Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure

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Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure

Developer(s) Blue Fang Games
Publisher(s) Microsoft Game Studios
Series Zoo Tycoon
Engine Gamebryo
Version 2.2
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date May 2006
Genre(s) 3D Simulation
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: E10+
OFLC: PG
Media CD-ROM
Input methods Keyboard, mouse

Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure is the second expansion pack for the video game Zoo Tycoon 2. African Adventure, as the name suggests, is Africa-themed. Developed by Blue Fang Games, work for the game began in early 2005 for a May 2006 release.

This expansion introduces 20 new animals, such as the meerkat and the pygmy hippo, and allows simple breeding between subspecies (the masai and reticulated giraffe). It also adds several maps based on African locations, such as the Sahara desert, Mount Kilimanjaro, the drakensberg, and the serengeti. Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure also introduces the Jeep Liberty, as well as including other Jeep vehicles from the previous expansion, Endangered Species. Another new feature is more realistic herding and predator/prey behaviors. African Adventure is the first expansion to include live food.

Contents

[edit] Animals

Animal Biome Region Star rating Conservation status
Aardvark Scrub Southern Africa 2.5 Lower Risk
African buffalo Wetlands Africa 0.5 Lower Risk
African spurred tortoise Desert North Africa 1 Vulnerable
Barbary ape Temperate Forest North Africa 2.5 Vulnerable
Bongo Tropical Rainforest Central Africa 0.5 Lower Risk
Caracal Scrub Southern Africa 4.5 Lower Risk
Ethiopian wolf Alpine Ethiopia 5 Critically Endangered
Gelada Baboon Alpine Africa 3.5 Lower Risk
Gerenuk Scrub Southern Africa 2 Vulnerable
Mandrill Tropical Rainforest Central Africa 4.5 Endangered
Masai giraffe Savannah Africa 1 Lower Risk
Meerkat Desert Southern Africa 3.5 Lower Risk
Nile monitor Wetlands Central Africa 1.5 Lower Risk
Pygmy hippo Tropical Rainforest Africa 4 Critically Endangered
Ratel Grassland Africa 2 Lower Risk
Secretary bird Grassland Southern Africa 3 Lower Risk
Striped hyena Desert North Africa 4 Lower Risk
Warthog Savannah Africa 3 Lower Risk
White rhinoceros Scrub Southern Africa 2.5 Lower Risk
Wildebeest Savannah Africa 1.5 Lower Risk

[edit] Reception

African Adventure did not do as well as its predescessors and future expansions, namely because, despite including more content and features, did not have any new gameplay features, like the Jeep and sky tram tours of Endangered Species and the marine element of Marine Mania.

X-Play rated African Adventure 2 stars out of 5.

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