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ScreamRide video shows the destructive power of roller coasters

Roller coasters are more effective than any wrecking ball, if the latest gameplay footage for ScreamRide is any indication.

Ozzie Mejia

September 29, 2014 3:00 PM

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Judging by the initial Gamescom reveal, it's hard to tell what ScreamRide is upon first glance. Fortunately, Frontier Developments executive producer Jorg Neumann is around to help explain what the next game from the Zoo Tycoon/Kinectimals/Roller Coaster Tycoon creator is all about. If you guessed it was a cross between a theme park simulator and Angry Birds-style destruction, you win!

Neumann explains that the game consists of building outrageous roller coasters and riding them, just as in many theme park simulators. The twist comes in that players are then welcome to use their coasters to destroy anything in their path, including massive skyscrapers."

"You can destroy anything, but you have to be smart about it," Neumann told Xbox's Major Nelson, shortly before a demonstration shows a coaster plowing through a support pillar. The result is destruction on a massive scale.

To learn more about how ScreamRide works, you can watch the video below. ScreamRide is set to hit Xbox One in Spring 2015.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?