When comparing Parkitect vs RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum, the Slant community recommends Parkitect for most people. In the question“What are the best theme park building games?” Parkitect is ranked 2nd while RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Parkitect is:
Since the park builder works on a simpler isometric grid system it's a much easier game to learn and get into and this simpler system makes it easier to build things. Although the final level of detail is lower than other modern theme park builder games, you can build out more things faster than you can in the other games.
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Pros
Pro Easier and quicker to create interesting parks
Since the park builder works on a simpler isometric grid system it's a much easier game to learn and get into and this simpler system makes it easier to build things. Although the final level of detail is lower than other modern theme park builder games, you can build out more things faster than you can in the other games.
Pro Decorations can be placed off grid
You can achieve much more detail than you could in the original Roller Coaster Tycoon games because objects can be placed anywhere even though they default to the grid, which gives you the ease of grid building with the flexibility or placing objects anywhere.
Pro Mod friendly
Pro Lots of small construction details improved from RCT1 and RCT2
There are lots of small construction details to make building things a bit easier.
Pro Has a true isometric mode
For nostalgia fans, there is a true isometric mode which removes the 3D perspective to make it look like the original games.
Pro Community sharable blueprints for buildings and rides
Pro Cute cartoony art style
Pro Developers are very open about the process
The developers have a blog where they post development updates and are very open about all the things they are working on and the steps to completing the full game.
Cons
Con Limited coaster builder
The roller Coaster builder is very limited, but still enough for you to build a good roller coaster.