Customer Reviews

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

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

 

 

This is an amazing game in which the player gets to create their own ecosystem. They must learn to balance life (for example, make sure there are enough zebras for the lions to eat but also enough so they can breed and increase herd size) while making sure each animal's requirements for food and water are met. Wildlife Tycoon is a great simulation game and will keep anybody who loves animals interested and excited while also making them think. This game is a must buy for any animal lover!

"The following review is by Isabella (6 yrs) one of the younger members of dream factory compound:
"the game is a good game i like it a lot it has afrcan animals like lions and zebras and willdabeasts and elephants and many more. You drive them around by clicking your animal. place food and water to make your animals nice and cozy."

Parental comment: Maybe not her favorite. The purpose being to organize african animal care; feeding, watering, walking. I would recommend the 'Zoo Tycoon' over this. Tycoon has better interactive interface and activities.

I finally bought this because we used up the trial and hadn't had close to enough fun!

Wouldn't work on two different systems with Pentium 4 2.8 GHz processors and 2GB DDR Ram, worked for about 30 minutes each time before completely freezing up on a system with a Core2Duo Pentium 3.0 GHz and 3GB DDR3 RAM. No help on the website of the manufacturer. It would be nice if the manufacturer (Pocketwatch Games) would put the specs for the system needed to run this game on their website. Until then, I would only get this system if you're a well-trained IT professional who can diagnose and fix complex software problems. I can't.

I am the primary consumer for my family, meaning that I buy the games for my kids. Since I'm concerned about content, I usually stick to "Tycoon" or other family friendly games. I thought this would be a good game, based on the first review, so I purchased it. Sadly, I was disappointed (and so were my kids).

I'd like to make a couple points:
1) If you go to the company website, you'll notice that most people have trouble even installing and running the game. As was the case with my purchase. I personally think some sort of refund or price reduction is appropriate with this poor result, but anyhow.
2) The game is not educational. As a biologist, I was appalled by the design and content of the game. The object in most levels is to create an uber-herd of animals. No concept of carrying capacity or ecological limits! I realize this is a game, but it should at least try to be educational if it claims to be, which this one does.
3) Graphics. I'm not that into games, but when I did check it out, I did think it was a little dated and poor quality.
4) Sound. Definately poor quality. My kids had to have me adjust the speakers.

Overall - go with something from a bigger company, would be my advice. And don't believe the hype. This is not a good product.

This game is very boring, and now I see why it was so cheap. I don't see how anyone can be entertained by something so unimaginative and monotonous.

I bought this game at Target awhile ago and I still like it. There are two modes, the main mode where you unlock animals and one where you can play with all the unlocked animals. You basically start out with some flowers (your money to buy the animals) and you buy animals that get you toward your jewel goal (jewels are used to buy food and water). Then you keep playing until you pass the level. I think this is a good game worth $20.

I've owned this game for a year now and I'm still playing it nonstop! The thing I love about this game is that if you want, you can be any of the animals! All I can say is: I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!

Why is this game got heaps of bead reviews. Ignore them, this game is great. Okay, to the graphics and animations were not very good but I'm a member of the forum at the pocketwatch games company (I'm using the kid's review because my credit card expired). These are the things that I found out:

1. This game was made one person in his bedroom. He loved to create games and he loved animals. He worked very hard on this game.

2. There IS strategy. Animals have a herd limit (e.g. zebras have a family size of twelve). That means you need to place enough food for twelve zebras, which is no easy task.

3. This game is continuously being updated so all needs are met.

Think about this, and then buy the game.

This game is great fun! What you have to do is to create a a savannah ecosystem with lions, zebras, giraffes etc. It's very fun and it helps you think. You may not notice that you are thinking hard, but trust me, you'll get more out of it than any other PC game.

Okay, so it may not be quite realistic, but the person who made it was not stupid. It took them months of coding to do. I think the last review was too harsh. This is not like Zoo Tycoon or Theme Park. It has a genre of its own and had a lot of hard work and love put into it.