It seems the developers of Theme Hospital took complaints to heart. They improved a lot of things but kept the vibe of the original. Two Point Hospital is an outstanding real-time strategy modeled on Theme Hospital, combining fun and light form with real problems and challenges. It stays for longer and in many more ways than the original.
I waited for the whole game including all dlcs being on sale.
After waiting for several years(?) I now bought it.
I did this because I started playing old "Theme Hospital".
It was nice back then but I figured out that some games just require reboots.
(good reboots)
Two Point Hospital seems to me like a clone of the original.
The mechanics, the devices etc. everything seems to fit perfectly.
I did not finish the game but I already got several hospitals on full stars.
Pros:
+ graphics are very good and details are well done
+ dlcs add a ton of decoration stuff and some useful addons (you can even have different themes for each room)
+ micromanagement is on a good level (not too much and not too simple)
+ a lot of missions with different difficulties
+ the moderator of the radio is very good (playing it on german)
Cons:
- there is one bug which is annoying: creating a template requires you to enter a name ... but pressing numbers also open dialogs so you have to close them all the time
Funny, I can not find more negative stuff about that game.
Get it on sale with all DLCs and you are fine.
It is nice to see that Sega has decided to also sell their games on GoG.
Two Point hospital is a nice cartoony hospital simulator - it can be fun. BUT for me the fun ended when the game reminded me every time that there is a DLC to by - a new DLC comming - felt like one every quarter or 1/2 year that rarely added something to the mix for the cost.
You can see 11 DLC´s for the hospital and the main is on sale for 75%. Something to get you hook to buy the others at full price. But this kind of game seems to work as they did release a university spin off.
I had a lot of fun during my 140 h of playtime. I enjoyed the goofy and sometimes black humor. The challenge of finding efficient hospital and room layouts as well as the right education of my staff.
You just don't have to expect the game to be anywhere near a realistic simulation of a hospital :)
Some of the content is missing from the game if you are not playing online and connected to SEGA's servers. This is content in the single-player game gated behind online activity.
Search for "The Superbug Initiative" to find out more. Some important items for hospital design, like "Ectovat" (to clean up ghosts for benefit) are gated behind this system and are unavailable if you are attempting to play offline.