is there a sandbox mode?

[BLÀde]

i've played the original theme hospital and it was fun for a while until you start playing on the same maps over and over again with the same goals. is this the same?

[AlimaBen]

Currently no.

[bumbaclad]

The entire game is linked together; for instance research counts for all maps. The last map is basically a sandbox mode as it is very large.

[Anu]

Yes it is.

[BLÀde]

Originally posted by bumbaclad:

The entire game is linked together; for instance research counts for all maps. The last map is basically a sandbox mode as it is very large.

but it would still be the same. was afraid of this i don't think i'd be willing to spend $30 on this maybe when it's on sale for $15

[MC858]

$15 is what this game should have cost. its kinda cool but you literally start a level and do the same build order over and over. its not fun. building the same room over and over is not that fun. decorating rooms over and over isnt that fun. lol idk how else to describe it

[BLÀde]

Originally posted by MC858:

$15 is what this game should have cost. its kinda cool but you literally start a level and do the same build order over and over. its not fun. building the same room over and over is not that fun. decorating rooms over and over isnt that fun. lol idk how else to describe it

that's exactly how TH was. i was hoping they would have changed it up a bit doesn't look like it though.

[Bou]

This one will have a sandbox:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/868360/Project_Hospital/

[99luft]

Love the silliness, puns, animation but MC858 has it pegged - over and over and over, no fun.

[Giblets]

Problem with a sandbox mode there is it challenge, and no game.. just plonk things on the map and that's it. don't have to worry about money, death or anything.

But as others have said LAST LEVEL is pretty much a sandbox. play the main game to unlock it. then you can do whatever you want with it.

[99luft]

My concept for 'Sandbox' mode with this game would be instead of gaining three stars at each hospital and unlocking new stuff thereby and then moving on to a new site and rebuild all the basic stuff, start with gigantic map and for each three stars you unlock stuff but add it to or reshape roons,etc., on the same map a la Cities Skylines.

[mreed2]

Originally posted by 99luft:

My concept for 'Sandbox' mode with this game would be instead of gaining three stars at each hospital and unlocking new stuff thereby and then moving on to a new site and rebuild all the basic stuff, start with gigantic map and for each three stars you unlock stuff but add it to or reshape roons,etc., on the same map a la Cities Skylines.

I don't understand what you are asking for -- on any map you can "add to it or reshape rooms" at any time. The only thing that you cannot do is modify the layout of buildings, but the laswt map is designed to include multiple large, open buildings -- far more than you will need to reach any goal the game will allow you to.

Keep in mind that, even with "perfect" patient AI, there is an absolute maximum number of patients per month that can be handled by a theoritically perfectly laid out hospital . This is because, at some point, the amount of time patients spend walking from room A to room B will exceed the amount of time the patient will survive or is willing to wait. More rooms doesn't help in this sutation -- you can only put so many rooms close to one another, so eventually you'll find yourself in a situation where all the rooms that the patients are willing / able to walk to are 100% utilizied and you are stuck. This is a common limit for all simulation games -- a large enough city in Cities Skyline will start to break down due to similar effects (traffic, to be exact).

So....

As far as I can tell, your complaint is that you can't change the layout of buildings on the map -- the fact that there is a level with buildings large enough that you'll only fill them with useless (or grossly oversized) rooms isn't good enough.

<shrug> OK, then, I guess this isn't the game for you.