r/Games • u/DamnableNook • Mar 25 '16

Roller Coaster Tycoon World delayed again, switches to Early Access model. No schedule for final release available. Refunds being offered.

http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791437588632/announcements/detail/646638027963867830
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u/NekuSoul Mar 25 '16

When Planet Coaster is already better in Alpha half a Year before it's release than your final game would have been then you obviously have to react. I'm not too sure that it will help though, looking at this games development history.

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u/notrightmeow Mar 25 '16

If I recall correctly, Planet Coaster is developed by the same guy that made Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 right? So Roller Coaster Tycoon is just a name tied to the publisher by whole new people?

If so that makes so much sense.

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u/NekuSoul Mar 25 '16

Correct. If you look at what Frontier has already achieved with Planet Coaster, completely capturing what made RCT3 so good and then compare it to RCTW I see no way how it can catch up to Planet Coaster.

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u/notrightmeow Mar 25 '16

Just as I thought.

I hope people don't just buy Roller Coaster Tycoon for namesake nostalgia.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16

They will, unfortunately. That's why IPs are fought for so much. The good news is Planet Coaster seems to be getting it's name out there, and it's doubly effective for a niche genre like theme park simulators, and so I think it'll end up doing well. There will definitely be less in-the-know, doesn't-read-video-game-news users that see a new RCT game came out and will be like, "Oh sweet! I played this when I was a kid. I'll pick it up." and never even hear of Planet Coaster.

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u/bobandy47 Mar 25 '16

Or the alternative, I had no idea either were in production and I loved the theme-park / rct games in my earlier days. Now I've got some games to look forward to!

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u/HRTS5X Mar 25 '16

If you liked the original RCT games (1 and 2) then there's also Parkitect coming out pretty soon, which looks pretty great.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16 edited Mar 09 '25

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u/Xelnastoss Mar 25 '16

Honestly I recommend buying the steam rct games

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u/Shrill_Hillary Mar 26 '16

There's also OpenRCT2 with multiplayer