The animals are as beautiful as ever, but they're trapped in a cage of rote micromanagement.

A vibrant and thriving sequel full of lovely visual upgrades and expanded mechanics.

It wasn't realistic to get a full picture of Planet Zoo 2 from the short time I had with it in this first hands-on, especially when it comes to the business tycoon side, but I'm pretty optimistic overall. I counted 49 species in the encyclopedia, from jellyfish to giraffes, from a variety of environments and biomes. And the ones I got to see in the flesh were marvelously rendered and a joy to watch, especially when I got to release them into the open environment of a nature reserve.

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Frontier Developments may not have formally announced a sequel to its delightful zoo sim, Planet Zoo, but that hasn't stopped someone trimming up the game's YouTube channel with some not-so-subtle hints that Planet Zoo 2 is on the way.