Review: Roller Coaster Tycoon 3D

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D adds in a few of the features and tweaks that debuted in 2002's Tycoon 2 and 2004's Tycoon 3, and once again turns you loose with an empty lot, a pocketful of cash to pay the contractors and an array of amusement park staples to build. Veterans of those past installments in the series can select the "Park Sandbox" mode to jump straight into management, or go directly into coaster construction to start assembling some stomach-turning high-speed machines.

Read more from IGN.

Looks kinda cartoonish. The links for the images are broken. I like the educational aspect though.

Hmmm.

"RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D is the story of a man who doesn't have time for his son. Well, OK, that sounds a bit melodramatic – but it's accurate, at least, as the game opens with an eager young teenager getting the brush-off from his old man. He dreams of being a thrill ride designer. A theme park architect. A rollercoaster tycoon, of course – and it seems like he's set up well to realize those dreams, too, since his father happens to be employed in that very field."

Remember when we all were wondering what the hell the plot of the RCT movie could possibly be?

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Isn't it supposed to be "IGN"... and a preview (release is still a month away)? Just sayin'.

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Seriously? Should Roger Ebert stop calling his pieces "reviews" just because he gets to see the movies before they come out?

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Jeff said:
Seriously? Should Roger Ebert stop calling his pieces "reviews" just because he gets to see the movies before they come out?

Roger Ebert is way ahead of you.

"— hey, listen, now you'd really better stop reading. What's coming next isn't so much a review as a public service announcement.

I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter?"

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100505/REVIEWS/100509982/1023

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-Mark
Never Has Gravity Been So Uplifting.

Uh, what? That doesn't even make sense. He even uses the word review in the test you quoted.

I jest- I just remembered the it's a PSA, not a review bit from when I originally read the piece and thought it would apply nicely to the post I was responding to.

-Mark
Never Has Gravity Been So Uplifting.

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