Aurora Designs had so many, Hendrix is amazing but the African Leopard with all the color morphs (albino included) was my favorite, so the Radical Remake team gets mad props! OH and then Tamara's South African Leopard, the one that had the tortosieshell- King Leopard variant skin, soooo beautiful! Nothing like it anywhere in the hundreds of ZT2 library!
Been a while since I've had a look at the mods in my library, but I recall being thrilled about all of the small mammals that were modded after a certain point (e.g., genets, civets, ringtails, and so on).
I think the reason I always prefer Zoo Tycoon 2 over Planet zoo is the more simple aspect of it, I can just put down a zoo relatively quickly and not have to spend hours designing habitats or buildings and just being able to have fun and run a zoo . and for me Planet zoo is way more stressfull , IDK why it just is .
Agreed, Zoo Tycoon draws the line between "Simulation Games" and "Serious Simulation". Beyond that is just almost real-life zoo sim made for highly dedicated players with a lot of time to kill. That's why unlike in Zoo Tycoon, I only boot up Planet Zoo to take a nice walk inside other person savegames...
This! I know people say that the pathing system in Planet Zoo isn't broken, but there's so much they could do to fix it. Zoo Tycoon 2 did such a great job with making it so that you could align your paths and make the surrounding areas look amazing. It's a simple game now, but back in the day, it was well ahead of its time :)
cause PZ it's really a mess when it comes to interface and bulding mechanics yes it's really advanced but jesus it's really bad/hard to use and not user friendly hell even when you need to look at animals needs what they like(toys ecc) is really annoying in that Prehistoric kingdom is way better
The ZT2 animal selection menu actually sorts the animals by alphabetical order, but the names are the "type" of animal first and the species second, like in the zoopedia, not the way they appear in the selection menu itself. So when the secretary bird, for example, appears early in the menu, it's because it's named "Bird, Secretary" in the coding. The emperor and rockhopper penguins would appear together because they're named "Penguin, Emperor" and "Penguin, Rockhopper", etc.
This makes me want to play the game again! The aquarium aspect and modding community are what keeps PZ from “replacing” it imo, at least until (or if) PZ does aquariums.
To be honest, Zoo tycoon 2 can be the best zoo game ever (better than planet zoo even) with mods, well at least it’s my personal fav and still is. But thats just personal preference, if you want more advanced building and more complex Mechanics, than Planet zoo is the Game for you. But if you just want everything wile still want creativity, than ZT2 has probably like everything you need for a zoo game. Both games are very good zoo games in their own right
@@mundoanimal1414 even without mods, it already has such an diversity in almost every category in a simplistic way, Which is also why I love ZT2 for it’s variety but also simplicity, which I guess also makes Original modding easier than with newer games. And with mods, it can be the best thing ever. Like combining prehistoric kingdom and planet zoo together, and adding more stuff not even they can provide like aquatics, avian stuff, Etc
@@DireNemesis yeah, caving might be one of the few limitations it had, but I wouldn’t really blame it, plus’s, there are some modding tricks to make caves, but it be probably difficult
@@sleipnirthe8th339 a modding trick i used was roofs with rocks on them, and then surround the outside with rocks to make a wall of sorts. But theres a lot...of clipping lol like animals just walking through the entire thing.
This is awesome! Would love to see more videos for Zoo Tycoon 2 :) As someone who is an avid player of the game to this day, it's always exciting to see more content being added!
Hey leaf! I think a good zoo to check out and maybe even make a zoo inspired by would be chester zoo in england! Its my local zoo and to see that Planet Zoo actually partnered with them is incredible!
I love the Endless Ocean game series AND the Zoo Tycoon game series, so it's great to know this exists! I might try it out later. Thanks for showing this off!
My issue between planet zoo and zoo tycoon 2 is specifically how the two conduct themselves in the end, Planet zoo is as big as a pond but that is deep, Zoo tycoon 2 UC felt like a giant fresh water lake, the various expansions added more than simple variety. I can have a giant enclosure with a tropical jungle theme and have a safari with guests who will see Dodos, Chimps, Gorillas, pygmy hippos, Styras, maybe a Deinonychus along the way, a Trex. Now sure some things were insane like I will say the Utah raptor, absolutely gorgeous animal is a tad to big but the extinct animal expansion did add a few lesser known animals. Watch beavers build a hovel from the pile of sticks, place a coffee stand next to the staff center to make your keepers move faster. However planet zoo is far too vanilla for my liking, like wow its soo vanilla, it felt like more attention was put into customizing buildings and boasting to much about being a successor to Zoo tycoon 2. Lets be real, you are either playing boring ZT2 or playing ultimate Collection. Though the modding community is odd such as, I am looking for mods that slightly shrinks the Utehs and make the creation lab minigame easier IE no hidden keys, just that. Such mods dont exist apparently.
I had one laptop who couldn't do it with the Amazon version, and my new laptop can run it (still crashes here and there)... I think it's up to the laptop 💀
@@LeafProductions are there any mods that fix the bugs in the game? stuff like npcs saying they cant do something when they really can, and other annoying things
Creator panel, Radical Remake + EA Remakes, Paranoia Reborn, BuffZoo stuff,European Expeditions, Complete Collection,Walking with Dinosaurs,Aves and Wild New World are pretty much must haves. If you prefer vanilla style then Folksy Facelift,Forgotten Animals, Artifex works and Holden works.
What's your favorite Zoo Tycoon 2 mod?
My totally favorite zoo tycoon 2 mod is zoo tycoon 2 forgoten animals, because its mod what i think just need to exist
Paranoia (I'm still sad that no one remade scrapped Mothman from this mod)
Radical Remake with the european expedition pack was my favourite mod
Aurora Designs had so many, Hendrix is amazing but the African Leopard with all the color morphs (albino included) was my favorite, so the Radical Remake team gets mad props! OH and then Tamara's South African Leopard, the one that had the tortosieshell- King Leopard variant skin, soooo beautiful! Nothing like it anywhere in the hundreds of ZT2 library!
Been a while since I've had a look at the mods in my library, but I recall being thrilled about all of the small mammals that were modded after a certain point (e.g., genets, civets, ringtails, and so on).
I think the reason I always prefer Zoo Tycoon 2 over Planet zoo is the more simple aspect of it, I can just put down a zoo relatively quickly and not have to spend hours designing habitats or buildings and just being able to have fun and run a zoo . and for me Planet zoo is way more stressfull , IDK why it just is .
Agreed, Zoo Tycoon draws the line between "Simulation Games" and "Serious Simulation". Beyond that is just almost real-life zoo sim made for highly dedicated players with a lot of time to kill. That's why unlike in Zoo Tycoon, I only boot up Planet Zoo to take a nice walk inside other person savegames...
This! I know people say that the pathing system in Planet Zoo isn't broken, but there's so much they could do to fix it. Zoo Tycoon 2 did such a great job with making it so that you could align your paths and make the surrounding areas look amazing. It's a simple game now, but back in the day, it was well ahead of its time :)
Yeah, wish it was easier to get nowadays tho
PZ is more or less just a building sim with animal set pieces. It also doesn't help that the animals are also EVEN MORE PICKY then the ones in ZT1.
cause PZ it's really a mess when it comes to interface and bulding mechanics
yes it's really advanced but jesus it's really bad/hard to use and not user friendly hell even when you need to look at animals needs what they like(toys ecc) is really annoying in that Prehistoric kingdom is way better
The ZT2 animal selection menu actually sorts the animals by alphabetical order, but the names are the "type" of animal first and the species second, like in the zoopedia, not the way they appear in the selection menu itself. So when the secretary bird, for example, appears early in the menu, it's because it's named "Bird, Secretary" in the coding. The emperor and rockhopper penguins would appear together because they're named "Penguin, Emperor" and "Penguin, Rockhopper", etc.
This makes me want to play the game again! The aquarium aspect and modding community are what keeps PZ from “replacing” it imo, at least until (or if) PZ does aquariums.
Yeah watching this video was like: Guess I will look if I can install it again xD
I get so excited whenever other people have played Endless Ocean 2, that game was my childhood and it’s so disappointing it’s not more popular
I still wish Frontier would give us a biome brush before they officially ends PZ.
To be honest, Zoo tycoon 2 can be the best zoo game ever (better than planet zoo even) with mods, well at least it’s my personal fav and still is.
But thats just personal preference, if you want more advanced building and more complex Mechanics, than Planet zoo is the Game for you.
But if you just want everything wile still want creativity, than ZT2 has probably like everything you need for a zoo game.
Both games are very good zoo games in their own right
I agree with you! I love Zt2 but because of mods, also i love the mechanics (animal behaviour, animal feeding and building)
@@mundoanimal1414 even without mods, it already has such an diversity in almost every category in a simplistic way, Which is also why I love ZT2 for it’s variety but also simplicity, which I guess also makes Original modding easier than with newer games.
And with mods, it can be the best thing ever.
Like combining prehistoric kingdom and planet zoo together, and adding more stuff not even they can provide like aquatics, avian stuff, Etc
The thing that would make ZT2 100% perfect for me is caves.
@@DireNemesis yeah, caving might be one of the few limitations it had, but I wouldn’t really blame it, plus’s, there are some modding tricks to make caves, but it be probably difficult
@@sleipnirthe8th339 a modding trick i used was roofs with rocks on them, and then surround the outside with rocks to make a wall of sorts. But theres a lot...of clipping lol like animals just walking through the entire thing.
It's nice that this pack rounds out the benthic biome. That was always lacking.
This is awesome! Would love to see more videos for Zoo Tycoon 2 :) As someone who is an avid player of the game to this day, it's always exciting to see more content being added!
5:59 The fish be like: "I don't have any damn idea of what i'm doing here"😂
Ooh, this makes me really want to get Zoo Tycoon 2 again
Leaf finally playing the good version of Planet Zoo.
nah dog lol
As a old-schooler not used to modular building I confirm
I'm glad Prehistoric Kingdom appears to be aiming towards being less user-hostile
What a nice surprise and a good memories of ZT2!
Ah yes zt2 mods some are good especially the prehistoric ones and the one that are kaiju mods which includes zilla and godzilla 2014 and also kong
Nice video! i would love if u still recording more Zt2 videos!
You should make a series showcasing cool zoo Tycoon 2 add-ons/mods
I need to go through my ZT2 mods again and refresh everything. Definitely need this mod!
Hey leaf! I think a good zoo to check out and maybe even make a zoo inspired by would be chester zoo in england! Its my local zoo and to see that Planet Zoo actually partnered with them is incredible!
I really love this game!! My 2 complaints are guests run for no reason and the staff are SUPER lazy. But overall, an awesome game!!!
I enjoyed hearing you nerd about the diffrent animals
I love the Endless Ocean game series AND the Zoo Tycoon game series, so it's great to know this exists! I might try it out later. Thanks for showing this off!
My issue between planet zoo and zoo tycoon 2 is specifically how the two conduct themselves in the end, Planet zoo is as big as a pond but that is deep, Zoo tycoon 2 UC felt like a giant fresh water lake, the various expansions added more than simple variety.
I can have a giant enclosure with a tropical jungle theme and have a safari with guests who will see Dodos, Chimps, Gorillas, pygmy hippos, Styras, maybe a Deinonychus along the way, a Trex.
Now sure some things were insane like I will say the Utah raptor, absolutely gorgeous animal is a tad to big but the extinct animal expansion did add a few lesser known animals.
Watch beavers build a hovel from the pile of sticks, place a coffee stand next to the staff center to make your keepers move faster.
However planet zoo is far too vanilla for my liking, like wow its soo vanilla, it felt like more attention was put into customizing buildings and boasting to much about being a successor to Zoo tycoon 2.
Lets be real, you are either playing boring ZT2 or playing ultimate Collection.
Though the modding community is odd such as, I am looking for mods that slightly shrinks the Utehs and make the creation lab minigame easier IE no hidden keys, just that. Such mods dont exist apparently.
He also released an awesome chonker of a Perucetus as well!
Always love to see some zoo tycoon
Zoo Tycoon 2 is just so so good.
This is random,but how many “joke animal” mods are there.I can only think of Happy Hippo and the Minecraft pig
Omg i Love it. Pls make a serious of zt2 with all the animals in a zoo❤️🥹
I never understood why as a kid i never got to play the game like this and today i figured it was just a f*cking mod, 7 years later😭
Brings back so many memories!
what mod lets you make lakes and stuff into the side of mountains?
I'm suddenly very sad that I gave away my ZT2 games to a friend bc they no longer ran well on my newer hardware. :(
wheres my planet zoo player? since that same enclosure video leaf has changed-
Wow ! I wanted to install back ZT2 but my disk is dead, too bad
This is an ~intense~ pack!
i had the first disk of ultimate collection and now it's lost and i cannot play the game without it and the dlcs.
What are all the mods that are the best for zoo tycoon 2 complete edition
It seems really great! but Does the mod have lag or errors or something like this?
Not that I noticed
How many animals does the mod have ?
MORE ZOO TYCOON
now i want to play zoo tycoon hahaha
Where did you find this? I've never used any mods before.
Linked in the description :)
What mod are the birds from?
hii can you help me i got problem why when i click the animal, my pc is got crash can you help me?
I am not sure
I want zoo tycoon 2 soo much but we dont have a credit card
As a child i always dreamed of this
Wait, where do you get zoo tycoon 2
do mods work with the amazon version of this game? I own it but can never get them to work for some reason
Not sure!
I had one laptop who couldn't do it with the Amazon version, and my new laptop can run it (still crashes here and there)... I think it's up to the laptop 💀
@@vulpesvelox03 interesting. I have been told it does work with that version but I could never get it working. Could just be my mistake as well
Are their any zoo tycoon mods that bug fix?
what
@@LeafProductions are there any mods that fix the bugs in the game? stuff like npcs saying they cant do something when they really can, and other annoying things
Any way a broke person like me can get ZT2? Also, if i can get it, mod recommendations?
figure i can make a video about it. abandonware has it
Creator panel, Radical Remake + EA Remakes, Paranoia Reborn, BuffZoo stuff,European Expeditions, Complete Collection,Walking with Dinosaurs,Aves and Wild New World are pretty much must haves. If you prefer vanilla style then Folksy Facelift,Forgotten Animals, Artifex works and Holden works.
Can anyone help me to download this mod i use a CD Zoo Tycoon 2
Yo te ayudo, pero soy de argentina
day 2 of asking you to make an arapima or octopus mod
This isn’t how you get free mods (:
@@LeafProductions how then?
Is it just me or does leaf not feel real
I’m not
Is zoo tycoon 2 free?
Amazon
@@LeafProductions ohh so it's not free got it
day 1 of asking you to make an arapima or octopus mod
No (:
@@LeafProductions why not):