In this game you build and manage a theme park. The big attraction of this game is building roller coasters by your own design. The UI for building is a bit dated, but it gets the job done. The best part of the game is you can switch to first-person view, and ride your virtual coasters. This game lacks any dynamic challenges, like competitors or variable economic environment (e.g. trying to retain your credit rating with a negative balance). So it becomes a one-dimensional time-management game: build some things to get cash, and then sit back until you have enough cash to build the next thing. It can be quite fun to put together your own roller coaster, but the core game isn't very gratifying. Also it suffers from bugs. There's rendering bugs: e.g. transparent walls underground, and garbage clipping below the ground. There's logic bugs: e.g. people getting stuck in rides under certain conditions. And there's also other bugs e.g. people mysteriously ending up in unused parts of your park. It would take too long to explain exactly how these affect the game, but in short: they're not game breaking, but very tedious, or ugly. The roller coasters behave a bit static/unrealistic, because it has backward compatibility with old roller coaster designs from previous games. It takes a bit getting used to; personally I find it to be less fun the better I understand it, but I'm someone who tries to get maximum ratings for my designs. If you forget the game mechanics, it can be quite fun to ride ridiculous draconian life-threatening contraptions of your own design. If you have a sort of a scale-model-building mindset, it can be quite fun and relaxing. (Though the sounds might be annoying to you.) The game provides some building blocks with which you can build themed sceneries. It's all tile based, and not all parts fit together. If you like such building exercises in other games, this is probably a game for you. If you're looking for a fun challenge, it probably isn't for you.
