Wildlife Park 3

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In Wildlife Park 3, manage your own unique zoo and create animal habitats with various enclosures, buildings, and plants. Oversee a team of staff, ensure financial stability, and maintain the well-being of realistically animated animals. With exciting campaigns, a free play mode, and terraforming tools, build the zoo of your dreams and promote conservation efforts.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

+37

56%

Audience ScoreBased on 279 reviews

graphics19 positive mentions

gameplay6 negative mentions

The game features detailed graphics and realistic animal behaviors, making it visually appealing.
Players enjoy the nostalgic feel and gameplay mechanics reminiscent of classic zoo management games.
The game offers a variety of animals and customization options for building enclosures and managing the park.

The user interface is clunky and confusing, making it difficult to navigate and manage the park effectively.
Many players experience performance issues, including low frame rates and crashes, especially on larger parks.
The game lacks depth in gameplay, with repetitive tasks and limited animal variety leading to a lack of long-term engagement.

graphics
65 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the realistic animal designs and vibrant colors, while others criticize the dated visuals and poor optimization leading to performance issues. Many users note that while the graphics are decent for a game of its age, they are marred by glitches, a poorly designed UI, and inconsistent frame rates. Overall, the aesthetic appeal varies significantly among players, with some finding it enjoyable and others deeming it subpar.
- “The graphics are absolutely amazing!”
- “The graphics are beautiful and the animals are a bit more realistic than in Zoo Tycoon 2.”
- “The graphics still hold up, and it is one of the most fun simulators I've seen in a while.”
- “The graphics are dated and feel very low tech.”
- “Okay graphics held back by poor UI, massive pop-in, and unacceptable performance.”
- “The graphic design seen in the UI, main menu, even to the closing screen, are amateurish at best; I prefer the UI in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, and that game is over a decade old.”
gameplay
33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
9%
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The gameplay has been criticized for its simplicity and repetitiveness, with many mechanics feeling limited compared to other building simulation games. Players find the need to manage various aspects, such as animal and plant care, to be tedious and often overwhelming. While some appreciate the depth of certain behind-the-scenes mechanics, overall feedback suggests that the gameplay lacks complexity and can feel flat, especially for those familiar with previous titles in the genre.
- “The gameplay is slower (much slower), which can be good or bad, depending on your level of patience and how in-depth you want to go in the game.”
- “In all honesty, the series has been evolving the gameplay complexity along its constant graphical overhauls.”
- “Overall, I recommend this if you're looking for a graphics update to the Zoo Tycoon series while having similar game mechanics.”
- “Gameplay mechanics are limited compared to most building simulation games.”
- “The mechanic of keeping every single animal, plant, and guest happy becomes obnoxiously pedestrian and hair-pullingly repetitive.”
- “The gameplay grows shallow after little play.”
story
29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
24%
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The game's story is primarily conveyed through a series of campaign missions, which include an overarching plot that connects various tasks across different global locations, particularly in Africa. While players appreciate the fun and engaging nature of the missions, some find them repetitive and feel that the narrative loses depth as the game progresses. Overall, the story serves as a backdrop for the gameplay, with players enjoying the mix of mission objectives and park management, despite occasional frustrations with mission requirements.
- “Enrique and Sarah will guide you step by step on your very first assignment in South Africa. You can expect multiple missions across the globe, but I suggest you expand slowly and carefully within the confines of each newly unlocked map.”
- “Missions - there's an overarching plot throughout that ties them all together.”
- “The campaign has 20 missions (four of which are considered tutorials), mostly focusing on reservations within various African nations.”
- “The campaign missions can get a bit repetitive and the graphics are very old school, and sometimes the game can act a bit inscrutable.”
- “I'm sure going through the missions and stuff it will tell you, but I mean come on, who wants to do missions for the next week to understand what any of the controls mean.”
optimization
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is widely criticized, with players reporting low frame rates, frequent crashes, and significant performance issues even on high-end systems. Many users experience severe drops in FPS when expanding their parks or during certain weather effects, leading to frustration over the game's inability to run smoothly. Despite some enjoyable game mechanics, the overall performance and UI problems detract significantly from the experience, making it hard to recommend without caveats.
- “The performance I sit around 30 fps with a massively built-up park, and I have a very powerful computer (i7 7700k and 16GB DDR4 RAM with a 1080ti extreme edition). I blame most of this on the guests' need for 50 plants per square foot.”
- “Okay graphics held back by poor UI, massive pop-in, and unacceptable performance.”
- “Even with a high-performance PC, the fps drops significantly after you start expanding the zoo or during different weather effect animations.”
- “Firstly, it has a sh**y optimization. Seriously, low FPS, and for some, it crashes (at least it didn't for me). Having low FPS while playing this game on my main computer is a joke, a bad joke.”
- “Buggy and unoptimized for Windows 10; it crashed my system several times.”
- “It is not optimized terribly well. On the highest graphics settings, my FPS was around 5-10, and my GPU was barely being used.”
stability
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is generally criticized, with users reporting numerous unresolved glitches and crashes, particularly on Windows 10. While some players have attempted various troubleshooting methods to improve performance, many still experience significant bugs and graphical issues, detracting from the overall experience.
- “It's good, however there are many unsolved glitches in the game.”
- “Buggy and unoptimized for Windows 10; it crashed my system several times.”
- “I purchased this game around the time Zoo Tycoon's 'Ultimate Animal Collection' was released in 2018, a game that notoriously bombed with audiences because of its buggy nature and shameful lack of creative control for the player.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in Wildlife Park 3 receives mixed reviews; while some players appreciate the pleasant soundtrack and soothing tones that enhance the gameplay experience, others find it repetitive and monotonous, detracting from the overall enjoyment. Additionally, the sound effects are noted to complement the game well, although some players feel that the music can become annoying over time.
- “Surprisingly pleasant soundtrack and plenty of sound effects help Wildlife Park 3 stand out once again.”
- “The top-down perspective will trim the sound effects sufficiently, allowing you to enjoy the OST without background distractions.”
- “As a game, it's full of soothing music and the campaign tells you exactly what to do.”
- “Music is just annoying and repetitive.”
- “The music is really repetitive.”
- “The music is monotonous and the voice acting incredibly tacky.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of Wildlife Park 3 to be tedious and frustrating, with the campaign feeling more like a prolonged tutorial rather than an engaging experience. The limited animal selection and stressful park leveling system contribute to a sense of monotony, making the overall gameplay feel like a chore.
- “Wildlife Park 3 unfortunately becomes something of a tedious chore as you play.”
- “The limited animal selection is boring, the campaigns are tedious, and the park leveling system is incredibly stressful.”
- “From what I've encountered, the tutorial is slightly tedious and hard to follow at some points.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's humor is well-executed, featuring fully voiced characters that provide a proper introduction before diving into the action. However, some players find it ironic that the developers chose to release a DLC without addressing existing performance issues, which has been a recurring topic in community discussions.
- “Fully voiced and mixing just the right amount of humor, you will not get thrust into the action without a proper introduction.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players appreciate the high replayability of the game, citing multiple endings and a variety of maps for creating parks as key factors that encourage repeated playthroughs and discussions with others.
- “High quality action, replayability, and the multiple endings were great to discuss with my peers.”
- “There's a bunch of maps to create more parks on, which is good for replay value.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the game emotionally engaging, highlighting the enjoyable interactions with animals and the whimsical nature of the missions, which contribute to a lighthearted and fun experience.