As one who still has ZT2 installed (even though I haven't played it much recently) I don't think of it as being anymore or less "dead" than than many of the other games I cling to forever. It may not be "alive" insofar as new EPs or massive amounts of new user content, but so long as there is still modding info & other such stuff lurking around the 'net, it still has a "pulse" of some sort. I'm still trying to find the last bits of info I need regarding the life spans/ reproduction stats that I need to make my own critter mods, but then I'm also a diehard Sims 2 player/modder so maybe I'm just a sucker for games other people have abandoned...or games with "2" in their titles!