Honorable Mention #2: Planet Coaster
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Managing Editor Ed McGlone: Finally… Finally, theme park sim fans got the game they deserve and have been asking for. It may have taken years but it finally happened. Planet Coaster is the first major, and successful step forward for the theme park sim genre in a very long time.
The park management parts of the game are just as deep and engrossing as you remember in classic games such as Roller Coaster Tycoon. Planet Coaster allows you to hire (and even train) staff, research new rides, set ticket prices, check visitor comments for feedback and more. If you’re like me or our Publisher Yami whom is also a big theme park sim lover, and care less about designing a cool park and just enjoy managing a park’s finance and development, you’ll feel right at home with Planet Coaster.
Where Planet Coaster takes things to the next level though is on the creative end. There has never been a more beautiful theme park game than Planet Coaster. It is visually stunning, and creators have all the tools needed at their disposal to make their wildest park ideas come true, and also share them with the world via Steam mods.
Some small technical and control issues aside, Planet Coaster is almost a perfect theme park sim game, and will be one that remains on fan’s radars for years to come.
