Over the past couple of decades, we’ve seen a wide variety of Tycoons. However, games about managing personal amusement parks are especially popular.
The studio is firmly entrenched in this genre. Frontier Developments, which in every possible way experiments with the concept, adding dinosaurs, then leaving only a naked roller coaster constructor. However, this does not mean that other developers are out of work.
This week GameMAG.ru edition attended a closed presentation of the game Park Beyond, for the creation of which the German studio is responsible Limbic Entertainment (Might & Magic Heroes VII, Tropico 6). Developers want to rethink an established concept.
The tie is simple. The player becomes an amusement park architect who needs to rethink the concept. However, any changes must be agreed with the company’s board of directors, finding a balance between the crazy ideas of the dreamer Phil and financial feasibility, guarded by a calculating Izzy…
To do this, the character will constantly discuss with two mentors, one of whom is responsible for the budget, and the second for crazy ideas. It looks like a dialogue in a role-playing game: the player can choose one of the answers.
The main task is to create the most insane amusement park with impossible attractions that will attract a new audience. And Limbic Entertainment tried to surprise.
The fact is that Park Beyond implements the so-called modular building system. Rides and buildings can be modified and rebuilt to create truly insane things. Moreover, buildings can overlap. The same roller coaster can be driven through a building, and then a ride on a trolley with a first-person camera.
The developers also showed several options for attractions. It looks like the fantasy of Robert Rodriguez from the movie “Spy Kids 2“For example, an ordinary Ferris wheel can turn into some incredible mechanism of several wheels. And a traditional carousel can turn into a multi-storey one.
Roller coaster trolleys can be sent flying with a cannon. Well, the giant swing may eventually turn into an analogue “Juggler“from the above” Spy Children 2 “, only a huge octopus will juggle a capsule with passengers.
The construction system should appeal not only to fans of the genre, but also to beginners. And for the completely lazy, templates prepared in advance by the developers will be available.
The player also needs to decide on the target audience. The fact is that there are several theme park options available in Park Beyond. Let’s say there is a vyvvyglazy “Country of sweets” or a more calm “Wild West”.
Special attention has been paid to management. Visitors have their own requirements and expectations, and staff need to be trained. Therefore, you will have to build various infrastructure facilities, shops, eateries, hold events, and so on.
This is superimposed on the need to meet the budget and negotiate with the board of directors. Limbic Entertainment is betting on an exciting storyline campaign, in which players will be waiting for twists and encounters with unusual characters, including not only allies, but also enemies.
A key theme in Park Beyond is “impossibility.” Everything here is hypertrophied and insane. In particular, the developers demonstrated one of the art of a diner where chefs prepare a giant shawarma with fire extinguishers.
Park Beyond is one of the first games to be sharpened for next-generation consoles. It is due out in 2023 on PC, Xbox Series X | S and PS5.
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