Status Jay_Terref Oct 11, 2022
There are a few differences that makes this game stand out from Two Point Hospital. While essentially it is a very similar experience in its mechanics and gameplay, there are many welcome upgrades. Also, the year based gameplay where new students apply every year and old students progress to second and third years before graduating makes it very interesting. This …
There are a few differences that makes this game stand out from Two Point Hospital. While essentially it is a very similar experience in its mechanics and gameplay, there are many welcome upgrades. Also, the year based gameplay where new students apply every year and old students progress to second and third years before graduating makes it very interesting. This mechanic creates a requirement for changes to the campus to accommodate the students new classes. This last change makes it slightly more unique than other similar simulators. But only slightly so.
On the downside, the year mechanic also makes this game even more automatic than the previous: if you finished the 3rd year of a course, your campus will have everything it needs to run any future years without any input from you. Even the events can be setup so that they automatically happen every year at the same time. There's always the possibility of creating a second or third course, but even then most of the game will be running on automatic after the third year.
At this point, I would say you should only buy it if you really enjoyed Two Point Hospital. It is a really a fun game, but, just like Two Point Hospital at launch, it is in desperate need of content expansion. Whether through future patches or DLCs, I suspect this game will only be worth the price one year from now.