It was engineered to be fun and it played fun. The objectives available were always attainable as well, which never made the game frustrating. Even today, what other management game does that? Seriously, this was genius. You could even make your own custom scenario, blending the other two together to get your perfect type of gameplay. How many loops until everyone has thrown up?Ĭareer Mode was for those who wanted to be the Monopoly Man of roller coasters, while Sandbox mode was for those who just wanted to build rides and see how much they could bend physics. This was great, because it didn’t force you to suppress your inner maniac, and let you choose which you were in the mood for. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 understood this and allowed its players to become amusement park serial killers, as well as successful business owners with its variety of modes to play in. And then there’s those who make a coaster so fast that it shoots off into the ether, never to be seen again. There’s those who are determined to make a wildly successful park filled with the perfect attractions, attractive (but profitable) prices, and overall customer satisfaction. There are two types of RollerCoaster Tycoon players.

The third game was so good, so dang fun, that it’s coming back today on Nintendo Switch and PC, it’s even free on Epic Games Store right now! Yes, you once again can create a coaster that takes five days to end and extort people to use the toilet. No installment of the series did this better than RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, what with its expanded customization, game play, and change in graphics. RollerCoaster Tycoon gave us the chance to not only make the theme park of our dreams, but to become very creative in how such a park could exist… and possibly how far you could push your visitors before they ran for the gates. Chances are that right now you’re remembering your favorite parks, your death coasters, and that time you charged $20 for people to use the bathroom. The amusement park simulator had a little bit of everything that made it amazingly addictive, binge worthy, and forever seared into our brains. Ocarina of Time will cause a few gasps of adolescent joy, The Sims a few cackles of middle school mischief, and then there’s RollerCoaster Tycoon. There are some games that are so tied to one’s childhood that any mention of them erupts in a miasma of nostalgia.

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