Playing Planet Coaster has brought me back 15 years to when I would play Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, spending hours and days building a park with rides that would have guests lining up for hours to ride my roller coaster. Planet Coaster brought that creativity and imagination from Roller Coaster Tycoon, with 2020's graphics, more freedom to create rides, scenery, and buildings, and upgraded mechanics.

The game comes with multiple game modes such as career, sandbox, and challenge mode. You have the ability to take on an existing park and bring up the ratings by expansion / better rides, or create your own park with an empty plot of land. If you'd like to re-create your favourite theme park or make one from your imagination, you have the ability to do so in Planet Coaster. Along with the detailed object placement of paths and building components, you're able to combine / rotate / place walls, ceilings, plants, etc. to create a scene of your choice.

The initial themes with the base game are a good start to create a park of your choice, but could be pretty limiting after a couple of hours of game play if you'd like to step into a more unique theme. An example I found myself in was when creating a Go-Karts ride, I wanted the ability to add in some vehicles around the queue to have a racing theme. With the base game themes, no vehicles or cars are available, so I had to stick with a space, western, pirate, or medieval theme. It definitely didn't take away from the fun, but can be limiting in the type of environment you can create. The positive is that DLC and Workshop items are also available, so keep an eye out if you'd like to create a theme that's not provided in the main game.

If you're a fan of Tycoon type games, or would just love to build theme parks, I would highly recommend Planet Coaster.