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Review: Hospital Tycoon

by on Jun.21, 2007, under The Rest

Bullfrog’s Theme Hospital is ten. Ten years old and still selling astonishingly well. More than half a million copies have been bought in the UK and, bogglingly, it still outsells many brand new big-budget PC releases. It’s probably going to outsell Hospital Tycoon too.

Despite nicking almost every aspect of Theme Hospital, Hospital Tycoon doesn’t feel half as comfortable to play. You begin with semi-established hospitals, playing as the manager who must hire staff, build rooms, buy equipment and respond to the needs of your patients and employees – standard management stuff. This is delivered episodically, with three different hospitals split into chapters of story, each with specific tasks. But it takes ‘episodic’ literally, presented as a hospital soap opera, with key cast members and strange events.

One of my Gamer reviews has found its way onto their website. So posty-a-go-go.


3 Comments for this entry

  • The_B
    June 21st, 2007 on 21:52

    Theme Hospital wll never be beaten. If only for the classic: “Patients are advised NOT to die in the corridoors…”

  • Juliet
    June 24th, 2007 on 20:59

    I always reccomend Theme Hospital to my friends who don’t-play-games-but-want-games for their new PC’s. They never listen, though.

  • Tedi Wprrier
    June 25th, 2007 on 20:10

    Let us hope that future Primary Care Trust managers will have to present their Hi-Score ratings along with their CVs.
    It could be our only hope.

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