barnNID

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Really cool entry. This was really nostalgic for me which makes sense after reading your context comment. This actually reminds me a lot of my building style from a few years ago. 

Foliage and Landscaping: Foliage was alright overall. It was weird that the trees were all the same shade of green. It usually looks better to include a few different greens in there. Otherwise tree selection was alright and I like that you left some open space. Woulda been nice to get some more flowers and small objects around. 

The landscaping would have been a lot better if you used different objects. The LOTR objects are not my favourite and only work in extremely specific contexts IMO. Using the default rock texture to detail the otherwise beige rockwork caused a bit too much noise and weird transitions for me. 

Architecture: Really fun overall. I like the station building that you have. Everything being open air was fun as well. I would've liked to see more micro details throughout the park. 

Everything else: I dont know much about layouts but yours seems fun. The river rapids was also nice and works well as a secondary ride. I wish there was a bit more little details in the park though. For example, the twister flat ride is fun and placed well in the park but you could elevate it by adding things like more detail to the ride operator station, entry/exit gates, singage, trash bins and more benches, some more detail to the foundation, peeps watching the ride, and some more detail to the ground texture. 

Overall: This was really cool and I'm really glad you finished this project after so long. I'm really excited to see what you come up with next! I rated this 60%

Dang! Really cool release! The atmosphere of this park is top notch. The little details in the farm lands, the logging workers, and the radio tower add a really great feel to this park. The sound design in this is also just top notch. The water sounds, the birds chirping, and the park music just work perfectly. I also want to point out how amazing your use of space was in this project. Everything has room to breath in this park and all of the big features are highlighted very well. 

Landscaping and Foliage: I'll start with the foliage. I love the open space that you allowed for throughout the park. I think it would have benefited from just having some deviations in the trees for more natural little meadows and stuff. I also think it would have been nice if you had used the trees to frame the elevation changes a bit better. The trees also looked spammed in most of the park. There are a few areas like this one which just look amazing

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Then there are other areas where it looks like you just spam placed trees down. I also found the variation of trees kind of weird. Like there is massive sections of just one tree type which might be true in nature but looks weird in game IMO. 

The landscaping was probably my least favorite part of the park. I like that you used default landscaping and those Tols rock objects instead of more conventional objects. My issue is that most of landscaping is very jarring and looks unnatural. The transitions from different land textures where very abrupt and I also wish there was something to break up the long cliff walls that you have all over the park. I would like to highlight your work on the riverbed rocks though. This is absolutely top notch. 

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Architecture: The buildings were well constructed for the most part. The forms were really good throughout the entire entry no matter what building we are talking about. The object selection was really great and all of the structures really worked well. Some of the buildings did feel like they were missing that final level of detail but overall I have no complaints. This log flume building was my favorite on the map (closely beating the castle looking buildings)

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Everything Else: The best part of this park IMO is the macro, ride interaction, and path work. Everything is layed out really well. I love the janky dirt path connection by the castle. I love the path interaction of literally all of the major rides. All of the ride layouts seem really fun. That triple launch coaster is framed brilliantly over top of the waterfall. The macro work throughout really lifts this park up a lot for me. 

Overall: You should be really proud of this park and I am very happy that I checked it out! I rated this 80%

I'm absolutely loving all of these so far! I'm glad this came back and am excited to see the rest of december!

This is a really cool park! Fitting that this came out right after the 1.0 release of the game Hades 2 lol. I like a lot of what's going on here and I'm also left desiring a bit more in some aspects. The layout of the park is very well done with all of the rides being framed really well. the atmosphere is a bit off from what I would expect from this theme. I think it would have been nice to have everything a bit darker. 

Foliage and Landscaping: No real complaints in this regard. There are some minor nitpicks I could make but nothing major. the foliage in particular is done really well. 

Architecture: I think this would be a really difficult theme to pull off properly in NCSO but I wish everything was a bit more dark and viby. I definitely get an Olympus vibe with the Archy style throughout. I think it would have benefitted from some more darker grays and fiery effects. 

Overall: This is a really fun submission which makes me want to immediately continue my playthrough of Hades 2. I really enjoying viewing this park. I'm rating this a solid 60%.