School project? Am intrigued, do tell!
I think I may have found the modern replacement for Rollercoaster Tycoon?
So far it has great steam reviews!
Planet Coaster
Planet Coaster looks more like 3 than it does 2 or 1, and I remember there being a significant amount of annoyance directed at 3 back when it was released in 2004 in the communities I was a part of (a bunch of The Sims and Sim City related ones) because it was such a massive change in gameplay at the time that didn't feel like an improvement on the depth to a bunch of nerds who played the hell out of simulation games.
Exactly! Like I mentioned, this is by a lot of the same development team that made RCT 3. This is the true sequel to 3.
BUT THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS REALLY COOL.