Zoo Tycoon 2: Nostalgia is My Favorite Drug
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- čas přidán 31. 08. 2021
- Welcome to a video were I talk about a video game from 2004 because I'm feeling nostalgic. Thanks for taking the time to watch if you do!
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It has come to my attention that there a lot of people who actually really like Okapi, and I was like the one one weird kid who didn't care for them. If I offended you with the things I said about Okapi in this video, please accept this picture of a cute baby sloth as a peace offering: i.natgeofe.com/n/28f65c83-cb91-4489-ba1e-b62c76863c43/01_slothlove_leaves.jpg
I will never take back what I said about secretary birds though, they are evil.
Long live Secretary Birds...
Ngl, it was really funny hearing the thing with Okapi and Secratary Birds because Okapi were my favorite animals as a kid (probs the lower top 10 now) and secratary birds are even higher up on my list.
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@@zoes5317 Same lol, I loved Okapi when I was little just because they have such a weird name and look, while imo secretary birds are gorgeous and interesting.
I feel it's a regional thing? like, I know the Zoo I visited in my childhood had a extensive Okapi habitat, and my favorite zoo I've ever been to (Alpenzoo in Innsbruck) has the Ibex as one of its most important exhibits. I think that if you grew up in a place where they just didn't have these animals for some reason or another, it's easy to not feel very strongly about them. So I don't blame you lol
My fav thing to do in Zoo Tycoon 2 was to close down the zoo. Put a fence in front of the entrance, and then.. build a wild habitat like savanna! Placing savanna animals around the map that I created off of images from google. The wildebeest would act like wild wildebeests and follow the heard around. Lions would hunt in a real prides.. etc.. it was really fun and a different way to play. Watching the animals survive and to go extinct.. You would think the carnivores would out last all the other animals but wildebeests would kill lions. specific animals required bigger prides to hunt them, starvation.. If you ever go back to the game I suggest trying this out.
Also herbivores would actually eat the grass types that you placed, after they ate all the food in one spot they HAD to leave and continue traveling around. Again, another way to play haha
That is AWESOME
YOOOOOOO the nostalgia is coming back!!!!
I did this all the time too
@@third-strike Funny thing, I actually had a procedure where I'd fence off an area within the map where the animals would establish a group and I kept putting elephant grass, hay, etc. Once I felt like it was time I removed the fencing and it legit worked.
Not gonna lie, a little scary how finely accurate you captured my own experiences with this game
Same
We are not alone :)
Guys I wanna meet you ❤️ my missing childhood friends
Same
Zoo tycoon 2 was a big part of my childhood! (alongside spore)
I once had a tapir enclosure. I bred a LOT of them. One of them was ghostly looking. I never found out why. Google has no answers so it must of been a glitch. I tried to breed another from it, but whatever caused it's appearance didn't pass on to the offspring.
Hey, that's actually super cool! I know I would've loved that to happen to me as a child.
Oh my god, another ZT2-Spore kid! Both of those games I played to death and back. Good times, good times.
Spore and ZT2 was my zen on days where I was coming home from a hectic school day. Or escaping family.
I once had a jaguar that was a metallic! It was so weird, the other jaguars were perfectly normal. I remember at least the tiger having a rare white/albino variant, perhaps it was that? I can't recall if other animals had albino variants or not.
@@unexpected2475 Same here. Except in retrospect, ZT2 is actually a great game. Spore is so bad tho lmao
Honestly I sometimes feel overwhelmed by Planet Zoo's endless posibilities. It happened to me with Planet Coaster, it was just to big a game for me, I just didn't know where to start, so I turned back to Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. I do like Planet Zoo and I do play it often, but that doesn't quit that nostalgic need I have for playing the Vainilla Zoo Tycoon 2. What a great video! Thanks for sharing your nostalgia!
If you like dinosaurs, try out JWE 2! It fits the bill for a bit more of a limited experience, but with really neat animals to watch :)
Exact same feeling here.
Same, Planet Zoo is just too overwhelming. Making exhibits and paths is needlessly complicated.
I got Planet Zoo for black friday bc i heard the AI is pretty good, which it is! But.. Its just not the same. You have to keep track of so many things and unlike ZT2 you cant just grab an animal and toss it into an exhibit to have fun. You have to do a whole process to be able to transport it, then if you have too many feeders your employees will refuse to fill them, theres the whole genetics thing and so much stuff is just.. Too much. I wish ZT2 got revamped with Planet Zoo graphics and AI but with everything else staying the same, that would be a dream come true
@@geministrial950 I agree. I feel like simplicity has been lost in modern video games and we always have to have all this advanced stuff. I miss games like ZT2 where it was simple and I could play for an hour and build a decent sized zoo without having to worry about management.
Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2 were a huge part of my childhood. They were the reason why I knew about the okapi, how to pronounce it, their relation to the giraffe, conservation efforts, a bunch of other random trivia, and why, when my family were watching a hippo play with a ball in an underwater viewing area, I spent my time marveling at the real life okapi in the San Diego Zoo.
I wasn't a fan of the PS4 Zoo Tycoon, viewing it as an atrocity, but my younger sibling who was never exposed to the real thing loved it... I guess there was a chance it was an okay game.
Planet Zoo has captured my heart; however, I spent over a decade without access to either Zoo Tycoon 1 or 2. If I hadn't had that amount of time to dull the ache and fog over the details, I can't say for sure that Planet Zoo would have affected me as much. I still catch myself referring to Planet Zoo as Zoo Tycoon.
Oddly enough I relate with every single thing you said. Yes, even the okapi I thought the ones at San diego with the Duikers were super cool when I was a kid and I still constantly go back to the zoo.
@@wild-strike same bro
To be honest, even now I remember the Zoo Tycoon games so fondly that whenever I visit a zoo, I'll always be on the lookout specifically for animals that were featured in those games, even the crummy Xbox reboot. The goal is basically to see as many animals included in those games as I possibly can (minus the impossible ones, of course). So far I've done extremely well.
Okapi have been my favorite animal since I can remember, because of this game. And now I have my three little kids obsessed with them, too. All the love for zebra giraffes ❤
yeah the ZT3 totally missed the point of zoo tycoon games
This was so nostalgic, I remember watching those videos where they created their own Prehistoric Park episodes with ZT2, so corny but yet so goood
I remember those and the scary (at the time) horror ones
I also remember a video that I still quote to this day, it was basically a ZT2 youtube poop, crapton zoo where the only animal is wildebeest, and the educator's joke of "The Iraq war is a lie, how do I know this? because there is no such place as Iraq!"
I loved watching those as a kid
I loved those!!!
They're kinda cringe now that we're all older but man did they entertain me years ago. Especially since I didn't have the actual Prehistoric Park on DvD , I had to watch clips of it on here at least a decade ago.
Damn, two nostalgia hits for me in one day, ZT2 and Prehistoric Park, those two were my lifeblood as a kid lol
Man I played way too much Zoo Tycoon 2 as a kid, really wish it was rereleased on Steam or something so I can officially own it again. Thanks for the nostalgia! :)
Please send a link all I can find are discs
If you still want it it's on old games download
@@simpingdemon THANK YOU!! i've been wanting to play this again for ages
Play Planet Zoo, from the Planet Coaster creators
@@timothymarcoux6569 planet zoo is great and from all points of view a better game then zt2 but man it just doesn’t have the same wow factor that zt2 did.
I feel exactly the same as towards Planet Zoo. It's all I ever wanted as a kid, and I bought it day one but after I put it a few hours, it just didn't hit me the same way Zoo Tycoon 2 did. The game looked great and played great, but I guess I prefer the simpler mechanics of Zoo Tycoon 2 and Planet Zoo just ended up not being as fun as Zoo Tycoon was for me. Sometimes I feel that Planet Zoo is more about building beautiful zoos than playing an with actual zoo and make your animals happy.
This is why I'm afraid to try Planet Zoo, I feel like I'd be disappointed after I spent my childhood playing Zoo Tycoon 1 and especially and 2. Happy times!
@@Ebakyza it depends on what you want from the game, I say that Planet Zoo is more like a building simulator, it's focus is more in building beautiful zoos and not so much in creating functional zoos and managing your animals. For me that was the beauty of Zoo Tycoon, I tried to make the best Zoo possible and just spent hours just looking at the animals going on theirs daily lives. In Planet Zoo you spend 4 hours just to create the entrance and by that time I'm already bored of it. Planet Zoo does not play like Zoo Tycoon, so if you are expecting that than i can't recommend the game. Plus the DLC for Planet zoo are really bad they are just animal packs that only add animals to the game. At least in Zoo Tycoon apart from adding animals the dlcs added some new gameplay mechanics.
@@dmdm597 the only reason I want to try this because it's a zoo game which is better looking than Zoo Tycoon. I might not find the nostalgia I'm looking for but I guess it's worth a try for us Zoo Tycoon fans. I also played for the animals and the chill gameplay and not because of the visitors. Zoo building was just a thing I had to do in order to have a functioning and aesthetic zoo. But some years ago I watched videos about Planet Zoo and I like those mechanics that personalize animals, like animals are more than a model with needs and a family tree in Planet Zoo, which can be interesting to explore.
@@dmdm597 Well yes and no, I'd say it depends on the Game Mode in PZ. Yes, Sandbox Mode can be overwhelming if you're not so much into (custom) building stuff, but imo the Franchise Mode and the Career Mode focus more on managing a zoo and take care of the animals. And you have to admit, Frontier did an amazing job in recreating the natural behaviour of animals. But you're right about the DLCs, there are even animals in the game I havent touched yet, bc i feel like they're just copies of already existing animals, for example the clouded leopard. I just dont need another big cat, give me birds instead
I know I'm months late to the discussion but here is my opinion to anyone who might stumble upon this thread. Planet Zoo beats Zoo Tycoon in pretty much every aspect. The only potential problem is the absolutely overwhelming amount of parts. The game doesn't really steer you in the direction of using the premade buildings, shelters etc. Most people end up spending an hour just decorating a merch store or something. This obviously isn't fun so they get the impression that the game is not good. If you use the premade stuff you save hours of decorating labour and get to manage and enjoy your zoo. So I absolutely do recommend the base game. The DLCs are overpriced and with every new mechanic they introduced at least one base game animal got it as well so you won't miss out on that.
Gosh, the nostalgia.
I actually remember being really happy they had Okapis. My local zoo has Okapis, and they were awesome as a little kid. I actually got to pet them when I was 18 and nobody was nearby to yell at me. They felt like bristley horses.
with every comment i get about okapis i regret making fun of them more and more XD
@@AnimalManA You shall suffer for your sins
@Animal_Man_ The same should be the case for making fun of Ibex. Ibex are one of the most iconic mountainous animals in Europe. And the developers probably wanted to include at least one animal from Europe in the default game without expansions.
Honestly I watched so many animal documentaries as a child, I was thrilled to see an Okapi in the game, lol
Just to let you know, the Whale shark actually has an extra growth stage after you adopt them. You adopt them as Juveniles and they grow to be adults eventually (since you said their size was treated poorly). The same goes for Deinosuchus :)
Also this video was amazing I can relate to sooo much of it since ZT2 has been my favourite game for many many years now. I remember on the loading screen it would take 5-10minutes sometimes and kid me would still just be sitting there watching it, waiting for my probably very laggy zoo to load up
Wow, all the hundreds of hours I sank into this game when I was younger and I never knew about the animal mutations when failing the minigame!
Guess you’re just really good at the minigame!
My favorite thing to do with Zoo Tycoon 2 is to create ecosystems where I would place a group of herbivores (around 20 of them) and carnivores (4 of them), and watch them live together. The whole area would become this habitat and watch the animals in there.
ZT2 is such a nostalgia trip. I totally remember watching old machinimas made using the game... and having my mind blown (I was, like, 15 and didn't have the internet growing up - I didn't know mods existed. As a concept.). Whenever I got bored, I would often make animal-based kingdoms. I would surround the land with waterfalls, fill it with different biomes and oceans, come up with some lore (like there being a single, "magic" tree in the exact center of the zoo, which the 'citizens' would worship), and fill the land with herbivores (and food, enrichment, shelters, etc.). Then I would just let stories unfold - mostly stock tropes, like "a single, young male zebra 'prince' goes on a journey to find true love, and finds it in the pretty, last-of-her-kind quagga living in the 'enchanted' forest". Sometimes I would section off a part of the zoo (usually the upper left of the map), create a fully-decked-out "palace" (series of tiered plateaus), plonk down a male and female lion, and call them the "King and Queen of Animalia".
that's really cool! thanks for sharing.
Watching this while playing Planet Zoo 😭 Wish we could just get a remaster of ZT2, I loved it so much and PZ just doesn't hit the same with all the construction and bugginess. I also remember searching for ZT2 custom content after watching a Stalker2k7 video and that being the first game that I ever modded! Such good memories!
Prehistoric kingdom is gonna be similar to zt2! I have played the alpha and it is just really similar
Spent way to much time modding Zoo Tycoon 2. Salker2k7 really got me into mods and CZcams.
I hate the work zone feature its tedious and takes away from what I really want to be doing..
Zoo Tycoon with Marine Mania and Dinosaur Digs was my childhood 🥰 So many fond memories 😅 (like unleashing a Dino to recreate Jurassic park) 😂
yes the best childhood memories ever. feeding people to the trex.
I remember blocking the zoo entrance with a toilet and then letting the dinosaurs loose.
In ZT1, I made an enclosure out of decorative fences. Added some paths, vending machines, toilets, and benches. Then I'd drop a few guests in and I'd have a human exhibit.
I actually tried that a few times on ZT2 lol. Put a square of humans in the middle and the rest of the zoo was nature preserve, or even better, make paths for the animals to roam around on while the people were inside... I was a funny child.
There is one animal I want as a mod for ZT2. Humans.
Really, like cave people. Naked (or with loincloths, for the prudes out there), dumb, and you have to fulfill their needs like the animals.
But I guess that's the guests for you.
ZT2 (and WolfQuest) was my favourite game as a kid. I remember waking up super early on weekends and during school vacations so I could beat my brother to the only computer and play until my parents woke up. I still have the cds laying around even though some don’t work anymore. Ultimate collection still works fortunately, scratched as it is, but I don’t play anymore. These days I play Planet Zoo instead. ZT2 could hold my attention for hours when I was a kid, but adult me needs more complexity to enjoy creating and managing a zoo. ZT2 will always have a special place tho.
As a south african the safari was one of my favorites as a child, It gave me the opportunity to build zoos with all the animals i would see in local zoos and and in our own national parks, me and my cousins always got excited about the animals that were local to us, as they were the ones we had the most knowledge about. My grandfather was an old hunter and would tell us stories about all these animals that you found less exciting, but we couldnt be more excited seeing them ingame and reliving his stories.
My fellow South African can we just marvel at how people pronounced animals like gemsbok and wildebeest 😂
@@lindsayve9268 when he said "What even is a gemsbok, nobody knows that" (paraphrasing) i was like, uhm, that's the first buck i knew the name of, and the most exciting to see in nature XD
@@mastercago3361 Yet another reason why the game (with expansions) is so awesome - there are so many animals that just about anyone can find ones that they connect with or enjoy!
(For me personally though I was always saddened by the lack of platypus and echidna... but there were plenty of other favorites to make up for the lack).
I, too, tried to fill the ZT2-shaped hole in my heart with Planet Zoo. But its own strength was its demise for me, the sheer amount of freedom is overwhelming, and it really feels more like you're managing a business than a place with animals. One of my favourite things of ZT2 was how hands on you could get with the animals, I loved being able to pet them and feed them, and really just being able to interact with things.
Something fun is that english is not my first language, and Zoo Tycoon's name is, well, english, so when I played it as a kid I decided on an arbitrary pronunciation and it took this video to discover that was NOT the correct way to say it lmao
Amazing video, except for the secretary birds hate and extinct animals erasure
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me too lmao. Went with a full germanized spelling xD
This game was a big part of my childhood, I related so much to most of the stuff (except the hate for African adventure animals how dare you!)
I probably logged thousands of hours in this game over quite a few years.
And for planet zoo, I would advise giving it another chance, I had the exact same response when I first played it but once you start being familiar with it you’ll be in love!
God, I remember the Christmas my mom got me Zoo Tycoon 2... it was probably one of the best Christmas gifts I got, I literally screamed in joy.
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Okapis are my favorite animal at my local zoo. They're beautiful, bigger than you'd think, and not too skittish
Literally my favorite animal, too. I'll go anywhere just to sit and watch the okapi for hours
I have this game since 2015, and I’m still playing it. This game with mods is just something else! This game was my childhood,…it’s very important to me 😇
I love Zoo Tycoon 2 and while I'm enjoying Planet Zoo, there's still no comparison to Zoo Tycoon 2. I was so excited when I discovered mods. Of course a ton of them didn't work and a good number of them crash your game instead but they are still awesome when you find ones that do work. ZT2 is so much calmer than PZ and I wish they would actually add in a slow it down mode and let you walk around PZ as well.
I remember getting the ultimate collection on the last day of second grade and I’ve played that game ever since and I can’t tell you how much I’ve played this game.
I really love it and even though I prefer planet zoo I still really like to play this game and I see why still so many people love it.
17:34 By resurrecting the animals with the research station, if you gst 100% in the "resurrection minigame" you get "Super Animals". These are bigger than the regular extinct animals and live longer among other benefits.
In the campaigns it is also a very cheap way to produce a zoo as the animals produced in this method cost no money to make and animals tend to be the most expensive in the game. Sure, it requires some extra time but the 8000$ for the research station with the minimal subsequent maintainance cost is nowhere near the cost it would take to get these animals by just "clicking".
Zoo Tycoon is my favorite franchise. Sad that last year was the 20th anniversary and nobody really said a peep.
This popped up in my recommendations and Im so glad. Zoo Tycoon 2 was a massive part of my childhood. I remember making huge parks and adding well over 1000 mods. I used to film tours with my phone camera and send them to my then girlfriend, now fiancee. I remember playing it on my laptop in staffroom of my stepdads workplace to distract me on the morning that I found out my grandfather had passed away.
This game will forever hold a special place in my heart, and though I don't think Ill ever go back to it. (I lost my disk ages ago) I will always think fondly of it.
Thank you for sharing this
I loved this game, I still have it but now, compared to other same kind of games, it became boring to me. But it will forever be part of my heart c:
I feel the same, not as fun as it once was, but still an important part of my childhood c:
I just bought Zoo Tycoon 2 again recently and have been playing it for hours. I was not prepared for how strong the nostalgia would hit when that opening video first started up.
Same! I only had my original for half a year before it along with other games were stolen from me. I was utterly devastated, cried my eyes out about the whole thing. Recently I got my hands back on the game and I’m enjoying it like I never left especially after adding some mods here and there!
I'll never forget the original Zoo Tycoon. I never did play the second game, but the first on I'll always remember and hold dear.
Born in 93', It was the first game I ever owned as a kid when it came out, and along with it, my very first computer my parents went out and bought.
The original Windows 2000...
The old 17" Square box PC monitor...
That hideous grey cream-esque keyboard and mouse with that horrible scroller that you use to take out and clean every so often it got gunked up with hair and food lol.
Not long after, my friends would introduce me to the original Age of Empires, and so began a two decade career of PC gaming.
Amazing. Nostalgic, and an incredible journey.
Thank you for this video. :)
Hang you for sharing, and thank you for watching!
When I was little, I wanted Zoo Tycoon 2 SO BAD. My animal loving heart was on the fritz, so Im absolutely delighted that Planet Zoo exists, and that so many people still remember this game.
Also, omg, the fan-made CZcams series/movies, aaaaaa, i remember the dinosaur ones! I loved those! ;;
this showed up in my recommendeds out of nowhere and i'm so glad it did. the intro music to this game IMMEDIATELY took me back to being, like. 11 years old and making a massive savannah exhibit just so i could see how cool the african wild dogs were. i was obsessed with them for months in elementary school because of this game.
the music still shreds in these games and i'm not sure why.
The music is so underrated! It hits me too!
This review is just so wholesome and relatable. As someone who grew up with this game too, it makes me happy I’m not the only one who was really impacted by Zoo Tycoon 2
This game was and still is my absolute favorite. I remember getting on the family computer just itching to continue my next zoo project. This game holds a special place in my heart, and I am so happy to see that so many other people cherish it as I do.
I remember plaything this game for hours and hours on end, trying to get full star zoos because I thought it would unlock something.
Man, 2004-2005 was a special timeframe for me as a kid.
What a great video! I think you perfectly summed up the feeling of having played this game for hours as a child. Thank you for the nostalgia :3
This was a fantastic video, and really captured everything about how I felt about Zoo Tycoon 2 as a kid. Kudos to you for making my childhood come back to life!
thanks for watching, mate :)
You mentioning ZT2 Machinimas instantly sent my mind back to a time where my bones weren't made of sand, fantastic video man 👍.
It's a shame there isn't much of a way to play it anymore.
totally agree! zoo tycoon 2 has been my favorite game for years and years now and i wish i could play it more :( the developers making it impossible to play nowadays without pirating really sucks but nonetheless it’s a fantastic game that is the source of a lot of my childhood nostalgia!
There are videos on youtube that are rarer than everything and they manage to hit you perfectly and wake the right memory up. Your video absolutely is part of those ! Thank you for the amazing dive through childhood memories you just gave me.
Aw, thank you so much for watching!
I still have CD's with the game and all DLC's. Even managed to get them to work sometime ago, but my PC has had a reset since then and I don't remember how to make it work. These games are awesome, especially when Dinosaurs come into play. This game is amazing and I wish they released it on steam or somewhere where it's easy to access.
Honestly, I spent so many hours in Zoo Tycoon 2 and for the most part, I never actually opened my zoos to the public. I remember five zoos in particular which were basically just all the animals from either the base game or the expansion packs. I even remember drawing little maps so I know how they'd be set up and how they'd look.
I remember I stayed up all night chatting to modders and youtubers through all the forums that popped up for the game. I would spend days making lists of plant life that I wanted them to create in blender to try and make a more "realistic" zoo with the tools that were given. I saw that the community was still active years later but sadly took a big toll when people moved to Planet Zoo. Who could blame them with such an upgrade to buildings and more real zoos. However Zoo Tycoon will forever be one that I personally hold in my heart forever. Thanks for bringing up the memories :)
When we get a crossover between Prehistoric Park and Planet Zoo, we'll be at the ultimate Zoo Tycoon! I'm with you. The original is where my heart is.
It was sad to watch the decline of the modding community, though I guess I tapped out a year or so before Planet Zoo.
Zoo tycoon will always hold a very dear place in my heart. My cousin's who let me have the game told me about the animal details icon so I picked up on that quickly. Although being a dumb kid I thought it was all I needed and made habitats that were too small, too chock full of every kind of food dish and enrichment item too many animals starting off, often breeding excessively. The design for visitors faired similarly with everything condensed in one spot. Over the years I've drifted back to the game every so often and recently I've really taken to utilizing everything to make some really nice zoos.
I have planet zoo but for me there's too many systems, it's not really intuitive for new players and snap functionality that could help with it is limited in my experience so I haven't really played it much. Although it could also be I don't like the lack of a keeper mode to make interacting with my zoos more engaging.
I never really found myself on early zoo tycoon CZcams but I'm still glad I found your video and this has gotten pretty rambly but I also find it so interesting how many other people share these really similar experiences around this game.
Edit: also restoring fossils into animals using the lab can result in super versions of this same animals, that live longer and are healthier, they can also pass that trait down to their offspring.
I remember when me and my friend would just release dinosaurs all over the place and watch the visitors get eaten. We also would just flood the place, placing deep water all over the park, we must have been so bored lol. Also omg that main menu song just slapped me in the face with nostalgia!!!
Watching this video as I play Planet Zoo, it's an amazing game but ZT2 definitely hits me in the nostalgia hard.
I think I also remember that Mysterious Island series, gonna have to rewatch it.
This was a fantastic video and speaks to the precise reasons I’m not the one to just want open ended choice driven games. I want to see the guard rails that game designers curate. The fact that Zoo Tycoon 2 was able to inspire even young players without overwhelming them speaks to good and more timeless game design. I was thinking of getting Planet Zoo the other day and think about how I spent an hour making a custom building in Planet Coaster instead of actually you know, playing the game. I’m glad these more granular hi fidelity games exist, but they don’t replace what something Zoo Tycoon 2 accomplished in its time.
I remember having a portion of my zoos fenced off so I could farm glaciers and collect cavemen. They’d have their own stalls and everything
This video brought me soooo much joy. I still recall that Christmas Eve when I received ZT2 and left all the boring adults downstairs to sneak up to the computer and install it. Thank your for your video and such a sweet nostalgic moment!
Thanks for making this video!
It brings me piece of my memories from my childhood.
I love this game so much, it's great to hear someone finally talk about it
Zoo Tycoon 2 was my childhood. I was WAY into the modding scene and even tried to make a few on my own. I was far to young to really understand what exactly it was I was doing, but it taught me a lot and now I have a career in computers! While most people were limited to the 5 (if you include Dino Digs) expansion packs, I had probably 500+ animals to play around with to the point that my computer started to slow down a lot. Planet Zoo is so large that I don't even feel like I need any mods (though I'm well aware of their existence) as I spend so much time creating intricate enclosure and guest services that even after all this time I've still yet to use every animal in the base roster, much less all the DLC.
The sweet, sweet nostalgia I got hit with with this video--you just reminded me of why I adored this game as a kid and why I keep coming back to it every couple years or so. Thank you!
Thank you for such an amazing video. Zoo tycoon 2 was the cornerstone of my childhood, and I’m so glad someone shares the same sentiment. The loading screens and the CZcams skits were so nostalgic... thanks again
Man... this and the sims (2 to be exact.) was such a big part of my childhood and even though now I find myself not really enjoying the TS series anymore, I still find myself going back to ZT2 (even ZT1) because even though I LOVE Planet Zoo, there's just something about Zoo Tycoon 2 that makes me still come back to it, like, my very first memory of it was that my mother had built a nile crocodile exhibit (she wouldn't let me play the game at first because of mothers being mothers) and we thought that the croc would attack us in guest mode so we kinda screamed a bit and she turned around and ran for the gate but then the next day when I got to play I found out that we're pretty much a ghost to everything so I had told my mom that the animals won't attack you. I also remember when I was little I would sometimes pretend to have had a nightmare so my mother would let me play ZT2 and then I'd sometimes play all night XD but yeah, no matter what, this game will always hold a special place in my heart. (Also it was only about 3 or 4 years ago that I had learned how to mod ZT2)
man it really puts into perspective how a system can affect a game, i had zoo tycoon 2....on the ds. and i loved it! i apparently loved it so much i somehow ended up with two copies! but wow does it look more impressive on pc.
this was a really good video man! good stuff. B)
Thanks a lot for that shot of nostalgia, it's been a while since I last played that game and my inner child really enjoyed remembering these hours spend in front of my pc.
Man seeing this video in my recommended randomly hit me so hard. Honestly I can’t thank you enough for reminding me of this game :)
I loved Zoo Tycoon 2 as a kid! To the point where I even 'borrowed' money from my parents without asking so I could buy the Marine Expansion when it came out because I go so overexcited...ah childhood shame haha. A very nostalgic video, I immediately bookmarked the Complete Edition on CEX for the future after watching this, thank you for bringing back so many memories!
You know, in a land filled with planet zoo videos (which I do love) you could probably make zoo tycoon 2 videos and people would adore watching them just as much. Like you said, nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
WOW! I didn't know it was possible to make good-looking exhibits in Zoo Tycoon 2 as yours! Hahaha, I always closed off a plain part of the park with a fence and that made my exhibit! Your terrain management is fantastic! Waterfall, small hills, etc.! Love it
Man you are so underrated man, this video is amazing. Thanks for all the nostalgia.
Oh wow, I did have the first one.
I also had a hard time getting into Planet Zoo just because of how complex the systems were.
Man, my buddy and I used to watch Stalker2k7 videos. This is a hella trip back. Thanks for the upload man
You just brought out my inner nerd with this video! Zoo Tycoon 2 practically raised me and taught me so much of what I know about animals today! When you talked about Stalker2K7's horror series it brought back memories of me being too scared to fall asleep at night because I saw those videos as pure horror and was always scared my zoos would turn into a scene from Oslane Swamp! Even with the newer Planet Zoo being out I still look back at Zoo Tycoon 2 with fond memories, I even play it from time to time to reminisce. I don't think anything can beat how fun the game was even with all of the flaws it had ❤
Zoo tycoon was the first game I played with dedication. I was lucky because find the game in my country was almost impossible, but it gave me a lot of fantastic moments
Fun fact: Ratel is just another name for a honey badger. That “lower risk” designation is INACCURATE, Zoo Tycoon 2!
Yeah, several of the conservation statuses are inaccurate - some certainly due to the fact that the game was released 18 years ago, but even when I played it back in like 2007 and the 2010's they still seemed a little off to me.
Wow this video literally just made my day (and like for many others, it completely captured my own childhood experience. Right down to the laggy loading screens haha) Thanks for making this video! Really makes me want to find a way to play ZT2 again soon if it’ll run on a newer computer! Also my favorite things in sandbox was making a SUPER dense rainforest and trying to get lost in it and discover animals lol. The ability to make completely cage free zoos was a super neat feature of the game.
Thank you so much for making this video, so well done. My childhood game, means a lot to me too. I didn't remember it being this impressive for a 2004 game that was able to run on our PC back then. Insane vibes and nostalgia!
Honestly, I have the same feeling towards Planet Zoo. Zoo Tycoon 2 was my Nr. 1 childhood game so naturally I was so pumped for planet Zoo.
I got it, played a few hours and stopped. Its just way too much for me.
Like its really really overwhelming with all the customization and details you have to look out for.
I‘ll always prefer Zoo Tycoon 2 over Planet Zoo.
The modding community is one of the most amazing things about this game
It was sad to see it decline, but everything has to end at some time I guess. I would love to see a video detailing the rise and fall of the modding community.
@@Ecotasia same
This video just awakened so many memories. Thank you.
I played Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon 2 for so many hours as a kid and still do now - at 28 with a Master‘s in Biology. Which I probably also got due to these games.
I seriously teared up at the end, I’m so happy to have stumbled across this video. This game truly means so much to me and it’s so great to see it’s still appreciated after all these years. Thanks for a lovely trip down memory lane!
Aw, thank you so much for watching!
Zoo Tycoon was a huge part of my childhood, especially the Seaworld expansion. The day I got Zoo Tycoon 2, I was in heaven!
Honestly, I love Zoo Tycoon 1 so much. It’s how I grew up. I did enjoy Zoo Tycoon 2, but like you with Planet Zoo… I kept creeping back to ZT1. I still own my CDs of ZT1, but somehow my ZT2 discs have been lost to time. This video did remind me how much I did love the jeep explorers even if they sucked ass. 🥰
You've peaked my nostalgia - and my dopamine levels. Have a well-earned sub :)
So glad you talked about Stalker2k7's videos, I was also super into them, to the point where I joined his invisionfree forum and ended up becoming a moderator - whole lotta memories there.
I also feel the same way about Planet Zoo - I was really excited for it prior to launch, then barely played it at all. Was a bit of a bummer.
I hope I wasn't the only one who blocked the entrance and basically made a nature reserve. God, I'm so glad young me begged for the ultimate collection in Walmart(or sam's, I can't remember)
God damn it was nostalgic to see ZT2. ZT2 with its zookeeper mode was one of the best gaming experience I had as a kid. It's relaxing, bonding with your animals was great, hell roleplaying as a guest was fun too.
Planet Zoo with superior graphic and tech still cannot give me the similar feeling, it's super hard to bond with your zoo compared to ZT2. I'd still be playing this game if it didn't give my PC a stroke after I placed too many fooliages.
Just took me waaaay down memory lane
Thank you for that, such a great game :)
This is such a sweet video! Something about you gushing about a game I forgot I loved just makes me happy! Also all the footage is so fun to watch!
Planet Zoo looks awesome in its endless possibilities but it is PLAGUED with game breaking bugs and the management parts of it are a nightmare to work out. I much prefer going to the simpler, yet full of content, Zoo Tycoon 2 Complete Edition
Planet Zoo needs to add more pieces that are fully made for you already, so that the simpler people can make everything without custom placing every detail
You can. In the steam workshop of Planet Zoo
@@Khiruji Yes but the game base should come with it.. Mods are not for casual fan
@@JumpscareRodent The steam workshop isn't a mod, it's exclusively base game content that people upload; it can be downloaded and placed at the click of a button and is a built-in feature.
@@elecbo4517 I never said the Steam workshop is a mod lmao. The game should come with more already put together pieces is what I said
@@JumpscareRodent no, you literally said “mods are not for casual fans”. Scroll up dude
Omggg Zoo Tycoon 2!!!! This video ended up in my recommendations and it couldn't be a better recommendation for me. Thank you for your video. I've played so much Zoo Tycoon when I was a kid. I installed the game again like 3 years ago and the intro man is even good when you start the game. The blue snake and after that the zoo overview gave me chills. Right away I was addicted playing it again. Such a great game :D now I want to play again and make waterfalls, cable rides and put visitors in 'prison' when they're unhappy :')
Thanks for bringing me this nostalgia I enjoy every bit of that video I'm a big fan of Zoo Tycoon 2 you've made my day ❤️
Anyone else make crazy mazes to force your siblings to find there way through with fences?
Damn, here comes the nostalgia train, womp. Loved Zoo Tycoon 2, was the first game that I ever played on PC, absolute classic
i have the same feeling but for the first Zoo tycoon game! just hearing the intro song gives me joy xD
I don't know how this video ended up in my recommended, but I am so pleased that it did! Thank you for the nostalgia trip.
Zoo Tycoon 2 was the first video game I ever played and a core part of my childhood. It will forever hold a very dear place in my heart.
I HAD NO IDEA Zoo tycoon 2 had expansions!!
I played this when I was a kid, too, and just.. Hearing about all this content I missed out on.. Where can I get it?? Why isn't it on steam??
I've tried Planet Zoo as well, but it feels very janky.. The way things are built, the fact I can't be a zookeeper, the lack of terrain tool, it really misses the mark for me
Ebay amazon my abandon ware just get the ultimate collection it probably cheaper then all of them separately
Planet zoo is just way too complicated for me too, like zoo tycoon 2 was so easy to make an awesome zoo with, but planet zoo has so much features to remember and it can take hours to make a good exhibit, while zoo tycoon was like just make some shape with the fences, paint some biome and paint some trees and rocks then that would be good enough haha
Love this game so much! Planet zoo is great but I miss the challenge mode in zoo tycoon 2 it made your zoo feel so much more alive! And the behavior of the animals in this 2004 game feels more realistic than Planet zoo. Nursing, eggs all that. And the marine expansion and the personality of zt2 is just amazing
God bless for the video. This was my favorite game growing up. It was so fun man, great vid
Thank you for making this video, this whole video was so nostalgic to watch, zt2 was my favorite game growing up and watching you talk about the game made me miss it a lot, and damn I thought I was the only one watching those zt2 movies ahahahahahhah
Planet Zoo would be infinity better if it added proper aquariums. It has them technically as DLC but there are very few marine animals and as someone who loved marine biology as a kid it kinda sucks. There are mods but they're iffy.
Awesome video, dude. Really took me back. Love me some Zoo Tycoon 2.
i will always remember the great memories i made playing this game. This was an amazing video, thank you
Man this is a great vid. Im working on a huge planet zoo video, and im going to be sending people this video's way. Well done man.