Planet Coaster

Planet Coaster is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments for Microsoft Windows. It was released worldwide on November 17, 2016. A version for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, known as Planet Coaster: Console Edition, was released in November 2020. Frontier had previously worked in the amusement park construction and management genre with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (to which Planet Coaster is a spiritual successor), Thrillville, Thrillville: Off the Rails, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2’s expansion packs, and Zoo Tycoon.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The cutting-edge graphics make the game look like an actual amusement park.
 * 2) The introduction of the spline system (although RCTW presented it first), introducing more realistic coasters.
 * 3) The new playing mode, Challenge Mode introduces building a theme park on an empty plot of land, but with limited funds. Any and all previous RCT games have not had this mode.
 * 4) Plentiful variety of coasters, flat rides, stalls, concession stands, and tracked rides.
 * 5) Unlike RCT3, the guests don’t look like a dead fish.
 * 6) Planet Coaster introduced the stable hold of custom scenery, unlike RCT3 which does work most of the time, but sometimes causes errors.

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) Lots of pay-to-get DLC.

Trivia

 * First unveiled at EGX 2016, the game also features a dedicated mode called the "crash mode" which allows players to construct incomplete coasters and let them crash into the park's visitors.
 * On 26 April 2017, Frontier revealed the existence of several cheat codes that were previously undiscovered on their official forums. These included the ability to ride go-karts and the ability for security guards to plough through guests similarly to a bulldozer.

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