I've seen this guy's videos before, and I'd imagine they'd have a fair bit of appeal to HN users who are familiar with Roller Coaster Tycoon. He manages to really get into the details are determine why things work they way they do.
If you are nostalgic for RCT2, I'd suggest trying Parkitect on Steam. It feels like an updated version of RCT2. It sorta lets you play the game with rose tinted glasses on.
There are a few things I think it does better:
* A lot of modernization stuff: better OS support, keyboard layout support, clamping of input for multi-monitor users, steam workshop support, fewer obvious pathfinding issues, removing a few abusable strategies, etc.
* The hauler system. Shops no longer conjure product from the ether. A new worker type, haulers, have to deliver it to the back of the store.
* Janitors need to drop off garbage in trash chutes.
* Guests don't like seeing park infrastructure (eg haulers, employee paths, break rooms). It's not hard to hide this, if you don't feel like putting effort in.
* An option to copy a decoration item under the cursor. It is nice if you want to design a new building to match an existing on.
* Live previews of how your ride will work as you are building it.
OpenRCT2, the open-source project that improves RCT2, has some of these features as well. It has a scenery picker and it also has a ghost train feature for rides under construction. It also makes it run much smoother on modern systems and introduces a keyboard shortcut for almost everything, although vanilla RCT2 also had quite a few already.
Also, there's a basic line-of-sight system for scenery ratings, with lower ratings for haulers, employee-only paths, and employee-only buildings, so you actually have a reason to build walls and fake scenery to block views of the 'backstage' areas that haulers pass through.
Planet Coaster is also great. It's more of a modern take on the theme park sim idea than a faithful recreation of the original. Kind of the Cities Skylines to RCTs Sim City.
If you are nostalgic for RCT2, I'd suggest trying Parkitect on Steam. It feels like an updated version of RCT2. It sorta lets you play the game with rose tinted glasses on.
There are a few things I think it does better:
* A lot of modernization stuff: better OS support, keyboard layout support, clamping of input for multi-monitor users, steam workshop support, fewer obvious pathfinding issues, removing a few abusable strategies, etc.
* The hauler system. Shops no longer conjure product from the ether. A new worker type, haulers, have to deliver it to the back of the store.
* Janitors need to drop off garbage in trash chutes.
* Guests don't like seeing park infrastructure (eg haulers, employee paths, break rooms). It's not hard to hide this, if you don't feel like putting effort in.
* An option to copy a decoration item under the cursor. It is nice if you want to design a new building to match an existing on.
* Live previews of how your ride will work as you are building it.