Park / Islands of Enchantment

  • 28-June 05
Park_134 Islands of Enchantment

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  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
    Corkscrewed Offline
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    Islands of Enchantment

    Nemesis Chris. Fable. Internet troll. Brit. Graphics enthusiast. You can call Chris Turner a lot of things, and now, you can call him two time NE Spotlight winner! Fresh off of his solid though controversial Spotligth, Ports of Magia, Artist is back with another RCT creation: Islands of Enchantment. And this marks a significant improvement over his previous stuff!
    posted 19 years ago
  • JBruckner%s's Photo
    United States JBruckner Offline
    Too much water and a typical layout really hurts the park.
    More thoughts later.
    posted 19 years ago
  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
    Corkscrewed Offline
    lol... me or Artist?

    And which two? Cuz "Cutlass" actually works. And Gaia is an accepted variation of Gaea. *shrug*
    posted 19 years ago
  • JBruckner%s's Photo
    United States JBruckner Offline
    ...n.p...
    posted 19 years ago
  • chapelz%s's Photo
    United States chapelz Offline
    I was just wondering if anyone could make a park anymore without 50 guestspots? Anyways. Good job. Better then PoM but that building in the corner of the German area was just horrid and please look over your park for stray blocks. If you're going to win Spotlight atleast look over your park and make sure there is no stray blocks. And since I lack the motovation to write right now just look at JB's comments below and those are pretty much my feelings too.
    posted 19 years ago
  • Fatha'%s's Photo
    Fatha' Offline
    Havnt looked at it yet...cant find rct2. But looking at screens it seems nice....but not legendary (which i thought was the new criteria for a spotlight). Ill take a closer look when i find the disk.
    posted 19 years ago
  • JBruckner%s's Photo
    United States JBruckner Offline
    I thought there were only two areas which had merit, the pirate area and the dino area. Both I thought were brilliant, yet neither really had atmosphere.

    This park just didn't do it for me. The inverts were weak. The coasters in general were repetive.
    As much as I love artist as a person I just can't give this park my full endorsment.

    Honestly, it has lowered the quality of spotlight.

    Edit: german area should have been removed...
    posted 19 years ago
  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
    Corkscrewed Offline

    Havnt looked at it yet...cant find rct2.  But looking at screens it seems nice....but not legendary (which i thought was the new criteria for a spotlight).  Ill take a closer look when i find the disk.

    Yeah... but then we had a change of heart and decided more than only you should be able to win. So it's gone back to the "gut feeling" approach.

    Besides, Iris and I both agreed on it, so :p


    I mean, I'm a LOT more sure about this over PoM, which was Spotlight quality but "barely." This is definitely there for me. Not the best ever, but not every Spotlight has to be.

    That and I have a plan. :D
    posted 19 years ago
  • Turtle%s's Photo
    United States Turtle Offline
    Do you indeed have a plan? And what might that be?

    The park - A significant improvement over PoM, definitely. I'll run through each area.

    Pirate area - I like this one, probably my favorite area. Slightly unorthodox layout for the coaster, but not too bad at all. A nice rapids ride, too.

    Dinosaur area - Good coaster, and good use of white blocks and track to make bones. This looks like a "full" area, the most professional, to me. Lacks the charm of the pirate area, though.

    Eden - Once again, a very good coaster. Probably my second favorite coaster, behind the duelers. Some nice ideas, but it's a bit too flat, for me, and I'm not crazy on the foliage on the buildings, although I recognise that as being part of the theme. The windmill seemed completely pointless to me... since when did Adam have a windmill? Must have missed that part of the Bible.

    German area - Lovely coasters, until it gets to the dive loop duel. After that, it loses a bit of momentum, for me. There's some nice snapshots in this area, but a lot of it seems rushed, and not really focussed. Doesn't look like a lot of research went into it, and the atmosphere isn't too strong here. None of the flat rides stand out.

    Hotel bit - I really like the waterpark, but the hotel is a bit boring in places. Doesn't look as if it belongs in the park, really. Also, what's with the name? The nature of the "ñ" means that it's impossible to pronounce. A bit more thought/research would have helped.

    Some pet peeves were the naming - lowercase letters look unprofessional to me. I think the main thing that hurt this park was the fact that you only built one coaster by yourself. It's not a bad coaster, either, so why not build them all yourself?

    Overall - A very good park, and deserving of the spotlight, I think. A good stepping stone to your next park, which you will hopefully take more time to really polish.
    posted 19 years ago
  • posix%s's Photo
    Germany posix Offline
    okay, can someone explain this to me?
    there was my video with the ioe logo in it.
    he sent you the logo in an even improved version in the same zip the park was in.

    you go and make him a shitty logo and use that.

    ???


    anyway, i think the park is very nice. it has convinced me ever since, which was why i wanted to make the rctmv. great work, chris, it's nice to see there are still people with enthusiasm around.
    posted 19 years ago
  • iris%s's Photo
    United States iris Offline
    Posix relax. IMO Cork's logo is better anyway, I don't know what you're getting all defensive about.
    posted 19 years ago
  • Titan%s's Photo
    United States Titan Offline
    I thought Steve helped (or did, not sure) with Gaia? Yet no mention?

    Anyways, I've seen so many versions of this park it isn't funny, so I'll download it when I have time.

    Well congrats again Chris, now I'm off to work... :(
    posted 19 years ago
  • Geoff%s's Photo
    United States Geoff Offline
    Well, Chris has all my thoughts on this park.

    I think it's beautiful, and a much better park than PoM by about a hundred times. In places - like the german area - it looks a little rushed, but the duelers make up for that.

    I quite enjoyed the coasters. I didn't think they were weak at all. Some of the finest imo.

    Anyway, nice win, and congrats Chris.
    posted 19 years ago
  • Tom_Dj%s's Photo
    Netherlands Tom_Dj Offline
    Congrats , Artist :)

    I like the park ,it's better than PoM i think.
    The coaster lay outs ae very nice and your theming too i think the german are is the best a good mix of nice coasters and good theming ;)
    posted 19 years ago
  • JKay%s's Photo
    United States JKay Offline
    For those who care, I built the two pirate ships.


    Nice win Chris. Honestly, when I look at the overview of this park, I see vast improvement from PoM, but see little variation in your style. But hey, at least you've got a style, better yet a style that has now won two spotlights in two attempts; thats a feat that will have most NE'ers envious for days to come.

    I'll check out the park tonight and post some feedback, but I just wanted to give you a few words of honor first. good job my friend.
    posted 19 years ago
  • posix%s's Photo
    Germany posix Offline
    i'm not getting defensive. i'm getting little pissed that the logo was not used. smells like you overlooked it.
    with this new logo, people don't recognise the park from the video.
    posted 19 years ago
  • Kumba%s's Photo
    United States Kumba Offline
    Great work Chris, imo its worthy of spotlight.

    The duelers were some of the best I have ever seen... maybe all duelers should be red & bule :p I really liked the hotel and the water park area that was great. I did not really like eden tho, that little round green bush is my fav in RCT, but you just really over did it, and I don't know why people use fishermans archs in seating areas, that looks ugly imo, well at leased the coaster was neat to watch. The Dino area was really great, I love that tiny detail of wet ponchos being slod by the river ride, but my legal representitive will be in touch with you soon over the nest and small playground area... ah nm, mine were better anyways ;)

    9.0/10.0

    Awsome park.

    P.S. The logo on the spotlight page owns the logo that came with the park.
    posted 19 years ago
  • Steve%s's Photo
    United States Steve Offline

    I thought Steve helped (or did, not sure) with Gaia? Yet no mention?

    It's okay Titan.. :'(
    posted 19 years ago
  • artist%s's Photo
    Australia artist Offline
    thanks guys. im very happy about this. i will say more later

    thanks so much
    posted 19 years ago
  • jon%s's Photo
    Australia jon Offline
    It's a good park, nothing too spectacular but I still enjoyed it. I loved the dino area. It was the only area of the park that I really enjoyed. The other area's didn't quite have an effect on me. The two WME duelers have to be my favourite coasters in the park. Shame about the ''a-bit-too-Gotheburg-style-for-my-liking'' architecture that themed it.

    Also, build your own coasters.
    posted 19 years ago