PerGron's Reviews
So compared to the last few reviews, these are going to be much shorter just based on the actual length of the projects. Still, I hope I can do them justice because coasters can be pretty difficult to design and especially difficult to write and since most of us are not coaster heads, I think having a coaster specific round was a challenging idea hence why I included it. So now let's jump into the three reviews.
Team Dream- Kingda Ka
Designing a replacement for Kingda Ka will be an incredibly challenging for the people tasked with replacing it so I admire the bravery in tackling something like this. I will say, replacing Kingda Ka with... Kingda Ka is certainly not the angle I would have gone, but it does have precedence within coasters so I can respect the decision. I do think you could've dropped the Kingda Ka name and storyline and just done a ghost snake coaster pretty well, but I do understand the desire to tie it into the very popular thing that already is well-known.
I also want to throw some kudos at this team for dealing with the extra challenge of respecting one another's perspectives and beliefs. Coming from someone who loves to explore the macabre and occult with my backstories (I mean, just read the backstory for Lycan that I wrote back in SYWTBAI 19, it's definitely over the top supernatural evil even if I do stand by it as one of my best backstories ever) but when you have players that aren't comfortable with certain topics be it cults, curses, or anything else that anyone may not feel comfortable to handle it's important to keep that balance and I commend you guys for facing that challenge head on and with respect and tact.
Onto the backstory; it’s certainly interesting and I like the idea of tying in the snake and tiger elements, I just found it kind of weird and odd that a giant snake and giant tiger are tied directly into early American US history in New Jersey. The inclusion of scientists studying them and a US Government coverup just feels kind of odd for 1700s USA and that issue with the backstory for me makes it hard to really believe this storyline. I think ultimately this came down to having to make some changes to your story which ended up hurting it in the long run.
The coaster itself sounds very thrilling too, but the active comparisons in the write-up to what it's replacing just left me kind of underwhelmed. Again, I understand replacing Kingda Ka is a tall order and anything taking its place will be compared, but between the name, the story, and all of the comparisons in the writeup just straight up saying how different this is to the original attraction, it left me wishing that you guys had made this an original coaster rather than a sequel coaster. I do think the coaster itself is well-written and very strong, so amazing work to
@Earlie the Pearlie who made this one of the stronger write-ups for a coaster I've read in a while.
A few other minor notes.
@Brer Panther's artwork for the snake is absolutely beautiful and it's some of what I've been really hoping to see this entire game from them! Also, I think you guys did a good job with the Google Docs format and made it easy t o read and access. Overall, great job Team!
Finally, me and lizzy got some competition