Oh, Shenandoah By ][ntamin22 Added on Thursday, 02 April 2009

Game Version: RCTLL
Parkmaker: ][ntamin22

We've seen some brief glimpses of ][ntamin22's work in the past couple years. His Concept Creation Mercury Valley Mills not only showed his RCTLL hacking skills but also his ability to come up with clever ride concepts. Soon after, he participated in the Micro Madness contest and while his first round entry, ZDachina, wasn't quite enough to snag a win it showed further progression in his skill. Recently he got another major RCT release at RCTAvenged with Karain, yet another micro. After his major solo project Lancia went unfinished it seemed that the only thing holding him back was his slow building speed and lack of drive to finish any large scale park. Perhaps that has changed here with Oh, Shenandoah, his first full scale design and second New Element Accolade.

It appears that with this design he wanted to take a break from his usual highly detailed and industrial style that relies heavily on codex stacking and go with more of a nostalgic feel. The only ride on the map is "Trailblazer"; a twisting woodie that cuts a path through the deceptively calm forest around it. The ride starts with a giant figure 8 that takes the train up and over the impressive custom waterfall, a feature that ][ntamin22 tries to incorporate in most of his projects. After curling back around the lift and roaring through a turnaround the train hits a series of very tight twists and turns before heading back to the station. It's a rather short coaster but it has some great interaction with the natural surroundings. As he can't seem to resist a hacking twist he also added the bonus feature of one forwards and one backwards train on the same circuit. The architecture is minimal and the colors stick to the more rustic textures of wood and brick. The station is by far the most impressive structure with wooden shops and stacked cannons for accents along with an attractive trackitecture roof. It's certainly not the flashiest design of recent times but it's some solid work from a rising RCTLL star. Perhaps we'll finally see some more full size releases from ][ntamin22.


Panel Breakdown:
Score    Panelist
Required Score

13.00



Mean Score

13.00
17    RCTFAN
16    >posix
15    >CedarPoint6
15    FullMetal
14    zodiac
13    Milo
13    Fr3ak
13    >geewhzz
12    chapelz
12    nin
11    Xcoaster
11    5dave
11    Magnus
10    Evil WME

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