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ANIMAL BOSSING

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WHAT IS IT? A management sim about running a series of zoos

EXPECT TO PAY $45

DEVELOPER Frontier Developments

PUBLISHER Frontier Developments

REVIEWED ON Intel i7-9700K 3.6GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB

MULTIPLAYER No, though you can share creations

LINK planetzoogame.com

The difference between a roller coaster and a ring-tailed lemur is that when one has a problem it’s a mild irritation, and when the other has a problem it’s a cause of unbridled panic and guilt. There are stressful components to every management simulation game, but where Planet Coaster’s mechanical breakdowns make me worry briefly about profits, Planet Zoo’s biological breakdowns make me feel like a neglectful, abusive monster who should be dragged off to jail and never allowed near another living thing ever again.

has several official modes: Career, Challenge, Sandbox, and Franchise, but its two actual modes are ‘Things Seem Fine’ and ‘Oh God What Have I Done?!’. My elephants,

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