A few times I’ve discovered the cherry to go atop one of my buildings, only to discover it’s far too small, or much too large. It’s rare to come up against the limits and find that a tool won't do what you want it to, unless what you want to do is change an object’s size. Walls neatly snap into place and can be moved up or down without any fuss, objects are easy to find using filters and a search bar, and the editor doesn’t have any problems with letting you merge objects or plonk them down at weird angles like you’re trying to create a non-euclidean theme park. What was once an unassuming little cube can become a spaceship bristling with alien weaponry or a medieval tavern, and quickly too. Once the structure itself is finished, props can be added to give it character or match it to a theme.
Every facility is essentially just a small cube with a little gap in the middle for vendors to ply their wares, and then the building housing the service, whether it’s a toilet or a burger stand, is constructed around it. You aren’t simply placing buildings in a park, you’re designing them as well. Planet Coaster goes one level deeper than a lot of management games. The tools to expand this slight roster, however, are substantial. I found the perfect map, an empty American desert, but quickly hit my first obstacle: there aren’t many prefabricated buildings, and they’re mostly themed around pirates and medieval fantasy. “Wouldn’t it be fun to make Westworld,” I thought to myself, entirely missing the point of the show. It is also a game that inspired me to spend an entire hour constructing a toilet, which inexplicably left me very satisfied. Frontier’s theme park management game, Planet Coaster, does both, letting you create theme parks where the worst thing that can happen is lots of people vomiting. The official release of the game is expected later this year - my guess is closer to the holiday season.įrom what we’ve seen of the game so far, it seems that Frontier is placing an emphasis on the park guests (“peeps” in Roller Coaster Tycoon language) as well as the coasters and park infrastructure.During tumultuous times, there’s comfort to be found in games that peddle nostalgia or task you with making people happy and keeping them entertained. We’re giving you total freedom to make your park unique and connecting you to a global village where the world can share your creativity. We’re giving you the best design tools, crafting the deepest management simulation and bringing your parks to life with crowds you’ll love to thrill. The Early Bird Edition of Planet Coaster will be available to play March 2016.įrontier touts Planet Coaster as a game-changer for the coaster-simulation game genre:
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Your Early Bird Edition will grant you first access to Planet Coaster months before its official public release, and full access to the complete game upon release. The game developer, Frontier, announced Planet Coaster last June, and is now offering an early-bird edition of the game for $74.99 (as of this posting):
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The new Planet Coaster game, a theme-park and roller-coaster simulation for PC can be yours as soon as this March.