Exhibit A: This capybara family relaxing under a hot water tap is too pure for our world
Planet Zoohas grown far beyond its initial roster of animals, and while everyone surely has their favorite picked out, I don’t see any other DLC topping theWetlands Animal Pack.
What’s so great about it? Well, it’s adding the most wholesome of trios. DLC players can make room in their zoos for species like the capybara, platypus, and Asian small-clawed otter — as well as the Nile lechwe, red-crowned crane, spectacled caiman, wild water buffalo, and Danube crested newt; that last one that looks like a real-life Pokémon.
I died when the baby otter rolled around at 1:18 in the Wetlands trailer. I mean it. This isn’t a bit — there’s now aGoosebumps-lookin’ skeleton typing out the rest of this blog.
A big part ofPlanet Zoo‘s appeal is carefully constructing an ideal environment for the zoo’s critters and guests (from a practical and aesthetic standpoint), and when that work is done, there’s some passive joy to be had in just watching everyone go about their business. These videos usually do a good job of conveying that vibe, but this one nails it.
Aside from the eight new species, the Wetlands DLC also has scenery pieces like thesubmarine buoyenrichment item and ahot water tap(wonderfully depicted above with some chilled-out capybaras), as well as atimed scenarioset in Brazil. I’ve seen somePlanet Zoofans pine for less stressful missions that are still challenging to figure out, and I feel that. I don’t personally like to rush, as I ultimately end up cutting corners.
We got an otter species before with theAquatic Pack, but this one’s cuter.
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There’s a free update, too
Separate from thePlanet ZooWetlands Animal Pack (which costs $9.99 out of the gate), there’s alsoupdate 1.9today. Here are thepatch notesfrom Frontier Developments:
You might not even notice these additions naturally, but knowing that the developers are putting in this kind of work forfree content updatesis still reassuring, all the same.
One last parting note: as ofPlanet Zooupdate 1.9, Japanese macaque can also soak.
