Planet Coaster Beta out
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned here. Been playing it, and it's quite great so far to be honest.
Posted Nov 11, 2016, 2:23 AM UTC
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Played a few hours on it. Its quite addicitve.
PROS: The management side is enough to keep me occupied. Looks amazing. Attention to detail is incredible. You can let your imagination run wild.
CONS: quite clunky, interface isnt quite up to scratch, not actually a huge amount of rides and themes. Quite a bit of micromanagement
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How is the management side? While i am all for the building of a park, i am really wondering how the park management panned out.
The management side is pretty enjoyable so far for me at least. You have the ability to charge different fees for Adults & kids as well as charge for the ability to get a fast pass and skip the lines on eligible rides. Your food stalls have the typical costs for food but you can charge for extra toppings and such.
One of my favorite aspects are the management of your employees. You'll want to train them to improve their productivity and moral but they'll also then expect a raise.
You can research specific fields to unlock the ride types your in need of, and your advertising campaigns focus on specific types of guests.
There is alot of more aspects I just cant think of and I've got to get back to work but overall they've done a decent job on the management side if you ask me.
the micromanaging can be annoying, there needs to be buttons to train all employees or something similar. same with setting food prices for all stores.
Well prices are set by default so unless your trying to pinch every penny you can out of the guests, you should haven't to do too much. Also the staff training/raises aren't that hard but I get what your saying. The staff has to work a certain amount of time before their eligible for training, o guess so you can just straight up max them out. You can tell by their emotions if they need it or not.
On a side note, firing a entertainer is the funniest thing Ive seen as they get so sad, and slowly sadly have to walk all the way our the park.
I thought it was difficult to get money until I realized 1 coaster can fill you to 100k really fast
Me too. There is a lot of emphasis on building the park and making it look pretty, and that's great. But if the management side is mediocre, it'll still be a disappointment.