Theme Hospital

Theme Hospital ist eine spaßige und zugleich beste Krankenhaus Simulation bis heute.

(Note: This was my first time with Theme Hospital, and I am a simulation/management game newbie) I really enjoyed my time with Theme Hospital! The challenge of managing my hospitals' facilities, finances and staff was a lot of fun, as the game provided just the right level of difficulty. Each level felt fresh as it either added new facilities to play with, introduced new gameplay mechanics or just put me in interesting scenarios. I failed a few levels, but I never felt frustrated and knew exactly what area I needed to improve in to succeed the second time around. The game's aesthetic and overall tone also made it very easy-to-digest and enjoyable. Theme Hospital overall just felt like a very polished and 'complete' game with a clear sense of direction. However, I decided to give up on Theme Hospital around three-quarters of the way in due to it becoming quite tedious. Once I had gotten a grip on all of the game's mechanics around halfway through, I was able to make pretty banging hospitals that ran without much input on my part. Levels in Theme Hospital end when you reach specified goals, such as a certain amount of income and reputation. In cases where you've 'figured out' the level, all that's left to do is WAIT, which can be excruciatingly boring due to the lack of a fast-forward button. As an example, my hospital in one of the last levels was apparently running perfectly, and all that was left to do was gaining more income. I decided to increase the prices of my services (as was suggested) to 110% - 120%, but I received very little feedback about whether that was effective or not; besides, it didn't make that much of an impact on my income rate. At that point, I practically had the game play itself for an hour until my hospital reached the set goal. I am quite a beginner when it comes to management games, so take this criticism with a grain of salt. Still, I recommend the game and wish it got a new and improved sequel.

This game have been my favorit for ever. works on every win surface that I have ever used. Bullfrog made a nice and strong game. thanks to GOG to put it up so I could make this follow me in the rest of my life in digital. Good way to waste time. :D the game is stable and working every time. the annoying thing is thoes customers can´t just stay alive for some reason. ^^´ (remember to read about the disieases, funny as hell, the treatments too) A hint to them who don´t know the game that much. there are a bonus level in the game ;) if you can not get to it, try some cheat codes xD Every game had cheat codes in those days. :D happy gaming!

Classic from childhood. I like very much all kind of management games and this is not an exception. Humoristic ways to cure patients and most imaginable diseases merged with the hardship of trying to manage a hospital with ever growing flood of patients and their needs. And trying to keep the hospital running smoothly and profitable. But as the game progress, starts the repeat. Every new mission must be started from the scratch and every level has ever increasing victory conditions. Starting from the scratch isn't so bad, but the victory conditions just blow out of proportion. Later missions are, after you have made your hospital fully functional, mostly just waiting for the victory conditions to fulfill. It is not fun anymore when you have to just sit and wait to gain enough money before you can advance to the next mission. So the game is really good to the point, where everything is fully built and going smoothly. Good game and a classic. Just needs more variations to the victory conditions.

Theme Hospital is a fun game and I loved to manage. I enjoyed all aspects of the game, from managing, to designing, optimizing, and training. However, I HATE the fact that when a machinery is broken when an earthquake occurred, that space is lost, permanently, forever! I would much rather have the game give you the option to edit the room and remove it. To me, this concept ruins the game. I also dislike the fact that you can't control the flow of patients. I would think hospitals are run like a business, if the reputation of the hospital goes lower, there will be fewer patients. That wasn't the case, forcing me to start over when I made mistakes in the beginning. This game punishes you heavily on a flawed beginning. Overall, it's fun but it could be much better if that earthquake permanent removal is changed.