CSM writes: "A downloadable game for Windows PCs and Macs, Simplz: Zoo puts players in the shoes of a young zoo director who inherits a facility with just one lonely exhibit. A letter from the previous owner explains that he hopes we will be able to achieve his goal of turning it into the world's top wildlife menagerie. To do that, players have to engage in a match-three puzzle game that requires them to group tiles on a grid in sets of three or more. Matching food tiles results in food for the animals, matching helmet tiles keeps our zoo staffed, and matching resource tiles ensures we have the materials necessary to build new attractions. After each puzzle, we head back to the zoo and spend the money we've earned, research new exhibits, and watch as patrons slowly begin to fill the paths, walking from one cage to the next while talking about what they like or would like to see next."
Out of Eight writes: "How do you make a match-3 game more interesting? PC's have been inundated with enough games that it's practically its own genre. More sophisticated gamers such as you and me (but not that guy over there; he's an idiot) require more sophistication! Enter the egregiously misspelled Simplz: Zoo, which attempts to combine classic (meaning "tired") match-3 gameplay with running your own zoo. Giving you another goal is certainly more interesting than tediously matching jewels, right? Let's find out!"
Simplz Zoo, from Reflexive Entertainment and South Winds Games, is an interesting casual game in a recent vein of games that combine the match three genre with some form of simulation. You might think it an odd combination but it works quite well. In order to get more items, animals, and buildings in your zoo you need to play the match-three levels and collect the necessary resources. It's surprisingly engrossing.
Game Vortex writes: "Simplz: Zoo is an interesting new game out for download. It combines your traditional SimCity game with a puzzle game, which means that you never really get bored of either!"
