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Aside from some lagging a fun and charming title!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am a fan of the RC series from its inception, back in my high school days, with Chris Taylor eye-bleeding Roller Coaster Tycoon (those 2d textures really killed your sight). The newest (and possibly final, pending legal resolution) entry has now been packaged together with its two expansion packs - Soaked and Wild, into one pre-patched Platinum edition. The cost of the pack is commiserate with buying all three together (if you can even FIND a copy of RCT3) so the value is pretty high here.

The game itself is tons of fun, giving the player free reign to build the theme park of their dreams. Although a novelty, which is ultimately rarely used, it is rather neat that you can actually ride many of your rides from a first person perspective (this works especially well with Roller Coasters). Placement of rides, decoration, types of shops, research budget, ride prices, all are under the player's control - making it a micromanager's dream (you can even control the color of the ride and the color of the ride's queue).

My only two concerns are some technical problems and a general lack of challenge to the game's campaigns. It is very easy to reach gold tycoon in all of the campaign levels, although really this isn't much the point. The game is far more to play as a "sandbox" game. I had some lagging when attempting to place rides and decoration, and while playable, it is slightly annoying. Some users, with less up-to-date rigs have reported lots of lagging when their park sizes and guest numbers go to high, so make sure you have a bit higher than recommended specs here.

Good for all ages!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is great for all ages. The controls area little hard to figure out at first, but once you get the hang of it, they are really easy to use. It is really exciting to get to ride your own coasters, and having the new "autocomplete" is great when you can't finish the coaster yourself, or if you get impatient. My 10 year old loves it as well.

Fun game but with some flaws...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have this game for about 2 weeks, and in the first round of playing the game, I found one important flaw. There is no undo button! It's annoying and frustrating to keep deleting the errors I make with going back and forth the trash can to delete sections of the coasters. I end up deleting the entire coaster and starting over.

On a positive note, the game does have some great graphics and it's really kewl that you can ride the coasters after you create them. I'm not a roller coaster person, or even a ride person persay, but this game is great - it's very addicting. Overall, this game is entertaining and a good buy.

A little too easy, but very fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am 13 & an writing this on my mom's account. I have owned this for a little more then a year.

I have owned all the Rollercoaster Tycoon games, & I have enjoyed each of them. For those who liked the original camera angle, there is a isometric setting.

With an old (by electronic standards) computer you can't see features like reflective water, but with a newer one it looks great. I have a 2 GHZ processor, 2 GB of ram & 256 MB graphics card & can run it at full detail settings & get great frame rates.

I have noticed 3 problems however, when a crashing roller coaster hits a wall, it just bounces off! Also the guests can still walk through each other & when simulating wind, the whole trees sway; not just the leaves! The games also a little too easy, & parks are earned without a major effort.

But the "ride the rides" feature is great! Now I can show my older brother why his custom roller coasters are "guranteed to make you puke"!

I LOVE It, But I wish you could pivot the camera view a little more

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, you can pivot the view up and down but it always pops back to the same spot i you don't hold the camera there. Also, you can turn the camera view around to see the other side of what you are building, or doing, but you can't pan size to side to view certain spots or certain details. Over-all, the fun of this game is WOOOO HOOOO and the versatility is ehhhh-okay.

Great game for kids!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Tycoon 3 is not quite as easy to use as RC Tycoon2, but it is still a GREAR game! We bought the triple pack, and it is worth it. Our kids (8 and 6) are absolutely egrossed with the game. The water park and zoo add-ons add even more fun. They especially like to deliver new wild animals into the middle of crowds and watch the people run away as fast as they can (they're boys, afterall). The game is very dynamic and full of surprises. As for computer resources, we have it running fast and without any problems on a 3-yr old (2005) Sony RZ54G desktop. It runs great.

Another great strategy game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just love it !
Whoever tried Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 , 2 & their addons, will LOVE this one too(at the cost of some better hardware, but still). It includes 2 addons and that's great, given the price.
A must have for every strategy-freak :)
Works great on Vista Ultimate 32bit.

My children love the game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game as a gift for my children and they love it. It is a good clean game and installed without any issues and has caused no damage to my system. I would recommend the game to others.

Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is a Blast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of RCT2 and was dubious that RCT3 would hold up, given the major refactoring into full 3-D. Granted I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but my kids (ages 13, 11, 8) have been on it for a couple of weeks and rant and rave about what an awesome game it is.

RC Tycoon 3 review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, because now you can create yourself, your friends, and vitually ride your rides using coaster cam. You can also switch the time of day from day to night, so you can see the rides with lights with laser shows and fireworks in the background. The disadvantages are that it takes a long time to install and load. Sometimes I have experienced short pauses or even stops in the game. Even with this drawback, I still love the game and would encourage anyone to purchase it.

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