It actually looks like it carried over pretty well to the DS. Unfortunately, they had to axe some of the features of the original, and I already own it.. and have for many, many years. I wish they could have made a brand new management simulation that has that kind of gameplay instead. However, if you're too young to have played the game in its full, original incarnation, or just never got to it, it looks like it may be fun.
It actually looks like it carried over pretty well to the DS. Unfortunately, they had to axe some of the features of the original, and I already own it.. and have for many, many years. I wish they could have made a brand new management simulation that has that kind of gameplay instead. However, if you're too young to have played the game in its full, original incarnation, or just never got to it, it looks like it may be fun. AlphaHumana
What kind of features have been axed? I'm guessing the restocking screen? I didn't really feel that was necessary to the game anyway.
Im not pickin this up. Looks like roller coaster tycoon which i didnt like to much. And graphics are like GBA ( i usually dont judge games by graphics but these....come on... )bobstrife
First of all, Theme Park has better graphics than any GBA game. Second of all, you're admitting you can't play games like Castlevania or Phoenix Wright or Lunar Knights because of their GBA-like graphics? Go back to PSP if graphics mean so much to you.
[QUOTE="Platyphyllum"][QUOTE="lzorro"]It's the UK review :|thisisjosh
and? What's your point? that it's not the review where most of us are from? But why would that matter? Do other countries go easier on games or something? :P
[QUOTE="TheSpidren"]What kind of features have been axed? I'm guessing the restocking screen? I didn't really feel that was necessary to the game anyway.
The personalities of the guests and workers have been axed, if I recall correctly. Like in the original you could name and follow around individual guests and employees and see a log of their opinions, likes/dislikes, cash spent, cash still left to spend, etc. It was pretty cool and depending on how people felt of certain things in your park you could tweak certain things. Kind of a minor thing, but for perfectionists it was important (especially on the higher difficulty levels) and it added depth.
[QUOTE="AlphaHumana"][QUOTE="TheSpidren"]What kind of features have been axed? I'm guessing the restocking screen? I didn't really feel that was necessary to the game anyway.
The personalities of the guests and workers have been axed, if I recall correctly. Like in the original you could name and follow around individual guests and employees and see a log of their opinions, likes/dislikes, cash spent, cash still left to spend, etc. It was pretty cool and depending on how people felt of certain things in your park you could tweak certain things. Kind of a minor thing, but for perfectionists it was important (especially on the higher difficulty levels) and it added depth. Are you sure? I don't remember the original Theme Park having that feature... are you sure you're not getting mixed up with Sim Theme Park / Theme Park World and/or Roller Coaster Tycoon?
[QUOTE="thisisjosh"][QUOTE="Platyphyllum"][QUOTE="lzorro"]It's the UK review :|Raiko101
and? What's your point? that it's not the review where most of us are from? But why would that matter? Do other countries go easier on games or something? :P i don't know, maybe? but that was his point.
Fair enough, but 7.5 is a great score for a game that's over 10 years old. Even if it were a brand new game, it would still be a very good score. Fans of the construction and management sims should be pleased.
7.5 is by no means a bad score at all. I guess I can understand that seeing as how it's an exact port of a 13 year old game but oh well... I loved the original and I am definitely picking this up on Wednesday. I pre-ordered like two weeks ago.
Anyone know what SimCity's rating got? and if it's coming to the US? But ya 7.5 is not too bad of a score but imma wait until i read gamespot's and game informer's reviews because if they also complain about the sound and lasting appeal.. I might have to wait for a price drop.
Anyone know what SimCity's rating got? and if it's coming to the US? But ya 7.5 is not too bad of a score but imma wait until i read gamespot's and game informer's reviews because if they also complain about the sound and lasting appeal.. I might have to wait for a price drop. -supercharged-
It's only out in Japan at the minute and in Famistu Magazine it got 31/40. Thats about a 7.8 score in GameSpot terms but we know the opinions of Famitsu and Gamespot are likely to differ anyway.
This actually isn't a bad score. I love games like this so Im going to be picking it up later on this week. I am curious to see how GS is going to score it.Â
[QUOTE="TheSpidren"]What kind of features have been axed? I'm guessing the restocking screen? I didn't really feel that was necessary to the game anyway.AlphaHumana
The personalities of the guests and workers have been axed, if I recall correctly. Like in the original you could name and follow around individual guests and employees and see a log of their opinions, likes/dislikes, cash spent, cash still left to spend, etc. It was pretty cool and depending on how people felt of certain things in your park you could tweak certain things. Kind of a minor thing, but for perfectionists it was important (especially on the higher difficulty levels) and it added depth.
That's RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 you're thinking of, not the original Theme Park (or the original RCT, although that did allow you to rename them.)
I spotted this and figured it was a remake of Theme Park for the SNES(?) so I've got it on preorder - should arrive in three days, hoorah!
Hmm, I def will pick this game, not for a while until I get my DS back from L.A....on the other side of the country!
  I think it would be great if we can port more PC games onto the DS. My most favorite PC game of all time is Pharoah. You're basically building Egypt. Hence why my username is Egyptian. :-) I'm not crazy about "The Sims", I could never seem to be able to control these people..."I gotta potty!", "I am dirty", blah blah...too wacked out for me, but with Tycoons series like this...city building mostly, are the ones I like.
I hope it's successful. I never trust GS ratings. They have some games that are very high and I hate them, and some games that I love, and they rated low. I could care less about the ratings. I care about why the game failed, why it's successful for some people but not with others. I care about the demographics, I care about how the game was implemented, etc. But hell, that's the future game designer in me. :-)
Okay..... Well, I picked my copy up around 1:00, put in about 2 and a half hours or so and I must say that it's exactly the same as I remember it. I would give it at least an 8.5 regardless of the fact that it's a re-hash of a game that's over a decade old. I'm loving it personally. It definitely does the original justice.
This game is a total must-buy for anybody that is a fan of the original.
Okay..... Well, I picked my copy up around 1:00, put in about 2 and a half hours or so and I must say that it's exactly the same as I remember it. I would give it at least an 8.5 regardless of the fact that it's a re-hash of a game that's over a decade old. I'm loving it personally. It definitely does the original justice.
This game is a total must-buy for anybody that is a fan of the original.
Xx_King_Beef_xX
Do you still get the little videos when you preview rides or has that been taken out?
I'm getting it as we speak :) should be here in about 15 - 20 minutes. I'll create a thread later letting you guys ask me questions and I'll try my best to answer them.
Okay..... Well, I picked my copy up around 1:00, put in about 2 and a half hours or so and I must say that it's exactly the same as I remember it. I would give it at least an 8.5 regardless of the fact that it's a re-hash of a game that's over a decade old. I'm loving it personally. It definitely does the original justice.
This game is a total must-buy for anybody that is a fan of the original.
Raiko101
Do you still get the little videos when you preview rides or has that been taken out?
Those have actually been taken out. It'd be nice if they had them, but it definitely doesn't take away from the gameplay at all. There is, however, a nice little intro video though.
I think by the end of the night I had put in at least 9 hours. I was saying over on the Theme Park forum that my wife basically had to pry my DS out of my hands just to get me to eat dinner last night because I was so in the zone, which rarely ever happens when I buy a new game. lol.
Okay..... Well, I picked my copy up around 1:00, put in about 2 and a half hours or so and I must say that it's exactly the same as I remember it. I would give it at least an 8.5 regardless of the fact that it's a re-hash of a game that's over a decade old. I'm loving it personally. It definitely does the original justice.
This game is a total must-buy for anybody that is a fan of the original.
Xx_King_Beef_xX
Do you still get the little videos when you preview rides or has that been taken out?
Those have actually been taken out. It'd be nice if they had them, but it definitely doesn't take away from the gameplay at all. There is, however, a nice little intro video though.
I think by the end of the night I had put in at least 9 hours. I was saying over on the Theme Park forum that my wife basically had to pry my DS out of my hands just to get me to eat dinner last night because I was so in the zone, which rarely ever happens when I buy a new game. lol.
Ha ha. Awesome. I think i'll have to pick it up on the weekend. I was pretty sure already that I would.
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