Park / Isole Calabria

22-July 05

111 Comments

GigaForce Offline

Dude, you know my opinions on this already, Congrats.

but fucking hell: That Chinese Area is .

The shops as roofing is such a great idea man. Ill comment more later.
posted 19 years ago
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postit Offline

Awesome park. I loved it. Everything was so fluid and the atmosphere was top. Steve's coaster was pretty sweet, too. Excellent details. I will definitely come back to looking at this one again. Once again, congrats.
posted 19 years ago
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Fatha' Offline

Ill go ahead and give my normal commentary.

= China/Japanese/Asian Area =
Stunning theming here, and interesting use of the coaster track. I would have figured that with the Shogi rooves in RCT2 that coaster roofing would have been neglected....but you did it well here. Nice job making a new inventive way of making coaster pagodas. The rides in this area are nice, but neither the watercoaster or the kiddie ride stand out really. The Kiddie coaster is too close to the edge of the map, but I dont see that as being your fault but moreso the lack of space on that side (which in reality IS your fault cuz u could have picked a slightly bigger map....but I take off for that). Great area here, best in the park.

= Entrance Area =
It has a nice classical feel....with the best building being the large one to the left of the pathway entrance of the park. SOme nice touches like the elevated miniture pathways and such. The speedboats are neat and a nice little ride. The Coaster is decent, but isnt spectacular. The first drop combo with the dive loop is cool and a nice way to start the ride. Other than that the ride seems to slow for my tastes....Yea its suppose to be an Arrow and Arrows are slow...but still it doesnt make it an incredible ride. The Interlocking Corkscrews are too close together as well....and why put interlocking corks on an Arrow? They dont do that....All in all nice section but it falls short of the Asian area. Oh BTW nice flatride using monorail trains.

= Beemer / Little Buildings Area =
I take it this is a guest appearance by Steve (I think) and it shows. Unfortunately, this area doesnt do it for me. The little building looks like they are put their to look 'cute' and not serve a ultimate purpose. The large size of the coaster only complicates matters, as it FURTHER dominates the already tiny structures. The thheming here is modest, nice touches with the earthen land and windows...thats neat. As for the coaster itself, its nice. The Beemer should ALWAYS have a pre drop, which isnt here. The pacing is good with one slow spot that kinda bores...Nice land interaction and good support work. Unfortunately this area just doesnt do it for me.

= Woodie area =
Theming here is nice and classic with the medieval feeling going well. The large structure near the woodie (grey and on a cliff) is cool...nice job there especially with the gates on the water. The theming here is classic and not as detailed as the rest of the area....which is GOOD. It has a nice SAC-esque feel to it and does a nice job of envoking atmosphere. Now....for the coaster. It realllly, reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly dissapoints me. First off, the screens you showed earlier indicated that this woodie looked phenomenal....and it turns out to be slow and have terrible pacing. The first drop is decent, and the start is really fast paced and intense.....then it CRAWLS to the top of that cliff....Please dont ever do that with a coaster again. This needs to have speed coming into that second drop (at least 35 mph or so...not 15mph). After the second drop, which is kinda neat actually, it hits a nice airtime hill....then gets KILLED by brakes. Next, it does a twisty drop and negotiates a helix, and then its OVER! This coaster has possibly the worst ending I have ever seen on a ride....its absurd. Sorry if I sound harsh, but woodies need to be done right and this was done all wrong. Aside from the dissapointing coaster, the area was nice and refreshing.

Overall, id say its the closest thing to topping ROB thats been made in RCT2. The theming was stellar especially in the asian area and the entrance area. The Little buildings in the Beemer area kinda irked me, but it wasnt so bad that it brought the rest of the park down. The castle area was cool but unforunately it housed a horrid coaster. The only reason it doesnt top ROB is because SACoasterFreak is a masterful coaster designer and a brilliant themer (as are you). The 7th Wonder to Valda Morengo, Eversio Lemuria to Solestallo, Kuxxan Sun to Schori's Flight....you get my drift....add to the fact that ROB has two more stellar rides in the suspended and the Flyer. You needed one more big time, and I mean BIG time ride to make up for the three that you have (ESPECIALLY that woodie). Work on your coasters and youll become the greatest RCT2er.

Schori's Flight - 4/10
Valda Morengo - 7/10
Solestallo - 8/10
Kumma Jii - 9.4/10 (NICE theming here)

= Woodie area = 8.8/10
= Beemer / Little Buildings Area = 7.9/10
= Entrance Area = 8.6/10
= China/Japanese/Asian Area =9.6/10 (Great job here)

Overall - 9.1/10

Still falls right behind ROB, but its the closest anyone has come.
posted 19 years ago
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Kumba Offline

Thanks to Kumba for sending me a full copy.
Your welcome

As for ranking this park overall it gets 4th on my list, could be #1 if it had one more theme and you did not let steve help
posted 19 years ago
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Steve Offline

Okay, I get it, my area doesn't fit. Oh well, I don't build please you people.
posted 19 years ago
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JBruckner Offline

The park didn't do it for me. I know I am probably going to be alone on this, but I got a "messy" feeling from it. The music didn't help that at all. I believe the park struggled to find it's place. I also have to agree with Posix, the name; what is the point? Did you pull something out of thin air or is their some explanation? If so, I would be delighted to learn a bit more about the park.

Just didn't float my boat, ya know.

Grats on the 2nd win now though, I'm sure it means alot.
posted 19 years ago
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Tom_Dj Offline

wow this is i think the best park i've ever seen the only thing wa i can is good job turtle the azia area was my favorite i love the wooden track u used there amazing job

-Tom_Dj
posted 19 years ago
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GuestGRIDE Offline

Steve's area needed more rides. Schori's flight should have higher ratings for the size. That said, the speedboats and the castle tours were pretty cool.
posted 19 years ago
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Corkscrewed Offline

I'm not sure what's so bad about the name... It's a land named Calabria. And there are islands. Hence, Isole Calabria. I mean, I didn't hear anyone bitch about "Rivers of Babylon," even tho there wasn't really a river. The name makes absolute sense to me.
posted 19 years ago
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GigaForce Offline

Christ, easy on Steve. I liked his coaster and area.
posted 19 years ago
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Panic Offline

I'm going to comment on the spotlight page first because the park looks pretty incredible at first glance in game. Iris, you might be fairly right that RCT2 is better for pulling off atmosphere than LL. And it's a perfectly respectable opinion. But I don't think it belongs on the Spotlight page, whether right or not, because all it's going to do is make people think "what's the point of playing LL in the first place" and turn away from it. This is the perhaps inadvertent waving of the checkerboard flag that I was talking about. Thank goodness that a certain LL park that might well challenge that statement just happens to be in progress right now. If that had been on a Spotlight page this time last year, by the time an LL park emerged to challenge it there might have been only 20% of NE left to download and even realize it. Anyway, nothing intentional I know. Just I would be careful about clearly saying one game is better in a such-visited place as a spotlight page.

Will comment on the park probably in a day or two after it sinks in.
posted 19 years ago
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Jacko Shanty Offline

Congratulations Turtle, and well deserved.
posted 19 years ago
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rctfreak2000 Offline

Wonderful aside from the terrible park layout. I just hated how you connected those bridges.

My only problem though, so nice job. Lovely architecture, and your coasters have gotten to be quite good.
posted 19 years ago
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Phatage Offline

You didn't address the actual edit. I don't know, I'm probably not pissed at you as much as people putting this in the same league as rob. Its probably a lot of little stuff like that ya know, like taking that woodie before even seeing what I could make and in the meanwhile giving a quarter of your park to Steve to create as Fatha put it the little buildings area. Maybe its that everybody on the site is so intent on creating calm and relaxed atmospheres that they have forgotten that theme parks are suppossed to be, well, exciting? You know with rides and such and not all these buildings and such that in which in your park are 90% restaurants. Maybe its even a subconscious detestment of fat america then, I don't know. I do know that there hasn't been a spotlight that I would want to visit in real life in a long time, thats for sure, sorry for the bad timing I guess.
posted 19 years ago
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The Drizzle Offline

Well it's a sweet overall park. That's about it. The only area that really did anything for me was, coincidentally, Steve's area. I don't think that huuuuge insanely detailed buildings look that good. I mean I can appreciate the detail but I don't dig them.

But on a positive note. Solestallo = amazing coaster. I loved it. A park for me is good or bad based on the coasters. The wooden coaster...what's the deal with the "mid"course that slows the ride down for a helix and that's it?
posted 19 years ago
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laz0rz Offline

Ok, this is like the same style you did for your last spotlight.

And still no runner-ups; I live for runner-ups.........
posted 19 years ago
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Geoff Offline

I think the park name is absolutely fantastic. Probably my favorite park name so far.

I was looking at the park, and looking at the magnificent entrance area, but the game froze and my computer decided to have a seizure. I need to go to sleep now, and we had a house party all day, so comments later.

From the spotlight page, this looks amazing - turtle standards. Wonderful stuff.
posted 19 years ago
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inVersed Offline

Ok, this is like the same style you did for your last spotlight.
I disagree with that, in no way did I personally see many if any resemblance in style from your first Spotlight. I see a lot more detail in this one.

The name doesnt bother me one bit either, I quite like it, to be honest.
posted 19 years ago
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Panic Offline

I found it interesting that you can essentially make the first half of Schori's Flight run backwards without a great deal of trouble. The lift hill lines up perfectly with the bottom of the downward spiral.

http://www.rctd.ft6....oads/isole3.PNG

http://www.rctd.ft6....oads/isole2.PNG

(sorry for screwing with your coaster Turtle, I couldn't help it )

The Asian area is simply incredible. The water coaster is easily one of the best I have ever seen.
posted 19 years ago
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Alpengeist Offline

Turtle, This park is very Beautiful. I love it. I can't wait for your next park!
posted 19 years ago
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