RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 coming 24 September!
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I hope they release a free mode, and I'm talking on behalf of half of the internets
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I would imagine that is unlikely unless Frontier sign a licensing agreement or acquire the IP from Disney.
The whole reason why there is no upgrade path from RCT3 Platinum is because Frontier cut all ties with Atari and can now release this game under their Foundry Flag. Judging from the fine print on the Steam page Chris Sawyer does get some sort of (possibly financial) recognition but I hope we all agree that's not a bad thing at all!
And of course it is rather worrying that Tencent/ CCP is sticking its tentacles into Frontier, but ignorance is bliss I guess?
Yeah, Chris Sawyer was a kind of advisor during the development of RCT3 and he ows the RCT-IP. Which likely means that with any RCT-game that gets released, he gets money. See my previous messages regarding the lawsuits with Atari. But Chris Sawyer even helped Frontier to develop an improved version of RCT3 after release many years ago, and got a lawsuit for that apparently by Atari. So, there might be a chance Chris Sawyers help/work/advice then is now being implemented into this complete edition.... or that he is maybe helping them as we speak, although I think the latter is unlikely.The whole reason why there is no upgrade path from RCT3 Platinum is because Frontier cut all ties with Atari and can now release this game under their Foundry Flag. Judging from the fine print on the Steam page Chris Sawyer does get some sort of (possibly financial) recognition but I hope we all agree that's not a bad thing at all!
And of course it is rather worrying that Tencent/ CCP is sticking its tentacles into Frontier, but ignorance is bliss I guess?
And yeah, Tencent bought like only 9% of the shares of Frontier already 3 years ago. That isn't really enough shares to really change decision-making and they haven't bought shares since. So, they are likely just in it for the piece of profit. But I have to say, that Frontier is starting to dip its toes in many more genres and IPs lately worries me a bit; I hope they won't collapse under their own growth as a company. Especially now they publish several third-party games and are making a Formula One management game and a Age of Sigmar strategy game; this could all be alright and profitable, but if these games wouldn't sell that well and get received poorly, it could seriously damage Frontier. I think it will be alright, but Frontier should watch out with taking too many risks maybe. Haha, but who am I to give them advice, right? XD
Hi, Frontier, please can you tell me if the controls for the PC version will be like the original game and not Planet Coaster? Will it be fully mouse controlled and allow the clickLock feature in windows mouse settings to work? As I mentioned before it's an important feature for disabled people with mobility problems. Thanks
Hi there. The controls in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition will be the same as they were in the original.
hey frontier will rides and themes and maps from rct 3 cross over to pc and will rct3 zoo features cross over to pz?
I highly doubt it. With them saying the game 'has been enhanced for modern PC hardware', I would hope that means the horrendous performance issues have been fixed which I'm sure would make people buy it again.
And the fact that its coming to the Switch makes me think its had those much-needed improvements.
I am having flashbacks of starting parks with the Junior Roller Coaster and Wooden Roller Coaster. 
Will we see a gemplay session of the game running on the switch? I am curious to see how the game would work with the new interface as I only ever saw RCT3 on a Mac/Pc.
Will we see a gemplay session of the game running on the switch? I am curious to see how the game would work with the new interface as I only ever saw RCT3 on a Mac/Pc.