Glacier928: "Coaster Creator 3D does exactly what it’s supposed to do, provide players with the tools to create their own roller coaster on-the-go. However, Big John Games provides a game that has plenty of depth that will keep roller coaster enthusiasts entertained for quite some time. With it’s simple and intuitive design system, crisp visuals and audio, and overall engaging gameplay, roller coaster fans would do very well to download this on their 3DS for the $9.99 asking price."
oprainfall writes:
"For simply creating coasters, without the challenges, and enjoying the Sandbox mode, the game does pretty well. While I personally did not enjoy my time with the career portion of this game very much, I do think that anyone who likes the more technical side of creating coasters or getting through very specific challenges will be able to have fun with the game. Coaster Creator 3D does have a few problems but nothing is what you would call broken or so flawed that you can’t enjoy it. I would liked to have seen a tutorial in the game and a better way to track the targets as I think both things would have made my game experience much more enjoyable. But if this type of game is something that you go for, then you will most likely get your money’s worth. Happy Creating!"
Nintendo Life: Anyone who's ever stepped off of a roller coaster with a huge grin and an idea for a ride of their own will appreciate the immense appeal of Coaster Creator 3D's concept. It combines the classic video game experience of going really fast with the medium's unique ability to let you do things you wouldn't necessarily be able to in real life — namely, design and ride your own roller coasters. It's a winning formula, equal parts puzzle game and sandbox, and even with its confusing interface and somewhat bland presentation, creative coaster-lovers will get a real kick out of Coaster Creator 3D.
DHGF: Coaster Creator 3D feels like a well designed game aimed at a market that doesn’t really exist. Its design is generally aesthetically solid and the game is quite functional, offering a fairly extensive set of tools to work with and modes to play around with. The mechanics offer depth and substance and the Career mode offers plenty of challenge, while the Sandbox mode offers the player a lot of tools to customize the roller coaster of their dreams. However, this is a ten dollar game that allows you to… make roller coasters, and that’s about it. The game is aimed at an extremely niche audience, as it allows you to do one specific thing, gives you a lot of detailed but unintuitive tools to do so, offers a tutorial that explains to you very little about how the game works, and basically makes itself hard to recommend to anyone who isn’t a diehard roller coaster fan. It’s not that Coaster Creator 3D is bad so much as it’s aimed at an incredibly specific, narrow niche market, and while that market might exist, and will have fun with the game if it does… the game is otherwise completely impenetrable to the vast majority of… well, everyone.
