You might enjoy it... (Theme Park World (PS2))

Member Name: Gillenium1

Product:	Theme Park World (PS2)
Date:	01/03/04 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: Great for a laugh, You get to run a theme Park

Disadvantages: Lifespan, you cant play for more than a couple of weeks without getting bored

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I bought this game a few years back now and have just recently started playing it again, It does get boring after a couple of weeks, bbut it is a game you can go back to and start over. I cant remember how much i bought the game for originally but you can get on ebay for £5 - £10 now which is quite cheap. The game was developed by Bullfrog, and was published by EA. Theme Park Roller Coaster is the PS2 adaptation of (And more commonly known as) the PSX game Theme Park World, which was originally called Sim Theme Park on the PC, gotta love constant renaming of games.

The goal in each and every Theme Park game has remained constant; make your theme park succeed at any cost. While the methods required to achieve this goal have changed from game to game, the principle goal remains the same. For example, in the original Theme Park, success was determined entirely by business success and financial power. You also had to crush all of your competitors in every ranking category before you could move on to another park. This particular goal has become much easier to attain in Theme Park World. Now all you have to do is earn enough golden tickets to move on to a particular park. You acquire golden tickets by reaching a certain goal, like having X number of ticket sales. This new method is easier, but it takes a lot of the fun out of the game. You really felt a sense of accomplishment when you were able to move on to a new park, now, it's just a regular occurrence.

Visually speaking, the game is pretty much flawless, with several instances of special effects and moving parts being used and seen throughout the game. You have to play attention to the visuals and all aspects of your parks because you have to be able to read the signs over the rides and the people in general to know just what it is that they want or need! What the signs are, you can find
in the instruction book and then make the necessary adjustments until you have nothing but smiling faces everywhere. Different parks all have a different theme, where one will be based on a jungle; another will be based on a horror theme. This adds more variety to the game in what you see, and all of the parks have there own unique style that is immediate apparent from the start! One of the coolest features of the visuals is the roller coaster view in which you can ride one of your own creations and experience the highs and lows for yourself.

The game has plenty of great features, and not many flaws. If you place a bunch of bad, early parts at the front of your amusement park, then when you get a little more money, you're forced to place the better rides or coasters in the back of the park, which will get little to no attention. Hey, if you cannot see it, how can you ride it? It is simple, basic-minded street smarts that can make you a huge success in this game, which makes it a marvelous masterpiece in it's own. This game, in a word, is ''Drug.'' Because much like a drug, it is addicting and will dethrone your outside life. Truly a great simulation game.

Buy or Rent ?
If you were going to buy or rent this game I would say rent it first, and then if you like it a lot, just buy it at your local store. This game is not very rare to find or at least where I live. But I would say to rent before you buy this game.

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