Frontier Developments, the creators behind Planet Coaster and Elite: Dangerous, have officially announced that Planet Zoo 2 is coming soon.
As an expansion and upgrade to the original Planet Zoo, the team has added numerous improvements to both gameplay and graphics. This starts with an almost complete overhaul of the native lighting system, thanks to the Cobra engine. Player zoos will now react to the sun and moon moving across the world, with shadows and lighting matching that motion. Even the trees and bushes react proportionally to the lighting.
Although the real focus of Planet Zoo 2 is, of course, the animals. Frontier has delivered on this front by creating entirely new animations, behaviours, and emotions, so much so that the animals can show you when they are thirsty, for example, just by watching their behaviour. All of this is complemented by much more fluid and detailed animations for animals like chimpanzees, who now climb and have fun on climbing frames... Read more