How's multiplayer?

[it's a gabe]

For those unaware, the OpenRCT2 mod adds online multiplayer.

To be quite honest, my experience with RCT is very limited. My cousin had one of the first two (or both, I don't remember) when I was a kid and I've always been fascinated by it. But the little b!tch never let me play it, so I grew up without ever touching it.

Now that I'm an adult and it's the summer sale, I see no reason not to get it, especially because as my library grows with each sale, I run out of games I desperately want and start looking into games I've been interested in but not too much, or even give a chance to games I never thought about before.

That's the... uhm... quite long of it, actually. I thought it might be important for me to mention that I know of the franchise and always wanted to play it, but don't actually have first-hand experience.

Which leads to my question regarding multiplayer. How exactly does it work? Does it fit well with the game's premise? Is the community friendly and welcoming or are there too many bad apples?

[Ms.Snor]

I've found that if you just look for an existing game to join, you are not given any permissions to do anything, as a stranger, so you can only watch their game. I haven't ever gotten around to starting my own game or playing with a friend who will give me permissions yet. Might try soon.

But OpenRCT2 is worth it for the special added features alone. Speeding up time is the most obvious one, but there are other great features in the settings. They have become so normal to me I can't even think of what they are at the top of my head. I haven't gone back to the "real" game since having OpenRCT2.

Great game full of nostalgia for me personally, but it was definitely lacking a few key gameplay options that the OpenRCT2 version brings.