[Oddskar]

I randomly started playing through Theme Hospital, and I'm now almost at the last level.

I must say: in general it hasn't held up very well. There are so many mechanics that are extremely poorly explained that are fundamental to the game. E.g. epidemics and earthquake/machine strength. Trying to micromanage all of the gameplay systems that are quite annoying to begin with doesn't end up being .. fun.

As a child I'm sure I liked it because it was goofy and approachable, but playing through it now I doubt I ever got through the levels where managing epidemics is important.

[blibble]

was that the old theme hospital or CorsixTH

about a year ago I got most of the way through CorsixTH before realising a few things didn't behave as they did in the original, namely epidemics

I went back and completed the original instead

[Oddskar]

It's the original TH.

Epidemics is a pretty bad gameplay system. Especially considering patients going between buildings automatically fails it; which makes it almost completely broken. On some maps buying some particular buildings is a complete foot-gun due to this.

[TheCycoONE]

Curious what you prefer about the original epidemics. As a rule we try to balance quality of life improvements with faithful implementation and lean towards faithful when a change is controversial.

For our own protection we do not reverse engineer though so the goal is similar to what can be observed and fun to play.

[moritonal]

Just wait until you find the fax machine mechanic xD

[arrowsmith]

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