Why would anybody be against the idea of an expansion or backward-compatible sequel? Obviously many people do want this feature (just like RCT3) its literally something many of us have waited years for. Frontier has trademarked several Planet titles with Safari being the frontrunner, and I'm very excited to see how the engine will evolve and hopefully still support our current workshop items [up]
If we take Jurassic World as an example, its pretty obvious why a stand alone game is not necessarily the better option. Theres already many zoo games out there. If they go through the trouble of making modular safaris, why not have them compatible with all the Workshop items people have already put into PlanCo? A game like JWE is a step backwards compared to a game like RCT3 Soaked + Wild!
Imagine how amazing JWE would have been as an expansion to PC instead of a quickly passing game that was only fun for about a week, imagine how much more we could do if they created a full expansion (similar to RCT3 wild) instead of a silly little DLC. It would be nice to see a larger DLC or full expansion that truely expands the game in many key areas that it lacks (such as management, scenarios, and more variety of ride types)
If they do release a stand-alone zoo game, many people will be disappointed if its not compatible with the current TMT or Workshop items, especially if the game runs on a similar or better engine. If they released a safari game with track rides and modular scenery, it would cause a lot of people to be upset that they cant transfer blueprints from one game to the other. Even RCT3 could import blueprints from RCT1/2
Its been very sad for many of the original RCT3 fans to see frontier go with small DLCs over full expansions, unfortunately most of those fans are gone now
with all the money Frontier has made from PlanCo i have extremely high expectations for the future of this franchise, as at some point a better game/tech will come along so we should expect/deserve a truely advanced sequel IMO, and if the future of this franchise does not include full expansions or backward compatibility with sequels then I see no reason to further support this game
Ramm said:
I don't think any more expansions will do the game good at this point because of all the performance issues. So it's best to start over with future-proofing in mind.
I still hope for a RCT3 (which was also made by Frontier) remake, first I wanted Planet Coaster to be that but maybe Planet Coaster 2 will be that instead.
If the Planet Coaster 2 base game works fine and has no issues, then I would love to see a waterpark/safari (Soaked! and Wild!) expansion on top of that.
But only if the base game is solid and has some real mod support from the start (implemented decent and not something like custom billboards or TMTK) like Cities Skylines has. For me that would be the ultimate game.
Maybe that would be alright, maybe... but how many more years will we have to wait? I still see no reason for why a future new game like Planet Safari cant have at least some backward compatibility with our current workshop items. Who knows, maybe they improved the engine enough that a new title will have better performance even with backward compatibility.
If they do make Planet Safari as a stand-alone game, and then they release a PlanCo2 with no backward-compatibility, I think its going to hurt much of the excitement for new games in this franchise