Questions for Michael Brookes about Thrillville 2
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Are the parks in Thrillville 2 bigger than they were in the first Thrillville?
One of the things that I hated in the first one was having to remove most of my stalls and flat rides to build a coaster. In the trailers it seems you can build at least two coasters and still have room for flats and stalls in the build areas.
On the console versions will the amount of electricity still be a factor about how many flats,stalls, and coasters you can place in one area of a park? And will this rule apply to the pc version as well?
How many parks will their be this time? And how many themes will be avaliable to each park? Five parks, three themes for each or more?
On the Wii version. The games that are being brought back from the first Thrillville. Will the remote and numchuck be used as a gun for the shooting gallerys and the wild west and alien shooters? Numchuck to aim remote to shoot maybe?
One of the things that I hated in the first one was having to remove most of my stalls and flat rides to build a coaster. In the trailers it seems you can build at least two coasters and still have room for flats and stalls in the build areas.
On the console versions will the amount of electricity still be a factor about how many flats,stalls, and coasters you can place in one area of a park? And will this rule apply to the pc version as well?
How many parks will their be this time? And how many themes will be avaliable to each park? Five parks, three themes for each or more?
On the Wii version. The games that are being brought back from the first Thrillville. Will the remote and numchuck be used as a gun for the shooting gallerys and the wild west and alien shooters? Numchuck to aim remote to shoot maybe?
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Michael Brookes
Game Director
I noticed in the first part of the E3 video rail-run that part of the coaster goes under ground.
Will this be a new option in Thrillville 2 not just open areas?
At 1up the article said this:
At Gaming Today it says this:
Will this be a new option in Thrillville 2 not just open areas?
At 1up the article said this:
And at Ign:
What kind of choices will we have with this?
At Gaming Today it says this:
Will we haved triggered animatronics with track pieces?
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Build areas and rides
Michael I went back and played Thrillville for a while. And I noticed something I didn't really pay attention to the first time around. There are a lot of rides,coasters,stalls,and games avaliable in the game. But only certain ones and not all of each are in each park. What was the reason for this?
In Thrillville 2, I hope this changes. So you can pick from all of the coasters,rides,stalls,and games avaliable, no matter which park you are in.
The one thing that still gripes me about Thrillville is the build areas. They seem fairly big until you try to place something in them. If I'm lucky I can get two rides in one area. Or a game and a couple of stalls. Sometimes a coaster will keep me from building anything else at all. I love the different areas and the theming in the build areas. But the shape of the build areas really restricts you from building sometimes too. It's hard to put a square peg in a round whole. I wish the land (cliff or bank)around a build area would allow for small restrictions and go ahead and allow the ride to be placed. I also wish you could move the scenery that is already placed to another part of the build area rather than it being deleted completely. Or have some trees,plants, or rocks you could purchase as fill-ins for the unused areas that fit the theme of the build area. I understand the reasons for the footprints of the rides and game stalls. But why does the footprint of the food and drink stalls have to stick out so far in the front? Couldn't this area be reduced by at least half? It would make it a lot easier to place it in small areas. And if it's possible in Thrillville 2 please do away with the power meter restriction that leaves you having room and money to place something else but not enough power to place it.
Some of this may have already been considered for Thrillville 2. If not I hope it isn' too late to think about ways to make these build areas more user friendly.
Michael I went back and played Thrillville for a while. And I noticed something I didn't really pay attention to the first time around. There are a lot of rides,coasters,stalls,and games avaliable in the game. But only certain ones and not all of each are in each park. What was the reason for this?
In Thrillville 2, I hope this changes. So you can pick from all of the coasters,rides,stalls,and games avaliable, no matter which park you are in.
The one thing that still gripes me about Thrillville is the build areas. They seem fairly big until you try to place something in them. If I'm lucky I can get two rides in one area. Or a game and a couple of stalls. Sometimes a coaster will keep me from building anything else at all. I love the different areas and the theming in the build areas. But the shape of the build areas really restricts you from building sometimes too. It's hard to put a square peg in a round whole
. I wish the land (cliff or bank)around a build area would allow for small restrictions and go ahead and allow the ride to be placed. I also wish you could move the scenery that is already placed to another part of the build area rather than it being deleted completely. Or have some trees,plants, or rocks you could purchase as fill-ins for the unused areas that fit the theme of the build area. I understand the reasons for the footprints of the rides and game stalls. But why does the footprint of the food and drink stalls have to stick out so far in the front? Couldn't this area be reduced by at least half? It would make it a lot easier to place it in small areas. And if it's possible in Thrillville 2 please do away with the power meter restriction that leaves you having room and money to place something else but not enough power to place it.Some of this may have already been considered for Thrillville 2. If not I hope it isn' too late to think about ways to make these build areas more user friendly.
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Having fixed ride and game selections for each park helps to provide each park with it's own identity. The game is also designed to be accessible for younger players and it helps them not to be overloaded with choices in their parks.
The stall footprints are to allow for queues. The build areas remain the same, they are designed to hold one large ride or a few smaller ones. The actual size of the build area will vary depending on the layout of the themed area.
The power meter is an integral part of the game play. It must be remebered that this isn't RCT3, you're not building a park from scratch. You're given parks with resources and you as the player must use those resources to your best advantage.
Michael
The stall footprints are to allow for queues. The build areas remain the same, they are designed to hold one large ride or a few smaller ones. The actual size of the build area will vary depending on the layout of the themed area.
The power meter is an integral part of the game play. It must be remebered that this isn't RCT3, you're not building a park from scratch. You're given parks with resources and you as the player must use those resources to your best advantage.
Michael
Maybe all rides available for all parks and no power meter could be put in as a cheat code for completing the game.
Or at least all rides for all parks cheat, for each of the five parks. I'm not wanting RCT3 to build a park from scratch. I would just like to have a choice of all the rides in the game for each area.
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Hey michael, will the Twister rollercoaster from the original TV make a return in TVOTR?
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Awesome! I cant wait for this to come out!