Could be an eight depending on how I feel that day, but at the end of the day I am a bit of a retard, one could say, and really like the detailing options added in 3. I feel a bit constrained in this entry, like I can't truly flourish when I can't use three different colors on my paths. The simplicity is a benefit in many ways, but my immense talents of deciding how many pickles should be on the burgers I sell are immensely restrained here.
Definitivamente esse não é um jogo que só é bom por causa de "nostalgia". RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 é um simulador bem dedicado em quase todos os aspectos, requerendo do jogador boas estratégias de investimento e administração do parque durante a gameplay, o que com certeza vai satisfazer aqueles que gostam desse tipo de jogo. No meu caso, foi justamente o contrário: não gosto desse gênero mesmo, e só escolhi jogar novamente pela memória de infância — rendendo poucas horas de entretenimento verdadeiro. Ainda assim, seria desonesto eu não concordar que se trata de uma obra-prima desse estilo, a qual permanece sólida mesmo 20 anos depois.
For some reason I had it in my head from a kid that this was a lesser version of the 1st. On the contrary, it's just better. It's basically the same game just with added new features. This and the 1st are achievements of the all-time caliber of gamemaking. Its so mindboggling how Chris Sawyer made this game engine as optimally as this.
With OpenRCT2, this ends up accidentally becoming one of the best simulation games ever made. I spent like, 40 hours on perfecting my first theme park, and now I don't have any motivation to play more? Whoops. Really fun while it lasted tho, and I can EASILY see myself dumping way more time into this game when I've taken a break and am less overworked with college.
Some additional content and QOL improvements from the first, but I never liked it as much. It felt like there were too many options for rides/shops/scenery/etc. and nothing to do with them because the scenarios didn't unlock serially like the original. Still, a wonderful game and one with tons of replay value.
It's a better version of RollerCoaster Tycoon, plain and simple. All of the familiar gameplay remains with so many new rides and thematic decorations, plus an entirely new mode where you can just build and experiment on rollercoasters. This is the kind of game you can lose hours to, and it's easy to get into whether you're a hard-core gamer or not!