Customer Reviews

Sim Theme Park

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I was so excited when I Sim Theme Park finally came to Mac. I got it for Christmas and played it for six hours straight that day. The game is great, the graphics are great, the concept is great. The glitches are not great. I had problems playing several times as the game would freeze and force me to restart the computer. Usually it is when you try to change modes, to the map view for example. After adjusting virtual memory, memory allocation, game settings (had to lower the graphics and sound quality a lot) the game go a little more stable, but it still crashes sometimes. The other problem is that as you play the game (having saved frequently) and develop your park more and more, the game starts to slow down almost to the point of being annoying. I have 128 mb of memory, and even with nothing else running, it eventually isn't enough. So basically, great game, even if there are some running problems.

My daughter recently got this game & after hours we finally fiqured how to get it working. We have a Mac G4 with 128 meg RAM. After downloading a susposed patch. I learned that the monitor setting were my problem. Monitor needs to be set 800x600 & color at "thousands". This must be set manually as the software will not do it. Once we got started, she's really enjoyed. Played all day Saturday building one park area. Roller Coasters are great.

This game has to be one of the worst purchases I have ever made. I own a 733 MHz G4, 1GB of Ram, a 500Mhz G4, 1.3 GB of Ram, a 400 MHz G4, 640 MB of Ram, and a 400 MHz IMAC, 192 MB of Ram. We called FERAL and were told that the 733 was to new it would work on the 500 and the IMAC and that the 400 Mhz G4 was to old.Out of all these machines this game will try to run on only the IMAC after you go and the patch which is not at all effective. You Crash Frequently and IT WILL NOT ALWAYS SAVE YOUR PROGRESS ( another very annoying Glitch). After Installation my machines moved very slow and I had to remove the game from my machines so that the could run properly. The game is relatively fun and the graphics are OK, BUT buy this game only if you have the required machine, you don't mind starting from the beginning, and you have the time to fix your computer. If you do any publishing this game installs WACKY fonts in you system folder. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS GAME TO ANY MAC USER.

I thought that this game was great, and it was, oh my gosh the graphics were amazing! I could'nt believe how real it was too. It reminded me of Roler Coaster Tycoon but much better. I think anybody who likes a good old building game should definitely buy this game!

I purchased this game with great expectations, and they were not disappointed - when I could get the game to work. Getting it to work was not as easy as it sounds. Even though I have a brand new computer, the game would crash as I tried to load it. After about 20 telephone calls to Aspyr in Texas (not even an 800 number, tsk tsk tsk). The game still didn't work. However, I have gotten it to work a few times, so I will tell you what I thought when I could get it to work!

Visually, the game is stunning. The game graphics are amazing, and so is the game play. The music sometimes skips a bit, but that could also be because I had the quality set on the highest setting. Because I was only able to get the game to work twice, I cannot tell you all the facets of the game-play. But I do recommend it.

If you can get the game to work, you'll love it. If you can't, it'll just cause a severe headache. Make sure you have the recommended hardware - and even that may not be enough.

This game is quite addictive. For an hour or so after you open the box. And then this game (which I ran on a G4 256 RAM) will start to quit often, and then you will have to reinstall it several times to get it to work. The rides are gimmicky, and the options are limited. Those who are interested in a fairly unsophisticated yet interesting game should purchase this. However, those without a lot of a time on their hands should look elsewhere, as you will spend as much time fixing it as you will playing. Also, those who are interested in a more difficult game with more options should look at another game-for some people this game is great, but for others it really lacks a lot of features, like designable rides that aren't roller coasters, that are often preferred by those more experienced in Sim games. However, I gave this game to a younger relative who enjoyed it greatly.

It's simple at first, and kind of fun. However, as the game progresses, the roller coasters and attractions get harder and harder to figure out. The game (even with my G4 Cube) often freezes, and even in the game itself your rides break more often than natural (if you get my drift), the people you hire to fix rides and clean up the park stop doing their jobs even when you place them DIRECTLY in front of a problem. In the full version, all the little details confuse you to the point your head will almost explode. The people in your park get more and more impossible to please. It's more frustrating than fun.

This game is very fun for children and adults. You first build the park and then go to a new world or ride the rides. You can even visit other players parks over the web. You set the prices for everything, goodies, at the park enrance, everything. It's very realistic and can go from easy to really hard. It's a great game!!!

This is a great game. It features 4 different themes: Dinosaur land, Space land, Halloween land, and Fairy land. I have to rate this game with a "3" because this game CRASHES quite often. I have 128 MB of RAM w/ VM turned on and it still crashes. Hopefully, there will be updates over the internet.

Version tracker has listed an update for OSX and new graphics cards that may help the stability and ultimate longevity of this fun game. It is available at this ...