Nice way of putting it all. I started mostly playing a year ago and slowly built up DLC starting with aquatic and then working up to more of the ones I wanted during sales. And here I am now with all DLC and doesn't feel like a chore to have bought when instead of getting a coffee or 2 I get some cute animals in game. But DLC 100% not needed unless favourite animals locked behind

I have gotten every single DLC this game has released. I do it for the animals. There’s a ton of animals that could be in this game and I can tell you that each of them has had an animal that I could use. Yes, some are much better than others but at least you’d have more animals to use in a game that literally has the word “ZOO” in its name

Your channel is just waiting to pop off I swear it....

Personal preference for specific animals as you've discussed. If you live in New Zealand, you'd likely buy the oceania pack, if you live in Europe, you'd likely be keen on the European DLC. I have every DLC. It's glorious.

i had the base game up until recently when there was a sale on the DLCs i snagged a few of them and now im actually sitting down and TRYING to build pretty exhibits that also fit the needs of the animals, its difficult and rage inducing. I love it. LOL

Really good video. Like the flamingo habitat. I strugle in the past with stress and designe. I think you are right, but personally i think the base game had a little bit strange focus. Africa was fine, still important animals like pinguin, meerkats and dromedas was missing. But india could have been easy a DLC. Good that it was in the basegame 8maybe because of the campain), but the colourful peaces are really different from the rest of the basegame. Also strange to have two elephants (out of two), three bears but other animals was missing.

I have been playing since the game came out, and I have bought the dlcs because there is always an animal that I like in them, like the example of the Jaguar, but it is true that they are not 100% necessary to play, it is a very complete game. Great video

And for my fellow pirates out there, Koalageddon is a on brand, yet non moral way to get your favorite DLCS. Only work in Sandbox and Challenge, though.

The only pack I didn’t buy are the European and Asian pack But indeed every pack has 1 species that really stands out for me it was the polar bear that I bought the pack or the anteater for the South American pack

the south america dlc is my favorit dlc... for the exact same reason - giant anteater! (My Favorit animals of all time)

Personally, I'm just waiting for all the DLCs to come out. Once they're all finished but the game will still keep going, I'll buy the deluxe edition and all the DLCs. Plus, maybe download some mods too.

A fun thing about flamingo exhibits! Most of the time, their shack isn’t all that big, maybe half the size shown in the video and usually floored with grasses. I just wish they had gulls or spoonbills to put with flamingos as they get along really well with those birds

european and south american rosters in the base game are pretty crap but mods make it better

Well howdy there. I've seen a few of your videos and I like the way you make them; the editing is fantastic. Hopefully one day I'll be justy as good. I just wanna say that I completely agree. PZ DLC, while amazing, is totally not needed for 99.9% of the gameplay (although the underwater plant feeder and the walkthrough exhibits [WEs] are practically useless without DLC😢) Well anyways, I haven't really played it without the DLC, but I'd say thay the Base Game alone is probably a 7/10, while DLC elevate it to a 9/10, only for the content that it adds and how they vary the roster. But, yeah, $160 seems very steep for a new player ($45 dollars seemed steep for me when I bought it almost 3 years ago😅)

Well they definitely help

The one i really want is the Twilight pack because i want to make a bat cave! I'm holding out tho cos i'm still fairly new to the game so there are a lot of animals i haven't played with yet

"Do you really need DLC to enjoy the game?" Modders: "allow us to introduce ourselves "

the funny thing is is that i bought most of the dlc the day i bought the game because i know frontier almost never dissapoints with dlc for thier games

So far ive bought the ones that have alot of animals or have unique ones, i have the aquatic, south America, Australia, artic, southeast asia, twighlight, endangered, and the maned wolf one, i dont see the point in most of the small ones like the latest one which is oceania that has a reskin of a penguin and another bat

Yeah this video is actually amazing

I only buy the DLCs that I really like

as a jwe2 player i didnt even know how planet zoo could need freebuild lol

All day I face the barren wastes, Without the taste of DLC, Cool, clear, DLC.

I never considered mods! Thank you for saving me a few (much needed) bucks ❤😂

I hadn't planned on ever getting the dlc when I was gifted the game, but I saw that the grasslands pack had maned wolves and it was all over (for my bank account) now I have most of them and plan to get the rest come next sale

I have question: are capybaras dlc or base game?

Can you show how to Get Moss from steam workshop?

Alternative is to buy on CD keys for cheap

the thing is, these dlc practices are layed out to trigger the FOBO of people. this is something very real and something these companies do very consciously. of course you dont need all the dlc and you can have fun with the base game. but a lot of people will have FOBO and with time they will just not have fun with the game anymore because of that. id rather have no dlc and have the stuff in the game from the beginning or big expansion packs like back in the days rather than 20 dlc's which would cost me around 200 dollars full price...

But if you really think about it, no DLC means no cultural or continental representation, and you can't build a proper Lion King zoo without animals like the blue wildebeest, black rhino, and meerkat, among others and DLCs like the aquatic pack really bring life towards the game.

I want ferrets :( I’ve been a real ferret owner for 14 years, any way I can get any mustelids?

She's saying that you basically don't need the DLCs (I actually agree), and yet the comment section is filled with nothing but people telling us that they bought all the DLCs. The irony... I don't like zoos anymore. I've seen way too many animals in zoos that clearly showed signs of not being very happy, especially the lack of space for the animals was often shocking. Yeah, that "playground" for a few rhinos might seem big to you, but it's a joke to what they're used to in real life. Some species can handle smaller spaces and still feel good, but other animals get totally depressed. No, I don't want to be reminded of all all those zoos while playing this game, that's why I would never buy it. Don't get me wrong, zoos something are needed to educate people, or to protect species from extinction, and that's great, but some of those animals really don't belong there.... period! And one last comment; I don't by the bull.shit that zoos help people to be aware of what nature has to offer to us, and that it helps us to get more support to protect that same nature. I'm not seeing that, it only gets worse, every year many species go extinct, and do the zoo visitors care? Nope, the huge majority just move on with their life.

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