Thrillville: Off the Rails
© 2007 LucasArts
This sequel features a new story that ties together 100 missions, 34 playable multiplayer theme-park games and social interaction with park guests that features in-depth conversations to advance the plot and suggest better ways to manage the park. Players create their theme park, build and ride their creations, talk with guests and play minigames. The game features 15 theme areas, including Battleville, Winterville, Spaceville and Aerobille, as well as five new parks. Players can create death-defying coasters such as Hotrod Stunt, where a nitro-boost propels a car across a broken track, or the Escape Drop, where the track holds the car stationary as it lifts itself from level ground to a full 90-degree drop. Players can customize their rides by attaching animatronics, flowers and flaming hoops. Colleen (12) liked how you can make your own person and talk to people. "The games are cool, the graphics are great, you can ride the rides, run the park and build extreme roller coasters! The two-player feature for the minigames is fun, but it would be more fun if you could play two-player mode in the park. That way, you can find each other and ride the roller coasters you each built together." Colleen also felt the tutorial was too long, it took a long time to unlock things, and there weren't as many clothes to choose from. That being said, however, this is definitely a game she plans to buy (or at least put on her "wish list".). Prices are $40 for PS2 and PSP, $50 for Wii and Xbox 360, $35 for Nintendo DS, and $30 for PC.
$40, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2*, PSP, Windows XP
Teaches: creativity
CTR Rating: 92%