Sim Coaster Review

On the other hand, when you sit down to play Sim Coaster you'll find every moment a thrill of its own. Being busy with details like ride prices, general customer satisfaction, and securing a cash balance may not appear to be so amusing, but when you establish a successful park that functions perfectly in every way, you can relax and take a moment off to try out one of your fabulous rides. Taking a trip through the park on a Splashomatic and seeing the whole amusement world you created really is a memorable feeling. Plus you get to go on any ride you want, just to check out what it looks like from the sightseers' perspective. This is basically, the general idea behind Sim Coaster - to give you the opportunity to build and enjoy what you've built.

The developers introduced goal-based gameplay. It gives the player a variety of comprehensive objectives to complete and promotions to earn. Each objective boils down to dealing with several challenges, which will be given to you by your supervisors or shareholders. Challenges are guaranteed to have pleasing rewards (money, gold tickets, and such). In addition, when you complete these assignments the theme zones will widen so you can build more attractions for your park, which will eventually be jam-packed with visitors. Generally, this feature doesn't just improve gameplay, but it also extends the game duration and allows you to maximize your productivity, enhance the park ride characteristics, and maintain the satisfaction of visitors - thus making the whole game more thrilling.

Besides the prolonged sensation, this feature will also give you a chance to try out 18 new coaster styles and over 100 new rides, shops, and games. Moreover, there's the new Coaster Design Kit that offers you a chance to take a brake from executive burnouts and just create rides in a more relaxing atmosphere.

Once your coaster-kingdom starts to thrive, you'll find that there's an amazing array of building models that come up throughout the expansion of your park zones. They have their own characteristics ride capacities and unique appearances. Having a rich and more colorful atmosphere, Sim Coaster also has a diversity of environments in which you can spread out your little fun-world and not get bored with the same old surroundings. As you create & ride, you'll encounter snowy, rainy, and sunny weather, therefore the environment won't be dreary for one second.

Even the free camera allows you to move around almost everywhere and zoom in any area. You can place the camera in a certain park section and just mingle with your visitors to find out how they're reacting to the park features. You can even follow a single customer, join him on a ride, and then finally see him puke around the corner. However, the fact that you can move about freely won't improve your experience unless you modify the graphic settings.

First, the graphic engine was somewhat improved, giving you a clearer picture of your delightful park; the game will look quite impressive in higher resolutions, provided you have a Voodoo 8 or a GeForce 3. Seriously though, sometimes the game looks like a rather irritating non-interactive slideshow. Fair enough, you can reduce the quality of the graphics and lessen the details, which is a shame cause you miss a lot that way.

Music and the in-game sound effects add a dose of verisimilitude to the game's atmosphere. When you stroll around the park and suddenly hear the sound of violent vomiting nearby, it sounds so authentic that, I swear, it will make you feel nauseous. Your customers have a wide variety of sound reactions to the changes you make in your park (people screaming on coasters and burping next to the drink shops). The music is cute and it agrees with the overall game ambience.

Finally we come down to the quality of gameplay. I think it's fair to say that if you sit down and decide to play this game you will undoubtedly have a lot of fun. The new goal-based system works ok, and it prolongs gameplay.

Options and features, which go with every ride you construct, are sufficiently detailed. Players who enjoyed the past theme park simulation will find this game to be even a greater challenge. If we disregard the micro-management and the heavy hardware demands, the impression is still positive, and no matter what kind of games you prefer, Sim Coaster is a universal experience that's definitely going to give you a ride you'll never forget.