Codemasters to operate on Hospital Tycoon

By Matt Martin Published 23 August, 2006

Promises "part soap opera and part comedy".

God sim obsessive Deep Red Games is snapping on its rubber gloves in anticipation of probing PC gamers next spring with the release of Hospital Tycoon.

Hoping to be more Green Wing than ER, the management sim sees players charged with running a hospital on the verge of collapse, and promising emerging situations in the forms of patients stricken with odd ailments. Such as, "the man afflicted with 'Monkey Nuts' and the office worker diagnosed with 'Stress Zombosis'"

Skipping micro-management and all those other dull old simulation staples, Hospital Tycoon hopes its character interaction will set it apart. "It'll be accessible, funny, visually gorgeous and offer depth for those that want to dig for it," said Hospital Tycoon's project leader, Steve Beverley.

"We've added a generous helping of widely-appealing humour and a kind of soap-opera format too," said Beverley, while taking a break from the laughing gas.

Directing the medical staff, ensuring patients are cared for and building dedicated areas for surgery and diagnosis will all be in a days work. As well as slopping up patients' vomit and restraining mentals, no doubt.

Those that wish to stick their hands into the stomach of Hospital Tycoon and have a good old rummage around will be able to do so early next year, courtesy of Codemasters.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Darkedge #1 6 years ago

    I want!

  • Hunam85 #2 6 years ago

    The ER game was fairly silly aswell if i recall from the shots.

    If it doesn't top Theme Hospital, there really is no point.

  • the_dudefather #3 6 years ago

    i still play theme hospital sometimes, as good as it always was, the pixel art style graphics still look pretty cool :)

  • Sko #4 6 years ago

    "Tycoon" has turned into a bit of a dirty word when it comes to management sims. Pretty much synonymous with cheap and tatty half-arsed games.

  • faux_carnation #5 6 years ago

    Sounds like a complete theme hospital rip-off. shameless.

    tsk tsk.

  • GamerAddict #6 6 years ago

    I agree........didn't Theme Hospital have funny ailments? Character interaction and all the other selling points of Hospital Tycoon???

    I like the way that the article doesn't mention TH once! lol

  • AHiFi #7 6 years ago

    Aye, Theme Hospital really is still a good game to go back and play.

  • YoJimbo #8 6 years ago

    Its yet another typical example of Codemasters having no original ideas of there own.

    "Hmmm, Theme Hospital....thats looks good, lets make that"

    Just like "Hmmm, Fifa and PES...how hard can it be, lets make a unbeatable football game"

    And my personal favourite "Hmmmm, these MMORPGs are pretty successful aren't they, how hard can it be...LETS MAKE A MMORPG"

  • posh_geordie #9 6 years ago

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  • YoJimbo #10 6 years ago

    Yes but you developed the mighty dragon empires did u not?? 4 years in dev going nowhere...

    And with Club Football, Codies expected to give PES and Fifa a serious run for there money..with the first edition...without really thinking about the fact that these guys have 10 years plus experience of making football games. Such realistic targets ;o)

    I say unbeatable in the the sense of the general codies attitude of "Look at that seriously succesful franchise or range of games....lets do that!" without really ever thinking about what makes these games so successful....with fifa and PES, 10 years experience / with MMO's, tonnes of experienced developers working on MMO after MMO.

    Just makes me laugh that they believe they can get the world on a stick in a day, and it'll be the best god damn stick out there!