Hospital Tycoon ("Theme Hospital" in 3D)

furnace · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:00

Looks like it could be good;

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/hospitaltycoon/index.php

But then I saw this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au63S4xIVzg

I truley, truley hope that they haven't ruined an excellent game like Theme Hospital by mixing it with Sims-esque gameplay

I loved the original Theme Hospital (shame on bullfrog for selling out to EA)... I hope this Hospital Tycoon isn't as Sims-like as the video makes it seem!

Duke · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:06

The original was awesome. Remember bloaty head?

It does look a bit like sims but not too bad.

Mp4 · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:12

never mind

Hospital Tycoon
Format: PC-DVD
Category: Action Strategy / RTS Games
Availability: Pre Order - released Summer 2007
Stock availability: Pre Order

jojothemonkey69 · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:12

cool, scrubs the game

Jongo · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:20

looks intresting, theme hospital was such a good game back in the day.

Steedie · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:29

We played Theme hospital over LAN not long ago, still a great game. So fun multiplayer too

Looking forward to this after seeing that, must admit I knew nothing about it til this thread

Dingleberry88 · 21 Apr 2007 at 17:30

Theme Hospital's multiplayer?

How does that work?

Ren.182 · 21 Apr 2007 at 18:06

Dingleberry88 said:
Theme Hospital's multiplayer?

How does that work?

Whoever cures the most patients or builds the best hospital or something like that. Never played it myself though.

Loved the original Theme Hospital. Great fun. I hope this is more like the original and less like the sims.

Doonhamer · 21 Apr 2007 at 19:26

If this is even half as good as Theme Hospital I will definitely be buying this.

dbmzk1 · 21 Apr 2007 at 19:31

DOCTOR REQUIRED IN INFLATER ROOM!

This looks VERY sim-like. Not good imo

snowdog · 21 Apr 2007 at 19:36

Still play theme hospital sometimes, got it in an ea classics pack it was oen of the 3 games, works fine in xp.

If this will be sims like I will be heavily disappointed, sims original was ok, but it isnt for a hospital game, and sims 2 was just rubbish imo.

Hope its just like theme hospital but then with better gfx, funnier diseases, but must still include bloaty head, invisibility, inflated toung or whatver the big toung thing was, etc...

Energize · 21 Apr 2007 at 19:37

Crappy flash website, is there a non flash version? It's so annoying having to click loads of items to get a few lines of text then having to scroll down because the frame is about 10 pixels high and then wait for it to load. The people who make these sorts of websites are idiots.

SpudMaster · 21 Apr 2007 at 19:44

snowdog said:
inflated toung or whatver the big toung thing was, etc...

pretty sure is was slack tongue, had that machine to cut it off

sniffy · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:02

So many fonds memories of playing theme hospital as a young whipper snapper

I agree with other comments, looks a bit sims like

Down1oader · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:10

The flash site screenshots are outdated btw. By a lot. Game is more theme hospital like than sims like, thats all im saying or else ill get maimed or something

furnace · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:11

Energize said:
Crappy flash website, is there a non flash version? It's so annoying having to click loads of items to get a few lines of text then having to scroll down because the frame is about 10 pixels high and then wait for it to load. The people who make these sorts of websites are idiots.

Click Here

Lots of websites with info

Energize · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:18

I just hope they make another dungeon keeper sequel as well.

Marky · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:23

I think that Theme Hospital might just be the greatest simulation of all time

It was great, and unfortunatly Hospital Tycoon looks like it might be a bit of a flop like ER the game was

Duouk2000 · 21 Apr 2007 at 21:04

Seems like there's more focus being put on the characters than the actual running of the hospital

Early days of course but still....

furnace · 21 Apr 2007 at 22:59

Energize said:
I just hope they make another dungeon keeper sequel as well.

Most definately

I installed Dungeon Keeper 2 again not too long ago - it's still got the charm of the first one and with a bit of fiddling you can get it at a proper resolution

Duouk2000 said:
Seems like there's more focus being put on the characters than the actual running of the hospital

Early days of course but still....

I think it's slated for release this summer so tbh they're probably getting towards finishing up now! Like you say, I hope the trailer's a bit of a parody, and in reality there's not much involvement with individual staff and more based on actual hospital management