Planet Coaster: Console Edition

 PlayStation 5
User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 32
  3. Negative: 8 out of 32
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  1. 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'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.
  2. Bakoluk
    Aug 31, 2021
    7
    Graphics 7/10
    Playability 8/10
    Entertainment 8/10
    DualSense 1/10
    Overall 7/10
    Should have more content. It have mouse and keyboard support.
  3. deplorable
    Jan 13, 2022
    5
    If you're looking for the theme park successor whether from the megadrive or PS1 days, look elsewhere, this is definitely not it. It's just a poor PC port with controls that leave you wondering if the developers have ever used a playstation before in their lives.

    Lets take the ghostbusters DLC coaster for example, it's slightly raised and in the tutorial you play, when you start, you    If you're looking for the theme park successor whether from the megadrive or PS1 days, look elsewhere, this is definitely not it. It's just a poor PC port with controls that leave you wondering if the developers have ever used a playstation before in their lives.

    Lets take the ghostbusters DLC coaster for example, it's slightly raised and in the tutorial you play, when you start, you realise that paths should join automatically so raised and lowered create "stairs" for the customers to go up and down. Except this doesn't work in reality in the game whether in career, sandbox or challenge outside the tutorial. Yes the "auto" path is switched on, but it doesn't work. There's shortcuts on the PC version to get past this but this is the PS5 version so... create your own coaster. Don't use blueprints, especially ones that COST you MORE real money. Don't buy the ghostbusters DLC, really not worth it.

    As for rides, I can probably cover them all outside the coasters because unlike everything else such as food stalls there is a severe lack of them. The disappointment is real here. I'm surprised legally the parks you help build can get away with calling themselves a "theme park". Bar the scenery and stalls, there's not much of anything else. And there's enough food stalls of various types as well as scenery (so much so in fact).

    career mode is a let down as well, after the basic tutorials you're given a pirate theme park to play with, and as you've learned you have to take the customers thoughts on how to build. except in this case they all want a gift shop. guess what you can't build right now? yep. a gift shop. Just terrible pacing, terrible ideas and a terrible implementation doesn't make a good game.

    Add in terrible controls, terrible placement of rides, none of the menus are any fun or easy to get through, and they could have done so much with the controls. We've seen many games take something complicated (FF14) and make it a breeze to control. This is not it.

    It runs okay on the PS5, and looks passable as a PS4 game (don't expect much in the way of looks on the PS5 version past fast loading times).

    This is one game to avoid, just pretend it was never released on console. The fact they call this a "console edition" is a joke. No one took time out to ensure it was console ready. The tutorial is just a cut and paste without any real help on the console, if you're going to get this at all get the PC version. (probably cheaper as well although still comes with a host of issues that just doesn't make it a worthy stand alone game).

    Or be like me, who dug out his megadrive and played theme park. I had more fun with that for an hour than i ever did with 5 hours on this... joke of a console release.    … Expand

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#10 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2020
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#17 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2020

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. GAMINGbible
    Nov 26, 2020
    80
    I think the final takeaway from Planet Coaster: Console Edition is that you already know what you're getting, and what you're getting is really very good. An excellent time sink where you can meticulously craft your ultimate theme park. If management sims interest you and you haven't checked the game out before, now is a great time to pick it up. If you already have the game then there's not much that will draw you towards buying this version, simple as that.
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