Theme Hospital

This is actually one of the first Theme games that I've played back in the day. As boring as the title sounds, its actually nothing like running a real hospital. You get to hire a quirky staff and cure some of the funniest illnesses you've ever seen. If you're tired of the sim games of today, I would definitely check this one out. It's easily worth the $5.99!

A 6 year-old could play this! Not what you're used to in this genre. You don't even need tutorial. It gets difficult step by step, it doesn't surprise you with an impossible level once the tutorial is over. A most addicting game. You're gonna feel really stupid when playing this. 1:00 am- why can't i find a good surgeon? 2:00am- omg, earthquake, my machines are broken! 2:30- AAAHH! Need more benches in the waiting room! Yep, it's pathetic. Spending nights with this childish looking oldie. But you know it's a good game, when you choose it over sleeping.

GOG just read my mind. I was reminiscing about this gem the other day with my friends. That wierd sense of humor, that management, that EMERGENCY. Could be a "you had to be there" kind of thing, but all of us "who were there" know perfectly how fun this game was. Nice graphics, catchy music, and hours of game ahead. Completely recommended.

I have played so many hours to this game back when it was released that it is difficult for me to stay objective, but I must say that I decided to complete it once again and enjoyed it, though the repetitiveness of the game has become irritating in an era where games are short and must always be "refreshing". On the pro's side: - Graphics are stil relevant, funny, dynamic. It's a pleasure to look at your hospital, even with the repetitive sprites - This game strikes a good balance between micro-managing and planning - The game is quite easy, which allows you to be "creative" in your way of solving issues, and have fun designing an hosital that you like instead of trying to maximize efficiency On the con's side: - If most of the game breaking bugs that were present in the original release have been fixed, I have encounter a few of them, whcih can be frustrating when you need to restart an hospital on which you've already spend some hours - Let's be honest, the few last missions where no new mechanism/illness are introduced are a bit boring. Also, some missions last for way too long. In short, the game gets repetitive at some point. If you would rather play this game in a modern game engine and with way larger possibility to personalize your hospital, Two Point Hospitals is a great spiritual successor to this game. But honestly, you get about the same pleasure with this 166MB gem from 1997!

Having owned and played the original disc-version since 1997, I am so pleased to see it on GoG for a new generation or haven't played it before or for those who want a nostalgia rush. The game itself is perhaps one of THE best simulation, or "theme", games out there and could still come out trumps to the more modern and recent sim/business games due to its very simple design, eye-candy/bright visuals & graphics and a mixture of casual/deep micromanagement gameplay. This review wouldn't be worthwhile without a mention to Corsix-TH. The brilliant people of CorsixTH have kept the game alive by supporting it through various platforms, adjusting the game to run on any resolution, fix an array of bugs and issues and overhaul the gameplay mechanics while still keeping the true Bullfrog-Theme Hospital elements. I have high hopes for the future of this awesome game, especially now that CorsixTH has reached a pinnacle stage in development (time of this review, it's version release is 0.10). While CorsixTH still have various elements to re-add due to the overhaul (Epidemics and Rats being the main), the core game remains untouched yet updated.