RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 marks the series’ debut to a 3D engine, and is the
first major title in the series created by a company outside Chris Sawyer
Productions.

The new engine brings numerous cosmetic additions like day/night cycles;
reflective water; improved terraforming tools; and guests who differ in age,
gender and appearance (and who can be created by the player in the Peep
Designer), while gameplay changes are even more substantial – construction can
take place even when the game is paused; park staff now have happiness levels,
manageable wages, and can be trained; shops and stalls have more purchasable
items which can be changed so, for example, drinks are sold with ice cubes;
rides can be viewed from a first-person camera from any seat within the ride;
VIP guests can appear, with a secondary objective requiring to please them;
fireworks can be created and combined in the MixMaster; new custom billboards
can make use of image files on the player’s computer, and custom stalls also
added.

The main gameplay idea remains the same as in the preceding titles – the
player is positioned as a manager of a theme park, and has to satisfy the
goals of a particular scenario. This time, each scenario has three sets of
objectives that act as a sort of difficulty setting – Apprentice,
Enterpreneur, and Tycoon, all of which have to be completed in succession. The
career mode puts the player in a series of scenarios, many of which are locked
but can be unlocked if previously available scenarios are finished at the
Apprentice level. Unlike the previous titles, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 comes
with a sandbox map by default, allowing the player to build a park using any
object in the game with unlimited funds.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe