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Thrillville (XBOX)


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71

"Mixed or Average Reviews"

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Thrillville allows gamers of all ages to easily build and customize the coaster of your dreams. Gone are the days of the complex PC techniques used in other coaster games. Rather, Thrillville's easy to use building mode has been designed specifically for the console platforms and makes building all 75-plus rides from wooden, corkscrew and inverted coasters to merry go rounds, trains and carnival rides, easy, and most importantly, fun. Imagination is the only height limit with Thrillville, where the fun ranges from racing on go-kart tracks you put together and playing mini-golf on courses you designed to joining friends for dozens of four-player party games, from bumper cars to arcade shoot-‘em-ups. You can also tour the park on foot – a first for theme-park titles – chatting and joking with all the guests to help them out and make sure they’re enjoying themselves. [LucasArts]

Developer Frontier Development
Publisher LucasArts
Genre Simulation, Tycoon
Publish Date November 21, 2006

Critics Reviews

81

GameZone

Getting used to the controls for this game might take a little bit, but once you do and see everything in action you will really enjoy all that this game has to offer.

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80

Team Xbox

Thrillville is not for everyone, but it is perfect for those gamers that always wanted to try a simulation but were intimidated by PC keyboard overlays and Excel-like charts of data.

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80

Cheat Code Central

The dialog is well acted and quite humorous. The music is perfect for this game and maintains a consistently light and upbeat mood. It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you’re in Thrillville.

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80

Official Xbox Magazine

Aimed at pre-teens--some overly cutesy characters and patronizing narration make it a little too cloying for grown-up gamers--Thrillville hits its marks well on most fronts. [Jan. 2007, p.75]

80

Worth Playing

It offers gamers a taste of just about every gaming genre out there and even finds a way to bundle them together and present them along with a light-hearted story.

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78

Game Informer

Probably doesn't have the depth to give it the long legs of other titles in the genre. [Dec 2006, p.130]

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77

GameSpot

Thanks to its rock-solid execution, Thrillville delivers an enjoyable batch of minigames in a lighthearted theme park environment.

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75

IGN

Greatness is within Thrillville's grasp, but it doesn't push it all the way through.

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75

Game Revolution

It may not be the most open ended theme park on the planet, but it’s full of different ways to have fun, and that’s what matters most. Buy the ticket, and take the ride.

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75

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Talking with the guests is surprisingly engrossing. The dialogue options include an arsenal of cheap compliments and weird factoids, and the responses are often surprising.

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74

XboxAddict

The character models are a little blocky and a little bit on the cartoony side; but they’re innocent looking and play their roles adequately, [and] the look of the game could have been smoothed out a bit.

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70

GameSpy

Of course, the combination of sim and action game is sometimes a bit jarring, making the game seem like it doesn't really know what it wants to be. Regardless, Thrillville is a fun game, and if you're a fan of sim games on the PC, this would be a good way

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60

Games Radar

Offers a metric ton of activities for you to engage in. The sheer variety is unheard of for this genre (on a console anyway), and it all works. That said, little of it is outstanding, and while all the pieces are in place, there isn't a single aspect of t

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55

1UP

It has lots of small pluses, but not enough of it feels new or captivating. Far too short on thrills, Okayville just needs more pizzazz.

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50

GamePro

The minigames will wear thin quickly for adults, while the management will prove too confusing for the little ones. If you love building roller coasters or playing party games with your buddies, you'd be better off with Rollercoaser Tycoon or Mario Party.

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45

Electronic Gaming Monthly

It's just mediocre all around. [Jan. 2007, p.106]