RCT3 Holiday Gift?

I'm a dad, and I'm wondering if I should get my 11 year old son RCT3? Is it an excellent game or just another copy of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2?

Well, it is better than RCT1 and 2, graphically speaking. If your system can run it, and run it well, i'd say it's better and more fun.
I'd recomend making sure you have 512 ram and a better Graphics card. If you don't have those, have a ton of Aspirin handy: you'll need it.
Truly, bugs included, it is a fun game to watch as well as play.
my kid loves it...
Merry X-Mas.

I agree. I enjoy playing it - both the actual game, and just messing around and making a 540-ft. strata-coaster

The bugs are a bit annoying, but it's obvious that this game was rushed to meet deadlines. I'm glad they included an 'update' feature. My personal recommendation? First be sure your computer can handle it, and if it does - go for it, just check for updates once every week or 2 for the next couple months while they finish the stuff they didn't have time to do due to deadlines.

I agree, makes for great gift, but they definatly need all the patches it can get!