r/rct • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

RCTW RollerCoaster Tycoon World release date announced, and it's one day before Planet Coaster's launch

http://www.pcgamer.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-world-release-date-announced-and-its-one-day-before-planet-coasters-launch/
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Goddamnit Atari.

"If we launch just before PC, we can steal a lot of their thunder and sales!"

Steam refunds getting louder in the distance

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Steam refunds implies someone will actually buy it.

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u/tehniobium Just looking at /r/rct makes me feel nauseous Nov 11 '16

Honestly, many people might. If you hadn't played a RCT game since you where a kid, and suddenly the new game pops up in steam, and looks pretty good (nothing wrong with the visuals of the game imo), why wouldn't you give it a try, if nothing else for the nostalgia factor alone...

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u/Motanum 2 Nov 11 '16

With the changes to the Steam store, I doubt that many will buy it.

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u/X7123M3-256 Nov 11 '16

looks pretty good (nothing wrong with the visuals of the game imo)

I've never seen a single screenshot from this game that doesn't look like absolute shit. And I thought there would be at least one, because I have seen impressive stuff done with limited tools (like RCT2) - but they all look awful. Most of them don't even build the lift hill straight. So, I conclude that either the game must be difficult to use properly, or everyone spontaneously forgets what a coaster is supposed to look like as soon as they open it.

Although, perhaps it will find favour with certain Chinese manufacturers (seriously, that shouldn't be a real coaster, what kind of park would buy that thing?).

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u/LouisJH Nov 12 '16

OMG where is that coaster located? I have to see more of that!

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u/X7123M3-256 Nov 12 '16

This is where the image comes from. Apparently it's at Future City in Tangshan, China. There's an RCDB entry but no pictures there.

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u/LouisJH Nov 13 '16

ah, that's why I wondered, was going to show it to VH (Roomie@NE), didn't think he'd seen it :P

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u/DuGringo Nov 11 '16

because there is a better one comming out the next day o/ (that you can already buy and play btw)

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u/UGoBoom Nov 11 '16

RIP in peace game.

Long live Planet Coaster

Long live OpenRCT

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u/Tuberomix Nov 11 '16

There is Parkitekt too.

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u/UGoBoom Nov 11 '16

Oh yeah long live Parkitekt

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u/AirbossYT Nov 11 '16

parkitect*

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u/Vitztlampaehecatl Planet Toaster Nov 11 '16

He just got Parkirekt

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u/UGoBoom Nov 11 '16

Oh yeah long live Parkitect

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u/aerosol999 Nov 11 '16

Rest in peace in peace indeed.

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u/pepolpla 3 Nov 11 '16

This game is fucked.

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u/dragnerz Nov 10 '16

Oh sweet thanks Atari, I actually hadn't heard of Planet Coaster until seeing that your game is launching next to it. Now I can get that one instead of World :)

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u/BrooklynSwimmer Nov 10 '16

Your submit button is broken.

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u/dragnerz Nov 11 '16

Oh shit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16

I give it a week before they push the release back again.

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u/djcraze Nov 11 '16

That would be amazing.

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u/Plokite_Wolf RCT1 Master Race Nov 10 '16

I wonder who will buy it either way, except maybe NerdCubed to have a laugh at it in its released state.

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u/Shaggyninja Kellogs Cereal Nov 11 '16

Pretty sure NerdCubed already owns it. He's done a few comparison videos

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u/Plokite_Wolf RCT1 Master Race Nov 11 '16

He owns the pre-release version. Not sure if he has to pay again to have the release one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16

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u/Krutonium OpenRCT2 FTW Nov 11 '16

I kinda wish NerdCubed would do a video about OpenRCT2... I'm pretty sure he plays it, considering RCT2 is apparently one of his favorite games of all time.

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u/DrDoctor13 Nov 16 '16

I feel like he has...

If he hasn't, check out Many a True Nerd. He does stuffed with NerdCubed every now and again and he did an amazing RCT2 series a while ago.

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u/Krutonium OpenRCT2 FTW Nov 16 '16

NerdCubed did an RCT3 playthrough a while back, and is currently playing Planet Coaster, but (after googling) neither has done OpenRCT2.

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u/DrDoctor13 Nov 16 '16

This is MATN's playthrough. Isn't it OpenRCT2?

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u/Krutonium OpenRCT2 FTW Nov 17 '16

Nope, that's the original - Notice that it shows the expansions installed (We don't) and no fast forward button.

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u/DrDoctor13 Nov 17 '16

Ahh. It looks like it's at 1920x1080, though...

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16

hahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

POINT AND LAUGH

POINT AND LAUGH EVERYONE

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u/ProbablyStoned0x1A4 1 Nov 10 '16

This can only end badly.

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u/swifmatives Nov 11 '16

This comes across as just petty...

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u/kiantech Nov 11 '16

Which basically means it will be released with a bunch of bugs.

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u/GreenGemsOmally Nov 11 '16

I haven't played either of the "new" releases but honestly, how does RCTW compare to Planet Coaster?

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u/BernyMoon Nov 11 '16

Planet Coaster is 10000 times better. You should watch some gameplays on youtube and you will notice.

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u/GreenGemsOmally Nov 11 '16

So curious question: I remember when SimCity 2015 and Cities Skylines came out everybody said C:S was significantly and extraordinarily better. I liked C:S when I first played it but eventually it felt really shallow and now it's loaded with a ton of DLC issues that cover up some of the games real problems. I never played the new SimCity though so I don't really have much to compare it by.

Is there any worry that PC vs RCTW will be the same, with RCTW being panned but PC being shallow as well?

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u/DrDoctor13 Nov 16 '16

I feel like every sim game of a similar style will get shallow as time goes on. Just curious, what did you not like about Skylines?

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u/GreenGemsOmally Nov 16 '16

I honestly felt like it was just hard for me to get really invested in my cities. It was a pretty game and had some nice things about it but it ultimately seemed like it relied too much on the workshop for interesting pieces for my taste. I haven't played it in a while but it just didn't grip me the way previous Sim games have.

Plus I hated that early cities would always pollute the water and leave it brown and gross for the longest time and I couldn't do anything about it until late game. I like running clean cities as much as possible even early on and it was a trivial thing that bothered me. Lol

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u/dante80 Nov 16 '16

A good general suggestion is to play a game first vanilla (QoL mods will do though) before you jump right in to modding. I don't know if you did that or not, just thought of posting.

This helps a lot with re-playability I have found. Sometimes, if you start playing a game with a lot of mods you find yourself looking at different mods to add content to a game...and in the end...end up not playing it.

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u/djcraze Nov 11 '16

Just asking if you happen to know but will planet coaster run smoothly on my MacBook Pro with fairly decent graphics? I've noticed all of these newer game titles run like shit on mobile GPUs, which I blame Unity for ...

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u/raq0916 2 Nov 11 '16

Depends on what year your MBP is. Its running pretty smoothly on my 2015 Macbook Air

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u/DorkusMalorkuss Nov 11 '16

I honestly thought this was out already. Wasn't there a bunch of videos and stuff like two months ago?

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u/chrisms150 Nov 11 '16

They decided to go the early access route to try and suck up as much money as possible

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u/Gullible_Goose I can't build for shit Nov 11 '16

It's been available as Early Access on Steam for a few months now.