Addicting Video Games

The concept of this game is “Be creative and your park will get money”. That is not the way this game works at all! You can only build up to 6 rollercoasters in each park, and each of the parks terrains are pre-designed! You have to build the rides in designated ride areas! Plus you’ve got this thing called a “Thrill Meter” that limits the size of the rides and amount of them that you can build. In all, this game is great for incredily boring stupid people or for stupid babyish little kids. Now if you’re older and creative, rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is the game for you. Buy that for PC rather than this game, It’s way better!
Rating: 2 / 5

…that is if you are a big Roller Coaster Tycoon fan. I found many things to be wrong with this game. One big thing is you don’t put in any chain lifts on the coaster and it is as if it is going up by itself with noise of a regualr coaster added on. And because there is no chains, coasters will ALWAYS make it up a hill. I mean yeah, it’s great to see no crashes but I do think it takes the fun out. When building such roller coasters, you should apply what you know about physics into how you would build it. Since Thrillville has no chains lifts, a second hill can be taller than the first and the coaster would still make it through all away around the track. As I said again, there won’t be any crashes. I suppose they did this since this was intended to be a family game and they don’t want to frighten the little ones.

Well another thing about the coasters is that lateral G’s don’t seem to apply…or really any type of G’s for that matter. You could create a ride with no banking turn without it affecting the ride at all. And you can’t pick where you want your coasters to be built. They can only be built at already set stations. You can also only build six coasters at a park. And the coasters have very limited room…plus if you build it too long, it would barely leave any power left. And speak ing of power, that’s what I’ll get to next.

In this game, it requires you to worry about something you should not and that is power. If you build too many rides or long roller coasters in an area, there would barely be any power left. Now this game does not make you worry about G’s but power? It’s quite the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of to limit an amusement park. The power gauge pretty much depletes every time you build something. And if you decide to build a very large roller coaster in an area, it would probably be the only ride there.

Now, the mini games. They are quite fun. Some of them get old after awhile. The one that I really could not stand is the cheerleading one. It was pretty much the only way you could approve their skill though. There was also mini games for the custodians and mechanics. They were not as bad.

Another thing this game allows you to do is ride the rides. You get a first person view when you decide to or you can change the camera. I really did not like watching them though. A lot of the rides are short and the roller coasters are too. Some of the rides are just so bad…I mean the swings look as if the rope attached to the roof to the seat is metal. Swings aren’t supposed to be like that. And a lot of the rides end with very sudden stops. I think you would really wonder how anyone in real life could survive such force. Pretty much as stated before, the laws of physics don’t seem to apply in this game.

The last thing I want to talk about is the music. It’s pretty much the only thing I can’t say anything negative about. I like the song selections they picked. Some of them from famous artists and others were created just for the game itself. Either way, music is not enough for a video game…that is, unless you are playing something such as Guitar Hero or DDR.

Rating: 2 / 5