Rollercoaster Tycoon World

It looks alright from this (not-so-great) stream, really worlds apart from what we'd seen originally.
Fair play on them for turning it around!

I'm not a pre-order person, so will see how it is when it comes out. Dare I be optimistic for an upcoming game!? :eek:
 
Yeah, it actually looks alright, better than i was expecting after seeing that initial trailer.

Im in agreement with everyone else though, im not seeing enough to pay £30, Cities Skylines got the pricing right for a day 1 purchase IMO, and it had mod support (both in-game tweaking, and external gameplay & model modding), and i dont see myself paying more than £15 for this based on what im seeing so far, and doubt i'd go much further than £20 regardless.

lol, and they've just mentioned workshop modding for anything the peeps wouldnt interact with or animates (so fences, posters, trees, scenery, building models etc i'd assume).
 
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For anyone who missed the stream, these are some of the main points:

Paths - free-form or grid creation. Raised paths and bridges.
Coasters - free-form track building. Custom carriages and colours.
Terrain modification.
Dynamic water.
First person camera for every ride.
First person camera can be attached to a visitor to see it from their point of view.
Day/Night cycle.
Rollercoasters you create can be shared on Steam Workshop.
You can visit your friends parks and view in first person mode.
Steam Workshop support for community created items.
Sandbox and Campaign modes.

There's going to be another stream tomorrow, and there'll be a second beta during November focusing on the management side rather than the coaster building side.
 
Thing is you just know Planet Coaster will make sure it does the same and more even better. I played the original Theme park way way back and loved it. I remember the joy of spending £200 on extra 4MB Ram to see FP what the rides looked like.


PC looks cracking and frontier will do it right. Great some of my favourite games are being reinvented like Sim city and theme park and even Elite. All I need is a new verion on Red Alert and I’m happy.
 
I was seriously contemplating buying it on release... having sunk countless hours into 1, 2 and 3 over the years, but although I think they seem to have turned around the total disaster that we saw a few months ago I think I'm going to wait and see...

Pre-ordering is for suckers btw :)
 
I liked it.

The coaster track creation is really good, it takes patience and there's a couple of bugs with track placement when it doesn't seem to want to go the way you want, but it is a beta, so people shouldn't expect a finished product, and normally it only does it when you have twists/corkscrews in the track as it is expecting to go a certain way and you try to move it elsewhere.

Plenty of scenery for the park, and the path creation is similar to Cities Skylines path creation.

Being able to turn the grid on and off is really handy as well for when you need to be precise in your building.

Will definitely be trying out the next beta as well and suspect I'll end up buying it. No doubt I'll also end up getting Planet Coaster!
 
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I realise its not on topic, but it has been part of the discussion (and it doesnt have its own thread - screw it, i'll create one!)... i've just noticed on the Planet Coaster website, they're taking pre-orders. Im not suggesting people dive in, but its a price which is something that adds to the discussion.

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/planet-coaster-cat.html
£19.99 for the game on release ('Pre-order now to join us for a discounted price!').
£44.99 for the game, tv-shirt and wrist band (same disclaimer as above).
£49.99 for the 'early bird' version, no other perks listed, just early access.

Now, £20 is in the right ballpark as far as im concerned, thats the sweet spot, provided its a decent game. That said, it could end up at £25 or £30 at release.
I've said that the £30 pricetag on RCTW is a blocker (£22.50 if you use isthereanydeal to search) for me, and whether its unrealistic or not, im more inclined to buy at a £17.50-£25.00 RRP (and hopefully finding further discounts elsewhere, like Cities: Skylines Deluxe for ~£16 on launch, £22.50 RRP).

As i say, might be unreasonable, but i'd just wait it out, its not like COD or something where you'd feel disadvantaged going in 6mo late (not that i'd buy COD, or buy many full RRP games, though im comfortably 3-figures deep in Star Citizen), its just my line in the sand.
 
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PaulC2K;28794889i've just noticed on the Planet Coaster website said:
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£19.99 for the game on release ('Pre-order now to join us for a discounted price!').
£44.99 for the game, tv-shirt and wrist band (same disclaimer as above).
£49.99 for the 'early bird' version, no other perks listed, just early access.
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I hope this gets on Steam as I'd back it for that price. Not to sure about RCT when a better one will come out later.
 
If its done anything like Elite was, then it ended up on Steam at the full RRP price of £40, although i think the early access price was something like £60, but the game was never on Steam until it was released iirc.
So if it found its way to Steam, it'll likely be upon release and for £25-30.
 
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