RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack

One of the best games from my childhood.

The must-have childhood game! Remember to go to https://openrct2.org/ and download their latest version of the game, after installing the main game. With RCT2 there are tons of new features, like higher FPS, fast-forward time, Twitch-integration, RCT1 and RCT2 in one launcher and much more! The best thing, it is free and constantly being updated! Have fun!

I like this game very much, It keeps a lot of what made the original good and improved on most aspects. However I can't recommend to play this game as It's own rules when chooses to have your staff AI walk around in circles and then randomly decides to stop repairing your rides because of the path finding bugs that this game has had since the first one. It makes it frustrating to play having to build a ride, watch it break down and have to demolish it all because the AI doesn't like where you placed the exit trail.

I played 1 but this was too good not to let go if you were a user of WIndows 95 OSR2.

Having played the original RCT back before the expansions, I performed quite a bit of research before settling on this version. There are caveats to number 2 spelled out in a few of the other reviews, but the additional rides and themes ended up winning me over in the end. There is also a pseudo-sandbox mode available via manual manipulation in the scenario editor (as opposed to something like an automatic random map generator in a strategy game, which would have vaulted this sequel beyond its predessor in a heartbeat - what were they thinking??). It takes some extra effort to squeeze every drop of value from this game, and therein lies the crux: to go with 1 or 2. For $4 less (standard GOG price right now) the first game with its expansions is an instant pleaser, but the second game with its expansions allows me to custom-craft a huge blank park canvas with no monetary restrictions. I still recommend you do your own research, however, such as looking up old reviews on both games and each expansion. If you played RCT1 to death and ended up skipping RCT2 when it was new, you might find it more enjoyable to continue skipping it today and save yourself $4. But if you are like me and want to expand your experience with this awesome franchise, get thee to the scenario editor! (As a side note, I found it better to run the game executable as an administrator on Win7, just like every other game I play. Remember, most Good Ol' Games were written for versions of Windows that had no concept of non-administrators!)