Been playing this a fair bit since launch. Anyone else yet?
I wasn't sure how the formula would translate from Two Point Hospital or if it would just be a change of paint but there are enough differences while keeping it mostly the same. I'm finding some levels more challenging than anything in Two Point Hospital.
So far my beefs are I'm less invested in learning grades outside of the minimum requirements to pass a level. Where as in Hospital I was a little more invested in getting each patient from diagnosis to cure. I'm also less enthusiastic about how each level is mostly dedicated to a particular curriculum. In TP Hospital as new levels and facilities were unlocked you'd still have to build on previous learnings and conditions. Some of the star conditions are rough though. Like in the Cheeseball sports level getting 75% average hygiene is tough during the year despite heaps of showers and sanitising stations. I can only tick that one off after the school year is done and the students no longer have classes.
What I do like though is the down time between school years where you aren't timed and can use it to build and expand and stuff.
I have been playing it on PC through Game Pass and I bought it on PS5 so I can play it regardless of where I am at home. It's definitely far more intuitive with mouse and KB. It's certainly not unplayable by any stretch with controller but sometimes it can be clunky trying to flick back and forth between menus and screens. Once I've started to build up my campus a bit the frame rate can also tank a bit on PS5. Hitting those damned book worms to me feels a bit trickier with a controller too.
I don't know if I just like TP Hospital more because Theme Hospital was one of my favourite games, but TP Campus just doesn't quite hit me the same way. Still pretty decent though.
I wasn't sure how the formula would translate from Two Point Hospital or if it would just be a change of paint but there are enough differences while keeping it mostly the same. I'm finding some levels more challenging than anything in Two Point Hospital.
So far my beefs are I'm less invested in learning grades outside of the minimum requirements to pass a level. Where as in Hospital I was a little more invested in getting each patient from diagnosis to cure. I'm also less enthusiastic about how each level is mostly dedicated to a particular curriculum. In TP Hospital as new levels and facilities were unlocked you'd still have to build on previous learnings and conditions. Some of the star conditions are rough though. Like in the Cheeseball sports level getting 75% average hygiene is tough during the year despite heaps of showers and sanitising stations. I can only tick that one off after the school year is done and the students no longer have classes.
What I do like though is the down time between school years where you aren't timed and can use it to build and expand and stuff.
I have been playing it on PC through Game Pass and I bought it on PS5 so I can play it regardless of where I am at home. It's definitely far more intuitive with mouse and KB. It's certainly not unplayable by any stretch with controller but sometimes it can be clunky trying to flick back and forth between menus and screens. Once I've started to build up my campus a bit the frame rate can also tank a bit on PS5. Hitting those damned book worms to me feels a bit trickier with a controller too.
I don't know if I just like TP Hospital more because Theme Hospital was one of my favourite games, but TP Campus just doesn't quite hit me the same way. Still pretty decent though.
