
Description
Let's get this elephant out of the room: Planet Coaster is made by Frontier, developers of the well-loved RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. The day before its release, Atari's RollerCoaster Tycoon World comes out, having had a rough beta thanks to flaws including limited coaster heights and a clumsy camera. The community is siding with Planet Coaster in a repeat of SimCity versus Cities: Skylinesthe official continuation alienates fans, the nostalgic throwback wins hearts.
And Planet Coaster is definitely a throwback, sharing enough RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 DNA it should come with papers like a pedigree dog. It has a cartoon look that disguises the spreadsheet management side, and a lovely 3D engine that lets you experience your own rides in first-person. It's comfortingly familiar.
Pick your rideThere are three ways to play Planet Coaster.
Developer: Frontier Developments
Publisher: Frontier Developments
Release Date: 17 Nov, 2016
Genre: Simulation, Building, Management, Strategy, Open World, Casual, Adventure, Action
System Requirements
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
- Processor: Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
- Processor: Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space