Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum
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Video Game Reviews of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum
Customer Review: Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Platinum
Summary: 5 Stars
I have run all 3 versions of Roller Coaster Tycoon and this last version takes all the problems and glitches that were in the first release. It also has combined the two expansion packs (Wild and Soaked) onto the same disc so all games are installed at the same time.
A work of caution though. This is a very high end graphic and memory heavy game. You really need a top line machine with lots of Ram memory, a fast processor and a high end graphics card with lots of memory and very fast screen rendering. If you try to run this on a standard system it will slow down as you add rides and scenery to the point where it's impossible to use. And it doesn't run with Windows Vista. XP Pro is the best version to run this game on.
Customer Review: Tycoon 3 Rollercoaster
Summary: 5 Stars
Once again they have done it, Great game , many hours of fun, keeps the children busy and intrested for haours on end.Customer Review: Aside from some lagging a fun and charming title!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a fan of the RC series from its inception, back in my high school days, with Chris Taylor eye-bleeding Roller Coaster Tycoon (those 2d textures really killed your sight). The newest (and possibly final, pending legal resolution) entry has now been packaged together with its two expansion packs - Soaked and Wild, into one pre-patched Platinum edition. The cost of the pack is commiserate with buying all three together (if you can even FIND a copy of RCT3) so the value is pretty high here.
The game itself is tons of fun, giving the player free reign to build the theme park of their dreams. Although a novelty, which is ultimately rarely used, it is rather neat that you can actually ride many of your rides from a first person perspective (this works especially well with Roller Coasters). Placement of rides, decoration, types of shops, research budget, ride prices, all are under the player's control - making it a micromanager's dream (you can even control the color of the ride and the color of the ride's queue).
My only two concerns are some technical problems and a general lack of challenge to the game's campaigns. It is very easy to reach gold tycoon in all of the campaign levels, although really this isn't much the point. The game is far more to play as a "sandbox" game. I had some lagging when attempting to place rides and decoration, and while playable, it is slightly annoying. Some users, with less up-to-date rigs have reported lots of lagging when their park sizes and guest numbers go to high, so make sure you have a bit higher than recommended specs here.
Customer Review: Good for all ages!
Summary: 4 Stars
This game is great for all ages. The controls area little hard to figure out at first, but once you get the hang of it, they are really easy to use. It is really exciting to get to ride your own coasters, and having the new "autocomplete" is great when you can't finish the coaster yourself, or if you get impatient. My 10 year old loves it as well.Customer Review: Fun game but with some flaws...
Summary: 4 Stars
I have this game for about 2 weeks, and in the first round of playing the game, I found one important flaw. There is no undo button! It's annoying and frustrating to keep deleting the errors I make with going back and forth the trash can to delete sections of the coasters. I end up deleting the entire coaster and starting over.
On a positive note, the game does have some great graphics and it's really kewl that you can ride the coasters after you create them. I'm not a roller coaster person, or even a ride person persay, but this game is great - it's very addicting. Overall, this game is entertaining and a good buy.