User blog:Overlogger/My Annual RCT playthrough

Every summer (when I'm not in school) since about 2006 I have loaded up Roller Coaster Tycoon or Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 and played it until I get bored or school starts again. Last year it was Roller Coaster Tycoon 2. This summer I am attempting to get through all of the Loopy Landscapes expansion pack. I have currently beaten 7 out of the 30 parks, having beaten Vertigo Views earlier today. I know I have a long way to go, and I have only ever made it to Wacky Warren. But I am now past that, so I have motivation to finish my goal! I still have about a month and a half until I go back to school, so the clock is ticking! I am continuing my quest tomorrow when I take on Big Pier 2. I have unlocked all parks before (and including) Crazy Craters. So tomorrow I will be back and tell how I did against the Big Pier 2! Hopefully I unlock Dusty Desert. So there you go, if you do something similar to this, let me know! It would be great to share experiences and advice with someone else who enjoys this game as much as I do.

'''This page should not be used as a guide to finishing parks. I only say opinions. You don't have to follow what I did to beat your parks. '''

Overlogger 16:26, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

Park Log: June 28, 2012 Big Pier 2

I have decided to begin Big Pier today, and I will probably finish it today since it is a short scenario. At the moment, I am through Year 1 and have just under 1,000 guests, so I think I'm in decent shape. Money isn't a problem, I haven't had to raise my loan at all. I always charge as much as possible for Ride tickets so I can rake in the money as soon as possible. I will give another update when I finish the scenario (hopefully!) Overlogger 20:34, June 28, 2012 (UTC)

I couldn't finish it yesterday, but I spent about 45 minutes this morning finishing it up and I won! It wasn't really very difficult, the only major problem I had was keeping the paths clean.

Park unlocked: Dusty Desert

Some facts about my victory:

Total Guests: 1,315

Park Rating: 806

Loan: $0

Ride Tickets for last full month (October, Year 2): $7,813.30

Park Value: $24,755.30

Company Value: $46,073.30

So now it's on to Good Knight Park! (I have already beaten Dragon's Cove because I skipped ahead a little bit.)

Overlogger 13:12, June 29, 2012 (UTC)

Park Log: July 2, 2012 Good Knight Park 

I was busy over the weekend, but now I'm back and I have this whole week off to play!

The first thing I noticed about Good Knight Park is that I hate it. The paths are disorganized, the coasters could crash, and the guests love to throw up. I hired a few handymen to help solve this problem, but they kept wandering into queue lines (as usual). So I eventually hired 8 handymen in total and gave them patrol areas. I just kept building rides until I got my objective! I had about 1,200 guests (the requirement) by June Year 2 so I did some other things to kill the time until October Year 3. The only bad thing about this park is that people can't handle nausea and the racing roller coasters get Station Brakes Failure a lot. Probably about 20 times total. But I finished it, and now it's on to Wacky Warren!

Park unlocked: Woodworm Park

Final numbers:

Total Guests: 1,270

Park Rating: 924

Loan: $0

Ride tickets for last full month (October, Year 3): $7,349.20

Park Value: $23,891.00

Company Value: $32,620.20

Overlogger 16:17, July 2, 2012 (UTC)

Park Log: July 3, 2012 Wacky Warren

I began this park yesterday, but it still took me about 2.5 hours this morning to finish. I ended up having to get four months of over $9,000 in Ride Tickets before it counted, but it did in the end. I actually was over $10,000 in tickets for one of those months ;) But it was a fun park, besides the fact that my handymen didn't want to do any work, as usual. But now it's on to Grand Glacier.

Park unlocked: Icarus Park

Final numbers:

Total guests: 1,316

Park Rating: 940

Loan: $0

Ride Tickets for last full month (September, Year 4): $9,857.60

Park Value: $32,167.10

Company Value: $67,450.00

Overlogger 15:21, July 3, 2012 (UTC)

Park Log: July 5, 2012 Grand Glacier 

I have been working on and off since yesterday to finish Grand Glacier, and it was a pain in the butt. Guests complained about everything, and it wouldn't stop raining. But I won't vent here, I'm just glad to get it done.

Park unlocked: Sunny Swamps

Final numbers:

Guests: 1,526

Park Rating: 927

Loan: $0

Ride tickets for last full month (October, Year 3): $8,502.80

Park Value: $29,512.60

Company Value: $46,309.60

Overlogger 17:08, July 5, 2012 (UTC)

Park Log: July 9, 2012 Crazy Craters

I never finish no-money parks quickly because I always get caught up with making huge coasters since I have no financial worries. This park took me about 5.5 hours, when I could have beat it in less than 2. Oh well, it was fun.

Next park: Dusty Desert! I unlocked Frightmare Hills by beating Crazy Craters.