Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 screenshots and previews posted

I love how the games will be much more peep-oriented as well as having such a variety of peeps.

I will definatly buy it simply because of the 3D aspect, but if it turns out to be as bad as the expansion for RCT2 I will never go back to RCT again. I really liked all of RCT and its expansions and I was even verysatisfied with RCT 2 but after seeing the screenshots for the expansions and reading reviews I didn't even bother buying them. I really hope that they make RCT3 a good game rather then just another way of making easy money.

I know I'm being a bit too optimistic but I can't see how this will turn out bad. If the heart of the game-play is the same as the original, that's already a winning hand; my only concern left really, is if the coaster rides are at least, somewhat smooth (I don't expect a serious coaster sim level of quality), the interface is fairly intuitive, and that no objects or rides are lost in translation. I really hope *all* of the coasters and water rides from RCT2 are there, including all the mouse types, that "Oblivion" style (forgot the name), and so on..

I'm a little worried that this game is going to head down the SimCoaster/Theme Park path, but I'll buy it just because it looks like it would be a nice stand alone game.

I think the Invert looks pretty good for a game of this sort, and I'm very excited.

Looks like the flat ride selection is going to be nice in this game. Just hope we have regular rides without theming built in. *** This post was edited by Dukeis#1 3/25/2004 11:23:09 PM ***

I wouldn't worry about 'forced' themes on flat rides - as apparently, they have a "generic" theme, meaning no big spiders (part of the 'spooky theme I imagine" and such, if you don't want them.

It is nice to know we'll probably have choices though - as I wouldn't mind a giant black widow hugging a ferris wheel now and then. :)

I wonder if the Puke is going to be 3d as well

I just want the ability for a code where the lemon chill guy will predict the next ride to be available in the ride creation queue.

'Lemon Chill Guy has predicted that Scrambled Eggs will soon be available.'

I hope there is a way to keep handymen out of the queue line. That really drives me nuts.

I certainly won't buy it right away (don't even have RCT 2 yet... just got Loopy Landscapes a few months ago), but it will definately be on my list. Granted, I only have maybe an hour or so a week to play games anyway, so what's the rush?

To 'Goemez' and 'The Shy One' ...

All I have to say is that it's arrogant comments like yours that is the reason these discussion boards are pathetic. Every time I read replies bashing a product that isn't even remotely done, I keep on thinking of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.

It's absolutely amazing that you can come to the conclusion that a game will be worthless based off 2 dozen screenshots. My question is, how do you get to that point in your life when an annoucned video game has such a negative impact on your life that you feel the need to annouce that you are not going to purchase it? What IS good enough for you? A smoother looking design? Ok... let's think about this for all of 3 seconds... a smoother design would require a more powerful computer to run. This means less people will be able to buy the software so it will be unfeasable to make the product and therefore there would be no Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 at all.

Welcome to reality. If the game is sub par, design a better game yourself. Ohh wait... you can't do that???

-Jess

ps. This is my first post on Coasterbuzz. I always read the stupid discussions about how nothing is ever good enough and I move on. This time, it was so absurd that something had to be said. Get a life

Time to start complaining early: WHERE'S THE MAC VERSION!?!?

(ps anyone with a swank pc is welcome to invite me to their house around christmastime)

~me

Jess: If every post you make is going to be like that, I hope your first is also your last. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you can't handle that, go somewhere else. If the discussions are that "stupid," why do you care? Who needs to get a life?

Nelson: This time around, maybe a port to the Mac could be a reality. It really depends on the programming interface they're using. If it turns out though, that they're using DirectX to code against video hardware, it probably isn't going to happen.

I don't know, I actually really like the look and feel of the 8-bit stuff. Then again, I've never been a big fan of that 3-d stuff (Doom or what have you). That stuff always made my head spin. I like the old games. Give me an Intellivision.

Call me old fashioned if you want. I'll probably buy it, but I have a feeling I'll continue playing my old version.

Hey Jess, same could be said about you. Do my comments have such a negative impact on YOUR life that you must single me out among others to basically call me an idiot and say my opinion, MY very own (as in no one else's) opinion is wrong? And when did the discussions turn stupid? You guessed it... the very second you showed your arrogant ass on this site. And to all of you who can't realize my comments were about a freaking game and nothing personally against anyone, you don't have to shove your equally worthless opinion down my throat. In fact, I can think of another, even better place ya'll can shove them...

Oh, sorry I didn't reply to ya'll any quicker. You know, I have one of those things ya'll probably don't know too much about - a life, outside of the internet/computer.*** This post was edited by The Shy One 4/2/2004 10:55:46 AM ***

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