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shakran · 11-16-2004, 06:05 PM

got it, and the patch makes it work very well - none of the stuttering that non-patched users complain about.

As with any game it's got its good points and its bad points.

Being able to ride your coasters while fireworks shoot off around you and giant scenery items fall toward you (triggered by the train running over a specific piece of track) is awesome. 3000% improvement over the old game, where I often found myself designing a kickass coaster and then complaining that I couldn't see what it looked like to race through all the theming I'd spent the last hour installing.

Being able to import the above mentioned coasters from the old game and ride them too is a very nice touch

The peeps are no longer all white men, some with female names. They're now all different races, clothing, hairstyles, sizes, and ages. Looks much more like a real park. Riding a coaster while looking back at the riders and seeing them scream in horror is great

The graphics are much, much better, except for the peeps - they look exactly like the characters out of Black & White - blocky and slow moving. Not a huge complaint, but I was hoping for more realistic humans rather than humanoid robot looking things. The rest of the graphics though are top notch - gotta love the sky as it turns from day to dusk to night.

Coaster design is worse because the controls are slower. You have to pause between clicks when you're building track. Again, not a REAL big deal, I just can't build a cross-park train track in 20 seconds like I could in the old games.

I'd like a more conventional camera system for park design itself - like I said earlier in this thread, they should have kept a 2d environment for the design and then let you slip into 3d to ride the rides. As it is, the camera moves weird, is slow to respond to the mouse, and generally gets in the way when you're trying to build something.

The lights added to some of the rides are PERFECT.

What's up with the non-moving wheels on the steam train? It's an obvious, glaring flaw in the realism. Very difficult to enjoy riding your newly built train when you can see that the brakes are locked

This could, of course, be fixed easilly in a patch.

All in all I'm impressed with the game. I have a feeling I'll be playing this one for a good while yet.

11-16-2004, 06:05 PM	#37 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	got it, and the patch makes it work very well - none of the stuttering that non-patched users complain about. As with any game it's got its good points and its bad points. Being able to ride your coasters while fireworks shoot off around you and giant scenery items fall toward you (triggered by the train running over a specific piece of track) is awesome. 3000% improvement over the old game, where I often found myself designing a kickass coaster and then complaining that I couldn't see what it looked like to race through all the theming I'd spent the last hour installing. Being able to import the above mentioned coasters from the old game and ride them too is a very nice touch The peeps are no longer all white men, some with female names. They're now all different races, clothing, hairstyles, sizes, and ages. Looks much more like a real park. Riding a coaster while looking back at the riders and seeing them scream in horror is great The graphics are much, much better, except for the peeps - they look exactly like the characters out of Black & White - blocky and slow moving. Not a huge complaint, but I was hoping for more realistic humans rather than humanoid robot looking things. The rest of the graphics though are top notch - gotta love the sky as it turns from day to dusk to night. Coaster design is worse because the controls are slower. You have to pause between clicks when you're building track. Again, not a REAL big deal, I just can't build a cross-park train track in 20 seconds like I could in the old games. I'd like a more conventional camera system for park design itself - like I said earlier in this thread, they should have kept a 2d environment for the design and then let you slip into 3d to ride the rides. As it is, the camera moves weird, is slow to respond to the mouse, and generally gets in the way when you're trying to build something. The lights added to some of the rides are PERFECT. What's up with the non-moving wheels on the steam train? It's an obvious, glaring flaw in the realism. Very difficult to enjoy riding your newly built train when you can see that the brakes are locked This could, of course, be fixed easilly in a patch. All in all I'm impressed with the game. I have a feeling I'll be playing this one for a good while yet.