You’ll need to hire doctors, nurses, janitors and assistants, and make sure your hospital has all the facilities your patients require. Each level starts with you plopping down a reception desk, followed by a GP’s office, a pharmacy and some other familiar rooms. The interface, the game mechanics, the design, even the humor in Two Point Hospital is near identical to that of its predecessor. Those who've played Theme Hospital will feel like they're being welcomed home. As expected, EA did their whole corporate thing which caused the remainder of Bullfrog Studios to cancel several of their projects until they were eventually merged into EA UK, and the name Bullfrog Studios was no more, an event which was the gamer's equivalent to the day the music died. Their co-founder Peter Molyneux left EA soon after the merge to create another gem in the gaming world, Lionhead Studios, who would develop the classic Black & White. It was no different with Bullfrog Studios. Unfortunately, their success drew the attention of a little company named Electronic Arts, nowadays known as EA, and if you’ve been gaming as long as I have, you know that when EA gets involved, it’s only a matter of time before things go belly-up. Theme Hospital was the very first management sim I ever played and although I’ve played some great titles in the past 2 decades including the Caesar/ Pharaoh/ Zeus franchise and the various iterations of Sid Meier’s Civilization, to name some, few have been able to compare to Theme Hospital in sheer fun factor.īullfrog Studios, the geniuses behind our favorite hospital sim were also responsible for masterpieces like Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park, and Populous. I push the power button on my trusty Pentium 1 PC and finally get to do what I’ve been dreaming about all day, play Theme Hospital. When that high-pitched alarm echoes through the hallways I grab my already packed bag, and run the 5km to my house, because it’s 1997 and kids can still do that without being kidnapped or suffering some form of emotional distress. I count the seconds before I hear that bell ring, the bell of freedom that will release me from my current prison. In truth, my mind is at home, curing patients of Bloaty Head and the Uncommon Cold, mathematics has no place in my brain right now. My 11-year-old self is sitting in class, trying my best to look like I’m paying attention. 4) CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION THE PREDECESSOR
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