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2.7 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  3. Negative: 12 out of 17

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  1. RichardH.
    Jul 1, 2007
    1
    Poorly supported let down. Theme hospital, although considerably older, is still the better game. Features added have no overall effect on the game, such as staff interaction.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JonasH.
    Jun 10, 2007
    2
    An unworthy successor of a great game, only confirming what we already know: Modern tycoon/simulation games are generally becoming more and more unoriginal, boring and a total waste of good gamers money.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. LatinGamerRox
    Jun 11, 2007
    6
    Hospital Tycoon=Worse version of Theme Hospital. The music sucks,and the voices are so annoying. The gameplay is similar of theme hospital. all that drama sucks....You will play for a while and get bored. This is it.
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  4. HarryS.
    Jun 13, 2007
    6
    Dissapointing. Loved theme hospital but this takes a step backwards in terms of quality. When will game developers learn some games dont benefit from a fully 3d engine. I like the extra types of staff and greater variation in machines etc but it retains none of the charm found in bullfrogs classic. Its not a bad game just not a terribly good one, maybe a 6 is a little harsh, but i just dont enjoy it as much as Theme Hospial 10 years ago.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  5. [Anonymous]
    Jun 17, 2007
    1
    Waste of money and time. totally repetitive and annoying, too much drama behind it, lack of things to do.. a total deception.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  6. Erica
    Jul 21, 2009
    1
    I actually enjoyed this game, but the glitches were numerous. I can't even play it anymore. My boyfriend has a high tech gaming computer and he even downloaded a couple patches and the game keeps glitching. The camera angle gets stuck in the wall. It was a waste of my $20.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  7. SebS.
    Jun 4, 2007
    8
    Awesome game! I loved Theme Hospital and love this game even more! better graphics by a mile and an easier interface to play with, changes in the game play are good and will attract more sim lite gamers 5 stars!
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  8. AnonymousMC
    Aug 22, 2007
    2
    This has to be one of the worst games I've ever played. I was sadly disappointed. Theme Hospital was awesome, but this wasn't an upgrade at all. I'd rather play Theme Hospital than this game. The thing that annoyed me most was that the camera angle was terrible, and no matter how much I tried to change it, I felt like I didn't get a good overview at all. Very disappointing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. HK_Titan
    Apr 22, 2011
    0
    This game is absolutely useless. There is a bug where the patients will stop seeking treatment and just chug coffee in the lobby until they die. Don't waste your money on this game. IT IS BROKEN AND HAS NO SUPPORT FROM DEVELOPERS AT ALL!!! I bought this on steam, but this game isn't even worth the time to torrent.
  10. Tperson
    Jan 9, 2012
    0
    Absolutely Horrible. Nothing much to say apart from the fact that you shouldn't buy it. I played this for a whole 10 minutes before I decided that I'd return it to the store. No wonder it was only $8.
  11. Quadlex
    Jan 27, 2012
    3
    There is a problem with simulation games, and that is that it's easy to have them turn into generic click-fests. Without dynamic challenges, you're soon forced into repeating the same tasks, sucking all the charm from everything. And unfortunately, that about wraps up Hospital Tycoon. Once you get over the tutorial levels, all you're doing is repeating the same tasks over and over, and the hospital never really changes. The game is built around the idea of running a hospital from a TV drama. As such, each level starts off with a small vignette detailing the latest drama around the "Characters", your staff. And then you get dropped into a soulless, repetitive hospital simulator, pushing the same things around and around, much like dealing with a real public hospital, except with less depth. The game tries to go in the same humorous vein as Theme Hospital did, but in a much less interesting way. The diseases give characters things like sneezing fits, or odd colours, but it feels puerile instead of funny. You send them to the diagnostician, have them sent to pharmacy, check out their conditions in your research room, and nearly die of ennui. The game as a whole treats patients as a side-effect of its real illness: Causing drama amongst the staff. You can order your staff to go and be romantic at other characters, fight with them, make friends or make out. The only thing lacking is a point. I don't really WANT to make my nurses slap each other over and over. I don't CARE if the charming male doctor makes the ladies swoon (And why not make the men swoon? Oh right, mature themes are bad for games, lets have sex and violence). I want funny illnesses and challenges that are adaptive, not just "There are more patients, oh noes". What makes it an even harder slog is that the interface you have for ordering your staff around is fiddly, ugly, and unintuitive. Even if I want to make one of the pharmacists go and drink water for an hour like they're working on the side of a road instead of the side of a pill counter, it would drive ME mad first. I bought this game in a Steam sale, and it cost me about $5 and then 2 hours or so of my life before I just couldn't play anymore. I want them both back. This is appallingly boring. I'm giving it a 3 because it's not actually buggy, and the concept is at least different... But I simply don't want to play it ever again.… Expand
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Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. GamesRadar
    70
    You control every tile of the hospital floor, from the amount of vending machines to how much you pay your surgeons. It does get tiresome, especially after hearing the bossa-nova-flavored lounge music loop for the 70th time, but for a short while it can be as addictive as OxyContin.
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  2. PC Gamer UK
    51
    Apathy-inducing hospital undrama. [July 2007, p.74]
  3. PC Format
    67
    It's cute in an exploding flatulence kind of way, but the actual gameplay itself is pretty tedious and repetitive. [July 2007, p.70]
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