"Planet Coaster 2" with water rides and first-person perspective announced
Frontier has announced "Planet Coaster 2": The new features of the park simulation include water rides, an improved construction mode and new heat maps.
Same art style, new water rides: "Planet Coaster 2" is coming in the fall.
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"Planet Coaster" is getting a sequel: The popular amusement park simulation will be continued in fall 2024 with "Planet Coaster 2", developer Frontier has announced. The big new feature is water rides. In contrast to part 1, players can also build in and around water.
Apart from that, "Planet Coaster 2" seems to build on the strengths of the first part. Other new features include a first-person perspective in which you can run through the entire park. In Part 1, you could only experience the rollercoasters from a first-person perspective, but not walk around freely.
Speaking of running around: So far, Frontier hasn't really been able to implement road construction convincingly in its games, neither in "Planet Coaster" nor in "Planet Zoo" or "Jurassic Park". For part 2 of "Planet Coaster", the development studio promises progress in road construction. For the first time, players will also be able to place plazas directly in the world instead of laboriously cobbling them together from individual paths.
Sun protection
Frontier also promises revised construction tools to simplify the creation of tracks and buildings. This is what "Planet Coaster" is particularly known for: Away from the economic simulation, the game is a creative construction kit in which you can place every brick and building set yourself if you wish. If you don't want to build it yourself, you can once again download other people's creations from the Steam Workshop in part 2.
Frontier is also promising some new features on the management side, including new heatmaps. In part 2, you will also have to pay attention to the sun's rays and provide your guests with shade and sunscreen.
"Planet Coaster 2" will be released in fall 2024 for PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Xbox Series X/S and Playstation 5.
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