Wildlife Park 2 – Horses

Summary
A horse themed stand alone Add On to Wildlife Park 2.

Game Design
"Realistic" 3D graphics, not too bad for it's time, but not amazing either. The horses' behaviour is not that accurate and detailed, but also includes some things you do not usually find in horse games, such as horses rolling around in dirt, scratching themselves on branches and even a short breeding animation. As is to be expected, most of the game is played in bird's eye perspective, but you also can zoom in to a sort of first person view and then walk (or ride) around your zoo.

Gameplay
There are 8 Missions that work as a tutorial and are linked together loosely in a story that mixes some of the usual horse game tropes(Rescue the Ranch! Win the show jumping competition!) with building and management as well as the more quirky aspects of Wildlife Park like genetically re-engineering a prehistoric horse to attract visitors. The free mode has a couple of maps in different locations to build a ranch on. If "Wildlife Park 2" is also installed, you can finally keep ponies, penguins and polar bears in the same enclosure (for a short time at least).

Riding Mechanics
Left and right arrow key to steer, hold up to gallop, space to jump. The riding is basically the walk around mode with half a horse (no tack) and some sound effects added. It's very basic but still an unusual feature for a zoo game.

Differences between Releases
The game was re-released on Steam in 2014. It can be purchased and played either alone or together with Wildlife Park 2. The Steam and retail versions are not compatible.

Not to be confused with "Wildlife Park 2: Farm World" which does not include horses, only donkeys - unlike "Farm World" which was originally released as Pony Ranch and is based on Wildlife Park 1. The first add-on for WLP 2 "Crazy Zoo" did first introduce the riding mechanic to the series. "Wildlife Park 2" was originally released as "Wildlife Zoo" in the US.