You can twist tracks across any axis, adding and tweaking preset corkscrews and loops as you like. The coaster design system is flexible and reasonably intuitive. There's a good chance this is a me problem, though. In theory they could loss lead, drawing crowds who'd go on to buy hats and ride the happy-go-pukey, but in practice they never seemed to do anything that regular rides couldn't more cheaply and without forty minutes of design work. A bigger problem is that I could not for the life of me get any rollercoaster to turn a profit. There's definitely a need for some balance tweaks (the ferris wheel in particular was a massive liability) but that's to be expected in a review copy, so fairly shruggable. At higher difficulties, my balance would swing wildly into the negative when punters lost interest in a ride, turning a nice earner into a financial sinkhole. But I recognise that it's simply not prioritising that. It's more limited in that regard than I'd like. I am one of the saddos who likes the management side more than the prettifying side. Its random events are all positive, and even damaged rides automatically close until a mechanic arrives.

Punters are generally predictable, staff need nothing but a shack to rest in, shops have infinite stock, and no troublemakers ever appear. Park Beyond doesn't go in for plate spinning. It's more Planet Coaster than the cynical money grubbing of Theme Park, so if you're here for rollercoasters that do stunt jumps over canyons, it's mostly good news. That's as close as it gets to micromanagement, unless you count finely tuning the position of every rock, shrub, and decorative roof panel. Punters pay to use any ride, they pay for entry, for toilets and cash machines, and for every item you price in every shop. Build rides to attract crowds, shops to fill their stupid mouths, doctors to treat the vomitous and cleaners when the doctors were too late. The latest is Park Beyond, and for the most part it's exactly what you'd expect. Much as I adored Theme Park, it's a bit of a weird game to have inspired so many descendants. Reviewed on: AMD Ryzen G, Radeon RX 590, 24GB RAM, Windows 10.More creative and cartoony than managerial, thus a bit of a treat for people less boring than me.

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