Those details are unfortunately what turned me off of Planet Zoo, I must admit. Planet Zoo isn’t going to be for everyone, thanks to its more in-depth management, but the more hardcore park-building fans will love taking care of the tiniest details.

This isn’t Frontier’s first attempt at a zoo game, having co-developed the most recent Zoo Tycoon that was initially released on Xbox 360 and Xbox One (later updated and re-released on Xbox One and PC by Asobo), but it’s certainly its most complex. I would say that nobody wants to see animals escaping, but given the way people love to torture their Sims, I’m fairly sure those same people would deliberately attempt to set lions upon their zoo’s guests. Planet Zoo is quite similar to Frontier’s previous game, however, in that you’re still building an animal park and doing your best to keep those animals happy and, almost as importantly, contained.

Except with present-day animals like monkeys and lions, not murderous dinosaurs from a bygone era. Frontier Developments knows it, as it follows up its movie-themed park-builder, Jurassic World Evolution, with another foray into the same genre.

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