Overall a great game (after it gets patched).
User Rating: 8.5 | RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 PC
I've spent about 5 hours with the game and am so far very happy with it. Most noticeable is the new graphics engine; while it isn’t DOOM III its fine for this game. The picture is sharp and looks almost 2D cartoon when anti-aliasing is on 4x. However, it plays very slow even on my hardware and I'm running an Athlon 3.5GHz watercooled and an Nvidia 6800 Ultra. Particularly the Nightmare theme park clocks in at a measly 15 fps or so. I'm guessing there are a few bugs left to be worked out. Still most scenarios have been running fine so I can recommend the game if you've got some serious hardware. As for game play -- It's almost identical to RC 1 & 2 with some minor differences. You can't tunnel paths is the most notable. A few of the construction tools could use some work as well. There has been a real improvement to the goals system and it now feels more like playing in a game than in a sandbox. They've even added a sandbox, if you're into that. The game would have gotten a 9 from me but for the beta state its shipping in. Also note that if you've got a firewall the game updater looks like a trojan horse and your firewall will flame you for letting it download updates. The first time you hop in you mega coaster and ride it you'll forget all about these little gripes.
