It's obvious that the expansion pack will be mostly centered around water attractions. It also appears the name may have been changed to Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! I know waterparks is one thing that has been on many people's wishlists for years. So it's nice to see that they have their priorities straight on what to add (not more Asian food stalls and snake trains...). Hopefully the expansion will have many bug fixes and make larger parks playable.
Cameraman said:
I know waterparks is one thing that has been on many people's wishlists for years.
Yeah, the same wishlists that the designers catered to for RCT3 that (in my opinion) pulled too much focus and who's added features are exactly what makes the game suck so hard.
I'll keep an eye on it with cautious pessimism and just wonder how bad they can screw up the whole waterpark thing.
I see lots in the PoolShot screen that makes me wonder how they pull it off without a serious overhaul of some kind.
There's still the big blocky pathways, but nice little rounded pool edges that peeps see to be moving along. What's with the pools? Presized and shaped or totally customizable? If so, what's the whole AI situation with them? There is a new stall in that shot (a whale lookingthing) and some extra path scenery (the water gun) - also looks like some new wall/roof pieces.
I guess I'll wait and see. :)
But one thing I did notice in the screen shot are paths that are rounded... evident in the background on the stairway leading down...
...also, not 100% positive, but specifically themed fences built ON the path, not adjacent to it.
The last thing needed is waterparks. But of course that is what they decide to focus on before all the other stuff needed. Sigh.
I do like the water/laser show idea though. I have some spots in my parks for that! *** Edited 2/6/2005 12:51:44 AM UTC by Coasterbuf***
What's with the pools? Presized and shaped or totally customizable?"
It says on the atari site provided that there is a fully customizable pool and waterfall mode. That is gonna be system taxing...
I am even less thrilled with this as I was with "Time Twister" (which I didn´t buy).
Just look at the completely un-supported coaster track which winds through the picture. Yuk!
I also wonder why the water-animation and the realism of the water rides is changed from patch to patch. The only decent working water rides now are the log-flume and the rapids. The other stuff is so messed up (again).
They also mention "new coaster cars" which is exactly what this game doesn´t need. It needs new elements, logic and some realism.
...this game will have new rides. I'm surprised anyone would be LESS thrilled with this than Time Twister, considering that was theming & only theming (and some bogus senarios).
...one thing gamers have been clammering for are waterpark attractions like waterslides... now we'll be getting them, and everyone is *****ing. What the hell do you want?!
The supports are still simple because it ain't easy w/ a RCT game to make them complex when you try to keep them all w/in the same tile as the track. That's why on RCT2, they added complex supports if you wanted to customize it afterwards, and maybe hopefully the RCT3 expansion will have that as well.
I just hope they do fix the water effects & friction/realism on the other water rides (namely, the water coaster)... which shoulda been done by patch #1 or #2 (don't think there'll be a #3).
DawgByte II said:
What the hell do you want?!
I would like them to stop developing off of wish lists and make a solid and stable game. You can't even make a moderate sized park without bringing your computer down. There are so many bugs in the game that it is nearly unplayable. Everything that is in this game is off of these stupid wishlists that everyone has been making. They took every blue sky idea out of those wishlists and made it happen at the expense of a playable game.
What I want is a stable game, then maybe they can bring the stupid waterparks, which I never cared for in the first place. This is roller coaster tycoon, not water park tycoon.
Certain victory.
A trabant, a Huss giant Frisbee, a Chance Chaos, an Intamin Half-Pipe coaster, among a few other new rides really looks like it's going to have a nice collection
It is really just disappointing to see how smooth the video is of the animation & how the camera pans around, only to load the game onto your computer & find it on the chopping block.
Now, is it just me... or is the River Rapids ride a whole lot more detailed than in the current RCT3?
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