RCT4?

[coasterdude5]

What do you think should go into a RCT4 if they ever make one? I think you should be able to make resorts with hotels and incorporate that with the park.

 

EDIT:

 

Atari is taking suggestions for its next RCT game: http://forums.atari.com/showthread.php?t=6853

Edited August 15, 2010 by coasterdude5

[crispy]

I would like to see a little more realism

 

Have the coaster companies, have them bid on the space, and have the coaster take time to be completed, with hype building, and opening day seeing a big jump in attendance

 

 

I would like to see more busness side of the the park, more rides and Ride Manufactures, with a wait for delivery, thenm a manufactring process

 

Why not have an off season, like real park

[coasterdude5]

yea that would be cool

 

It would also be cool to have more real peeps and normal looking resteraunts with tables.

 

I wish you could be your own person and travel thru the park and ride whatever you wanted to.

[Mr.Six]

Many things bug me about the game. But nothing more that no Catwalks on the lift hills!

[MichRollerCoast]

I want something that can run on my computer, i say they make one in between 2 and 3 detail wise but make an awesome game still.

[Mr.Six]

I have played RCT3 on my friends computer but I really didn't like it that much. I prefer RCT2 way over RCT3. I thought that the RCT3 graphics were a bit "cartoonish". < Kinda like the Sim ThemePark game...well maybe not THAT bad.

 

I know what you mean about wanting a game thats graphics could play on "older video card" computers. But games get more advance every year and that makes it so that we not only have to buy the games but also new video cards every once in a while. So yeah, it really sucks.

[viking86]

I know what you mean about wanting a game thats graphics could play on "older video card" computers. But games get more advance every year and that makes it so that we not only have to buy the games but also new video cards every once in a while. So yeah, it really sucks.

 

The problem is that they did an awful job with RCT3. It runs like crap on my computer, while games like Half Life 2 runs perfectly...

[CreativeForce]

The one thing that could really propel this series is if they can make it interactive online. Imagine being able to be a peep and going to various parks created by others as well as being able to create parks where others can come "ride" and "spend" money. So instead of an AI controlling peeps, it's real people. It would be an interesting experiment, don't you think?

[Nemmy]

Ditto. Expanding on the online idea, it could be cool if you could band together with other parks to make a theme park chain. Now that would be cool.

[crispy]

The problem is that they did an awful job with RCT3. It runs like crap on my computer, while games like Half Life 2 runs perfectly...

 

 

Now i don't think the programmers did a great job with the programming, I don't think they a horrible job

 

The problem is that the game itself is a resource hog, all those people, all those poloygons, all the mathmatics for the comp to keep track of=you need a kick ass sytem to run this game at its full potential.

 

i usually try to make smaller parks, and fill them up with lots of themeing

[FlyingScooter]

resource hog is right.

You really can't compare this game to other heavy-graphic games. Even a game like Battlefield 1942, which may have around 200 hundred soldiers tooling around can't compare to RCT3 w/1500 to 1800 peeps tooling around. I haven't played half-life, but does it have 1500 objects moving in unique directions?

[Pure Randomness]

How about some companies? Some are more cheaper and have worse reviews and the really nice ones like B&M, which are expensive and very nice. Maybe some catwalks and curves paths!! At parks you don't see winding paths that change directions at 90 degree angles. Finally, ops that check restrains and give the thumbs up for the train to leave, and some control booths for flat rides.

[BurritoKing99]

I would like to see a little more realism

 

Have the coaster companies, have them bid on the space, and have the coaster take time to be completed, with hype building, and opening day seeing a big jump in attendance

 

 

I would like to see more busness side of the the park, more rides and Ride Manufactures, with a wait for delivery, thenm a manufactring process

 

Why not have an off season, like real park

thatd be awesome

[timetrial3141592]

I'm thinking that the "bidding wars" could become a big problem (for people who don't like realism.) Also: TOGO Sit Down (with new Painful Hill) or Rocket w/Inversions.

[crispy]

you could alway have an option to turn it off.

 

I really think money wise it should be refined, Addind a coaster for any park is a huge financial undertaking, even a small coaster, for example

 

Lets Use Cliff's Amusment Park

 

the averaged (before NM Rattler) 200,000 people per year, and the entrance fee was $20 for all day pass, 2.50 to just get in, and you could buy tickets

 

lets give them the benifit of the doubt and say all 200,000 bought all-day passes, $20 x 200,000 = $4,000,000

 

Seems like a TON of money, but you have all those employees and ride upkeep, then to add a 2,000,000 coaster is a very big deal, and that is VERY cheap for a coaster

 

There is no way a small park can afford any of the big steel coaters, and I don't see why this kind of financial restraint is not in the game, if I set up a basic custom senerio, I have to put the park in MAJOR debt and raise the intrest to about 30% before it is a challenge.

 

A park should grow, but it should be gradual

 

Biggest thing, is use real manufactures, heck they might even design some rides for the games, its free advertisement, unless thier rides suck i guess

 

anyway, there is room on the simulation side to improve ALOT, lets hope the implement some ideas, or we could just bug Robb to have the company he works for make a theme park sim

[Pure Randomness]

But if it is that complicated then it would probably lose its fun. Unless they include an arcade mode, and simulation like Gran Turismo. That would be the best of both worlds

[zaneymon]

I think they should have proper giant drops that can be built on the side of other towers like on reverse freefalls and 15-person cars on reverse freefalls and servile color scheme. I had some more Ideas but I can’t remember them rite now I’ll past them later.

 

Zane “ I love free stuff” Williams

[Red Benny]

Improve the onride graphics. I was very excited about RCT3 until I played the demo. How a simple program like NoLimits can have better graphics than RCT3 is beyond me. If I'm gonna ride my own coaster, I at least want them to look real. And you're right.. no catwalks on the lift hills is just weird. :?

[M_Force_4_ever]

All your ideas are freat but those features would only appeal to enthusiasts. and RCT is trying to be more appealing to the GP then to just enthusiasts. but those features would be great.

[crispy]

I don't think thats true, I think having the option, and using manufactures names would be cool

 

Alot of the more indept stuff should be able to be toggled on or off

[Pure Randomness]

I was thinking, if a ride got broken down for a while, than special crews you can hire will come and evacuate the passengers from the lift hill.

[crispy]

I was thinking, if a ride got broken down for a while, than special crews you can hire will come and evacuate the passengers from the lift hill.

 

 

That would be cool

[Pure Randomness]

Or if there is a ride failure or "crash" then there would be special areas with brakes to prevent more deaths. Like in RCT, if a Station Brakes failure happens on a Wild Mouse, then all of the vehicles would keep hitting the other until the mechanic arrives.

[vertgforces]

All your ideas are freat but those features would only appeal to enthusiasts. and RCT is trying to be more appealing to the GP then to just enthusiasts. but those features would be great.

 

then why not have Roller Coaster Tycoon: Diehard Coaster Enthusiast Edition!

[FlyingScooter]

personally, i just hope it works...