HAJiME said:
You're deluded, my friend, not me. Nemesis' themeing isn't what is special, nor is it the ride itself... no is it any singular part of it. Not the zero-g, not the q-line. It's all of it. Together. As a whole. As an entire experiance.
I was going to quote UC and put pretty much that myself. There are indeed a lot of excellently designed rides out there, Disney one sin particular.
I think the difference is that Disney have fairly mediocre rides, that are made stunning by the effort that goes into them.
Nemesis (when built), was a world class coaster. There were very few coasters that were better for a good few years. That's just on a pure ride front. It has aged, and been surpassed now by pretty much every other Invert out there. However, as Joey says, it's the way it's done that makes it special. It's the elements combined. If you're just walking on to a ride and expecting a great ride experience, Nemesis is good, but nothing outrageous.
However, nothing can really get across the way it interacts with the area it's in. It roars around you as you queue down into the pit. It speeds out of the pit up to the pathways in Forbidden Valley on the helix and sends rushes of wind through the area. Near the station, you queue almost up to the height of the top of the loop, and can see it thunder down to the water and out. As a total, sensual experience, Nemesis has it right. It abuses your ears, it's visually interesting, you can feel it hammering around you. You just can't taste or smell it (though the station is a bit metalic).
It's something that can't be put across in words, but as Joey says, it's not individual theming (Montu's is better on a pure theming view), it's not the ride (there are certainly better), it's not even the interaction with the queuers (again, I'm sure there are better). It's just the fact that everything it does is "good" individually, and comes together as a whole to make it something captivating (and arty).
It's easy to say one bit is sub standard compared to something else, but until Mamba came along, there has been nothing that has all the elements put together in one place that adds up to such a great whole.
Of course, this post will be ignored because people can't seem to understand that you can have opinions that are "grey". You have to fanboy something, or hate it in an anti-fanboy fashion. It's possible to view things from a different perspective and appreciate good points and bad to give an overall opinion.
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