"RCT3 raises the bar for all tycoon franchises" FULL REVIEW
Good:
-3D graphics make building your rides easier and more fun than ever.
-There are a wide variety of rides and attractions.
-The ride-cam makes you really feel in the game when you make a coaster.
Bad:
-Sometimes the game feels restricting when building rides.
-It lags up average computers when you get a big park.
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Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is the 3rd installment into the highly popular business franchise "Roller Coaster Tycoon". Now RCT is packing 3d graphics, new challenges, and an overall package that you'll want to pick up.
RCT is very simple to play; all you have to do is make a park. You have pretty much no restriction with what you want to do. You can make huge theme parks with tons of rides and attractions. If you've never played RCT before, the game should be pretty easy to pick up, and for all you RCT fans you'll be making rides in no time.
For all you RCT fans, the new 3-d graphics will easily be the best change in the game since RCT2. The rides now look exceptionally good, much better from previous games in the series. Other changes in RCT3 include the edition of the "Ride-Cam". This lets you actually ride your roller coasters, which is much more fun than watching them from the regular perspective. Those are the two major changes that make RCT3 standout from the others.
RCT has a few downsides to it though. On "graphically challenged" computers the game can start to slow down as you build bigger and better parks. I have made awesome parks before, but once I fill the area up about halfway, the games frame rate drops quickly. For gamers who have awesome computers, it shouldn't be any problem though. The only other downside I can think of is that sometimes the game can feel restricting to me. You don't have the greatest amount of variety when building, like you only have 4 different slopes when building a hill. But these are not enough to make the game un-playable.
RCT3 definitely amps up the expectations for tycoon games. It easily beats RCT2 and all the other tycoon games, like Zoo Tycoon. For RCT fans, I say this would be an easy purchase. Yet the restriction will keep some away. If your really serious about building rides, I'd recommend something else due to the restriction, like [HERE]. But nonetheless, RCT3 is an exceptional game.
I give Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 an 8.0 out of 10.
-NFS102