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Rating Reviewed By Andrew BriggsFrom Madison, WI Review Date 07/28/2003 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 4.00 of 5, 4 votes Rate this review? Summary The roller coaster train accelerates through the loop and begins to climb the corkscrew. If all goes according to plan, the train should stop, just short of the top of the corcscrew, and accelerate back down again, stoping at the station to release it's wowed passengers. The train climbs higher and higher until finaly, a miscalculation. The train has too many cars and therefore too much momentum. It flies off of the track at the top, crashing to the ground below. Thank goodness it was only a test run. My park won't have to pay for the disaster, this time.If you haven't guessesd already, this was an actual account of something that happened to me while playing Roller Coaster Tycoon. Like I said, everything down to the subtle physics such as having a train with too many cars effects the performance of your coaster. But the game isn't confined just to the thundering daemons of mood and steel, in this game you use all of your skills, honed in years of playing mediocre tycoon games to create the ultimate theme park. You choose from hundreds of rides, each one with more variations than you can shake a fist at to create a park that is uniquely you. Tense moments of excitement such as seeing the observation tower car, plummet down to the ground after a brake failure,are intermixed perfectly with moments of pride, like seeing a masterfully designed wooden coaster excecute the perfect 360 degree banked turn, and moments of greed, like seeing the rain begin to pour and having guests shell out $15 a pop for a park umbrella. All of these things and more can happen to you when you play Roller Coaster Tycoon. Neither the sub-standard graphics or sound should deter anyone from owning this brilliant game. Indeed while judging the sound and graphics fairly 3 and 2 respsectively, I have given the game a 5 overall just to show how strong the game is without state of the art multimedia. This game could be text based in a black and white DOS prompt window and still be one of the best gameplay experiences ever. Sound The sound, like the graphics are again weak by today's and yesterday's standards. Of course coasters make that clak-claking sound while they climb a hill and screaming is heard on the exciting areas rides, while music can be set to play from any one of your rides. That is about it. The sound is not very good quality but it still provides a remarkably complete experience.Gameplay If I could give one game a 6 for gameplay on this site, this would be it. The sheer ammount of tinkering that can be done to every ride, from the mighty Steel Coaster to the lowly Merry-go-Round ensures that no two parks will be the same. Hundreds of different rides and attractions are available for construction in your park meaning you will never get tired of seeing what your reaserchers will think up next. Most coasters also have several modes (circut, powered launch etc.) and several car designs that mean even two coasters using the same template can be totally different. Indeed 8000 characters is not enough room to describe the sheer volume of customability for the game, because it couldnt be done in 8000 pages. What is even more amazing is that none of this ever becomes overwhelming to the gamer and even the most casual player can fully grasp the concepts of this game and have fun. The only teeny tiny flaw with the game is the lack pf a sandbox mode. Instead the game forces the player to choose one of several parks with different victory conditions from easy to fiendishly difficult. A sandbox mode, while an unfortunate omission, is not seriously missed once the game is begun in earnest.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By JeffFrom Plymouth MN Review Date 07/14/2003 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary Great Game! Best of the TycoonsSound The sound is pretty good it sounds just like a theme parkGameplay The Game Play is awsome they give you like 20 parks to work with and you have to earn them as you go along. Not for kids under 10.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Christopher ManglosFrom E. Syracuse Review Date 05/27/2003 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary In short, this game is one of the most adictive titles I have played in a long time. Taking the basic simulation design modernized by our friends at Maxis, RCT proves that the old simulation genre is still as fun as ever. It brings an incredible sense of creativity to the simulation genre. A truely satisfying experience.Sound While the quality of the sounds used aren't fantastic, all of the sounds that are used, are used well. From the clicky-click of an ascending rollercoaster cart, to the constant flow of crowd speech, to the addicting jingles of the merry-go-round; it's all hear (pun intended). Everthing you'd expect to hear walking along the paths of your favorite amusement park are present and tastefully implemented. Each sound that is used sounds right, and creates the atmosphere of a theme park VERY well. While the graphics don't really help the gameplay along that much, the sound does. Beware of theme park nostalgia.Gameplay The Gameplay of RCT is where the game really excels. The engine that is used is extremely effective and seemingly quite powerful. Thousands of guests can swarm through your park, and make their own decisions and create their own opinions about your attractions. Not only can you watch them gravitate towards certain rides or stands or avoid others, but you can find out why... for each individual that enters your park. In fact, the ability to veiw your guests prefferences is not only an interesting idea, it is also a crucial part of the decisions that you will make as the park director. I am thoroughly impressed with ammount of thought put in to the gameplay of RCT. Watching your park rise in popularity because of a roller coaster design that you created or because of an intelligent advirtising campaign (yes, you can advirtize) turns out to be a really great feeling.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This is one of the most original and best value games of all time! The bottom line is that this game is fun and it is so addictive that I could play it for days. There is plenty to work with in this game.Sound The sound is pretty good. You can hear the guests talking and the toilets flushing and the park music. Everything is timed good too like when there is a drop in the roller coaster the guests scream and stuff. The music is pretty good too and it really reminds me of a carnival.Gameplay The game runs very realistically. Guests come to your park to have fun and spend money. You have to show them a good time and keep a variety of rides so it appeals to everyone. You also have to give them food and hire a staff to clean up, entertain, fix rides, and to protect the park from vandalism. You have to maintain a budget and balance profits with what your guests are willing to spend. Each guest has a unique ride preference and they all have needs. You need to build food stalls and bathrooms and a good amount of rides to make them happy. If they get mad they can unleash vandalism and break benches and stuff. You also get a wide variety of rides to build and it is fun to watch the guests ride them. You can also play with the scenery and theme tools to make your park interesting.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By MichaelFrom Canton, MI, USA Review Date 02/17/2003 Overall Rating 4 of 5 Visitors rate this review 4.00 of 5, 9 votes Rate this review? Summary The game is excellent. It is a bit harder than the original roller coaster tycoon, but it is more fun than the original also.Sound The sound is alright, I always get a kick out of the little people who jump up and down when they love the ride. There is an occasional yippee of the crowd.Gameplay The gameplay is alright. A bit more women and it would be fine.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Fantastic game. Being new to simulation games, I did not really know what to expect. Very pleasantly surprised - I which I would have bought this game a long time ago. I was able to get RTC Gold and I haven't even installed the expansion packs yet!!! One strong warning with this game: It is extremely addictive - be forewarned! The replay value of this game is a huge selling point. If you want a game that you can continue playing, this is for you, if not try a boring game like Grand Theft Auto III!Sound I was very pleased with the sound effects of this game. The park patrons make the appropriate noises at the appropriate times. They will scream on roller coaster, you can hear babies cry, and even toilets flushing! If you are not careful in your ride construction, you will even hear and see a ride crash. (Be sure to adjust the launch speed on the G-force ride if you add height to it. Otherwise, you will see what I mean.)Gameplay One of the best aspects of RTC is the numerous options you have at your disposal. These range from being able to build a desert theme park to a water theme park. Then the fun really begins. From choosing where to put your rides to what rides to build, your options are endless. As you progress and make the park profitable, you are able to choose from additional rides(G-force, steel roller coasters, water slides, etc.) In addition, you are able to add staff to run the park, security, entertainers and the list goes on and on. It will take a little while to catch on, but once you get the hang of it, get to work building the perfect park.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Good Game, High rate of fun and you can play this a couple of million times over if ure bored and have nothing to do. I assume ive done about 300 hours over 3 years now, this game is a definite breakthrough for people who want to push their brains just a teeny bit on games instead of watching limbs fly in FPS games.Downside: The levels can be really really really really hard if you try making your own custom maps at first. In need of a tutorial but its possible to play without one. Some silly glitches when you have way to many people, such as Rollercoasters blinking on tracks, but very rare and not noticeable unless you stare at it. Sound Sound is good, annoying if you turn on music cuz the damn carousel bugs me. Realistic, you can hear wierd crap even upto ppl flushing toilets and barfing, or going "Look at that!" in squeaky voices. Beside handling so many sounds so beautifully, the sounds themselves dont give this game a real boost.Gameplay Good gameplay, building your own custom rollercoasters make this game fustrating at times, but when you do end up with a rollercoaster that has a high excitement rating or when its better than one build by the RCT team, Its worth it. Levels are insanely hard at first look, but they become easy once u grasp that your not gonna be too sucessful if u try building custom roller coasters unless you know what your doing. But just as u understand that, the terrain is more bumpy, or the requirement is even crazier.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Hunter JenningsFrom Maryland Review Date 09/24/2002 Overall Rating 4 of 5 Visitors rate this review 4.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary The original RCT game was amazing and incredible for its time. Now the expansion has come and believe it or not has changed a loooooot of things!! I thought it was great until I started reading the objectives of the new scenarios. They`re all too damn hard! I play for hours and hours and I`ve only finished 2 or 3!!! The original scenarios were great cause they were`nt way too difficult and you`re able to go through the game without it taking 6 or 7 years. Scenarios like "Have 1,300 guests by year 2" on a tiny Pier and "Build 10 (!!) coasters with an excitement rating of at least 6 each. !!Word to the wise: Only get these expansions if you`re an expert player. Sound GREAT!Gameplay The gameplay, like the original, is surprisingly easy even for the biggest scenarios. Managing 2,000 people who all need to pee really bad can get hectic when you only have 1 bathroom. Its really fun to raise the bathroom prices to $20!!!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Dustin J.From Canada, Ontario Review Date 08/20/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Well, Well, Well. Just when I thought a roller coaster game couldn't be more worse. If you believe me, don't! This game is the most fun, addictive, challenging, fun, addictive challenging game i have ever played in my life, so far.Sound The game has it all! Gameplay, Graphics and most definitely, the sound! You could actually hear people scream, laugh, talk and even BARF! (sounds like a normal cough you would do during a cold) HA HA HA! urrr, ok. The sound is perfect!Gameplay The gameplay is great! THIS GAME CANNOT GET BORING OVER 2387431297412081749893 YEARS! That is what your lokking for in a game! Replay value. In this game, you design and create everything from walkways to rollercoasters, to scenery to Merry-Go-Rounds. It is challenging because you have to maintain good g's and lateral g's on a rollercoaster. Another thing is that it is easy to get into. Long story short - WICKED!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By JoshFrom Worcester England Review Date 08/12/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This is a must have game which brakes the boundres of video games. It offers fun for all ages and sexies. With a big sphere of influence, meaning most p.cs can run the game. If you buy this game you wont be dissapionted and it will be one of the best games you have and will ever play.Sound The sound usually contains coasters crashing,ducks quaking,tills ringing,people being sick, and people talking. All the usuall sounds you expect to hear in a theme park. a small amount of music does also appear, but you are so into your role as a manager you dont even realise.Gameplay The gameplay of rollar coaster tycoon is easy to sum up in two words. Ground breaking,the amount of hours you will lose of your live to this game is disturbing. The replay vaue is endless. The product is worth any price tag. You build rollar coasters made of wood,steel and other materials. You also build rapids,log flumes,go karts,dodgems and many other rides and when you buy one of the expansion packs the amount of rides you get is increased.(not that it needs to be you must also build faciliets for your guests like shops,toilets etc. You must also hire guards so vandels dont destroy benches, you must hire mechanics to fix broken down rides and even hire men in cuddly animal costumes to take the bordem away from a long line. The game is so detailed each customer has different emotions to your actions. You decide if the customers pay at the gates or at rides, its completey your world, you can even choose if you want certain customers to die on a ride by sending them to there peril on a unsafe ride. You get to lay footpaths put down benches,bins,lamposts and many more items.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Tim (I rated mall tycoon too!)From Santa Rosa Ca. USA Review Date 08/08/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Roller Coaster Tycoon is a fun game for all. It has some things that makes it standout. It is really realastic. If I could only ask them to change one thing, They need to make a hotel! They need to make a hotel! That would be super. Then It could be like disney theme parks. The Disneyland Hotel, Disneys Grand Hotel and The Grand California hotel!Sound The Sound Is Just a slight worse than the graphics.But nothing like it stinks, accually it is very good.Gameplay Each Game has an objective. You must complete the objective by building a theme park. I has 2 expansion packs at this time. (LOOPY LANDSCAPES, CORKSCREW FOLLIES)Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary this game is te best game ive ever played. i mean once u buy it u will be inside for at least 6 months playing it. compared to all of the other rollercoaster games this one beats all by far. ive been playing it for like 2 years. and i have all 3 of them. ummm go out and buy this game now or ya............Sound the sound it sweet because in loopy landscapes u can choose ur music for the ride exept there should be punk as a choice thatd be cool. the only thing that is VERY ANNOYING is the merry-go round music cause u CANT turn it off.Gameplay the game is great i love how in loopy landscapes there is a bunch of different rollercoasters u can choose from. lets just say u will have no life when u buy this game because ITS AWSOME!!!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Overall, I think rollercoaster tycoon is a great game. It is much funner than "Theme Park" and you have much more rides. Also, Loopy Landscapes has some fun levels, like Arid Hieghts, where you have infinit money.Sound The sound rocks! You can put music for your rides, such as wild west, gentle, techno, rock 1, rock 2, space, martian, and so much more. The sound is cool. But the merry-go-round only has that boring organ thingy.Gameplay The Gameplay is really fun. I cant stop playing and making larger coasters. The average person would spend about 15 - 30 hours a week on this.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary I have software all over the house, and 90% of what I own is games. Which one do I keep coming back to? Yep, this is the one. The original Rollercoaster Tycoon and its two expansions create a game experience unique unto itself.Sound I found the sound more than adequate in the Roller Coaster Tycoon series. The extended music selections in the expansion packs, as well as the ability to insert a couple of your own favorite songs as ride music, is quite nice. The screams of riders as a 'coaster begins its plunge down that big hill is perfect. The crowd voices looping in the background create a great ambient effect, and if you listen at just the right time, in just the right place--yep, those toilets gotta flush. All in all I'd say the sound does what sound _should_ do in a game---it adds to the experience.Gameplay Phenomenal gameplay. I shudder to think of the hours I've spent in front of my computer, staring red-eyed into the monitor until the wee hours of the morning, oblivious to everything around me...if you take the time to learn the basics of building rollercoasters, you will get hours of enjoyment out of this game. If you take the time to MASTER 'coaster design and park management, then there is very little limit to what you can do. The types of rides and shops is numerous --impressively so -- so that no two parks need ever be alike, and with the easy-to-use coaster design interface, no two rides need ever be alike! Managing the various economic aspects of the park is great fun, too, and succeeds because it offers enough detail without crossing the dreaded "micromanagement" line.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By GiulioReview Date 06/16/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary This is a very good addition to RCT (and it's even better with the "Corkskrew Follies included" pack). It has more shops, rides, ect. so it makes gameplay longer and more fun for small, new people to the series. There are some things that I thought should have been made. Personaly, I Thoght that there should have been more rides, and shops. There are good things to, like the "Real" parks which gave me the ideas of new ways to enhance exitement, intencity, and reduce nausea. Another good thing is the new colors and ways to put them on.Sound The sounds are the same as the game almost perfectly realistic. The screams, the " yipee! That was fun!" sound, and of course, the ever so funny to notice by sound and see the green-faced sick person hurl. This isn't that bad but it neaded new sounds like "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" or "Yahooooooooo!" sound instead of just two diffrent Roller Coster Screams.Gameplay The new levels are awsome and surprisingly hard to beat (unlike "Forest Frontiers" in the origanal version), And the game has new challanges witch make it longer, but it gives it more fun. it also has the same # of Levels as RCT and RCT:CF, so buying it gives you more than a third of what you beat if you finished the other two games.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By joshFrom MI Review Date 06/10/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Summary one of the bets games i ever played on the pc. if you don't have it and you don't mind a challenge, buy it now. you get to build your own theme park from the ground up. the game is impossible to explain completely without taking up pages and pages of text. just go buy it.Sound very good sound i agree with all the other reviews.Gameplay very easy controls. most anyone could pick them up in minuites. lots of levels. it will keep you occupied for a long time. very addicting. i find it hard to stop playing unless something happens that is really hard to fix, like my park is full and nothing else will fit.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Great great great game. one of the best twice as good as all the other themepark games combined. Love building rollar coasters and the park of ur dreams. also fun is destroying and making coasters crash.But seriously a must buy. its so addicting and huge gameplay hours. Its amazing how there is so much to do, manage workers, rides, prices, all the colors and the fact u can see wha each person is thinking.Sound Sound is very good as well. not as much the music but the sound effects. as u go by each ride the sound for it comes to life (ex. when u go by haunted house makes scary noise). Also u can hear people talking, screaming and going to the frigin bathroom. well the music is fine just enough to get by.Gameplay Gameplay is great. Its real easy to get used to the game and youll be off in no time. Its a tiny bit annoying opening each window every second but not much trouble.beside that gameplay is excellent and fun.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Definately one of the few greates. it does get frustrating, but that is the whole point. In the beginning, my parks and rides sucked, but now i can make insane yet phesable rides that people love, people don't get lost, and everything is great.I have made 200+ foot tall coasters with high G force loops, insane sequences, and great theming, and they work perfectly, people love them. The more you play, the better you get. Sound The sound is another strong aspect. They should have added some more effects, etc, but with the add-ons, the sounds available quadruple, and it is great.Gameplay Gameplay is easy to get the hang of, easy to master. The basics of the game post no challenge. After the control inputs are mastered (which takes almost no time at all) all of your time is spent improving.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Ryan ClarkFrom Houston TX Review Date 05/16/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary i think that this game was a record braking game. it is addictive intrigueing. if you do not have this game i suggest that you buy it. i think that this game all and all was exceptional. it was well thought through. it was the company's game that started the obsession. it was the original. the game everyone has copied. before they made monopoly tycoon they made this and made one hell of a fortune. this game has all of the coaster you could imagine. you can even make your own. you set the price of everything. you are in control of everything. you know the second something good or bad happens. | |||||||||||||||
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