RollerCoaster Tycoon World

RollerCoaster Tycoon World is a theme park construction and management simulation video game developed by Nvizzio Creations and published by Atari for Microsoft Windows. It is the fourth major installment in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. The game was released on 16 November 2016 to largely negative reviews.

Gameplay

Players are able to build rides, shops and roller coasters, while monitoring elements such as budget, visitor happiness and technology research. Unlike RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile, the game does not include any micro-transactions.[1] Similar to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the game features 3D graphics instead of the 2D isometric style of the first two installments in the series. When building roller coasters, the game makes use of a spline system instead of the old style of laying individual pieces. Players are also allowed to "ride" the roller coasters and other rides, in either a first or third-person view. A new "Park Pulse" mechanic was also introduced that allows players to quickly find out how their park is doing and the customers' thoughts, similar to Zoo Tycoon titles.[2]

Development

When Atari announced RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile, they also promised that a title for Windows was also being developed.[8] The game was officially announced in August 2014 during Gamescom 2014 with a teaser trailer, Pipeworks Software as its developer, and a release date of early 2015.[9] Multiplayer features not found in previous versions of the RollerCoaster Tycoon series were planned, including cooperative park-building, visiting parks built by others, and global competition between groups of parks in the form of theme park companies.[9] World also planned to support user-generated assets.[10] The first screenshots and details of the game were revealed during PAX Prime 2014.

Part way through development, Area 52 Games replaced Pipeworks Software as the developer of the game, a change which Atari did not explain.[11] A closed alpha was also in development.[7] A new trailer showing gameplay was uploaded on 5 March 2015, showing an intro featuring POV footage of Goliath and Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain.[12] The trailer was criticized for its poor graphics. Area 52 responded by saying that the pre-alpha build shown in the trailer were used placeholder graphics, and the final release would be upgraded to use the Unity 5.0 engine from the build's Unity 4.6.[13]

Atari later said that a third developer had taken over from Area 52 Games, later confirmed to be Nvizzio Creations.[14] At the NVIDIA booth on PAX Prime 2015, Atari unveiled interactive gameplay for the game showing off their development build that featured coaster building and sandbox mode. On 29 September, it was announced the release date would be 10 December.[15][16] Two beta weekends preceded the release of the game. The first beta weekend was the last weekend of October and this beta was focused on the new spline-based Coaster Builder.[17] The first beta weekend took place as planned. However, feedback from this beta weekend led to Atari deciding to delay the game's release to early 2016.[18] The developer noted the additional development time would allow them to add requested items and features such as "predefined piece" coaster building, additional coaster test feedback, a robust fencing tool, improved on-demand grid, and various smaller improvements." Consequently, the second beta weekend was also delayed from November to December.[19]

RollerCoaster Tycoon World

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title	RollerCoaster Tycoon World
developer	Nvizzio Creations
publisher	Atari RCTO Productions
composer	Maxime Goulet
series	RollerCoaster Tycoon
engine	Unity
platforms	Microsoft Windows
released	WW: 16 November 2016
genre	Construction and management simulation
modes	Single-player