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A particularly bad case of third degree sideburns - Hospital Tycoon

AroducAroduc regular
edited June 2007 in Games and Technology
So, uh, supposedly this is the spiritual successor to Theme Hospital, but it's been pretty much ignored by the media and most of what I've heard registers it as pretty mediocre. Anybody here checked it out? If all it suffers from is outdated gameplay too similar to Theme Hospital's, then I'm sure I'd survive. It does look to have a similar sense of humor in the maladies, but the social wrangling that you have to do amongst your staff looks... irritating to say the least, and the rigidity of the building system is really really bizarre (you just plop down rooms, not 'draw' out space.

So... anyway... anybody have any thoughts on the game now that it's been out for a couple weeks?

Here, have some screenshots.
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And a couple trailers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8TCNCo5_SM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au63S4xIVzg

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  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Granted, I was once a professional grammar Nazi, but it's Lyme's Disease.

    Although that guy does appear to be turning green, so maybe the floating head is talking about something else entirely.

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  • ConnConn Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Bursar wrote: »
    Granted, I was once a professional grammar Nazi, but it's Lyme's Disease.

    Although that guy does appear to be turning green, so maybe the floating head is talking about something else entirely.

    Quite likely, since Lyme's Disease isn't even contagious.

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  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i think it was supposed to me a joke guys....

    like you know.... theme hospital diseases.

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  • IriahIriah Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It'd be cool if they worked in a 'it's not Lupus' gag in there.

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  • DamionDamion Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    TheKoolEagle wrote: »
    i think it was supposed to me a joke guys....

    like you know.... theme hospital diseases.

    I loved theme hospital. I'm going to give this a try asap.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited June 2007
    Bursar wrote: »
    Granted, I was once a professional grammar Nazi, but it's Lyme's Disease.

    Although that guy does appear to be turning green, so maybe the floating head is talking about something else entirely.

    lime.jpg

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I LOVED Theme Hospital, so I guess I'll be checking it out. It doesn't look that great though; the humour is really forced, and, well, not that funny.

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  • AtheraalAtheraal Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Hmm, looks like Scrubs meets The Sims. Pass.

    I'd play a demo, though. Any word of them releasing one?

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I do not see death walking the halls...

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Ok, this review makes it sound rather bad. Guess I'll pass for now.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Is this by the folks behind Evil Genius? Looks close enough.

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    Naw man, Elixir closed back in 2005.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    WHAT. D:

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    Apparently, no-one in the video game industry wants original IPs

    Shame, really. Evil Genius was awesome.

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    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited June 2007
    SporkAndrew wrote: »
    Apparently, no-one in the video game industry wants original IPs

    Shame, really. Evil Genius was awesome.

    Well, the project they were working on was Republic 2... and after the original Republic was... uh... shall we say... not popular... I got the feeling that it was a bit more personal than that.

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