Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 is the sequel to Rollercoaster Tycoon. The player once again takes the role of a theme park manager, tasked with building a park using various rides and attractions, such as restrooms, restaurants, bumper cars, ferris wheels, go-karts, and, of course, roller coasters. There are over twenty different buildable rollercoaster types, from simple wooden coasters to complex inverted coasters. Many new rides and attractions are featured in the game, such as the ATM machine, as well as lots of new scenery and theming items, such as the Pirate theme.

There are a lot of scenarios to complete, from easy ones that only ask a certain park rating and guest count to extreme ones, such as making a yearly profit of $100,000 with rides that must have a certain rating, without letting the park rating drop to a certain number.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 keeps the same graphics engine as the original, though slightly polished, and adds a few new touches, such as guests observing rides as they move. The guests' AI is also slightly improved in a way that they will no longer get lost on thicker footpaths.

Another notable addition are the in-built scenario editor and roller coaster designer, which allow for more fan-created material to be created and shared.

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Alternate Titles

"过山车大亨2" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Guoshanche Daheng 2" -- Chinese title

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User Reviews

Great fun!	NatsFan (133)
Where's the "2"??	Rick Jones (108)
If this was an expansion pack, it would have been good. As a game, it just blows.	ThE oNe (178)	unrated

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The Press Says

ActionTrip	Oct 23, 2002	82 out of 100	82
GameSpy	Oct 30, 2002	75 out of 100	75
GameStar (Germany)	Nov, 2002	72 out of 100	72
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jan, 2003		70
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Nov 19, 2002	70 out of 100	70
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Nov 12, 2002		70
Power Unlimited	Dec, 2002	70 out of 100	70
GameZone	Jul 01, 2003	6.8 out of 10	68
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Nov 15, 2002	6 out of 10	60
Joystick (French)	Nov, 2002	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

In Germany, Infogrames started a nice Point-of-Sale-Promotion for RCT2. There were Scream-o-Meters, which measured the scream intensity of people attending a Scream Competition. Very loud, as I recall... ;)

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