The cat’s lastly out of the bag; eight years because the world was handled to a colourful and entertaining world of theme park administration and roller-coaster constructing with Planet Coaster, Frontier Developments has lastly unveiled the highly-anticipated sequel. The appropriately titled Planet Coaster 2 has had loads of time to gestate, and from what we noticed as a part of a hands-off preview with the builders, the last word coaster park expertise has discovered a option to whet the urge for food of aspiring park house owners much more.
That’s primarily right down to the addition of all-new water park gameplay, giving gamers yet one more dimension of thrills and spills to supervise as a part of their purview. If the depth of the simulation was spectacular earlier than, with all types of rides and facilities to maintain your friends comfortable, then there’s much more to stay up for when water is concerned.
There was a quaint sense of nostalgia as we noticed what seemed like a typical theme park, earlier than we panned over to a towering waterslide with keen parkgoers queuing to land with a splash. With much more sights to choose from, gamers might be happy to know that plotting these rides down stays a straightforward and intuitive expertise. Every part that labored with land rides will translate over to the underlying programs for the brand new addition, and if you’re considering of coasters that make water a core ingredient, you’re in the fitting place; simply be sure you have these new altering rooms and lifeguards on obligation to stop any mishaps.
As senior government producer Adam Woods shared with Twinfinite, the water park components have been a “pure development” for the sport, growing not simply the “enjoyable” concerned in administration but additionally all of the “strategic challenges” that gamers will face as they interact within the numerous modes of the sport. It’s all the time enjoyable and video games when you will have new rides to play with, however with energy and cleanliness simply a number of the components to consider, good administration is all the time the popular possibility.
It stays to be seen simply how expansive the choice of new rides can be, however one factor’s for certain, Planet Coaster 2 stays dedicated to the thought of permitting gamers to stretch their imaginations and creativity, be it in replicating real-life parks or creating their dream parks of countless amusement, one thing that Woods was eager to emphasise. As massive followers of the assorted theme parks, it stays a surreal expertise for the group to have the ability to use their instruments to carry these inspirations to life inside the context of the sport, and for his or her family members to benefit from the fruits of their labor and be equally impressed.
Anybody who has tried creating aesthetically pleasing paths and located themselves struggling will even be glad to know that Frontier Developments has heard the pleas, with enhanced pathing instruments making it potential to create the sorts of plazas that now we have all most likely stepped on in actuality. Gone are the times of remoted rides that friends will discover it tough to get to, and the much less grass or sand I see, the higher it’s. And the joy doesn’t simply cease with plazas.
The quantity of customizability showcased by the group locations the facility firmly within the participant’s palms. You can simply get by with simply the inventory rides and decorations, however for these actually into making issues your individual, there’s little room for disappointment. Nearly each facet of the park and the rides themselves will be tweaked and adjusted, with the latter specifically getting loads of love and a spotlight.
With each base journey, gamers can mess around with colours, set decorations, and even constructs of their very own making, promoting a very immersive expertise for park guests the place each single piece of the journey will be modified. You possibly can prime all of it off with the improved occasion sequencer instrument, placing collectively unforgettable shows that may embody the usage of animatronics, fireworks, smoke, and extra, all timed to your specs.
“As we confirmed in the course of the demo, we’re giving gamers all of the instruments to unleash their creativeness in Planet Coaster 2. Constructing has by no means been simpler with the intuitive system of placing issues collectively piece by piece, and the added themes are solely the tip of the iceberg, as you possibly can customise additional to create a very distinctive journey expertise,” mentioned Woods. Gamers will certainly have a good time with what’s already within the recreation with regards to genuine and impressed rides, however this added freedom to make issues actually their very own takes issues to a different degree.
The entire new bells and whistles, in addition to the general quality-of-life enhancements being made for the sequel, will be loved in three completely different recreation modes. Profession mode will stay the de facto means of easing gamers in and placing them in numerous conditions to problem them, whereas Franchise mode lets gamers take the primary steps in establishing a world park community. Lastly, having the ability to go all out in Sandbox mode will solely result in epic parks.
Set for an Autumn 2024 launch, Planet Coaster 2 seems to be each bit the sequel followers need and extra. The very concept of getting water parks cross over with their on-land counterparts will undoubtedly create a brand new synergy, and elevate what has already been a powerful administration simulator to the following degree. And with extra to return from the group at Frontier Developments, we’re undoubtedly excited and strapped in for the journey