Theme Park World (Theme Park World (PS2))

Member Name: iamthebest

Product:	Theme Park World (PS2)
Date:	07/02/07 (233 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great Playable Game

Disadvantages: Can only hire a set amount of staff.

Theme Park World

Well where do you start with a game like this. It’s totally wicked. I’ve loved this game for so long I used to be totally addicted to it. I just used to love making money on games like this it become a total addiction. There have been so many versions of this game that has been created for the different platforms. I have two different versions for my PS1 this version for my PS2 and I also have another version that works on my pc. I just become so embraced in this game I found it quite incredible.

The aim of the game is to make money by building a great, fun packed well built theme park. Within the game there are four different parks that you have to build parks in. in the first park called “The Lost Kingdom: Prehistoric World” where you are given a budget of £50000.00. this is more than enough to build a good small park that will get the customers flowing in. you can change the ticket prices that the customers have to pay, but be careful if you put these to high then people wont enter your park.

It is quite simple to build on the parks just a few little buttons and selections to make and you can place it wherever you want, providing it’s actually in the park. As well as rides you can build food and drink stored as well as other little games etc. these all help to make the theme park more like, well a theme park. Once you have created a small successful park the money will start to flow in with the ever growing population of customers and you will be able to hire scientist so that they can research new things for the park making it even better. Be careful when hiring staff because it can be expensive.

There are loads of rides and stalls to be discovered when you are playing the game. As you progress through the game you will complete key tasks that will give you keys so that you can enter the next ark etc. once you have collected all of the relevant keys and made a ever changing exciting theme park you can move on to the next land. Each new level has new tasks, new budgets, new rides and a total new theme that will help you along the way to designing your park. As with the first level you have to complete key tasks and make sure that the park runs smoothly with security in place etc.

The game lasts forever and I totally love it. I still play the game after maybe 4 years of having it, I find it so thrilling and entertaining. I purchased the game for around £10.00 but can be purchased a lot cheaper these days because it is quite an old game. I would say the cheapest place to get the game would be either amazon.co.uk or ebay.co.uk and is available in all good games stores as it’s always in stock because it’s such a great game. Everyone I know loves it and I truly do.

Another great feature of the game is that when you actually build a ride you can go into your camera mode and ride the ride it’s so amazing. You get the full perspective of the people in the game. You can wander around your park to see how it looks from the customer’s point of view, play side shows and then play on the rides. I thought what an excellent piece of programming.

To get a great help along the way you have a little man at the side of the screen that shouts out messages reminding you what you have to do for example, “your park is getting messy, get a cleaner on it straight away” another common one is “look out she’s gunna blow……or I suppose you could fix it”. These little lines do help you along the way to maintaining your park and making it better than ever.

When you purchase the game you have the standard PlayStation 2 box and then inside a slot for your memory card and a booklet with instructions on how to use the buttons of the game but no-one ever reads these do they so it’s pretty worthless. And most importantly the game is stored there as well. The game was created by EA Games in 2002 and has been ever-changing since.

The games graphic are pretty standard considering it was made so long ago. Games have been created since and the graphics are a total load better and the same goes for the sound really. There are theme tunes that get played throughout the game and if you zoom into the theme park then you are able to hear all of the people screaming on the rides and features as such. I thought that this was quite a neat feature of the game.

I think that this game is great and I would recommend it to anyone who likes playing games which involve building, making money and having fun. It has all three with its great features and abilities to the game. Excellent game, 10/10.

Thank you for reading this review and I hope to be hearing from you soon.

Summary: Great Buy!!!!