

Great game
This is a great game. Beautiful game world. It runs smoothly on my rig. Even near waterfalls. The controls are a bit different, but not overly hard to learn. All in all a fantastic game experience. Well worth the money.

Mediocre: No More, No Less
The one good thing about this game is that there's nothing extraordinarily, game-breakingly bad about it. Combat works, though basically what it boils down to is pressing one or two buttons over and over again (attack and, depending on your style, dodge). Story? As you have been in almost every other CRPG known to man, you are the Chosen One, and you have to save the world. Granted, it isn't exactly a boring story, but it's nothing you can't predict every step of the way. Companions? They're actually rather well-written, a fact that's almost completely crippled by game mechanics. Were you hoping for conversations between your companions as you make your way through the surprisingly tiny (two playable towns, plus the beginning and ending stages)? Too bad; you can only take one of them with you at a time. Romances? Yes, they exist, but barely. (The same-sex romances might as well not be there at all; the one I played through had exactly four dialogues.) Enjoy the rather sparse quest-based banter and short list of "friendship" conversations- that's pretty much all you're going to get. And yes, the setting is unique... but there's very little of it to explore. Even fans of the game must admit that the game is extremely short.
If you prefer the action part of an action-RPG (especially if you're a fan of Fable), this just might be your game; disregard all my reasons for disliking it. In any case, there are worse ways to spend ten dollars.
But don't let anyone tell you this is one of the best RPGs ever made. At best (and at worst) it achieves mediocrity.

A rare Wu Xia RPG
Taking a look at my signature you know I like Chinese Wu Xia movies and novels. And this is the perfect RPG game for Wu Xia fans like me. It's a game with beautiful scenes, handsome actors, and interesting plots that all RPG gamers will certainly love. Another classic RPG from Bioware.

Great Storyline
I just finished this game, and what a pleasant suprise it was. I was a little bored through the first chapter, then all of the sudden, I began to realize what a wonderful story this was. I've become so acoustomed to playing RPG's with weak story lines, that I had forgotten what it felt like to get engrossed in one that played out like a good movie.
Although it's strong point is the supurb story, this game doesn't have too many faults. The Controls are intuitive, combat is interesting, music is great and the graphics are quite acceptable. If you are trying to run this game on Vista, remember to R-click on the icon and run as administrator, in order to load your save games. Don't miss this great,fun game.

Great RPG
The actors in this game are by far the best I've seen, a great RPG and the price is so low the game is so worth it to buy.
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No more worries
The acronis 11 software application has been very helpful. A lot of nice features and easy to use. Within minutes I had my system backed up on an external drive. This is a nice investment for peace of mind when it comes to backing up your computer system. The user interface is easy to navigate and documentation is good. Thanks Acronis!

Great Home Imaging Software
Not sure why some folks are having problems with restorals in this application. Maybe it's because I'm a systems manager...maybe not. I built a brand new tower this summer and loaded it with a Seagate 750GB SATA Drive as the primary OS drive. The drive failed within 2 months (I should have stayed with Maxtor.) Although the drive was under warranty and a replacement is on the way, I didn't feel like waiting for the drive to show up. I got a 300GB Maxtor drive and popped it in. My image is stored on an external 500GB drive. Fired up Acronis and went to work. It prompted me that the drive I wanted to use wasn't the same size and all it asked was if I wanted to use the 300GB drive and how much of it I wanted to use (all of it, of course.) It asked me if I wanted to verify before restoring the image (I said yes, but be warned it can take 6 hours or more to verify before restoring) and I went to bed. In the morning, it was all done and I rebooted the PC and all was right with the world. Lost a couple of files because my last backup was 5 days before, but these things happen. Say what you will, but Acronis did its job.
My only complaint is that the Try and Decide feature doesn't work with Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. Acronis tech support said to uninstall/reinstall, but it still freezes up when I activate it. If anyone knows how to get it working, I'd like to hear about it. Not having that feature is not a deal breaker. I wanted backup/recovery/imaging and this does it very well. As far as I'm concerned, it has already paid for itself. It has excellent compression and my 500+GB of data across 3 drives imaged at less than 80GB. Weekly differential backups take up little space as well.
When the new 750GB drive arrives, I'll do a quick image, swap the drive and restore the image back onto the big drive, then repartition the 300GB drive for the kids' PC...they need more storage anyway! I have no doubts that it will be just as seamless as it was the last time.


Empire Earth III: If only...
If only someone else owned and published this title so perhaps the occasional crashes were distant memories along with Sierra Games 286 programs of long ago.
If only when selecting an item, the game would not pop me to the non interactive edge of the map.
If only the AI would not cheat and spawn fresh enemies from off the map.
If only automatic militia building placement had a tad forethought.
If only there was a minute of grace period at the start of a provincial war. Spawning in the middle of overwhelming numbers is quite rude.
If only the AI would not permit your units from blocking one another during moves.
If only troops could not fall off bridges and get stuck.
If only the game was not so addicting, I could have gotten the garden in on time.
Empire Earth III is still a fun must have for the serious collector and gamer of the series. Even when popping out to Desk Top often, game crashes and lockups are far less frequent than my other Sierra titles.
The character audio scripts are cute. When they begin to annoy, an option permits them to be turned off.
I retired from designing/publishing business software and the grandkids expressed an interest in Empire Earth III since last year I had given them each Empire Earth II. One is starting college this coming semester and an avid gamer. A great joy of his was to advance a scenario into a great pickle and leave it to grandpa to figure how to survive it.
Empire Earth III is fun, passes the hours and another enticement for the grandkids to visit their grandpa's farm. Gaming doesn't get better than playing with friends and family.
In spite of the "If only" roster, I recommend this game.

Expected more...
Those of you that still remember the first Empire Earth, will know that if you set-up the game for 2 players, the difficulty to the default setting and hit the start button... you'll be sit on that chair for 2hours++ just to get through the stone age.
I could still remember that I use to play one battle for more than 2 days.
For me the only really weak point of Empire Earh III is the game play duration. If you start a Skirmish battle with the same setting as meantioned above you'll probably finish the game within 2 hours. (So much for RTS). The rest of the improvements are quite nice, they have added "World Domination" mode (almost like the board game: Risk). Improvements are made on the character/object modeling an the enviroment.
For those of you that like the long game play... stick to Empire Earth I. Other than that, the overall game experience is really nice.

A bit laggy...
I experienced a lot of lags when playing this. Things slowed down a lot, screens took long to load. Maybe the game is too taxing for my system.
However, the Multiplayer was quite entertaining and I kept playing longer than I would have ever guessed.
It's just a little sad to see the third installment of this great series going down the hill.

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| Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | |
| OS: | Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista | |
| Processor: | Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz or equivalent | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent |
| RAM: | 1GB | 2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 |
| Video Card: | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or equivalent |
| Video Memory: | 128MB | 512MB |
| DVD-ROM: | Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive | |
| Hard Drive Space: | 30GB of Free Space | |
| Other: | Broadband connection required for online gameplay | |

Good Not Great
I decided to pick up this game after about 8 months of watching to see how it was received, although not a huge success, I wanted to play it. I wasn't disappointed, which isn't to say that the game doesn't have faults...many of them.
Now I've played for about 30 levels, have enjoyed it, being one of the original everquest players I haven't really played an MMO for about 6 years.I stopped playing everquest, and never really saw another MMO to capture my attention, until word of a dark and gritty M rated MMO was on it's way. I was excited, being tired of the toonish and silly material of most, an M rating would be a breath of fresh air, from both younger gamers and "High Fantasy."
The game itself is good, I've read quite a bit of the Conan universe, and always liked the savage world which it was placed. In the game I've yet to be really irked by poor game design or bad quality, however all the rumors of content dropping off at a certain level is true. Some characters after a certain point do not have vocal content, which was just kind of abrupt after Tortage where everyone EVERYONE talks.
I haven't really partied with anyone else in the game yet, groups seem seldom, however thats not to say there isn't people to group with, I just tend to lone it, as servers seem less populated than other MMO's I've tried. Which will be a shame if this game ends up not working, as the world is wonderful, and the content is interesting. Eventually the game will have expansions, and I see this game as one that will slowly grow, not the overnight success of the ever present WoW.
However something that this game has that others don't is truly graphic content, and a truly intense world were brutal fights and savage slaughter are as much a part of it as anything else. I really do look forward to more content to be added, and hopefully new races as well as worlds. It's a good game, with a lot of potential to be great, all it needs now is some more time to become polished.

Dont read reviews previous to Dec 08!
Dont read reviews previous to Dec 08! I watched a few of my buddies play this when it 1st came out and I thought some things were cool, mostly not so much... But my wife got this game for me for christmas this year and I decided to give it a go and see what has changed since the much needed updates. And let me tell you! NEW ANIMAL! I played WoW for a year (multiple lvl 70s), and I'm still currently active on Final Fantasy 11 online (Since JP release, I have many fully merited lvl 75s and this game still hold up today, better graphics due to windower and PC and so on). I played a little of the other MMORPGs and my opinions are favorable for only 3 so far... WoW, FFXI, and now for AoC. Most of you have played WoW, and there sure are a lot of 13 yearolds on that game that never stop p!$$ing me off (I like the pvp scene, but d@mn the ganksters! Almost every Horde is a Rogue and every Alli is a Ranger). I like FFXI and the game is FOREVER long, as such, I still have not done everything this game has to offer in the MANY years I have been playing it. FFXIs lack of a real pvp system has sent me looking in other directions only to return anyways.
Ok, rant over... back to AoC...
GRAPHICS:
OMFG the graphics are Mind blowing awesome! I have an Alienware PC and I can select High on the graphics setting, but just for S&Gs (and for the sake of this review) I dropped them down to low and took a look... and its still really nice! The clipping plane does not seem to exist! You can see so far you forget its not real! Blood spewing combat is just sooo over the top awesome! The 1st time I hit an enemy so hard in the head with a hammer that the head came clean off and threw blood on my screen I giggled like a school girl! If you have the computer to run this game (mind you its VERY VERY heavy on the system useage) then youll get blown away by eye candy as well! I assure you!!!
GAME PLAY - COMBAT:
The combat system is ok, I havnt tried to map this with a controller yet or write any macros, both of which can be done, but so far the click-click style that WoW uses combined with striking direction isnt so bad. Its still kinda strange to me as I havnt had this game very long yet (as you can see by the review date) but it works quite well. Doing a nice finishing combo move in the direction that isnt being guarded is just pure carnage. Speaking of Guarding Direction... yes, you can choose the direction to be shielded from in a 3 layer system. Front, Left side, and Right side. Not too bad of an Idea, but I really cant see myself changing this from having 1 of each of the 3 shield directions on each of the 3 sides. Sure my defences are lower, but if someone attacks me with all their defence on the front and left, guess where I'll attack to? Seems fairly useless to have this, but I do suppose its needed as if you didnt have it, then the fun attack directions wouldnt be needed either. As far as the type of combat there is, you really have 4 choices and 3 sub choices in that. Solder; your heavly armored tank style jobs, Priest; semi-squishy healers/vampires and such, Rogue; your sneaky melee death dealers, and Mage; your not-so-sneaky magic wielding damage dealers (some REALLY neat stuff here, like necromacers can use your last kill against you!). Neat stuff. Great choices compared to WoW, pretty limiting compared to someone over lvl 30 on FFXI.
GAME PLAY - QUESTS:
Ok, heres where I cant give it a 5 star rating. Theres a lot of quests, no doubt. But, I dont really see any benifit in doing most of them. More often than not the rewards for them are a piece of equipment that your class cant use or its just some Gold/Silver/Copper/Tin that you really dont seem to even need. Heres a low level quest for example: This clothe maker wants 50 (yes 50) Aligator hides... Or how about another one: He wants revenge on the "Picts" so you have to go kill 50 of them. Well, when you run to the place that he wants them killed, you kill 50 and run back... just to get some 3 tin junk and a bit of exp for a reward. Why not just stay there and kill 100, and only run back to NPC the junk that drops off the slaughtered? The exp is just as fast and now you can practice your fatalitys for when you lowbie attacks you later.
OVERALL:
Fun. No doubt this is a lot of fun. From the Hooker that has me take revenge on some non-paying Jons to the bar fights (which some fools old review said wasnt in the game anymore! IT IS!) which resultsin my stabbing of a drunk pirate in the neck with a broken bottle. Good times. The mounts are neat too! You can swing an Axe off the side of your steed as you pass by an un suspecting target, or knock someone into oblivion with the tusks of a Mammoth (which I just got for free by typing /claim in the chat window. Not too fair to the seasoned player, but neither is me getting my spine ripped out by someone 20 levels over me.)
I'd say this game is a lot like a cross between 3 things: WoW's interface, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion's graphics (actually AoC's are better, but theres nothing else out there to compare it to) and Mortal Combats sheer carnage and spectaular finishing moves.
5 stars Fun
5 stars Combat
4 stars Content
3 stars Quests
5 stars Graphics (iftherewas a higher rating for graphics this game would get it! NOTHING is better than this on a high end computer. NOTHING)
I think I'll be sticking with this game for a while, atleast see what end game level is like, bc WoWs is about as exciting as a turd in a punchbowl with the repetitive Instance farming, and FFXI becomes a time for your max lvl chacter to get new clothes or find another job to level (Sky, Sea, Ground HNM, and Dynamis)... I just can't imagine me not getting bored with it in a year. Atleast with FFXI (and this is the reason I keep going back to it) when you want to start a new job/class its still on the same character and you dont lose anything (yeah it becomes a gear storage issue) you keep your fame, your city rank, and everything.
So flame me if you wish, but all the review before the late Novemeber/Early December updates need to be trashed. This game is indeed a new animal. Get it. Its cheap to buy now for sure!

AOC & Conan
always loved graphic novels,Savage sword,Red Sonja.the new Age of Conan MMO has rejuvenated me,I bought the game but haven't played it yet,first going back & learning about Conan & ofcorse R.E.Howard,when I was young it was more about just the superficial content?. just received my copy of Born on the Battlefield & WOW!,so happy to have re-discovered such amazing work.

Stop with the Negativity
This game at first was terrible after level 20. There was no content andit went from Full NPC talking to Zilch. Now there are more NPC's that converse with you and there is more Content. The Armor you get at level 80 from raiding is Very nice looking , but it doesn't Glow like the Cartoon that WoW is.
Now for everyone that is stating the game falls apart at level 20 are just those blaze through each instance. I for one have enjoyed Reading the quest,. They have their Own story line and they lead up to for or 5 quest at a time. The Player it'self has a very cool Story line to find out who they used to be before they were a slave. The Graphics are better than any other MMO out there, And What person doesn't like bOOBs for crying out loud. The Graphics, Story line, And Game play have all Improved sence the release and it is to the point now where it should have been at Release. I Recommend this game now because it's a Much better game NOW after Patches then the Reviewers are giving. Especially if you have group of People to play with. 6 months ago this game was Terrible and I would not have Recommended it to anyone but its far better and More realistic then Most MMO's out there now. This is comming form Someone that has Raided everything in WoW. up to sunwell, and played war Hammer, SWG(PreCU JEDI), and UO, I will be sticking with this game.

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Great Product -- Requires minimal reading
I've had a chance to own and use the DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40 2009 for a few days now. I must say I'm impressed. I'd like to throw in a little bit of honesty though. Having used other GPS devices in my car, I thought I was going to be able to rip open the box, sprint to my car, and talk to my new Gadget like it was HAL-9000 from Stanley Kubricks Space Odyssey. Poor assumption -- It turns out that I needed to do a little bit of reading first. So back to the manual. After spending about an hour reading the F1-key help menus, I was able to navigate the included software like an old pro. I discovered that the included GPS receiver is able to get a good fix on multiple satellites in under 30 seconds. I'm willing to wait 30 seconds if it helps me save a half hour by not getting lost and cussing like a sailor. The receiver was able to maintain a solid group of satellites even when I drove under canopy of trees and through tall buildings. I planned a couple of routes with multiple stops at points of interest along the way and found the experience of following the voice and screen prompts along the way very simple. There are several navigation views to choose from depending on what you want to see on the screen. I like the two dimensional view for planning trips. It shows your heading (Will the sun be in my eyes?) and info on points of interest along the way. The three dimensional navigation view is great for getting there. The maps are clear and easy to read. I like to opt to see the GPS data to show my speed, heading, and elevation.
Minor complaints - I took a couple of obscure back roads to test the maps data accuracy and found that while the GPS is able to correctly position me on the maps as I travel, the voice prompt would keep telling me that I was off route and that it needed to recalculate. This never happened in the city or on major highways in my area. My solution was to just turn down the volume until I got back to major road. I can look at the map and tell that I'm clearly on the right road that I need to be on.
I'm using an Acer Aspire One. The Acer Aspire does not have a CD or DVD ROM drive. I used my home network by sharing a DVD drive of another computer and copying the files from the computer with the DVD drive to the Acer Aspire via the network connection. It took a few minutes to copy the 2.25GB of data over the network. I know some people use USB DVD drives. Where is the fun in that? The software installed without a hitch. The registration process was simple.
Conclusion: I highly recommend this device if you are looking for a feature rich software/hardware package to meet your recreational traveling needs. One caveat - If you don't have the time or desire to do some light reading and learning, I would encourage you to look into a Garmin or TomTom device.

2009 LT40-Great Value
The Delorme is a great value. However, it is also somewhat complex. We plan to use this in a motorhome. Hope the dw figures out all features of this program. We have not actually used this to navigate as of yet. I have lit it up and know that it works and looks great. I suspect there may be a long learning curve for my navigator as she has never used a gps type device before and had some issues with map navigation. Hopefully once set up and in use the real time visibility will make this more intuitive? I do advise printing out some or all of the "help" features.

Excellent product
The DeLorme Earthmate and Street Atlas software are very powerful and well done. The steeper learning curve than a dedicated GPS reward you with a more powerful and flexible system.

GPS
DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-40 2009 is a wonderful product! The GPS antenna module is compact and attractive. The mapping software loads easily and is easy to use. All in all, this was a great buy.
Lyle

DeLorme Street Atlas 2009
Great update from Street Atlas 2008. The New LT-40 GPS unit is much, much faster to acquire a 3D fix and seems to be more accurate. Money well spent.


Fun for everyone!
Another diner dash type game but with animals at a salon its fun and kinda challenging. Its cheap and worth it.


Some discs okay - but others are horrible!
My daughter loves the Animal Field Trip game and the Arts and Crafts game. The Fundamentals game isn't as interesting for her - but it is probably a bit over her head (she is only 3). The Pet Playground game is horrible! There are only 2 games available - you have to play them many times just to buy a pet and then many more times to buy anything more for your pet (such as food, grooming supplies, etc). Plus, several areas of the game are locked out unless you have "Jump Start World" which costs up to ! There is no warning or infomation on the box that implies that any additional purchases are needed to play the full game. I guess the 3 working discs we received were worth the we paid.

Mackie's Mom says it's great!
This was a gift for my now 6 year-old when she was 4. She played it for many hours by herself before showing my 4 year-old how to play. Now it is one of his favorites as well. Because of games like this both of my kids are very skilled in following computer instructions, maneuvreing around a game and utilising fine motor skills to control he mouse. I have never had a bad experience with JumpStart software. We have used JumpStart Baby, Advanced Preschool, Advanced Kindergarten and Animal Adventures.

Great Game!
When my 5 year old is playing this game all of her siblings gather around to watch. They really like this game. The concepts are well presented and the learning is fun. I really like that even if they miss and pick the wrong answer the game lets them try again. We have had this game almost a year and my children still love it. It does a great job with addition, counting, colors, recognizing patterns, spelling, sounding out simple words, story ordering and it is just fun.

Jumpstart Brilliance
My sister was the first in the family to buy all her children all the Jumpstart's. She then recommended it to me for my daughter. This series is brilliant. My daughter is the type of child that will sit on that computer figuring out the game until she wins it. Her thought process as revealed to me is if she completes all the games she will move up to the 2nd Grade level. What more could a parent want? My sister-in-law bought my daughter Learning Rabbit at 2 years of age and she played that one until she was 3. At 3, she bought my daughter the Kindergarten Jumpstart. This month, I bought my daughter the 1st Grade Jumpstart. My daughter is way ahead of the game because she is only 5. These games support her learning in school and keep her uptodate on all her PC skills during the summer break. The program is easy to learn. It does not require a parent to teach the skills.

Excellent product
I thought this was an excellent product. My kids loved it. So did some other kids who tried it. It was self explanatory. There was so much to explore and that was what I left them to do.Worth the money. I would have paid much more for this.


I was satisfied
As other people said the game goes by quick, and it does. I would have liked it to be a little longer. Most of the puzzles were quikly done but there were a couple that got me stuck. I did order Dream Chronicles 2 becuase I want to see where the story goes because it is a cliffhanger! The graphics are great. I guess the only thing I was upset about was that it was too short.

I loved it! Can't wait to do 2!
This game was easier than some, but still had its tough parts. Very good graphics and game play. The only thing wrong with this game is it could have gone on a few hours longer!

Gamefun
This product was purchased for my 12 year old granddaughter. She enjoyed playing it but she finished it to fast. I think it would be more appropriate for younger children.

dream chronicles
Loved this game, and if you like to solve puzzels then this is a good game. I did have a problem with sometimes it getting stuck. don't know if it is the game or the computer.


Why don't they have it for mac!!!!
I LOVE every roller coaster tycoon game! Especially RTC 3 and the Soaked expansion, But I can't find Wild for Mac!!! WHY NOT? I don't know if I'm looking in the right place but i've been looking for a while. Its driving me crazy! Im Dying to play it! WHY DON'T THEY MAKE IT FOR MAC?!?!?!

kids game
i did not recieve the first game you sent out. when i called you sent a second one by ups. i got it and my son loves it and he play it all the time. it was a gift for my son so i can't actually rate it for myself.

Truly Wild!
I decided to buy this expansion a year maybe after it first came out, and truly, I regret waiting! The idea of a safari park is a bit unusual, but I believe that it was handled pretty well by "Wild!". Really, it's a cool and unique little idea to mix Zoo Tycoon and Roller Coaster Tycoon, but a lot of people see it as ridiculous. It is ridiculous, but in a good way. A creative way.
I'll stop here before I start drolling.
In short, I give this game...expansion pack...a good five stars. After all, it rekindled my love for Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and the additional stuff really does improve the base game. That's just my opinion.
5 Stars!

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!
I bought this for my husband since he loved the first Roller coaster Tycoon he had and couldn't stop playing it! He loves it more than the first, it has a lot more options, more fun stuff to do, and is perfect for any computer game dork!

Great Expansion for a Good Tycoon Game
I own all 3 expansions and together they give a little bit extra to RCT3's score. I think the orginal RCT3 was a huge step up from the Rollercoaster Tycoon and RCT2. I loved the original Roller Coaster Tycoon and whats great about Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 is that there is no need to reinstall Rollercoaster Tycoon. RCT 3 has great graphics, almost real looking peeps (as they are called in the game), great buisness simulator, and terrific rollercoaster building as well as building other rides. In Thrillville you don't have any flexability to design your own rollercoaster track or to think about where to put it. I love buisness simulators. Yes I am a sucker when i see the name Tycoon lol. Rollercoaster Tycoon definatley gets a trophy for being the first to use Tycoon in its name and yes there have been some awful games using the tycoon name.
Some people scoff at the idea of zoos at amusement parks but in 2008 think about it: Bush Gardens; Disney Worlds African Safari and Sea World (fish are included as well) has a lot more rides than what it use to have 20 years ago.
In short, RCT3 wants you to build up a theme park complete with rides, food and souveneir stalls, as well as bathroom and first aid stalls. The addition of firework displays and laser light shows is good. You can complete the scenarios or like me, I do some of the scenarios and then do the Sandbox Mode. It would be nice that after your hard work you get some type of reward to use in your park when you complete a scenario. The minor irratant is the bigger the theme park the more chance you have of a peep getting lost or being somewhere where they're not suppose to. Just like in the orginal when they are basically so closes to the rollercoaster tracks they can get hurt and their path finding. Even placing fences around your rides, the peeps still manage to go where they aren't suppose to. Sometimes you have to pick up a peep and drop him right by the exit. There is also a minor problem for mechanics who have trouble inspecting all the rides before they start breaking down.
Wild introduces animals to allow you to create a Bush Gardens type of theme park complete with rides and an animal safari. With Soaked you can create a massive Theme Park that has rollercoasters, mini-rides, animal safari, and water rides. This can be a fantastic fun buisness tycoon game if it was slightly more polished. I just can't believe how the designers just gave up on the game. For Thrillville? I didn't like it at all. What did you think of Thrillville?
I would of also like to see the game adding parking lots (get money from tolls to enter the parking lots), building a transportation and ticket center complete with busses and monorails (see Disney World) and the introduction of buisness hours. If you are going to include day/night and time why not run real clock time. If its 12pm show the brightness of the skies and ground, and in real life time, if its 8pm show the dark skies and below with the lights on. If you set your park to close at 9pm, hear a loudspeaker anouncing that the park is closing please exit. Allow from the time your park is closed to the next day it is open, your workers would be able to clean up, repaint, inspect, and fix everything in the park so everything is set for the next day. They should also incorporate an underground that your employees use and a garbage chute system similar to Disney. The billboard system only works if an online ad agency signed on. In North America this is not the case. So if you live in the area that has this agency then you get updated billboards when you are on the internet while you are playing the game. If not, the only billboard that is shown is an advertisement for Frontier. Your only way of dotting your park with billboards is to go online and get images of companies and such using a search engine. One fansite in RCT3 website does have a link to all sorts of images for your billboards if you look through there forums but most of the fan sites have closed. Good Job Frontier and LucasArts .
This is a good game and I was looking foward to more expansions after Wild. RCT3 is so much better than Thrillville. In Thrillville you are handcuffed at what you can do. Unfortunately LucasArts and Frontier are not satisfied with the millions in revenue from the RCT3 franchise and killed it. The greed is in Thrillville which isn't even all that; compared to RCT3. And so, the RCT3 website is hardly updated, and a lot of the fan sites are gone. Im disgusted the way this game was left for dead. I truly love this game and with a little more depth and polish it would be standing next to the Sims Franchise as highly addictive, and many {more} units sold. If any designers are out there, please revive this game and make it even better. Chris Sawyer, pllllllease!!!!!
