This looks like chaos, and, well, that’s because it is. Overgrowth was the first time we really struggled to make a profit and had to regularly take out loans to bridge the gap as we tried frantically to complete the challenges. As you do you’ll need to quickly build into them to meet the increasing demands and it’s not as easy at is seems. With Pebberley Island’s second hospital, Overgrowth, you need to fulfil challenges in order to claim back the area from the wilderness that has reclaimed it. Generally speaking, most hospitals within Two Point County have a few surrounding plots you can buy to expand your operation. Once you’ve managed, or mismanaged your way to one star you can then move on to the first of two interesting twists Pebberley Island brings to the usual Two Point Hospital formula. Whilst it’s not exactly difficult to do, it’d be nice to have the option to have your janitors replace them with a toggle to turn it off should you be strapped for cash. Should you forget to replace it, the next time a fire starts nearby you’ll need to place one again for a janitor to use it. Since they require extinguishers to get rid of them, a janitor uses one and then it is discarded and not replaced - as per the law. Each can damage equipment and litter your hospital but with plenty of janitors on hand they become less of a worry with the exception of fires. Our mismanagement aside, there are also some interesting weather events from lightning strikes that cause fires, to raining down frogs and tornadoes. It’s a place one imagines that would be popular with celebrities but then again, one visit would be all it would take for them to realise their mistake.
Starting off with Pebberley Reef, the new, sunnier climate makes its presence well known since our hospital looks more like a resort than some manically mismanaged excuse for healthcare. In his quest to discover the secret of eternal life he asks you to help manage the hospitals that are uncovered along the way. As a trio all three new hospitals are very much more of the same with only Swelbard offering up something of note.Īs we put the Pointy Mountains firmly in our rear-view mirror we then moved on to Pebberley Island after receiving a communique from Wiggy Silverbottom. They’re a bit of a slog and suck some of the fun out of planning and building your hospital up. The goals for each star just seem obtusely large with one hundred and eighty ghosts needing capturing in this haunted location as part of your one-star requirements.
Unfortunately, the final new hospital, Roquefort Castle is a bit of let down. At the same time, as your staff are completely untrained to begin with, deaths and unsuccessful cures are very high so clawing back the difference can be a tough ask. This scenario really tests your mettle as it necessitates a delicate balance between training and staff numbers to make sure you don’t get overrun. This is easier said than done and requires you to focus on research alongside training so that you can build the required treatment rooms. This forces you to rely heavily on training and, if you want to get even the first star, you need to keep your cure rate above 60%. As one of the most remote locations in the Pointy Mountains it doesn’t really attract the best staff. It’s a nice little hook but of the three new hospitals the Bigfoot expansion offers, Swelbard offers the toughest challenge. Complete them and you’ll get an bonus injection of cash which, if things are getting tight, can be of great relief. As you work away trying to keep ahead of the ever-increasing amount of patients the hotel this hospital is attached to will assign you targets. With barely a few rooms and a fracture clinic in situ, your task is a simple case of modernising and bringing in further diagnoses and treatment rooms. Your first port of call is the Underlook Hotel. Having successfully petitioned for better healthcare in the unloved and secluded Pointy Mountains, it is now your job to bring modern healthcare to the region. Starting off with Bigfoot you receive a letter from reclusive celebri-yeti, Bartholomew F. Both expansions add three new hospitals to manage with a plethora of new illnesses to treat and plenty of new treatment rooms to match. We’re now almost a year on from its launch and in that time two expansions have been released - Bigfoot in December and, more recently, Pebberley Island in March this year. When we reviewed Two Point Hospital in September last year we came away happy knowing that the spiritual successor to Theme Hospital kept the fun and the spirit of Bullfrog’s original hospital management sim.
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