RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition

The Tycoon games are always hit or miss, but the games that they put all there effort in is the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. Sure without BullFrogs 1994 hit Theme Park, these games would not have existed. The graphics are a little bit out dated and odd with customers bodies being really chunky funny shapes. The building tools are very annoying and tedious, especially the terrain tools and trying to build buildings or an entrance is just a nightmare. One more thing, I wish there was a bit more management elements of the game. With that said its a really great game for wasting time. If you spend a great deal of time you can make an amazing theme park with beautiful scenery with the expansion packs of the animals, swimming pools, different themes and if you go a bit deeper you can find great mods for the game. I had a lot more fun with this game than the original theme park by BullFrog. I know the developers of the game are bankrupt and I wish them luck with the recovery of their company because I do want a RollerCoaster Tycoon 4.

I have this game on cd and it is a good game there is no doubt about it, the graphics are pretty good for the time and the game play is pretty much the same as the previous tiltles in the series. But for me there is somthing very important missing, it just does not have the same feel or atmosphere that I get from RCT 1 & 2, I cant explain this in real terms its just how I feel. With the previous titles I really wanted to complete all the scenarios, I experienced a real buzz on completion of each of them, but with RCT3 that just wasnt there. If your a big fan of the previous games then you might want to purchase it but for me its too pricey for what you are getting and that is not something I say very often on gog.com.

- Nearly one-third of the hotkeys do not work, no matter how much they are rebound. - Rotating structures, rides, or objects is inconsistent. - The game seems to "miss" or ignore 5-10% of key inputs. - The graphics have terrible clipping. Or outright broken animations. - Even with few (<10) rides, shops, attractions, and few guests the game occasionally stutters.

This is a really really great game and retains a lot of the micro-management of the original game, while bringing it all into 3D. The game has loads of things to do, scenario editors, sandbox mode, coaster designer and loads of genuinely fun missions and all packed full of loads of rides, shops and activities. There is a lot of game here. I'd question the price point for a game that is 6 years old and think $14.99 would have been more appropriate. There is only one failing to the game in my view, but it is a rather spectacular flaw. The AI does not respond well to mega park designs. In my experience of having produced a number of large parks in this game, I'll quickly find that nobody actually goes on my rides :( They are good rides, but the AI gets confused and over-whelmed with decisions and will often spend hours walking back and forth between food attractions or just wandering around aimlessly, only having paid for 1 or 2 rides. It's still possible to make money in this scenario, but a lot of the joy of seeing people queuing to get on your rides is lost. This won't effect the scenario missions to any noticeable degree in my experience but on custom, Mega sized parks it becomes very obvious once you get to 1300+ visitors. The economy is also a little relaxed from the first game, making it easier overall to make money but that doesn't detract too much from the challenge.

Don't get me wrong RCT 3 is a great game, but $20 is a little steep... they should make it $9.99