![]() ![]() But that night, there was something unusual. It wasn't unusual to hear the muffled thump ofloud dance music and the babble of the party crowd throbbing out well into the early hours. At the back i of the building was a community centre, which habitually hosted wedding receptions, I And then noticed I what was going on i outside. Prayers to a God I didn't even believe in, balancing precariously on the f brink of death's precipice. Mary's Hospital, fading in and out ofĬonsciousness, choking on my own blood and mumbling desperate I was utterly convinced that within the hour, I'd find myself being wheeled into the casualty department Hospital, fading in at of St. Me, being tied into a pretzel and hurled bollocks-first from the top floor window by his knuckleheaded cronies. Me, having my face cut open with a rusty bread-knife. So anyway, I was hiding upstairs, cowering, contemplating the scene that would doubtless unfold: me, having my legs broken with a hammer. Not because I was afraid of him (the only circumstances under which he'd be scary would be if you found him sitting on your lap, winking and wriggling around), but I was afraid of one of the more specific threats he kept making: namely, to return with a van-load of his 'friends', who were considerably larger, bolder, and far more likely to stove heads in with crowbars. You are working with a budget so you have to decide to go for expensive people who are great, or take a chance on someone who may have a few “issues” ![]() You need to hire doctors, nurses, and other staff such as handymen. Dealing with people is also something you have to contend with. While building your hospital and having the right rooms and the right pieces of medical equipment is a massive part of the game. You can develop new technologies that can create cures which is cool and there is always something that needs your attention. As you progress you get more and more things to make use of and it becomes apparent that Theme Hospital is far deeper than you thought. You need things like an examination room, pharmacy, reception desk, and so on. When you start you just have a small area and you need to start filling your hospital out. It is the perfect blend of challenging and fun and it will often swing one way more than the other as you play on many occasions. As you play Theme Hospital you will always be doing a delicate balancing act of trying to keep everything afloat. It is also there to make some big bucks as well. Of course, things can go wrong and, when youre facing a psychiatric ward full of Elvis impersonators or a bunch of people in Out Patients with Hairy-itis (an affliction which causes all- over body hair, for which you dont have a cure), youll think that youre the one whos going to need to lie down on a couch.The goal of the game is to build a hospital that is not only there to treat patients and make people feel better. ![]() Just as in real life, you have to make your hospital function, carefully using your resources to good effect, healing and repairing the sick and injured and giving yourself a warm feeling inside. While Theme Park detailed the day-to-day running of an amusement park, mixing cute, colourful graphics with a fully operational economic simulator, Bullfrog is applying Theme Park's fantastic gameplay to the everyday running of your very own hospital. Theme Park is one of the biggest selling games of all time - nearly a million copies sold, still in the charts, and nearly two years since it was released. ![]()
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