The Great newest Tycoon.

I downloaded the demo for this game out of my love for strategy games. As soon as you start the game, it automatically runs the tutorial. Always helpful in a new game.

The tutorials will take you through Placing items in your zoo, adopting animals, and what happens if your dumb enough to delete a section of the lions cage.

Unfortunatly in the demo they only have 2 of the many tutorials, one map to play and 4 animals. It is still enough to keep you captivated for hours.

The graphics are outstanding. Like any other tycoon you get to create everything. You start out with a gate and a section of road. Use your imagination from there. You get to have fun with the Lions, Bengal tigers, Giraffe's, and Thomson Gazelle's.

Make sure you keep your animals happy by changing the terrain to suit their natural enviroment. Add trees, water, grass, play toys, shelters, and if you really want to have fun throw a Thomson Gazelle in the Lions cage. :p

You also get the Petting zoo, a burger stand, drink stand, soda and snack machines, and restrooms. You can't forget the trash cans, picnic tables or benches either.

The only downfall I have found for this game is the zookeepers. The maintence workers do their job for the most part. The zookeepers though, you have to keep right on top of them so they will take care of your animals. They have a habit of wandering off when there's work to be done.

Overall it is a great game. After playing the game for a mere hour and a half, I saved my game and went online to buy it. Unfortunatly I am still waiting for the full version to arrive.