That said, you might have spent ages getting the right person for the right role, only to constantly find them in the swanky staff room you made. Besides their personality traits they’ll each have one or more specialisms that dictate where you might want to put them to work, whether that’s doctors that can perform psychiatry or have a good bedside manner, or reception assistants that don’t tire as quickly. While you might find staff who’re dull, will work for peanuts, or are just plain lazy, some of them have more unusual quirks – it’s probably best not to think about what Toilet Rage actually constitutes.

Unsurprisingly the best doctors and nurses with the widest array of skills and special abilities come at a premium, while the student equivalent will be vastly cheaper, though they might not turn up on time and bring a bunch of bad habits with them.īesides a silly and unique name – I’ve got Dr Brad Fast and Dr Sylvia Avocado working for me – every member of staff has a brief list of characteristics which should not only help you decide on who to hire, but also lends each and every one of them a personality, despite mainly being these tiny avatars that perform functions in your hospital machine. Not only does it dictate what rooms you can build and what equipment and furniture you can afford, but it extends to the number and quality of staff you can hire. While there’s no misleading busses parked outside, watching your finances is crucial to the success of your hospital. Two Point Hospital has the beating heart of a tough management sim despite the humorous window dressing. While the silliness of the diseases is likely to tickle your funny bone the first few times you play, it’s the granular detail of the actual hospital administration that will keep you involved in the long term. There are more sensible underpinnings that your hospitals will need to function properly, so you’ll be looking for plenty of benches to keep patients happy while they wait, drafting in janitors to keep everything clean and working properly, and sticking sensible things like hand sanitiser and fire extinguishers about the place.

If it sounds silly, it is, and while the game’s light and terribly British sense of humour might not be for everyone, you’ll be missing out on all the serious strategy stuff if you decide to give it a miss. Thanks to this you’re likely to have a giant pan-removing machine – to cure a nasty case of Pandemic, obviously – nestling next to a psychiatrist who you’ve drafted in to deal with all the cases of Mock Star that turns its victims into Freddie Mercury lookalikes. Just as with Theme Hospital, your patients will be attending the hospital with a bunch of crazy and inane fantasy diseases, and it’s your task to try and give them the best care possible. Somehow Two Point Studio have managed to make hospital admin fun, and that’s at least partially thanks to coating the whole experience in as much humour as humanly possible.

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