RollerCoaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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Customer Reviews:

Good book to help you get started... [Posted on 2001-02-19]
People have really bashed this book, so I thought I would give my 2 cents. To say the book is not at all helpful is mis-leading. Indeed the book is shallow, but it does offer some good advice that anyone playing the game would benefit from.

IE.: When should I use an entertainer? The book tells you.

IE.: How can I make my roller coaster start above ground level? The book tells you.

IE.: My roller coaster is too intense and no will ride it, how do I fix it? There is more, useful, helpful advice.

Ok, yes you could figure this out eventually after playing the game, but the keyword is-eventually. Get the book, find out now.

The bad part: The editor did a poor job, there are typos and grammar errors, but these can be overlooked. Some of the advice on how to beat certain scenarios is virtually useless, just repeating the same advice over and over.

Do you like the game and like to read? You should like the book. Perhaps the bashers don't like to read and wanted the answers simply listed in a Q&A style, I don't know.

It helped me, it can help you, go ahead, get it.

I would have given it 4 stars without the grammar errors.

Ignore The Naysayers [Posted on 2001-06-07]
I fully agree with hotrod4x5. This strategy guide does help you improve your rollercoaster if it's to intense for your guests. Another one is how to build better queues. The advice keeps repeating almost in every page one like you should never put food stalls near an intense ride. The rest is information you already know. This book helped hotrod4x5, it helped me, and it should help you. Go buy it!

A LITTLE HELPFUL [Posted on 2001-06-07]
I agree with hotrod4x5 and not those that gave this book 1 or 2 stars. This does help you improve your rollercoaster if it's to intense for your guests. Another one is how to build better queues. The advice in this book keeps repeating almost in every page one like you should never put food stalls near an intense ride. The rest is information you already know. It helped hotrod4x5, it helped me, and it should help you. Go buy it!

More of a handy reference [Posted on 2001-12-13]
Rather than providing a multitude of new insight into the game play of 1999's best selling game, this guide offers lists and hints for the scenarios, rides, and features. This book would have better recieved if there hadn't been more active user groups with their own game hints. For what it is intended, the book is thorough enough to be of sufficient benefit for those who either are new to RollerCoaster Tycoon or just plain like anything published about RCT.
There are some section detailing good strategy choices regarding placing ride lines and other items like janitors around the park. These sections are pretty good. The sections which detail the scenarios and how to win them are a little more vague. A better choice here would have been a discussion of how to get the most people to remain in the park or how to go about raising park values in general.
The other thing which stands in the way of a strategy guide for RollerCoaster Tycoon is the availability of cheater programs for the game from third parties. This book does well enough as a strategy guide but is reduced by largely external factors. In short, this book is mainly for the enthusiast who wants more RCT.

Very Helpful [Posted on 2002-03-16]
I couln't beat more than 3 games with the guide i beat all of the scenarioson the first try. You can't have roller coaster tycoon with out the guide.

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