Park Beyond Adds the Best Part of Spore into Rollercoaster Tycoon
Gamescom 2022 may be the biggest Gamescom yet, with just its Opening Night Live ceremony offering two whole hours of non-stop game reveals and trailers. Everything from small Indies to large-scale AAA games made an appearance during the event, and Limbic Entertainment's Park Beyond fits comfortably in the middle of the pack.
Theme park simulators have, rather surprisingly, been a staple of the gaming genre ever since the early days of PC gaming, with Theme Park making waves in 1994. Soon after, the Rollercoaster Tycoon franchise made its debut, becoming one of the most popular sim franchises of all time. Nowadays, Frontier's Planet Coaster has taken the top spot, bringing the theme park sim genre to the modern day while still retaining the charm of those original Rollercoaster Tycoon games. But Planet Coaster is about to receive some competition, as Park Beyond is set to enter the ring in 2023, and its defining feature may take some inspiration from EA's Spore.
Everything Revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022
Released in 2008, Spore was developed by Maxis, the same studio behind the immensely popular Sims franchise. Before release, Spore was being touted as a true next-generation game, offering more creative freedom than any other video game before it. Players would apparently be able to create their own species of alien and evolve them over time, creating a whole civilization of their own creation. While Spore didn't quite live up to its lofty marketing and expectations due to some overly simplistic mechanics, the game did still offer most of the same gameplay it promised.
In actuality, players could still oversee the creation of their own species of alien and evolve them from microscopic beings to sentient
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