Summary
While the originalPlanet Coasterdipped its toe into water rides like the Log Flume and River Rapids,Planet Coaster 2brings fully-fledged water parks to players for the first time with pools, slides, and more. It’s an exciting prospect that also brings various new park management systems and ride customization options to thePlanet Coasterfranchise. Not only will players have to keep their pools clean as part of a new water system, but they must also ensure their rides have power. There are also a bunch of new ways for players to customize their rides inPlanet Coaster 2, including flumes, which looks set to expand the level of creativity that the franchise is known for even further.
Following attending aPlanet Coaster 2preview event, Game Rant recently sat down with Game Director Richard Newbold and Senior Executive Producer Adam Woods to learn more about the new ride customization options and park management systems. The latter is also important for guests' emotions, something that sounds like it will be rather different.
Planet Coaster 2’s Pool And Ride Customization Options
One new customization feature inPlanet Coaster 2is the pool construction tool to create classic and custom pool shapes. Woods talked about how geometric shapes are ideal for newcomers and for putting down shapes quickly before moving on to advanced tools. It certainly sounds like pools will give players creative freedom and, as Woods said, to “build a water park they want to see.”
There are also many different flume types, including raft, body, and inner-tube flumes. Newbold also explained that flume construction inPlanet Coaster 2is “piece by piece” and just likecoaster building inPlanet Coaster. That means choosing flume design features like angles, curves, transparency, colors, and patterns.
Decorating flumes with patterns also extends toPlanet Coaster 2’s coaster building, wherein players can add various patterns to their rides and even attach scenery to them. For instance, players could add a moving, animatronic scenery piece to the center of a teacup ride, or patterns to coaster carts, as just two examples. Of all the exciting features coming toPlanet Coaster 2, Newbold added he is most excited to see the potential of what the community will create with the new ride customization options likePlanet Coaster’s scenery.
Planet Coaster 2’s New Park Management Systems And Guest Emotion Features
Newbold and Woods also spoke Coaster 2’s new power system, which is necessary to ensure rides have power and to keep them open. Newbold explained this means having power generators and ensuring distributors are placed in the correct places. There is also the water system, which is all about keeping pools clean to keep guests happy, something Newbold added is “core” to thePlanet Coaster 2experience alongside authenticity. These priorities are also evident with the new ways for players to see their guests' emotions, which sounds like it has the potential to introduce even morerealistic NPCs:
“We wanted to have the guests be kind of a representation of how well your parks are being run. Of giving you that feedback of, ‘I need more toilets in this area because I can see that in the behaviors that they’re showing.’ InPlanet Coaster 2, that’s what it’s about. It’s about the guests showing you that feedback.”
It also sounds like there is even more for players to look forward to when it comes topark buildinginPlanet Coaster 2,with Newbold also revealing that Frontier will be talking more about more management features “in the next few months.”
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