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RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds Expansion Pack

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds Expansion Pack

List Price: $9.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: milking the franchise
Review: I was seriously looking forward to this add-on, since I thought there was still so much more they could do with Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. However, this is not an add-on worth the same price as the game itself.

* Chris Sawyer seems to still demand you play the game his way. There is no way to use new designs in old save games that I can find. You're extremely limited in the number of items that can be active on any particular map. There is no reason for this.

* Most (like almost ALL) of the new designs are simply different cars for old vehicle designs. For example, one "new" design is a TGV-themed coaster (TGV is the French bullet train). It's simply the LIM-launched coaster with different looking cars--yet it's marketed as a completely new type of rollercoaster.

* The popular mountain-editing tool is still missing from in-game. You can only use it in the scenario editor.

* Some of the new game elements count for multiple objects against your object limitations. The suspension bridge is a pretty poor take-off on the Golden Gate Bridge. It takes 5 separate object elements to use it--which means there are 5 other objects (walls, flowers, or other things) you can't use.

* The "North America" theme really should be called "USA" theme.

* The manual is horribly underwritten. Things are purposely omitted so you can "discover things on your own"...or buy the strategy guide.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Uhh.. Uhh.. No
Review: Infogrames has gone over the line. All these expansion packs are driving me crazy. If one more comes around I will be crazy. And look, Wacky Worlds is finally coming out. Besides my opinion, the game is a must have if RC2 was already bought. I own the original Roller Coaster Tycoon, the Cockscrew Follies expansion pack, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, and I might just be waiting for this new game. Already in my shelf includes games I don't play. Why would this be needed. Infogrames is just doing something wrong.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Rct 2 Wacky worlds
Review: Its ok but not worth the money look Chris cannot say that hes got all the rides and coasters in the game so why not put the ones which are not in it for example the new top thrill dragster ride at cedar point ohio and use that track or a waltzers or something in it instead lame sceney that not that much people use much and theres different types of water coasters when will he do these rides.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Biggest Disappointment in any Game or Expansion - Ever
Review: Let me begin by saying I have been playing RCT since it was first released. The expansion packs for RCT1 offered new rides and stalls. I was always pleased with those.

It claims to have 50 new rides. Listen up -- NO NEW RIDES! None! The Twist or Scrambler has been morphed hmm, lets see...5 times. So you have 6 scramblers that look different. They made a killer whale ride -- guess what that is -- the submarine ride. You now have dolphins that were jet skis. They added a turtle instead of logs for a "new" flume ride. There are two new flying saucer rides that just look different. They made unimaginative new rollercoaster trains that really look stupid -- ie, the taxi cab coaster (?) , turned the inverter ship into a Chinese Junk ship -- same stuff in different clothes. As I went through the rides, I was so amazed -- amazed how they can get away with saying there are 50 new rides. But let me reiterate, folks: NO NEW RIDES WHATSOEVER. No new types of coasters...No new food stalls. NOTHING, but some really tacky scenery.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Add on so soon?
Review: OK - the good news is - this seems to be worth =some= money.

This expansion pack (you will need the original Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 to use this) adds a lot of new scenery like the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and other scenery to make parks an international experience. There are almost 20 new scenarios, 50 new ride types, and about 250 new game elements, mostly scenery.

OK - the bad news is - I don't think it's worth the current price of admission.

A lot of the "new rides" are just re-designs of old coasters. There's no new stores or other new goodies. Still only the Scenario Editor allows you to use the mountain maker. Many of the new scenery elements take up a lot of slots on the scenario editor. For instance, the "Golden Gate Bridge" needs five (5) slots - thus taking up room that could be used for other park scenery.

With this coming out so soon after RCT2, I can't help but ask if this was just a way to squeeze more dollars out of RCT fans. I would have been much happier if these "extras" had been included with the RCT2 first disc. Sure, we might have had to wait a little longer for RCT2, but we would have gotten a much more developed product. This "extra" pack had to have already either been in development or already totally developed for the short time between RCT2 and the first expansion pack release date.

I'll be watching carefully for any future RCT2 releases within a year - and see if they might include "Wacky Worlds" as an extra feature, just as they did with RCT1's "Loopy Landscapes" (which also included the add-ons from RCT1's "Corkscrew Follies"). Those who want to save money might want to wait till the end of the year, when either a third disc (with this second disc included) might be released, or the prices come down as they do for all video games.

Recommended, but only for Roller Coaster Tycoon purists.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Bad-Shameful Dun Waste $$
Review: Okay honestly Chris should destroy the contract with infogrames and team up wit hasbro the old rct company!
Don't Buy This Game Or You'll Be SRY!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: rct2 wacky worlds
Review: RCT2 Wacky Worlds is the best rct game ever if you have Played rct or rct2 but if your new to the games rct2; ww will seam the most difficult pc game ever! if you have the tons of new rides are sweet! and 10% of the old rides have been improved and 70% are re-named the coasters are so exotic picture a neon green pide looping around and in the colosseum or a hot-pink+yellow coaster going over+thru the Grand Canyon! plus sweet, exotic, new, and profitable shops, snacks. All the lims, rides, screams, sounds of trains going 100mph,exotic and wierd colers,
and the abilty to build rides around the World is simply to much to put in to words, now i know why it is called wacky worlds I thind it should be rated 1,000,000,000 star!!!

Rating: 0 stars
Summary: Don't Waste Your Money or Time on This!
Review: RollerCoaster Tycoon is probably the best amusement park simulator game out there. The add-ons, Corkscrew Follies and Loopy Landscapes were great additions to the game. Then came the sequal, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. It was between good and bad, but for the most part, good. Now, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds. I hope none of you waste your time and money on this piece of [garbage]. It is by far the worst add-on for the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. Everyone wanted newer flat-rides, and they gave them to us, but they were just the same ride with different theming on it, like tea cups and cars and such. There were no new roller coasters or any new rides. They were all just modified from the oens in the original first two games. The worst part though would have to be the scenery objects... Some of them could be useful at times. I really think that the new scenery pieces look horrible and don't look anything like the original game's scenery. You can tell that the creator of the game, Chris Sawyer, had no part in this game... Hopefully, he will in the Time Twisters Expansion Pack. That game sounds un-[romising too...

So, I advise anyone not to buy this game, but go and buy RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2 with the add-on packs, Corkscrew Follies and Loopy Landscapes.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Absolutely terrible
Review: The expansion is nothign but a collection of very very poor scenery items. Nearly all of the items are not to scale with the game and they do not fit with the artistic style. There are no new rides, contrary to what they say, there are only new cars for your existing rides. And while that may sound good, only a few are actually enjoyable. This expansion is the worst of the worst. Avoid it at all costs unless you hate having an extra ($)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Awesome Expansion for an Awesome Game
Review: This expansion has new rollercoaster types, new scenarios and new thrill rides. I am disappointed that there are no new shops.
My favourite NEW thrill ride is the Chinese Firecracker. It's the same as Enterprise, but I think it looks cooler.
My favourite NEW rollercoaster type is Limousine Rollercoaster. I used to recreate my fave rollercoaster the Rock 'n' Rollercoaster At Disney World, Florida!
None (or very few, I can't remember) of the new rollercoasters have pre-designed rollercoasters. So go to the Roller Coaster Designer and let you imagination run wild!
If you want, but the Roller Coaster Tycoon: Wacky Worlds Guide. It's not essential (I didn't buy it) but it just has a few hints and tips to get you started. Buy if you have extra $.
You MUST have Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 to play.
Summary: The game is great. A LOT better than Theme Park World!


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