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Can't see a thread on this. Reviews are coming in fairly hot ahead of today's release. Who's getting? I never played theme hospital (shame on me) as I never had a pc or ps1 at that time. Fancy giving this a go now it's coming out with decent reviews but I rarely get the time to dedicate hours and days to one game at a time, looks like the team deserve some support though (although I assume there's a rabid fan base for this) What's your thoughts on the game? I'm guessing console releases will follow but kb+m is probably best way, although console controls do seem to be getting better. I wouldn't be surprised if its streamlined enough already with this in mind. |
Two Point Hospital:- Spiritual Successor to Theme Hospital
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ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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RichDC 9,177 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThe videos that have been popping up in Facebook, Instagram etc look pretty good, but I'd assumed it was just going to be another Dungeon Keeper 'in name only, micro transaction filled' debacle. Is that not the case? -
simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoIf it lives up to the promise of what I've seen so far it should be a lot of fun
Is Theme Hospital still free on Origin? You should play it. It looks like it's made of lego nowadays but the gameplay holds up terrifically -
ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI do have the free origin version, just never got around to it. Figured it may have aged a bit, whereas this looks lovely and shiny and more modern. -
disusedgenius 10,677 posts
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Registered 14 years agoRichDC wrote:
More like War of the Overworld than mobile DK, it would seem.
The videos that have been popping up in Facebook, Instagram etc look pretty good, but I'd assumed it was just going to be another Dungeon Keeper 'in name only, micro transaction filled' debacle. Is that not the case? -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWill fire up my copy when I get home from working in a real hospital, it's a proper game nothing like that terrible microtransactional Dungeon Keeper mess. -
the_milkybar_kid 8,474 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI'll get it down the road. Theme Park and Hospital, along with Command and Conquer were my gateway drugs into PC gaming back in the day. Theme Hospital still hold up now, I just hope they keep it relatively accessible. Part of the lure of TH was it's simplicity.
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DamoVotf 1,465 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAh been waiting on this one for a while will add it to tonight. -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThis has £5 in the steam sale written all over it in 2019 -
docrob 1,795 posts
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Registered 13 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
This is why I’m trying to resist the temptation to order it. I’d really like to play it (never played the original and work in a real hospital) but it’ll likely be a lot cheaper in 6 months or so.
This has £5 in the steam sale written all over it in 2019 -
Phattso 27,426 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI bought my ol' Mum a copy for £19 or so, so even at launch it's hardly a bank breaker.
Made by much of the original team, and even though their panel at Rezzed in April was excruciating to watch they really were very enthused by what they were making and it did get me excited for this release.
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoQuick question I can't work out from the reviews - does this have the humour of the old Theme Hospital?
For me, a big part of the charm of the original was the sheer silliness of managing competing outbreaks of Bloaty Head, Slack Tongue and The Squits.
Edit: Never mind, a bit more googling seems to show that it does. Tempting.
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the_milkybar_kid 8,474 posts
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Registered 7 years ago@Rogueywon It's there alright.
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ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYeah very funny, so says mac at worth a buy.
Installed the original and played it for an hour or so, good fun but a bit crusty round the edges which is to be expected. Not being able to rotate mean placing things can be a bit frustrating and the ui is a tad overstretched so couldn't see a way to exit the game lol. Probably could be tinkered with I guess, still a decent game though.
Thing is will I get the game time out of it or the new one.
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MrWorf 64,187 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI've watched a few tubers play it. It looks pretty but it seems to lack any depth. The fail conditions are a little too forgiving and I don't see how its going to continue being fun ib the long term. So I'm going wait for reviews and community feedback before investing in it.
Also, the developers are using it to release a whole plaform of management games in the same ecosystem/neighbourhood iirc. I.e. your hospital is based in town, in future games/dlc they want to have a... I dunno.. theme police station maybe or forestation whatever in the same place. Might be cool, -
ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWatching a stream on twitch having come straight from theme hospital (and I appreciate it's ancient now) but it's much more fluid, clearly a total homage to it but looks much better controls etc. -
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@the_milkybar_kid Cheers. Gave into temptation and bought via that route. -
HelloNo 2,283 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI've only played an hour or so, but have found it a pleasant experience. There's a few good gags around, especially for the announcer, but for me the funniest bit has been a woman composedly started going on her break, then sprinting for the loo. -
RaymondLuxuryYacht 464 posts
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Registered 6 years agothe_milkybar_kid wrote:
I have the willpower of a wet paper bag... bought!
Guys! Cheap!
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-08-30-two-point-hospital-discounted-to-13-38-usd19-84-for-the-next-few-hours
Loved Theme Hospital, if even a shadow of that will be great. -
ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYep had to jump on this, it will be a while before it's that price again I reckon. Fair enough it may be regularly discounted but not by 45% or whatever it is. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThis is pretty good. Nice gameplay flow, decent art style, similar sense of humour to the original.
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OnlyJoeKing 1,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoCan anyone confirm if this supports 21:9? -
neems 5,635 posts
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Registered 13 years agoOnlyJoeKing wrote:
I can tell you in a minute.
Can anyone confirm if this supports 21:9? -
ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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Registered 10 years agoRogueywon wrote:
Yes but it did look like a game that shouldn't be too hard to read the text on my tv which is where I game, so kind of a bonus for me.
This is pretty good. Nice gameplay flow, decent art style, similar sense of humour to the original.
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neems 5,635 posts
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A cursory glance suggests the splash screen and intro movie are zoomed in (but fullscreen), the game itself seems to be fine, fills the whole screen and the UI is in the corners.
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OnlyJoeKing 1,293 posts
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Registered 9 years ago@neems Cheers! I'm very tempted to pull the trigger on this. Can only have 2 more games this year thanks to the 10 game challenge, so it's a big call...
I'll pass your details to my legal team in case I go for it
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OnlyJoeKing 1,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOh great, 2 minutes past 8 and I've missed the offer. "finishes at 9pm" my fucking ass!
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Having played a lot of theme hospital, some in the last year, this is pretty much the same game with updated graphics and controls.
It's fairly simple to get 1 star on the early levels but getting 2 or 3 requires some skill.
Not sure on the level of variation of diseases so far, I've seen quite a few, it seems like there's a lot as long as they keep getting added to as I progress.
There's nothing mobile ish about the interface I can see other than it uses big buttons. TH did similar. The only real complaint is there's not much innovation going on.
Edited by Not-a-reviewer at 22:07:20 30-08-2018
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