Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Gold Compilation Pack
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Video Game Reviews of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Gold Compilation Pack
Customer Review: A sequel worthy of the Rollercoaster Tycoon name
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this along with the expansion pack Wild and it is amazing. You can pretty much build any kind of park whether themed or not, and most if not all types of rides youd see at a carnival are in the game. The game includes 4 themes on top of the generic theme which basicly is not a theme at all(it can fit into any area of the park themed or not without the visitors complaining) The other themes are western, sci fi, adventure,and horror and they each contain a small amount of rides, shops, and animatronics which you can use to make a horror park(themed "moving" robotic scenary), though there are much more generic rides than themed so its much easier to just make a generic park.
all the old rides from the first game return and ,much ,much more. Not only this but you can ride them and it is actually a decent experience when you are riding them unlike in the old games Sim theme park and Sim Coaster. You finally can ride your own coasters! Not only this but you can add stuff like Shark attacks, dinosaur attacks, and volcano eruptions to be qued when whatever ride you want goes over a certain track segment. These animatronics can be used on most rollercoasters, water rides, and even monorails.
There are plenty more rides including a new ride type called junior rides for the kids that are now in the game (in a group with their parents, everytype of person is grouped now and go on rides together usually)but there are almost TOO many rollercoasters, I am a completionist and when there are probably 60+ types of rollercoasters, tons of smaller rides, and I want to build a water park on top of this. This isn't like the previous game you can't research every ride and place them all for the most part you have to decide what you want before hand. Themed? Waterpark? Waterpark/amusementpark combo? Generic? or(in the case of the wild expansion pack)Zoo?
With the expansion pack Soaked that is included in gold you also can build pools, a new aspect to the game. These can be pretty entertaining to build and the water affects are breathtaking. When you build a pool complex people charge to enter and the more complex you get (more pools and water rides in it) the more you can charge. Soaked also includes some new thrill rides and rollercoasters, and two new themes, neither have rides, or shops assosiated with them but just scenary. The new thrill rides are all under generic but most look like they could fit under some kind of theme so its surprising they arn't listed as such. For example there is an octopus ride, it isn't water based but it still looks like it could fit into the atlantis theme. A new rollercoaster that stands out is this one which people can ride and drop water on people below them, it is unique and looks like it would be fun in real life. You can now build waterfalls, jumping fountains, and water guns for people to use to squirt other people. There is also a new transport ride that can take people around the water without a track to multiple stations and dolphin and killer whale shows which are really entertaining and you can choreograph yourself, and even sink it with the new lasers and water jets you can use with the expansion pack on top of the fireworks.
If you are looking for a sequel worthy of the rollercoaster tycoon name then you will not be disappointed, while this game doesn't make the original or 2nd (which was basicly the same as the first, what a rip off) obselete as they are fun in their own right and the way you manage your park in them is ever so slightly different it improves on them and goes into new grounds especially with the two expansion packs (one which you already have once you buy this)
Customer Review: Loving it
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoy this game. I have played the original for the past 6 months and decided to get this one. My entire family likes to play and we have to compete for computer time. The 3-D view is a bit trickier to navigate when you are used to the original 2-D, but you get the hang of it after a while. Customer Review: RCT1 still the best
Summary: 4 Stars
I love my new RCT3, but....... RCT1 still rules.
I like being able to ride the coasters, but it gets old quick. I guess it will be better once I start designing my own, but I have been just playing the games for now.
Lots of new extras and such too........ I guess the more I play the more I will get use to it, but for now Its 4 stars....
Customer Review: mac93
Summary: 4 Stars
The game itself is cool enough to buy. You have to have unlimited card space or it will play really slowly. I have played this game for over two weeks and I enjoy playing it. You can create your own theme parks, peeps, and rides, which allows you to be creative, but I prefer to play the integrated scenarios, because I'm only a beginner at this stuff. You can also create fireworks displays, or laser shows, or even water shows, which I have only skimmed.
Overall, you have basically unlimited gameplay and if you need help on a subject, such as pools, they have tutorials there to show you how to do it right. They make it as lifelike as possible, in this game.
The only game glitch that's apparent at this moment is that in the Scenario Editor, if you try to expand the park, and you have hills and gullies, the shadowing will mess up and look weird. I don't know if this affects the gameplay or not but I think it's because it's creating space on the memory card.
In spite of that, it's a really neat game and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do.
Customer Review: Good Game, but Has lots of glitches
Summary: 2 Stars
This game is very fun, it has a coaster cam, new rides, good 3D, but it won't work on even some of the most powerfull home Computers, wait until atari has fixed the game glitches , until then , make sure thatyou check the requirements on the box so that you know if it will work on your computer.
*Update* If Your Computer will not play the game try increasing your paging file. In this game I made the Top Thrill Dragster, and lots of other real coasters. This is a fun game.