Customer Reviews

Thrillville

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Many theme park games have came out in the past years, but none of them have been up to par (In my opinion...) with the "Roller Coaster Tycoon" series. Before I bought this game, I read about it. One of the things that caught my attention was that you could talk to the guests. "That sounds cool.", I thought. So, I ordered it and when it came to my house and I stuck it in my PS2, I was pretty impressed! Not only do you get to build rides, but you can do SO much more.

-Build CollerCoasters from scratch or build a "pre-made" one. (Simillar to "Roller Coaster Tycoon".) Although, your Roller Coasters do not have to be realistic at all. You don't need lift hills and you don't have to make sure the ride won't fly off the track if it goes to fast because, well it won't. It's completely non-violent.
-Build game stalls, which YOU can play yourself to earn extra money for your park. You can also play these games with the guests, OR you can play them in Multi-Player mode with your friends.
-Talk to the guests! You can ask about your park, what needs to be improved, what they like about it. You can also just chat with them about different things and build your relationship. (After you build your relationship with a person, you can also flirt with them. Which is sort of weird, but entertaining.) You can also play match-maker with the guests. The whole point of this is so that the "teenagers" are happier, come to your park more, spend more money, etc.

Overall, this a fun game, which isn't TOO challenging. There's stuff you keep you busy -like playing at the game stalls- while your waiting for some extra cash to roll in. But it shouldn't be too hard to make money, as playing games earns you some dough, and you'll be doing a lot of that. Kids over 10 will probably enjoy it, because it DOES deal with money, the amount of energy needed for a ride, that sort of thing. (And it DOES have flirting, as I mentioned before.) Kids under 10 might have a problem with all the money managment. But if they can play Roller Coaster Tycoon, then they can definatly play this.

Bottom line, this is a great game for anyone who enjoys games like the Sims, Roller Coaster Tycoon, and mini games.

I enjoyed Rollercoaster Tycoon when it first arrived, but having to deal with coasters flying off the track, worrying about financing new rides or coasters, customer's nausea levels etc. got tiresome. I just wanted to have fun building coasters. I've tried several other amusement park themed games over the years, but none really captured my attention. I picked up "Thrillville" for my 9 year old son, and hoped it wouldn't be too difficult for him play as Rollercoaster Tycoon was. When he first started playing the game he asked me to help him build a coaster....and that is all it took. I got hooked. Completing missions, building coasters, playing the mini-games....even cleaning up the vomit and trash is a lot of fun with "Thrillville". It has all of the elements I liked about Rollercoaster Tycoon without worrying about all of the things that got in the way of having fun. The graphics are top-notch, the music is great, the games are challenging and fun, the missions are great. This is the best game I have purchased for the PS2 in a long time.

If you have ever played the tycoon park building game (like sea world, coasters, zoo tycoon etc..) on the PC, then you'll Love this one for the Playstation!!! I was hesitant to buy it because it wasn't for the computer. But since it is really hard to find games me and the kids can play together and after reading all the great kid reviews I order the game and we all love it!!

There are so many things to do, from striking up conversations and making friends, which my 8 year old likes. To playing arcade games; that are actually fun, to design a park with enough food, bathroom, games and rides --and you get to ride the rides. Best part arcade mode is easy enough for my 4 year old to play --and can see why some adult think it's boring-- anything me and my 4 year old can play together even if it's easy for me is a plus. There are challenging parts to the game too like designing your own golf course, race tracks and roller coaster --kind of hard for kids under 6 yrs-- I suggest watching the tutorial or you'll never understand how to do design them. And you also learn how to manage money, take out loans, watch how much power you use so the kids have to use their brains when they put their parks together. Over all one of the best family games since Lego star wars.

I'm a big fan of simluation games: Sim City was one of my favorites (until the program got so demanding of my computer that it couldn't hold the upgrades!). I also loved Rollercoaster Tycoon. The aspects of designing and managing an amusement park appealed to my creative side; making those rollercoasters that made even the most stalwart riders sick was quite a thrill! So when I saw "Thrilville" for PS2, I was thrilled.

I hesitated buying the game at first, though. Much too often, I've purchased PS2 games that have interested me, only to find out that they are really made for kids, and the challenge aspect of the game isn't there for adults. So I waited, read some reviews, and then decided to go ahead and purchase it. I was glad that I did!

Thrillville is a riff on the popular "Rollercoaster Tycoon" game, and borrows some of the same elements. You are a park manager, required to build, plan, and improve Thrillville, a somewhat lackadaisical and dying theme park. You are thrown into the park, and within two minutes, you can be designing, or redesigning rollercoasters for your patrons. Your job is to improve the park so much that the next park becomes unlocked. You are given different missions in the park to perform (each mission has a success rate at gold, silver, or bronze). While, as an adult, I feared these missions would be dull or repetitive, they actually turned out to be one of the fun aspects of the game. I enjoyed having to train the staff (and don't worry, for you R Tycoon fans, there are NO lawn-mowing janitors in this game!), and enjoyed interacting with the people. Playing the mini-games also provided to be a fun surprise, although some of them are irritating at best! You'll recognize some of the mini-games as take-offs on old popular video games of the past.

My favorite part, hands down, is the coaster designs. It is incredibly easy to design a coaster for this game. The game offers tutorials to teach you, but honestly, I never looked at one. I just went in and started building. The individual pieces of the coasters are cheap enough that money never really becomes a huge issue in the game. You can design all types of thrilling turns, spins, loops, and corkscrews, depending on the type of coaster you design. One tricky aspect is that coasters take up a lot of electricity, so be wary of how long your coaster is. And one lesson that I learned: scarier is NOT always better, especially in the parks that are more "family friendly".

Overall, I have really enjoyed Thrillville. I never found anything super challenging, and found most of my experience just plain fun. For the last few nights, I've been dreaming of roller coaster design.... so maybe it's time that I return to reading some books instead of spending hours in "Thrillville"!

My 8yr old loves this game. I like that it teaches you how to save & spend money to make your business better. Not too many games are both fun & educational.

My daughter says this game ROCKS!!! She is 10 and loves all the fun things you can do with this game!
It is easy to navigate and learn yet provides several levels of play to keep her interested!!! She says she will want to play this along time!!

So much fun! Different from all other games. My son is 12 and loves it.
Usually into more sports and racing games, so this one is different.

I got this game for my son for Christmas. He absolutely loved it. You get to build your own amusement park. It is educational. It helps with money concepts and fine motors skills and memory!! I would highly recommend Thrillville.

MY 10 YEAR OLD WANTED THIS GAME FOR CHRISTMAS. HE SAYS IT IS A GREAT GAME AND IS ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH. IF HE SAYS IT IS GOOD THEN IT IS WORTH BUYING, AS HE BEATS SOME GAMES THE SAME DAY HE RECEIVES THEM!

Purchased this for a gift. My kids really like it. One drawback-sister keeps saving her game over her brothers. It is not very intuitive to set up two different games. Son does not mind rebuilding, though, because it is a lot of fun. Got it hoping as good as advertisements. Was better in person than on the ads.