Whenever you read back about the game, it's always nostalgic and people remember things slightly through rose-tinted spectacles, but people did talk about the humour a lot and I think we've managed to do that again.' However, 'Even though thematically it shares a relationship with something we made back in the day, it's a very different experience.' 'We didn't want to throw away the charm of the original,' explains co-founder Gary Carr, ex of Bullfrog, Mucky Foot and Lionhead, 'but this its own entity. Here's your first look at Two Point Hospital, which aims primarily to set out its comedy credentials, and a return to Theme Hospital's made-up diseases and cures - in this case, the wordplay/visual gag double-punch of 'Lightheadedness':
I also had a big chat with lead devs and Bullfrog/Lionhead veterans Gary Carr and Mark Webley about the game over here. Two Point Hospital, a combination of management and comedy in a fantasy healthcare centre, is due for release - via publishers Sega - later this year, and the first trailer is below. The Simpsons, Aardman Animations, Twin Peaks, Prison Architect and, quite naturally, Theme Hospital - these are the major inspirations behind Two Point Hospital, an upcoming sim/management game from some of the folk responsible for Bullfrog's Theme glory years.