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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%. 

Well this is really nice to see. Absolutely beautiful park with a fun theme. The vibe is really nice throughout the whole park. Everything looks pretty cohesive also which is really cool given how different the theme of some sections are. The music also adds a lot for me. Great song choices from all of the trilogies that you are referencing here. 

Foliage and Landscaping: I think this is the weakest part of the park (even though its still pretty decent). I had the same complaint about your previous park as well. While I really liked the object selections that you chose and there were a lot of really well done areas, there were also a lot of areas that felt like they lacked polish. For example, you have areas like this which look really good and really well thought out:

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Then you also have areas like this where it looks like you just randomly threw down a few objects

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I feel like I might be coming off as overly critical about this so I want to reiterate that I like the foliage is still better than average but I have higher expectations for you given how good everything else in this park is. I have similar issues with the landscaping throughout the entire park. Some area look top notch and other areas look a bit rough around the edges. I think there were a few too many rock objects for my liking in general. 

Architecture: On the contrary, this is the highlight of the park for me. Every bit of architecture is extremely impressive. The castle blew my mind on first viewing. This half diagonal section is some of the best RCT I've seen in a long time.

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This extremely high level of architecture continues throughout the entire park with honestly no weak buildings. Even the back stage stuff is really impressive. Good work!

Rides and Everything Else: I don't really know much about layouts (as anyone who's seen me try and make a layout knows lol) but your coasters all look like they flow well and look fun to ride. One of the things that really made this park special is all of the little details from the trilogies that you are referencing. For example, this little stars wars vehicle is built so well. I'm extremely impressed.

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The spaceships, hobbit holes, and even the boat were really well constructed and look great! It really adds a lot to the atmosphere and vibe of the park. 

The crunch could use some work in some areas of this park. Particularly on the lighter gray roads the crunch looks pretty rough. I wish you would have found some objects that blend better there. Otherwise, I don't really have too many other complaints. 

Overall: I'm rating this 85%. Its really high level work which makes sense given your track record. I had a lot of fun viewing this and writing this review. You should be proud of the finished product!

Wow! I was absolutely blown away by this project and what you were able to accomplish here. First off, the concept is great. A really unique and fun concept although it does clearly build off of previous works such as adventure time and some other more abstract pieces of RCT. The music choices were pretty hit or miss for me, by themselves, all of the songs were great and added to my experience viewing the park. However I felt that the songs clashed a bit and it was jarring going from one section to another. I would rather have had all of the songs be more laid back and piano driven to maintain continuity between sections. 

Foliage and Landscaping: I'll start this off by saying that all of the foliage and landscaping were generally done at a very high level and I'm writing this section with the knowledge that you are really good at the game. The foliage and landscaping was a mixed bag for me. The object selection was really solid and the clumps look great. I did find that the foliage along water lines was not done as well as I'd like. I wish you would have used more 1/4 tile bush objects to make shore lines look more obscured in areas. For example, in the below picture the transition from land to water is jarring as its just a straight line. 

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The landscaping was pretty good throughout this park. The landscaping in "The West" was very good in particular. there was sections that didn't quite do it for me though. The Japan section in general felt really dead to me. The lack of buildings and atmosphere would have made a lot more sense if the landscaping was more defined and busy. I wish that that entire section was filled with cliffs and waterfalls and bridges and just intimidating landscaping in general. 

Architecture: Clearly the highlight of this park. In fact, I was as impressed as I've ever been when viewing the architecture in the park. All of the areas had very solid architecture. I've posted some of my favorite moments below. 

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The use of the ruined statues in this house is straight up genius and looks fantastic. the atmosphere in this little floating island is incredible. 

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This is such a good looking station building for the river rapids. The shaping is so good and the objects choices and colors are just perfect. Really amazing work.

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The castle in general is outstanding work. It is so difficult to make a structure that big and have it have so much character and detail. your use of adding in subtle colours throughout the castle was really impressive and worked great. 

In general, I found the architecture in this park to be groundbreaking. All of the smaller details like your signage really made everything look new and innovative. Unfortunately there were still a number of unpolished spots like the train station which looks almost unfinished on the backside. 

Rides and Everything Else: The stonehenge center piece was awesome. All of the layouts seemed pretty solid to me. I also loved a lot of the small details like the little curved stage in the medieval village area, the car falling off of the driveway in the west area, and all of the movement throughout the park. While this project was slightly rough around the edges, I still believe it is a groundbreaking piece of RCT and shows that you are an extremely talented builder. Even with all of my criticisms, this is one of the parks of the year for me. you should be extremely proud of the finished result here. 

85%/yes

mini golf looks great. I'd probably get rid of the pool on the roof. There isn't enough space up there to do a pool justice. archy looks pretty solid overall. I think the thing thats holding this back the most is the colors. I'd get ride of all of the light blue and yellow accents on the hotel. I'd replace the awnings with the green corugated rooves. I'd replace the light blue accents on the downstairs pool with more beige.