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How Metascores Are Calculated
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RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 takes the series to new heights with brand new features including 3-D graphics, giving players complete control of views around the park, and a front seat to the action with a new Coaster Cam feature that allows players to ride the roller coasters. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 also features new gameplay elements that fans have been asking for - including diversity of guests, added group behavior and improved guest AI - and many other new features which build upon the fun and addictive nature of the original game. [Atari]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 100
Thunderbolt
This game is all about customization. You get everything you need to create a park right out of the box, but you can design your own scenarios, park guests, fireworks shows, and buildings. Incredibly, none of this is particularly challenging to figure out as long as you put five to ten minutes into tinkering, with the only exception being the fireworks creator.
 92
Inside Gamer Online
Not only is it the best game in the series, it is quite possibly the best game in its genre. Beautiful to look at, enormously entertaining, and never boring, players should prepare to lose hundreds of hours to the best theme park title ever created.
90
eToychest
A wonderful game, and an equally tremendous addition to the series. Fans of the series will find more than enough new here to warrant continued devotion, while it has been streamlined so as to be highly accessible to novices as well.
90
Gamers' Temple
The only complaint that I have about the music feature is that the only way to hear the music is to zoom in very closely on the ride or to ride it yourself.
90
AceGamez
Every bit as addictive, creative and as easy to play as its predecessor but with new looks and additions bringing it bang up to date. And if the Coaster Cam alone doesn't convince you that this is a worthy purchase, then quite frankly nothing ever will!
90
Warcry
I think my wife and children have sent out a search party for me. This game had me sitting up for hours creating and feeling like a theme park god. I have been discussing this game at work too.
90
Eurogamer
There hasn't been high-level management game with this level of wit, style and vision since the dear departed Mucky Foot's "Startopia." This is as good as its genre gets, and deserves recognition.
90
1UP
An awesome addition to a deservedly-lauded series. Now excuse me while I finish my powered-launch, 3000-foot air-powered supercoaster. The peeps are gonna love it!
90
Computer Games Magazine
One of the best new features is a thrilling coaster cam whose name is a bit misleading since you can get a first-person view for nearly any ride or attraction. [Feb 2005, p.65]
89
IC-Games
Without doubt the better of the trilogy, even with its problems (which hopefully will be rectified with patches) and overall should be enjoyed by the majority of the Tycoon fans out there.
88
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
When you turn to the on-ride camera mode, and the car starts down the big slides...well, I genuinely feel a tug of induced artificial vertigo. A construction game that gets you in the guts. That's rare. This is a golden ticket. Get in line. [PC Gamer UK, Dec 2004, p.111]
88
Game Informer
You will find yourself delving deeper into the seedy underbelly of amusement than you ever thought possible. [Dec 2004, p.188]
86
3DAvenue
Whilst it delves into reasonably technical gameplay as far as profit and loss management goes, it still offers very addictive and fun gameplay at the same time, and this should appeal to PC gamers abroad.
85
IGN
This is an addictive game with a great playful and positive premise, something you don't usually find in games these days. I just wish the developers had been allowed a little more time to iron out the last few wrinkles.
85
PGNx Media
The game's visuals are pretty impressive given the scope.
85
GameBiz
As far as theme park sims go, RCT 3 is the bees knees. It's detailed, beautiful, complex, and with a few extras thrown in. Any fan of this genre will love this game.
85
Worth Playing
This is what a sequel should be ' they aren't trying to reinvent the genre or completely change how the game is played, they are taking what worked before and adding logical next-steps to it, making it better and fuller.
84
Xequted
It's a fun and feature-rich simulation game which will have you hooked for hours on end.
83
PC Gamer
Like any good ride, it delights at every twist and turn and leaves you wanting more. [Jan 2005, p.74]
83
Jolt Online Gaming UK
Don’t be fooled by the bright, cartoony exterior – RCT3 offers a detailed and sometimes complex package.
80
Computer Gaming World
Even with the completely new engine, the core RCT formula remains intact and as strong as ever. [Feb 2005, p.88]
80
GamerArchive
Yes, it's stupendously attractive. Yes it helps draw you into the theme parks that you create. No, the development of this 3D engine seems to have brought its own problems in the shape of quite a few bugs still easy to spot in the final full retail game.
80
Adrenaline Vault
A major leap over its predecessors and is a huge success. With attractive full 3D graphics and an ability to fully experience your own rides, the level of play fulfillment has gone up significantly.
80
GamePro
The good news is that piecing 'coasters and parks together is easier than ever; between the flexible camera controls and the effortless new terrain-building tools, RCT 3 squeezes tremendous functionality out of its elegant drag-and-drop interface.
80
GamerFeed
Incredible and impressive, perhaps closer to the ideal sequel fans wanted.
80
Yahoo! Games
The new engine looks great, the interface (once you get to grips with it) works reasonably well, and the economic model is compelling enough to keep you playing.
80
Times Online
Those who do not want to embark on complex challenges will still find hours of enjoyment in sandbox mode.
79
Computer and Video Games
It's the most polished version of the game so far, and those who've never made a small child puke before will be in store for hours of fun. But the new interface with its streamlined minimalism hides a baffling array of build options, and is not the best for the newbie. [PC Zone]
78
Game Chronicles
The game as a whole is average. The graphics are superb, but the lack of a tutorial mode hurts the game, but once you figure things out it can become quite addictive and even a bit challenging.
78
GameSpot
If not for some of the glaring bugs, Frontier would have delivered a truly excellent sequel to a beloved franchise.
77
PC Format
At heart, this is hands down the best theme park building game to date. [Christmas 2004, p.112]
75
PC Gameworld
The cuddly interface and ride creations are aimed at the casual gamer. The fuzzy bear feel of the game would probably make the hardcore gamers do what my little sim customers do on my rides, vomit.
74
Game Over Online
There’s also something terribly wrong with the sound in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.
74
RealGamer
One of the very few management games that actually allow players to get up close to the action and you can really feel part of what is going on.
72
Play.tm
Like a certain other sequel David Braben was involved in RCT 3 is a good game hidden underneath a fiddly interface and stricken by numerous minor flaws and bugs.
70
ActionTrip
What RollerCoaster 3 lacks is some excitement that can't be artificially created with some clever scenarios. The biggest drawback of this game is the fact all scenarios tend to play the same no matter what the goals are, otherwise I'm convinced I would have enjoyed it even more.
70
games(TM)
The problems that are here don't detract from the fascinatingly hardcore option to leave the Career mode behind and create your own park in the Sandbox mode without constraints of time and money... And whilst it's immensely hard to get this right, it's massively satisfying when you do. [Christmas 2004, p.120]
60
GameSpy
A surprising number of serious bugs damage what is otherwise a highly addictive game.
50
Detroit Free Press
And, despite the face of an excited, yelling teenager on the front cover of the box, we weren't screaming over this one.
Andy E gave it a9: Katie M. gave it a10: Zack N. gave it an8: Mike R. gave it a10: Tracey A. gave it a10: Tech gave it a7: Joel G. gave it a9: |
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