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  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
    PORT AZURE

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    This is quite the impressive park, and only inconsistency prevented it from ranking higher. I think the entrance area and Arabian Village were well below the par of the rest of the park. Land of Nature was pretty nice, although I can see some people criticizing it for copying Slob. I think it was well done, though. Coaster could use a bit of work. You had two inversions for a boomerang, as well as a half batwing, then a half boomerang. Kinda odd.

    The Jungle was pretty cool. Learn to spell it better in your signs. :p Loved the woodie and the landscaping. Architecture was neat, though not outstanding.

    The Waterfront was the jewel of the park though. Give us more stuff like this and you might very well become a Parkmaker. The color scheme was magnificent, and the two coasters were pretty nice, although I found some things that irked me, like that drop into a 180 degree turnaround into hill into a brake run.

    But really great stuff otherwise. If everything was up to the quality The Waterfront was, you might very well have a Spotlight (altho in that case, it would have helped to have a fifth themed section). ;)

    Congrats, Splash-O!
  • posix%s's Photo
    i thought it was actually a quite pleasent and nice park to look at.
    hardly any weaknesses. too much water in my opinion and maybe a bit too little character to the park.
    but really, a super runner up wouldn't have hurt in my opinion.
  • hobbes%s's Photo
    Downloaded. I'll view and comment later.
  • JKay%s's Photo
    Congrats Splash-O!

    I'm only gonna comment on the screens, since I know I won't have time for the download. (sorry!) But anyway, this looks great. As corky pointed out, "The Waterfront" area looks absolutely superb, almost spotlight-esque. The other two areas don't interest me quite as much, but they still demonstrate some great skill imo. I really think architecture is your dominant skill, since all the buildings look excellent. Your coasters (in these screens at least) seem ok at best, but not bad enough that they bring the rest of the park down. Your colors are minimal imo, but still hold their own.

    Nice job Splash and so sorry I wasn't able to download this. Maybe I'll try to find some time for the download in the next couple weeks.
  • thirteen%s's Photo
    logo sucks... didn't had time?

    nice park btw
  • super rich%s's Photo
    Excellent. Very glad to see this finished. Now we can finally do a project together. Excellent job mate.
  • Toon%s's Photo
    I thought it was very nice. No glaring weakness, but it really bothered me that none of the restaurants or shops had a name. It doesn't take that long to drop a shop into the buildings and give it a name and adds a lot to the fun of exploring the park. I have a hunch your next park will push for spotlight.
  • X250%s's Photo
    Its a nice park, there are two areas which stand out clear favourites for me. The dinosaur area and the waterfront. The giga coaster and twister in that area are really good layouts, and fit well with the surroundings. The other areas were not bad, it shows how far you have come whilst making the park. I think its quite obvious which areas were made in what order. Apart from a lack of shops, and a few unfinished bits of land/foilage i think this park was really well made. Good job splash-O!

    -X-
  • Splash-0%s's Photo
    Thanks for the comments already and the runner up Corky. :) To be honest, I had been hoping for a SRU...but well. I look at it from the bright side though; now I'm only more determined to build a new park to achieve that SRU or even higher.

    So yea...umm
    I'll respond later once hopefully more people have replied.
  • Jazz%s's Photo
    Judging from the screens, it looks very good.

    To be honest though, I think Runner-Up suits this perfectly. I don't think SRU would be a good title for it, because I think the park lacks creative spark. I'm not saying it's bad by any means, but I really don't think it's very original.

    Congrats though, and nice job.

    ~Jazz~

    Edited by Jazz, 11 January 2006 - 05:09 PM.

  • Ride6%s's Photo
    As far as pure parkmaking goes I really believed this would be an SRU. However there are many things to be improved in terms of originality, naming and shop-related bits. The flowers also get a bit overwelming at times in certain places, and two of the areas had yellow flowers (I know I mentioned that in one of my "tests").

    But none the less it's a beautiful park and to such an extent around Beyond the Blue Sky that it's not entirely forgettible either.

    ride6
  • Six Frags%s's Photo
    I was pleasantly surprised exploring your park Splash-O..
    I really liked the different areas and the architecture you've used..
    There were also some points of improvement though, I think;

    -Coasters; Most coasters had some awkward points in them, or were too high and some even high above the paths (could be me though).. I also didn't like the supporting job on the giga, and some coasters didn't even have custom supports which imo adds some extra quality to a coaster..
    -Colors; Mainly the architecture was all the same, boring colors.. Which is a pity because your architecture forms are really good.. With the addition of some colours it could really stand out more..

    All in all I really liked the park, it had a great atmosphere and I hope to see more of ya!

    SF

    Edited by Six Frags, 11 January 2006 - 08:02 PM.

  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
    Well, Splashy, next time, spend more time on the smaller things. Like not having a sign just say "sign" (see that first screen in the page). :p

    This, IMO, was a very strong Runner Up, though, and cleaning up those small details (and brushing up your entrance area) would have lifted it into SRU position. It wasn't off by a lot, but I thought the things that did affect it were significant. Also, I wasn't a fan of Arabian Village or your entry area at all, and being 40% of the park, they detracted enough.

    Hope this doesn't discourage you (and it sounds like it hasn't); you're definitely getting pretty damn good at this. :D
  • Ge-Ride%s's Photo
    Hmm. This is about the most ripped off park that I've ever seen. When I look at this park, I don't think Splash-O. I think kevin, artist, turtle, slob, steve, x250, ride6, and a little bit of X Sector and Yeshli2nuts. Did I miss any? I'm not a huge fan of copied work and styles. I think that it's much more interesting to have your own style of work, and you don't really have one. Do not copy work, improvise and then insert pieces of other people's styles that blend well with yours. Also, I don't like how you used flowers as the main source of foliage in all of your outer themes and the same kind of flowers, too. You really have overdone the trick of bare hills and landscaping. It wouldn't hurt to work on your foliage some more. Sure, it looks allright, but I don't want to look at the same dull colored mythological, paradise and pirate themed ripped off work time and time again.
  • postit%s's Photo
    Looks great. Hopefully I'll have time to view it this weekend. Congrats.

    By the way, having your own hand at a common theme such as jungle doesn't mean you're not creative. From the screens, it seems as if he pulled off the "jungle" differently from every jungle I've seen. It's not a rip off.
  • jon%s's Photo
    Well done with the runner-up mate. Judging by the screens, it looks like a very solid and worthy runner-up. Unfortunately, I can't view it until I get my RCT disk back next week. Good job though.
  • JKay%s's Photo

    Do not copy work, improvise and then insert pieces of other people's styles that blend well with yours.

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    I just love it when people tell others how to build thier parks. Ever heard of something called inspiration? Its virtually impossible to have your own completely unique style in RCT, unless you know something I don't. Everyone is inspired by someone else's work in some fashion or another. Thats like saying I can't use the invisible track hack because its been done before....come on now...thats just ridiculous.

    I understand this is your opinion, but you've got to understand and accept the fact that RCT styles will overlap in certain aspects (mainly fundamentals such as rollercoasters, architecture, foliage) regardless how hard you try to keep yours completely unique.
  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
    He would have come off a lot better if his tone did sound so stuck up, arrogant, and aggressive.
  • newk%s's Photo
    the archy in the waterfront and dinosaur areas were very nice! i really enjoyed looking through it. congrats!
  • Ge-Ride%s's Photo
    Oh. I was in a bad mood when I wrote that. I know that styles overlap, but you have to draw the line somewhere. What I meant was that it looked like he copied some of his work straight from the source. Just be careful not to copy so many elements directly.