Look at JPOG. Who the HELL ever heard of a Trex attacking a Para, watching it fall, then chasing it AGAIN?! Its horrible inacurate and annoying as hell, definately a "con" to the game.
DEFINATELY better then JPOG. Its the lack OF sound that makes the game better, not having to hear your dinos being mamed or a guest taking a ****. Seriously. ZT2's quiet gameplay makes the game easier to be played.
So ZT2's models aren't for the accurate Dino Experts or Animal Pros, does that make it a bad game? No it doesn't. Alot of the models look great.
Yes, JPOG's behavior is better in some aspects. But we are talking about a ZOO here, not the wild. Its like an aquarium, the same reason why Sharks don't eat other fish: They know they're being fed, and therefore have no need to hunt. Same applys with Trexs in ZT2 not eating animals placed in their enclosures immediatly. Will they eventually kill them? Yes, they will, I've tryed it.
Zoo Tycoon 2, unlike JPOG, has visitors that have generally stupid needs, but are FAR less annoying then JPOG's. The quality of the models/skins is pritty low, but JPOG's is no better if not worse.
Face it, ZT2 has JPOG smeared all over the sidewalk in this department. Terrain Tools, More Animals (Which has more Dinosaurs then JPOG, and the game isn't even made FOR Dinos), more buildings, more staff members, more enclosure addons, breeding, to name a few.
JPOG is no better, the dinosaurs constantly getting stuck infront of a TREE, or other object you are forced to remove. The death duels shine through for JPOG here, but the lack OF these beautiful animations makes the game disappointing.
Zoo Tycoon all the way here. Want to know why?
Expansions.
Expansions are the result of public demand for more features and such in a game. How many does ZT2 have? Whats that? 4? And JPOG? Hmm? NONE? Well, I think we know who takes the cake here.
Here we go. Let me see. That doesn't really happen, even my allo swipes down at the animal before it gets up, killing it. The rex does not wait for it too get up but continues running, and then it does get up and the chase continues. Inacurate? What if it thought it killed the creature? Animals already do that.
Seriously, WTF? So now less sound is relalistic. I like the sound in JPOG, you actualy hear the animal plopping onto the floor, you actualy HEAR the goat being ripped off the ground, unlike ZT2 witch you barely geta roar out of, and you barely get a Foot step out of. Really, a heard of elephants makes the gorund shake. Aparently not in this game.
Great? Sure if you want Spongebob style creatures. Who wants a bear that doesn't look like a bear? Who wants a Dinosaur that looks like it's been beaten out of it's mind? Do you see the feet? It looks like theyre mutilated beyond belief.
A zoo makes it different? Animals are animals. The strongest is the best. When an animal is taken out of the wild will it adapt to it's enclosure? Eventually. And the fact that they supposedly added hunting behavior, yet failed is also what bothers me.
As far as I've seen they have practicaly the same needs. And each follows it out the way it should. I haven't had much problems with my visitors at all. I give them what they want and they really don't care much, they don't flop over and die for me.
In total ZT2 has an amount of 14 dinosaurs, the rest being mammals. JPOG has 25. And lets keep in mind, JPOG isn't completed. Does this make a difference? Mabye, mabye not. But either way, ZT got popular and that is fairly much the ONLY reason it has more features.
What? THe only thing Dinosaurs gett stuck behind is a building. Do you want them to run through it? Yeah sure lets have that happen. Cause it'd look so realalistic. The Death Duels are awesome, and again the game is incomplete. WHo knows how many there were going to be.
I totally agree, expansions make the game so amazing and stuff. JPOG didn't get as much advertisment as it deserved. THere probably won't be a sequal but then again, who cares? It's been better than most of the expansions ZT2 has come out with thus far.
Tyrannosaurus Titanus wrote:Zoo Tycoon 2 has JPOG beat in almost every aspect.
Models:
So ZT2's models aren't for the accurate Dino Experts or Animal Pros, does that make it a bad game? No it doesn't. Alot of the models look great.
Sound:
DEFINATELY better then JPOG. Its the lack OF sound that makes the game better, not having to hear your dinos being mamed or a guest taking a ****. Seriously. ZT2's quiet gameplay makes the game easier to be played.
Behavior:
Yes, JPOG's behavior is better in some aspects. But we are talking about a ZOO here, not the wild. Its like an aquarium, the same reason why Sharks don't eat other fish: They know they're being fed, and therefore have no need to hunt. Same applys with Trexs in ZT2 not eating animals placed in their enclosures immediatly. Will they eventually kill them? Yes, they will, I've tryed it.
Look at JPOG. Who the HELL ever heard of a Trex attacking a Para, watching it fall, then chasing it AGAIN?! Its horrible inacurate and annoying as hell, definately a "con" to the game.
Visitors:
As Doc said, JPOG has the WORST visitors EVER in a zoo sim. Ever. ALl they do is whine, die, or leave. Half the time, they are too blind/deaf/dumb to find a Kiosk RIGHT INFRONT OF THEIR FACES, thus causing them to DIE. Or better yet, on the way to FIND a Kiosk, they suddenly drop over dead. What the HELL is with that?
Zoo Tycoon 2, unlike JPOG, has visitors that have generally stupid needs, but are FAR less annoying then JPOG's. The quality of the models/skins is pritty low, but JPOG's is no better if not worse.
Features:
Face it, ZT2 has JPOG smeared all over the sidewalk in this department. Terrain Tools, More Animals (Which has more Dinosaurs then JPOG, and the game isn't even made FOR Dinos), more buildings, more staff members, more enclosure addons, breeding, to name a few.
JPOG is severly lacking, mainly because of the developers stripping the game for some odd reason. The game pales in comparision to the beta, most of which was taken OUT before the game was released.
Animations:
Yes, JPOG definately beats ZT2 in this department. Whoever heard of animals suddenly exploding into a pile of bones with meat on them? Oh wait, thats because little kids can't handle REALITY. JPOG is no better, the dinosaurs constantly getting stuck infront of a TREE, or other object you are forced to remove. The death duels shine through for JPOG here, but the lack OF these beautiful animations makes the game disappointing.
Popularity:
Zoo Tycoon all the way here. Want to know why?
Expansions.
Expansions are the result of public demand for more features and such in a game. How many does ZT2 have? Whats that? 4? And JPOG? Hmm? NONE? Well, I think we know who takes the cake here.
As you can see, ZT2, in my opinion, is the better game to own, JPOG only used, by me at least, for filming. If you want a JP game, get JPOG. If you want a Zoo Sim, get ZT2.
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