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Game Information
- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Includes 25 Six Flags roller coasters from 5 different Six Flags locations including Six Flags Magic
- Mountain and Six Flags Great Adventure
- Create your own incredible roller coasters using the all-new Roller Coaster Designer
- Trade creations and challenge other RollerCoaster Tycoons worldwide on rollercoastertycoon.com
- Push the limits with new roller coaster types including Giga Coaster, Spinning Wild Mouse, Inverted Impulse Coaster and more!
- Customize your park with new and unique themes including Giant Garden, Wild West, Pirates and more!
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The original Roller Coaster Tycoon had the winning combination of fun and mainstream appeal. Ironically, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 imitates RCT. Perhaps in an effort to spoil a good thing or perhaps to guarantee success with low-system-spec mainstream fans, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 plays almost exactly like the original game. Maybe too much like it.
The graphics are still two-dimensional, and if you didn't know better you'd swear you were still looking at the first game. The ability to play the game in much higher resolution alleviates some of the disappointment with graphics: a closer look reveals greater variety in animations, more people and a smoother look overall. The audio is, again, fantastic. It's the perfect mix of screams of terror, enthusiastic giggling, grumbling, retching and carnival music and brings the scent of candy floss to your nose every time.
New structures are available as well as some new rides, but the biggest change is the addition of themes. Want a Haunted Park? They've given you the artwork you need to create one. You'll also find a Wild West theme, a children's theme and more. The scenarios are grouped more logically by difficulty and fans will be delighted with a sand box mode that allows limitless free play. RCT2 has a wide variety of new roller coaster designs, including a few famous roller coasters from around the world (mostly from Six Flags theme parks). A very welcome addition is the ability to open a separate screen where you can test-build a custom roller coaster without worrying about space or money before buying and placing it in the game. Perhaps the best new addition is the ability to raise and lower the ground en masse, which removes one of the most annoying features of the first game.
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2isn't a ground-breaking sequel but it is an excellent game for fans of the series. We can wish they'd done more with the concept, brought it to 3-D or used new, higher resolution artwork, but the gameplay remains the same. And that's a thrilling ride on its own. --Andrew S Bub
Product Description
The bestselling game that started the "Tycoon" game craze ramps up the fun with all-new rides, features and gameplay that make creating and running the ultimate amusement park. You can now add any of 25 different Six Flags roller coasters from five different Six Flags locations, including Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Great Adventure. Break ground and start from scratch, open the gates to existing parks or just create the most gut-wrenching roller coaster ride ever--now you can play your way. In RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 there are no limits but your imagination.
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55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 - A welcome return?,
This review is from: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (PC CD) (Video Game)
RCT2 contains everything you remember in the original, it looks feels and plays the same however this time the scenarios are much harder. The play is more intelligent, the detail has been refined (to the point where even the little people look at rides that are being built!). This time round there are brand new rides, and it comes with unlike the original, many more themes, rides and shops to choose from without the need to research everything from scratch. All over its a good buy, but dont be discouraged by its familier look because underneath its a brand new game, and much more challenging to play. The options for roller coaster design is only limited to your wild imagination! Forget the Sims, this game will keep you coming back for more especially if you love to scare the pants off your park guests.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
addictive,
This review is from: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (PC CD) (Video Game)
I'm not really a gamer cos I haven't got my own computer, but I fell for this game straightaway and play it when I can. It's a bit like Theme Park, if any one remembers that. Basically, you are in control of your own theme park, or you can have many at the same time. There are different difficulty levels. I haven't looked at Advanced, but Intermediate level is more difficult than Beginner level because you have to get a very high amount of people in your park quickly. If you fail your objective, you don't get a trophy! You can have a loan, and increase it if necessary, then stop it later. Finance is not a problem in the game and is very easy to keep on top of. Your only source of income (apart from a loan) is park/ride takings, so spend your money wisely. Money has to be spent on scenery, staff, footpaths, food stalls and the rides themselves. Footpaths - now these are necessary but are a pain in the bum at times! And levelling/sloping land is a bit fiddley and costly if short on cash. These are the only minor irritations with the game. People vomiting all the time can also be a bit annoying. RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 is a great game though, when you have money and it's all going smoothly. You can build a rollercoaster using a set design (of which there are many diiferent kinds) or build your own custom made one. Practice using the Roller Coaster Designer first. You can choose the music for each ride, its colour scheme, its name, and many other things. The detail on this game is very good. You can even rename the park's visitors (but that might be going a bit too far!) There's not much time to sit back and admire your handy work; there's always something do be done, and half the time you're checking the handymen are cleaning up the sick. I haven't fully explored the game, but I'm looking forward to looking at all the different scenarios. This game is so involving and addictive, it has to be 4 stars.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rollercoaster Heaven,
By Phoebe Hallen (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (PC CD) (Video Game)
For anyone who has Rollercaster Tycoon and is considering buying this, don't hesitate- Get It Now!!! This game is much better than the first one, with better rides, cool stalls and fantastic parks to build them all in. For everyone else, buy this game- it is a game of strategy and wit and its great fun controlling a theme park and watching all the guests have fun too! This game is THE BEST and I would reccommed it to everyone.
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