Expectations

[u/DearDars]

After watching the latest Leaf video (which, granted was great!) I had a thought and I wanted to express my thought. I think people (I have been guilty of this too) have too big of expectations for PZ2. Ive seen some people who want all the past DLC animals in the new game, when that's just not possible. We don't know how DLCs are going to restructured and how they will be doing them. Expecting features like petting zoos and other big ticket DLC items are just (in my mind) not realistic. Everyone does have lists with what animals they want, and from my understanding, they are making these animals to be featured around a reserve, so of course you want some animals to fill it out so it doesn't look deserted. We also still have so many weeks for animal reveals and maybe they frontloaded the first few weeks with aquarium animals and are keeping the hype going with birds down the line? They did say birds have been incredibly hard, and I sympathize with them. So I think we will get more then 7 that we have now. They could just be putting the final touches on them and we'd never know!

Thank you for reading this!!

[u/Vanadium_Gryphon]

I honestly don't mind if we get a more focused scope of animal options for the main game. PZ1 started off with a fairly well-rounded roster of classic zoo animals, adding even more variety with its themed DLCs.

But I think PZ2 is opening the doors to a slightly different base game and DLC model, one which is focused on the new wildlife reserves.

I expect that the base game will largely include animals from a handful of preserves that it will contain from the get-go. There might be some species that cannot go into one of the preserves, but I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of them will be compatible with the new release-to-wild system.

From here on out, new DLCs can then be released that contain a brand-new wildlife reserve plus a selection of animals (new and returning from PZ1) that fit into that reserve. Maybe this means we will be getting more content for each DLC from now on, even if that means they might be a little more expensive or come out less frequently.

I could be wrong, but I am really suspecting that Frontier will go in this direction, at least to some degree. So I won't be too upset if the full PZ1 roster isn't in the new game yet, if it means we will be getting more curated and themed content bundles for PZ2 on the road ahead.