Planet Coaster 2 | Update 2 Highlights

[Nioell]

1) We have people who post valid criticism and want bug fixes and first game content and quality of life features
2) We have people that only want new additions that we didn't have in the first game.
3) We have people that are happy with everything and tell everyone to stop giving any suggestions and feedback because Frontier is working on it.

I count myself in the first group. Yes we understand "they are working on it", so all this is WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, but still, multiple months to almost half a year is a long time when it comes to this. Too long if you ask me, so I honestly do not believe i'm being unreasonable in any way. We paid top dollar for this game that honestly is not even an improvement over the first one. Except for the addition of pools and water slides it's a step backwards. Okay we can attach scenery to rides and coasters, okay we have a foliage brush, okay the pathing is in some ways an improvement but in other ways it's also a huge step backwards. This game wasn't even tested by anyone on the PC. I legit refuse to believe there has been any quality control by an actual experienced PC user.

It simply is a, early alpha, maybe beta test game still to this day. A poorly-done console port (which is clear in every way, the UI, the controls, multi select still doesn't work properly and is extremely tedious, do the people at Frontier even play PC games?). We are the paying customers and also the loyal supporters of the first game and all the DLC. We have also posted on this forum for years trying to steer this game in the best direction and many suggestions here over the years posted by the community have been added which also helped turning the first game into a succes. So we have every right to voice our opinions and honestly I think we should because without many of us there wouldn't even be quality.

So about Planet Coaster 2 and these updates: That stuff takes time is only logical. Yes we understand it isn't as easy as copy paste so the fanboys can stop mentioning that at every piece of criticism being posted. But to be honest, the excuse why something very basic that the first game had is still not added doesn't matter when you look at simple facts and that is that the first game had it and the second game didn't and that we paid top dollar for it and that months later we still am waiting for basic functionality. We should just have a right to expect for basic quality which is first game + more or better. It's that easy. It has been this way for decades in the gaming industry whenever a sequal came out. It's not any different now.

It's good that they do updates, but we should not pretend they are doing us a favor out of the kindness of their own hearts, it is a business, we are the customers, its literally their obligation because they have a company and a brand to protect. Unless they stop right now with the development of PlanCo2 and call it a day and never sell any DLC again then sure it stops right here. But until then we have every right to voice our opinion and I think we should.

Now about this update: it's a step in the right direction. But for me it still feels incomplete and it's gonna be a long road before I actually get the Planet Coaster spark back.

Couldn't have said it any better.

I also really don't get why people are celebrating pages upon pages of fixes. Like that is not a good sign at all, as all it does is further prove that the game was pushed for release waaay sooner than it should have been. I just wish companies would stop doing that, give the product the time it actually needs to function properly and sell a good quality game. Alas that is sadly something that's becoming rarer and rarer to find these days. I can only hope and pray to any gaming God out there that PZ2 won't go down that same route when it comes to it, but I fear the worst.

And with that I'll probably forget about this mess of a tedious, bugged click fest for the next few months again. Maybe in a year or so it'll actually be fun and worth checking out again but my hopes for that are low.

 

[spoonetti]

It's good to see that Frontier tries everything to fix this game and to bring it up on another level. On the other hand I'm glad I haven't bought PC2 yet, because it's still not where it would be really interesting for me to play. But from the perspective of someone who doesn't have this game yet, the whole mess is more bearable. I don't feel the need to get as upset and angry about the game's bugs and missing features as those who have already invested a lot of money in the game.
I can see that Frontier is already on a very good path with PC2, but I will still wait until the end of the year to buy the game. By then, I am sure there will be some interesting updates and certainly one or two DLCs. And I really hope that all these updates and DLCs will bring PC2 on the same level as PC1 is. Until then, I will continue to monitor the development closely of course ... here and via the YT videos of Rudi Rennkamel, who keeps us really well updated.