EA Staff (Retired)Hello @ivrognard
And thank you for bringing these good old memories. I am a huge Bullfrog games fan, and played every one of them! Theme Hospital is still one of the best games in this genre to date. In fact, I was playing it just a couple of weeks ago in Origin. Still feels good to help people with all sorts of weird diseases. Although, you can find a lot of different Theme Park type of games now, Theme Hospital remains unique on its own.
@EA_Archi indeed. Any attempts to reproduce what Theme Hospital had to offer failed. I would be happy with a remaster to be honest.
And the Theme Park games are still unique in their own way. They always offered the right balance between buidling and management, but it was the management part that always counted. Roller Coaster Tycoon, Thrillville, Planet Coaster focused more on the building aspect. The Theme Park games managed to hit the right spot. Plus, you had a lot of enjoyment seeing those little people roaming through the park, assaulting the ticket booths or the food stands.
I kind of miss the era of the good tycoon games. Wish we have another good one, but the genre seems to be dead in the water, sadly. Would love to see a new Theme Park (or any game that would be able to do what the old Theme Park did).
Planet Coaster looks fun, but is more of a building game. RCT: World is universally hated (for good reasons). So, yeah there is a small wish there for games like the old Theme games🙂
Personally i am glad that EA still offers two of the Theme games and i am hopeful to see the rest of the series having a digital release
EA Staff (Retired)Yeah, I am with you on this 100%. You do need a strong sense of balance to make a great Theme game. I don`t know if some new is coming or not, but adding new graphic to the old and awesome gameplay would definitely make me a happy gamer. Theme Park was so bright and fun, with the deep economy thrown as a bonus.
