It sounds slow and tedious in theory, but in application, it’s a measured approach that finds the right balance between keeping you satisfied with new ‘stuff’ and making you work diligently enough to achieve them. Want to use that cool observation tower? Fancy adding that rad haunted house? You’ll need to spend money researching new options and increase your park rating high enough to earn a new permit (which in turn, unlocks new things to research).
You can spin the camera around to see your gradually-expanding theme park and zoom in to see your rides and your visitors up close and personal.Īpart from the Creative version of Sandbox mode (which unlocks everything from the start, so you can just start building with infinite cash and access to every ride), Adventures kicks you off with a modest-sized site, a respectable pot of cash and a handful of amusement choices. You can adjust the length and heights of a RollerCoaster with a few swipes of Switch’s display or use the Joy-Con sticks and buttons to place amusements and build paths. 'Tutorial' is a short ‘does what it says on the tin’ experience that introduces you to the basics of the game, but most of your time will be spent in the 'Adventure', 'Scenario' and 'Sandbox' modes.ĭrawing from the controls of RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch, RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures does a remarkable job of transposing an experience that was once locked to keyboard and mouse into a hybrid of analog inputs and touchscreen manipulation. Right out of the box, you get access to four modes all based around the zen-like art of theme park construction and management. Thankfully, the microtransaction-based coin system from the mobile version has been completely removed (this adopts a full-price approach rather than the free-to-play model used in Touch) so there’s no need to worry about spending an age waiting to build one measly ride. The latter iteration is the basis for RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures, a port of RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch (which itself is a port of RollerCoaster Tycoon World on PC), and sadly, it makes for a muddled experience where glimmers of that once potent magic are overshadowed by performance issues and technical hangups that should have been phased out in the porting process.
The genre has come a long way since the early ’00s, and RollerCoaster has made the jump to both consoles and mobile in the two decades that have followed. So, of course, there’s some genuine excitement surrounding the franchise’s debut on Nintendo Switch.
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Who would have thought way back in the late ’90s – when PC gaming was producing some of its biggest and most beloved hits – that a simulator all about building and maintaining a theme park would prove to be an enduring classic in its own right? And while the RollerCoaster Tycoon games took something of a nosedive once creator and programmer Chris Sawyer departed for digital pastures new, the first three titles remain some of the best sims to ever simulate.
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