Ryan’s Been Playing: OpenRCT2
Five months into 2016 and we already have three different theme park building video games hoping to capture the attention of old Rollercoaster Tycoon fans. All three are in Early Access but you can already seen where each is going. Parkitect and Planet Coaster already play great and each have different visions in game play and design; they even compliment each other well. Whereas the less said about Atari’s disappointing Rollercoaster Tycoon World the better.
However, there’s also a fourth option, OpenRCT2, a fan-made, open source remake of 2002’s Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. It’s full of a ton of graphical improvements, optimizations, bug fixes and intriguing new features like co-op multiplayer support and changing the game speed. It’s pretty much the same game, but the improvements under the hood make it a fantastic experience that will act as something to compare the other three games to. It even fixes a crashing glitch with RCT2 that has with computers running Windows 10.
Right now, OpenRCT2 requires a digital copy of the original Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 to run, which should be no issue considering that the game is readily available on Steam and GOG and is still well worth your money 15 years after it was release. If you’re interested in playing an improved version of an old favorite, daily (and in some cases, hourly) builds of OpenRCT2 are available on its website.
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