The aesthetics, soundscape, and ambience of the theme park evokes a powerful sense of nostalgia in us. Many of us have fond memories of going to Disneyland or our local theme parks as children. It’s easy to understand the appeal of a theme park simulator. You’ll also want to consider the aesthetics of your park, installing themed areas and making sure that people in those long line-ups don’t get bored. The name is descriptive you’re put in charge of building the theme park of your dreams, stocking it full of entertaining rides, junk food stalls, and souvenir stalls to grift people out of their money with balloons and stuffed toys and things. It had been years since we’d had a new theme park builder to enjoy, and with RollerCoaster Tycoon in limbo, we were wondering where we’d get it from.

Planet Coaster is the spiritual successor to Theme Park and RollerCoaster Tycoon that, ahead of its release on PC a few years ago, fans were absolutely desperate for. Over on PlayStation 4, we were recently able to play colonial trading simulator, Port Royale 4, and now we have the port of the sublime Planet Coaster to indulge in. The Nintendo Switch has had ports of Jurassic Park: Evolution, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Tropico 6 and even little indie projects like Mad Tower Tycoon.

It has been a good couple of months for the simulator genre on consoles.

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