Planet Coaster: Console Edition

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  • Summary: Welcome to a new era in Coaster park simulation! Bring your ideas to life with easy-to-use tools, manage all aspects of your expanding empire, and harness the world's best creations from an endlessly creative community in the frontier Workshop.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. KeenGamer
    Dec 8, 2020
    90
    Planet Coaster: Console Edition brings this already phenomenal game to a new audience on console. Controls are very well translated over to the controller, and the game runs smoothly on PS5 with really fast load times. It is presented in a very accessible way, but there is also an insane amount of depth for the hardcore players.
  2. Finger Guns
    Nov 25, 2020
    90
    Planet Coaster arrives on consoles in scintillating form, offering up near-unlimited options to create the theme park of your dreams with ease. If there’s a hidden gem in the PS5 launch line-up, this is it.
  3. Vandal
    Nov 22, 2020
    80
    Frontier delivers the best theme park management game, and, this time, brings it to the new consoles with a great version.
  4. Jeuxvideo.com
    Nov 21, 2020
    80
    The console version of Planet Coaster contains all the charm of the PC version.
  5. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Nov 23, 2020
    80
    Planet Coaster is a solid theme park sim, and one I can see myself spending an unhealthy amount of time playing. I just need to remember not to be too hasty in loading games the second I get to the PS5 dashboard. Twice now I’ve immediately tried to boot it up within a minute of the PlayStation 5 getting to the home screen and crashed it so hard the console databases need rebuilding. Goes to show just how much I like theme parks, right?
  6. PlaySense
    Dec 4, 2020
    80
    A worthy attempt at making a theme parc simulator work on consoles, Planet Coaster will keep you playing for a long time to come. At times you can get dragged down by unnecessary details, though... and the voice-acting isn’t particularly convincing.
  7. Push Square
    Nov 15, 2020
    70
    If you enjoy business management simulations, then we recommend purchasing a ticket for Planet Coaster: Console Edition. While the coaster creation controls can be unwieldy, Frontier’s done a generally decent job of mapping a very complicated title to the DualSense controller. The title allows for a ton of creativity, but time-strapped entrepreneurs can also have fun with the many pre-made assets available. It’s the kind of game where, once you begin building a park, you’re basically pledging the next 30 hours of your life to doing it properly – but once you start seeing those profits rolling, you may find it difficult to quit.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. JJHLH
    Aug 19, 2021
    10
    Planet Coaster: Console Edition is the best game I’ve played on my PS5. I bought the game on a whim and after I started playing I wasPlanet Coaster: Console Edition is the best game I’ve played on my PS5. I bought the game on a whim and after I started playing I was instantly hooked, and haven’t wanted to play anything else. The game looks stunning on my 65 inch LG CX OLED tv: native 4K, HDR, 60 fps. I always have a smile on my face while playing. The simulation is incredibly deep and satisfying. I can’t recommend this game highly enough.… Expand
  2. SFO99
    Feb 1, 2021
    10
    This game is fantastic, tons of ways to have fun. Best tycoon game ever. As a roller coaster enthusiasts and a fan of tycoon this was a perfect fit
  4. gotchicken70
    Feb 14, 2022
    9
    This game is absolutely fantastic. As a huge rct fan this really scratches that itch - and maybe even improves on it in some ways.

    I really    This game is absolutely fantastic. As a huge rct fan this really scratches that itch - and maybe even improves on it in some ways.

    I really don't understand people complaining about the controls, it's one of the better schemes for a game like this imo.    … Expand
  5. SILE3NCE
    Feb 28, 2022
    8
    Fulfilled the nostalgia I needed from such a game. Unfortunately I believe Planet Coaster players will probably be a small niche of tycoonFulfilled the nostalgia I needed from such a game. Unfortunately I believe Planet Coaster players will probably be a small niche of tycoon enthusiasts. I did not find the game very friendly towards players unfamiliar with tycoons and it's not the lack of tutorial content, but the game itself demanding some management skills after certain status is achieved. I believe Planet Coaster could benefit from an easy difficulty for kids since the theme is overall childish, but ends up not being so compelling towards kids outside of the create mode environment.

    Overall everything worked well on PS5, but I did notice some dips when my park was getting significantly big, and after I finished my parks there were so many assets on screen that the frame rate dropped to what I would recognize as mid 30's returning to 50's when zoomed in.

    During my first parks to which I dedicated hours of decoration, I was using so many assets with the Create tool that my park started flickering because it couldn't handle all the assets at the same time. I believe this could be fixed either by merging the assets by linking them, but apparently even after a structure has been build the assets will still be considered independent even if grouped up.

    This is the only issue I've found. I enjoyed the experience, it was a nice ride for sure.    … Expand
  6. ezags800
    Jan 27, 2021
    6
    Planet Coaster has admirable goals, that are reached in the PC version of the game. But on the PS5, the controls just feel clunky, and that'sPlanet Coaster has admirable goals, that are reached in the PC version of the game. But on the PS5, the controls just feel clunky, and that's some of the only gripes I have about the game. The atmosphere is wonderful, and the customization is amazing, but the pain of turning every track piece, and smoothing it, really holds this game back.… Expand
  7. Knockout8173
    Dec 28, 2022
    1
    This game is literally too buggy to play on ps5. Either the back button won't work or the game crashes once you get a few things going. TheThis game is literally too buggy to play on ps5. Either the back button won't work or the game crashes once you get a few things going. The game is a scam to even call it playable. Total rip off.… Expand
  8. Harryik
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Как всегда SONY забыла про Русскую локализацию. Это огромная ошибка, и так большенство игр.… Expand

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