10 Excitement Dueling Coasters in Diamond Heights | Marcel Plays RCT #4

The series is back! Today we tackle Diamond Heights and give its iconic looping coasters a makeover.
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[@MarcelVos]

This was a very difficult video to make. I am not great at building scenery and after the failure of the previous video and the long wait between episodes I kept getting anxiety about playing this park to the point I actually felt physically sick the afternoon before I recorded this playthrough. I do want to keep doing this series and I'm happy with the end result, but it might be sporadic if this keeps happening. Eventually I should get good enough at scenery to overcome this entirely. Edit: Thanks for all the lovely words everyone. The interesting thing is that 30 minutes into playing Diamond Heights (right after building the car ride) I seriously considered scrapping the video and the entire series, but decided to continue anyway, yet right after I had finished the scenario I had zero issues anymore and know it was gonna be a good video. I wasn't nerveus for releasing this video, it was all for actually playing the scenario.

[@bobblebardsley]

You're awesome, I loved this and I love your optimised parks/challenges too, it's super impressive that you can win either way without even keeping an eye on the goal. Thank you 🥳🥳

[@XiaoXiaoMan1123]

Live and learn, right? Mistakes were made, but I can personally say this kind of video is exactly what I want from the series. I'm itching to see what you'll do with Evergreen Gardens since there's so much space for you to work with, and plenty of time to work with. Hopefully you won't have to worry about more anxiety attacks in the future. Hang in there, and thanks for bringing this series back. Best of luck.

[@DarkWarchieff]

yeah I had that too, but I just started recording my own rollercoaster tycoon series. if anyone wants. Doing it is less scary than the anxiety leading up to it

[@WhitedevilEE]

Seriously, you, the master of RCT?? I really hope that you don't feel pressured into playing and that you can get joy out of the "let's play" series. I love your content and you're so, so much better at this game than me 😅😂

[@MarcelVos]

@@WhitedevilEE It's not just playing RCT that's the issue, but rather the fact that the video has to live up to expectations. I could build a very ugly park with no scenery or anything else that's remarkable easily, but who wants to watch that?

[@RussanoGreenstripe]

I really appreciated you showing this one off, especially the look behind the curtain during the design portions of the Wooden Coaster and the Agoraphobia/Claustrophobia remodels. I certainly know that after I got back into playing RCT2 after watching your videos, I've had times where I was tinkering and adjusting and struggling with a coaster design and thought "Man, Marcel really made this look like a breeze..." I'm glad that you showed your struggles here and that it really does take time, effort, and skill to make something phenomenal in this game. Thanks!

[@MarcelVos]

Even after having built probably over 1000 custom coasters it still takes me a couple of attempts to make a good simple coaster and often more for more complicated coasters like the dueling ones here.

[@LeonCoretz]

I should've recorded what I recently did... I built a pair of 9+ excitement chasing giga coasters that also followed different paths after a few hills, and the second train was behind the first by about one quarter tile when they touched the stations. I wasn't even planning to synchronize their ends, but when I saw that they returned almost at the same time I just changed the break timings a bit and.... It was perfect. It was a magical moment, I tell you. And don't worry, I usually spend most most of my game time experimenting with the coaster path to get it just right too. I was just lucky to do this one right.

[@Soandnb]

Nice job on the dualies, but I gotta say, seeing Claustrophobia all out in the open like that is kinda cursed. I always thought it was really neat that not only did the two coasters duel, but the way they were designed played to their names. Agoraphobia is a coaster that's predominately located over open water, away from the rest of the park, while Claustrophobia takes place nearly entirely underground (in what I presume are narrow tunnels). It was always a neat touch.

[@topsgaming4266]

Marcel I loved this video, you don't have to build the best scenery for me to enjoy it, the reason why I watch is because of your commentary. No other RCT youtubers quite have that commentary such as yours, that is why I watch your channel :)

[@Mzuka-Moto]

Yeah it's a bit more chilled

[@familybroakajonny]

Ahhh yes! The most well known fully functional theme park with 2 duelers. 1 pair separate and 1 möbius This was such a fun scenario in my childhood

[@Davtwan]

Ah yes, Diamond Heights. Otherwise known as Mega Park Lite in my mind. Sorry to hear you go so anxious redoing this episode. I hope you find your footing as you continue this series! We’re all rooting for you.

[@rrswimmer16]

Did anyone else notice that he reclaimed land from a lake and used it to grow Tulips? 🇳🇱🌷💐 Seriously though this was an amazing build and I’m so glad you’re back at it again!

[@br8581]

Awesome job on the Agora-/Claustrophobia redesigns! I also really liked when the car ride faded into existence. Very fun watch!

[@NotDaender]

You did a perfect job on this episode! You retained the overall spirit of the park by retaining the original rides (with some much-needed tweaks) while doing an impressive job with decoration and theming! This is what I would imagine as the "ideal" version of Diamond Heights.

[@theclaudeqc3rdone290]

5:00 on, the transport rides, water rides and the car ride did have the same logic of trains as roller coasters in RCT1

[@samueldionne9675]

I really like what you did with Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia, except for the fact that Claustrophobia does not go underground as much anymore making its name not work as well. Aside from that, this was a much more enjoyable version of Diamond Heights. Nicely done!

[@stellacollector]

I'm so glad you're continuing with this series. As someone who was obsessed with creating a nice-looking park thereby spending a lot of time on scenery and decoration, I'm really happy to see how you do it! Hope you give us awesome Evergreen Gardens in the next episode; that park really caused me a lot of pain when I was a kid since the park was so big and guests tend to get lost so often wandering the empty region of the park.

[@deadlylaigrek]

The key with Evergreen Gardens is to strategically cut pathways deeper into the park until you're ready to open that part of the park. Makes it so much easier.

[@stellacollector]

@Deadly Laigrek That was exactly how I did it when I played it as an adult. Unfortunately, I didn't know such tips when I was a kid.

[@BusterBeachside]

I love this series, Marcel! It's nice to see it done in your scripted style. I think when it comes to scenery, you should stick to what looks good to you personally and try not to worry about what others may think of it, especially in regard to comparing yourself to others' work. Easier said than done, but I've found that people tend to enjoy what you create as long as you present it positively! I'm one of those who will watch whatever you put out, and I enjoyed the last video of this park, too (I enjoy it as long as I can see you're in your element and having a good time), but I understand where those who didn't like it as much are coming from! Keep up the good work, Marcel!

[@Nightstalker314]

I watched a lot of your content over the last few months and it is admirable how in depth your analysis and decisions are when playing this game. But having played these games for 20years plus in an intuitive way I'd personally still want to play scenarios rather like this. With a decent distance to min/maxing them.

[@panakinskywalker1386]

It took a lot of bravery and humility to try this again after how poorly the last attempt was recieved, and I'm honestly so impressed by that. Especially after seeing your comment about how anxious trying again made you. It takes a lot of courage to admit a mistake to the faceless masses and I respect that immensely. You should be really proud of that, and how absolutely beautiful your final park came out! The changes to the coasters was incredible! This is one of my favorite series of yours, I hope we get to see more of it in the future, at whatever rate you feel comfortable releasing it.

[@kinghrath]

3:42 incredible transition

[@adiemuller5422]

Fixing Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia was such a good idea! Very well done! Also I loved "riding epic water horses to the end of the world" 😎

[@guilhermeauwarter3387]

This is EXACTLY what we want. Amazing park 💙

[@Jacob208]

at last, the best series returns

[@janethefromstatedog7269]

I love seeing you build and be creative in your own way. I couldn't care less how "pretty" the park looks in the end. I just like seeing you enjoy building a fun little park.

[@Psychonautical89]

Roller coaster tycoon/Marcel fans should call each other "ReCTors", short for "erectors". I think it's neat. Also, depending on the placement of the path and other scenery, some "cheat" paths right under a ride could replicate the under-area of coaster stations where techs would access the trains's underbelly and station braking and acceleration elements. You'd only see it with underground view turned on, but a few walls and moving small gears around a path under a station, maybe even with a tech down there just walking around, could be a very cool detail to any park!

[@noatiendoboludos]

The Agoraphobia & Claustrophobia changes were one of the greatest things I've ever seen in RCT, that was beautiful.

[@randyw617]

This video is so comfy. You're really skilled at making coherent, beautiful parks while still beating the scenarios comfortably. I'm glad you decided to keep going! I really love your style of making garden-like parks. Your kind of scenery is the kind of scenery I love to do.

[@MattDakus]

Beautiful park! Glad to see the series return!

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

Loved leveling the hill and lowering the train into it a bit, almost like that was the old diamond mine of “Diamond Heights.” Also, it takes a lot of guts to completely redesign two of the most iconic coasters in the game! They’re on the beginning of the main menu montage!

[@LucasIsHereYT]

I took inspiration from the interlocking loops and made two synchronized Wooden Roller Coasters called Hydrophilia and Hydrophobia, not only are they very big and exciting, they also have synchronized interlocking loops. Hydrophilia has a water splash, hence its name, and Hydrophobia obviously does not. I even added a waterfall to Hydrophilia's water splash into a lake which has its own section of the part revolve around it. Thanks for the inspiration, Mr. Vos!

[@johnmartinez7440]

Diamond Heights was the scenario that really captured my imagination as a 7-year-old kid, so this was a very fun watch. Agora/Claustrophobia always seemed to crash in the station very soon after starting the game, so the first thing I did was to build brakes there every time I replayed it.

[@rossnewton3396]

Same! I seem to remember you had to delete one section of the loading station on the white one to make it fit?

[@Ttarler]

This was really well done and I think might actually be one of my favorite videos from you. This is absolutely a step in the right direction and I’d encourage you to continue down this path!

[@MrRyanZebaki]

This is amazing, I was just watching this series for the first time yesterday and was so saddened to see it wasn't continued. Imagine my surprise when I woke up to see this! Thank you for continuing this! Also I think you're pretty darn good at scenery, so don't stress!

[@secretlyamacat]

The way you managed to sync the phobia rides three times is so impressive, peak RCT talent right there

[@Krissco2]

Triple synchronized inversions is really ambitious. Looks great!

[@OriginalFluffy978]

I'm not gonna lie, I was worried you canceled the series and didn't even tell us!

[@DogsaladSalad]

Thank you for not lying

[@StefanVeenstra]

Your honesty is much appreciated.

[@lo0katmyn4me]

I'm so happy to see this episode! Marcel Plays was probably one of my favorite bits from this channel, so I'm excited to potentially see more of it! Seeing someone so familiar with all of the ins and outs of a game take a more casual approach to playing it is always fun, i think, but your commentary really does wonders. Thanks so much!

[@skdKitsune]

The synchronized coasters are such a cool idea and your redesign makes it even better. Perfect!

[@TheRickity]

Marcel, you gotta come at these videos with the energy that you are THE RCT GOD. YOU ARE THE PHD in RCT. Anytime anyone has a question about RCT, you are here to provide an answer. I love your videos and I have no judgement about the quality, I love that they are wholesome, and gentle. And that is enough for us. Congrats on your successes and I wish you the best!

[@SupersuMC]

I mean, miniature railroad trains can go _down_ hills well, but up is a challenge. ;D

[@thornrosealex]

Extending the existing rollercoasters was a fantastic idea! Seems like a useful tool for this series going forward

[@mebamme]

The twin coaster build was immensely satisfying to learn about and look at. :)

[@user-hp5px6gy1f]

You said that you used to spend your time for making well-organized garden, not for building crazy rollercoaster. But look what you did to Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia! You are an genius!!

[@TheSpookyTuna]

dude... those synchronised interlocking vertical loops are _so cool._ this whole park came out so incredible in the end. i just discovered your channel & am now going through all of the Marcel Plays RCT videos & really enjoying them :)

[@waltercardcollector]

I love this series! My favorite thing about it is that you do such a good job at making amazing-looking parks while still making high-stat roller coasters and beating the scenarios.

[@George_K.]

OMG, this must be one of your best videos so far and I'm so happy you brought back the series with its original spirit! The wait was absolutely worth it as well as all the tinkering on your side especially for the Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia remake. Great job!

[@djavanace]

Monday I came here looking for some "Marcel Plays". It seems that I should've prayed to a merry-go-round mosque with fountain minarets! I'll agree with the majority, your challenges are crazy, and we love it, and we love that "Marcel Plays" is less crazy, while not being normal either. And that duelling pair! A masterpiece, let me tell you.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

A note on the train and log flume having so few vehicles: this is because in RCT1 the number of vehicles a ride could have was purely based on the station length, so you were a lot more limited in how many you could have.

[@CTGrell]

and that is why I never built trains really. it felt like I can't use them efficiently without more cars. glad that now I can have as many as needed

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

@@CTGrell I'd just make the stations the maximum length. Made it harder to fit though and you were still limited in the number of trains.

[@sup1602]

I really like seeing you flex your creative muscle and leave most of the cheese at the door.

[@KingDarkNova]

so happy this video is here! I love this series and hope it continues

[@MickanMansRCTStation]

Great stuff Marcel - really liked the changes you made to the railway on that hill, it looks much nicer! Loving this series!

[@chrisogrady28]

Those duellers would be SO sick IRL

[@jtheimann1394]

That transformation on agoraphobia and acrophobia was stressing me out lol. Great job!

[@louisathellama]

I love how you showed off the new colours in open RCT, and I love the themed hills

[@happyarjay]

Love this series, defenitly hope you continue it.

[@Brainfly-]

The way you redid the synchronized coasters is SO sick. This park rocks.

[@ToxicFungi13]

Awesome job on this one! Not only was the scenery brilliant but buffing the dueling coasters was a awesome addition as well

[@thebup6850]

Great video! Absolutely one of my favourites. Exited to see what comes next

[@rossi1990]

Fantastic series. Love all your work but appreciate the return to normal with this series. Cannot wait for more!!! Dank je wel!

[@hammer3974]

Very glad to see the series back, I love seeing park builds like this. Hope to see more soon!

[@CantStopShine]

Glad you continued the series Marcel. Loved the video and the thought process behind the coasters.

[@ravensLitterbox]

Hey i hope you make more of these ^^ i really love watching how you play casually I got a handful of custom scenarios that i eish i had the enthusiasm and accent like yours to ramble about x3

[@Elmo9001]

I loved this video and I also loved the last video on Diamond Heights, it felt fitting to just maximize profit since I always felt a little uncomfortable in that park, probably because even by the end of it, like 40% of the park was pre-built, so it still didn't feel like 'my' park anyway. But also glad to see you redo it in the more traditional sense of just making the park look as lovely as possible, it's like watching a sculptor at work.

[@Athenor]

This was so cool to watch! The story you told was great. Min-maxing (a tabletop RPG term) is fun for some, but personally I always prefer a great story. And here, you told a story. Also the fact you built everything in real time, rather than pausing and tinkering with things (as far as we saw) ramped up the challenge. This is the kind of park where I'd love to see 3d sightlines and such.

[@DIYote_Gaming]

It's funny; I used to be the "crazy coaster designer" when I was a kid, but now as I'm playing in my 30s, I'm turning into the "calm, organized scenery" type. Excellent video, can't wait for the next episode!

[@aMondayMorning]

This park is sick, I'm glad you did something like this. Not everything in this game need to be a crazy megabuild to look good. I hope you do another video like this in the future.

[@AmazedBunion]

i enjoyed both versions of the video and pretty much all of your videos across the board. keep your chin up bro you're a legend.

[@Adriethyl]

You got me into RCT1-2-Open and I've decided to start playing the game at some point, so these videos are nice as seeing someone putting what they know into practice is helps and your commentary is also entertaining in a way a normal playthrough isn't.

[@HeliosExeunt]

It's always fascinating to see a master builder and metagamer like yourself play RCT "the way it's meant to be played". Whoring will never get old, but this kind of park building is in its own league.

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

Finally getting around to properly watching this video. Yeah, it's been a while. I have a very long watch later list and too many things going on to watch it quickly. I always thought the original hyper -optimized version was in protest of the complaints over the occasional patch of microcoasters you used to gain a lot of money so you could focus on big, cool rides without worry. I didn't know you weren't happy with it! I might not have asked about this series if i had known that you were so anxious that you got physically sick over it. But im glad you came back to this series, since it sounds like you had fun despite the anxiety. I hope you can have fun with the rest of the series too!

[@Deurklink]

Thanks for the shoutout Marcel! Funnily enough, this was also a scenario I struggled with quite a bit in my playthrough :)

[@Goliath146]

Make more of rct but beautiful scenarios

[@redheadsg1]

You are so much better at ideas how to decorate than me xD I basically never decorated a park because i didn't know that decorations give you bonuses.

[@MoikHorst]

you just bring back my childhood with your videos :D thank you for that

[@valeskamaru6939]

This was my favorite map back when i was a kid and played it so many times. Amazing vid as always Marcel!

[@Chunkybread]

I love this series! Your soothing voice and game knowledge go great together! Love watching you build because it gives me great ideas!

[@vick0527]

Glad the series is back!

[@WhaoIfeelgood]

Brilliantly designed ! if similar things are to expect from the other video's then keep them coming :D

[@OzzyMcBean]

LOVE IT! Please keep this series going!

[@ak2944]

This is epic!!! Pure beauty. Loved it.

[@chuckjones7218]

Love these and this entry was awesome with the edit of the dueling coasters

[@SchrodingersCat8813]

Yes! I've been waiting for this one! I love this series. Something about how you play and commentate these are just wonderful. Sorry it was so difficult for ya, hopefully you found it rewarding? At the very least we all appreciate the effort.

[@607]

Glad to see this series back!

[@corgihero259]

Great video! While I didn't mind the hyper-optimization of the last park, this was definitely an improvement. This might inspire me to actually start building scenery in my parks...

[@russkiimuzhchina]

The new Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia are absolutely epic

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

I expect the water merry-go-round has an epic heavy metal song as background music.

[@AlBundy319]

Appreciate all the effort you put into these videos / parks! Great content as always Marcel! 👍

[@smebzg]

Very nicely done!

[@Dankfort]

This looks great Marcel. Nice job!

[@VictorPenteado]

To be honest, I didnt remember this series, but I'm glad it's back. Amazing job on the coasters :D

[@htwesports8804]

Dont worry Marcel. You are a inspiration for a fantastic game that came out 24 years ago. I can respect that and I think many others to. Im also someone that started this game 15 years ago when I was 7 and its really nice to see what you do here for this game. Groetjes from the Netherlands 😉

[@vinccool96]

The previous version of Diamond Heights could be the start of Marcel Cheeses RCT

[@loganbarnes8621]

This kind of video really shows me that the game has so much more to offer than the strategic money generation mindset I had as a kid haha. It can truly look like an awesome amusement park with organic theming with so little strain (At least compared to my attempts haha). A real inspiring video

[@nielsvanieperen2454]

I really like this series, so keep it up!

[@jweber018]

Long time viewer and I think this might just be your best ever. The "behind the scenes" of Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia is awesome and the end result is masterful. Thank you so much! ❤

[@adamdurbin3801]

There's a small number of trains and boats because in RCT1, that's how it had to be. You had to shorten the queue lines instead.

[@Sandbull22]

Awesome work!

[@0Nicotine0]

Such a Marvelous work! Nice!

[@soylentgreen8466]

I would love to see a crossover series of you and deurklink building a park together!

[@stummies]

I love big parks with railroads, and that's a great one. I spend way too much money fixing that railroad though. I mostly try to get it all at the same elevation, which can be expensive. Whatever elevation changes are necessary for the track, I do very slowly. That's always been one of my favorite parks.

[@CW5XKnex]

Never been fantastic at scenery myself. I'm much more of "build a cool coaster" kind of guy and think about scenery later in this game, but I think this turned out really nicely and not overdone. Sometimes near the end of many scenarios, my parks just end up looking like a huge tangle because I have just kept building and it has basically stopped being interesting since the original uniqueness of the park has gone but you've kept that here nicely. Hope you do more episodes like this and looking forward to Evergreen Gardens.

[@mikelnazkauta1317]

Oh god, these designs are so good. I never did anything this pretty in my rtc 1 days

[@battleshiparmorlord]

I enjoyed the video, would love to keep seeing more

[@firockfinion3326]

I didn't mind the previous video about Diamond Heights, but I did enjoy this one more! =)

[@blondjon]

These are my favorite type of videos you upload Marcel