, are not given any real tools to moniter and manage your park, and no management over each individual building. People will complain about things being wrong, but most of the time you are unable to do anything about it since the buildings are pre made (meaning you can't set the prices etc for most of them).
There is no tutorial, but the game is so simplified and has such limited options one isn't really needed. There is no open play, and you are given about 10 missions - which I completed in half a day. Yes, I dragged myself through to the end with blind faith that it HAD to get better. It didn't. I can't believe any game company could publish this and expect people to pay money. If you want a GREAT game about managing zoos and seaparks, try Zoo Tycoon Collection which includes zoo tycoon and the expansions marine mania and dinosaur digs.
The only way I could see someone being satisfied by this game is if they are under the age of 13 and have never played a decent tycoon game. Compared to the others it can't even get off ground level.

This game is average but definitely not the best in tycoon style games.

For example not all the buildings are rotatable and there is only one fixed camera view. There is also a limit to how many workers you can employ and after about 5 days on the in-game clock your buildings start to break down a lot.

However it is nice to see real rides from the parks and you can, if you have the patience, make your parks large and beautiful with the scenery and foliage which is available.