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No, this Mortal Engines-themed Planet Coaster build won’t eat your ridesHungry hungry theme parks.
Hungry hungry theme parks.
Alright, listen. The 2018 Mortal Engines adaptation might’ve been largely forgettable, but it did a damn fine job of bringing the book series' ridiculous towns-turned-monster-trucks to life. Now, onePlanet Coasterarchitect has crafted their own version of London-Upon-Wheels, wrapping their fantasy amusement park around a multi-tiered truck of a city. It’s just a shame there’s no way it’ll ever move. Unfortunately,Planet Coasterjust wasn’t built for that.
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What’s properly fascinated me is the way rides are almost seamlessly integrated into the build itself. There’s a rollercoaster weaving through and above and beneath and around the entire build, but it’s almost unnoticeable while strolling the streets. An entire goddamn ferris wheel juts through an alleyway, stairwells wrap around death drops, while a massive pendulum ride acts as the pistons for a cavernous combustion engine chamber. Blink, and you’ll miss the go-kart track.
While I couldn’t find the exact part, Sin assures me there’s even a bit on one of the rides that “lets you drop bodies into a fire and they are definitely prisoners or political rivals”. Brutal.
Granted, our tour guides get lost in their attempts to navigate the structure. But they also often seem frustrated in its structure as a city, not a theme part. The park isn’t cleanly divided into themed zones as much as they’d like, with many more pedestrian areas starting to bleed together. Frankly, I reckon that’s just set up a good use case for an actual city-builder about keeping a hungry hungry hamlet chugging along.
