Recent reviews by Lyrebleu

I played this game on mobile for ages and only recently tried it out on PC.
At the moment, I would not recommend. What used to be an enjoyable game has been ruined by constant failures to connect to games and freezing both during and after each game. It's become very difficult to even finish a single game and the whole thing has to be restarted like every few minutes. If they fix these issues, they can have a good review from me.

This game has a nice balance between challenging and relaxing, I was only disappointed to find the game literally finishes suddenly at the 35 year mark, and it felt like it reached that point far too fast. A slower pace and more exploration of the potential future of the gaming industry would be nice. The complexity of the game and the gradual discovery of hints does create replay value though.

The most detailed and extensive zoo game I have ever played. There is so much more to manage and keep you occupied, everything from extremely detailed construction and design to managing your animal housing and breeding. Even small animals held in exhibit houses have a lot more focus than previous zoo games. It more accurately represents how complicated running a zoo would actually be. It is of course very graphics heavy and if I had one improvement on the game to suggest it would be to slow the passing of time down, I reckon by at least half. I also would love to see Australian and New Zealand animals besides snakes. But I definitely recommend the game.

Totally unimpressed.
Currently waiting for a refund, as I can't even start the game. It appears to run, but then I can't select anything in the opening menu, it simply doesn't respond to the keyboard or mouse. My 9 minutes of "gameplay" was me just opening it several times and trying to get it to work.
An opportunity to view it elsewhere also left me unimpressed. I played an older version while growing up and that version puts this one to shame. I do not care much about the lack of multiplayer, as I was only looking for single player with AIs, the way I used to play, anyway. But the screen is awful (the game launches in a small window, and the so called "full screen" is a skinny view, running down the centre and leaving at least half the screen wasted to either side. It also appears to be far less attractive overall compared to the years-old game, has a terrible AI system, a complete lack of options before starting the game, crappy sound effects, no clear battle sequence, I could go on.

Hasbro should be ashamed of itself for releasing this version. It appears as if they did not care to release a game that could even be considered decent. A shame, considering how fun the original board game and computer version were.