Liampie

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What a lovely Christmas release. You left 14 years ago after dropping Canyoneer, and Creag Mhòr picks up right where you left off, with a heavy focus on the natural environment. However, the less serious side from Zippo’s is also present, and I can tell how you recycled certain (Scottish) elements from that park as well, as well as the castle screens you posted in the AD back then. Creag Mhòr is a summary of your NE career.

The map instantly draws me in with the sound design. Music complements the architecture to establish a strong sense of place. First thing I did is actually follow the river instead of going into the park, and the sound of the water was so soothing! I heard a distant waterfall so I went to look for it, and there it was! And I followed up the waterfalls, and came across the remote part of Ghillie Dhu - what a spectacular setting for a coaster. The entire coaster is 10/10. The setting, the layout, but also the station and queue area and interactions with the launch. Absolutely fantastic work.

I’m not going to describe everything that I see and like right now, I hope to do that in a later review (I have yet to write my Zippo’s review, fifteen years later, oops). For now: fantastic work on all aspects here. Sound, sense of place, landscaping, architecture, rides, and fun detailing and storytelling. Welcome back, for real now!

I've been wanting to check this out! Having seen some of the park in your videos or in screens, I expected a higher score actually. But a 68% is not bad nor unreasonable, and it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the map - and my enjoyment is rather high here!

Like others have said, the layout is excellent and I really like how it's embedded into the environment. The queue interaction and subtle elevation is also cool. I like how deceptively compact the design is here, without it feeling out of place in an otherwise spaceous map. Supporting rides are all good to great. I appreciate the unique layout for The River Styx, or should I say THE RIVER STYX (not a fan of the all upper case names to be honest)? Two large drops in succession is a pretty wild choice. Architecture: sometimes a bit blocky and sometimes the subpar NCSO solutions hurt it a bit, but the overall aesthetic is very nice. Dark blue and dark red as accent colours is inspired. Lastly: I appreciated the funny naming. It always makes me laugh a bit when there's an intensely themed environment, and then a restaurant has a stupid name like "Circe's Soup".

Here are a few things I liked:

Cool canopy design

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Nice bridge moment

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Diagonal footprint terrace! Very atmospheric area here.

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As a panelist I would've given this an upward leaning 70%. As a piece of a larger map, it easily could've ended up contributing to a higher, 80%+ score. Lovely work Sam! Hope to see you do a large traditional theme park in 2026.

I understand that the reception for this thing is rather slow, because it is A LOT to take in and it takes a bit of messing around to make it work. But when it does, the functionality of this creation is INSANE. Most technically amazing thing I've ever seen in RCT. 

I barely scratched the surface with this so I can't say much about the actual gaming experience yet, but even just being able to control a peep and walking around, jumping ledges, climbing towers to take in the view... It's crazy that all of this just works. Wow!

This is fun!

Some of your object choices are... unfortunate. But it's all about the ride here, and I love it.