RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile

RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile

Developer(s) On 5 Games
Publisher(s) Atari, Inc.
Series RollerCoaster Tycoon
Platform(s) iOS,[1] Android
Release date(s) iOS
April 10, 2014[2]
Android
October 22, 2014
Genre(s) Construction and management simulation
Mode(s) Single-player

RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile is a 2014 construction and management simulation video game, developed by On5 Games and published by Atari. It is an installment in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series but the first installment to be released for mobile devices. The original creator of the series, Chris Sawyer, had no involvement with the development.[3] The game was originally pay to play, but later, Atari announced that the game went free-to-play.

Reception

Reviews
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings36.36% (iOS)[4]
Metacritic35/100 (iOS)[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer1/10 (iOS)[6]
Gamezebo (iOS)[7]

The game has received overwhelmingly negative reviews. On review aggregate site Metacritic, it currently has an average score of 35 out of 100, from 13 critic reviews.[5] It also has a score of 36.36% on GameRankings, from 11 critic reviews.[4] The game was criticised because of its micro-transactions (despite the fact that the game is not free to play), excessive wait timers and removed features from previous RollerCoaster Tycoon games. Chris Schilling for Eurogamer also criticised the music, calling it "irredeemably bad", giving the game a score of 1 out of 10.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Dave Tach (24 March 2014). "RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 on PC will be 'a completely different game' than on mobile | Polygon". Polygon. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Earnest Cavalli (24 March 2014). "Atari: Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 will be 'completely different' on PC | Joystiq". Joystiq. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Owen Faraday (19 March 2014). "Chris Sawyer: "No involvement" in RollerCoaster Tycoon 4". Pocket Tactics. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile for iOS (iPhone/iPad) - Gamerankings". Gamerankings. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile for iPhone/iPad Reviews — Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chris Schilling (18 April 2014). "Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile review". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Oxford, Nadia. "RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile Review". April 17, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.