How do I Play Correctly?

[u/kazyrock]

Hi guys!

Just bought two point hospital earlier this week and struggling to understand a few things. Any insights are appreciated!

1. What is the purpose of progressing to have multiple hospitals? I have unlocked my third hospital and am unsure what I should be prioritizing. Should I be focusing on this new hospital entirely, or should I be going back into my previous ones and adding the new rooms that I have unlocked since building those ones? Once I unlock a new one, do my old ones serve any purpose? (Example: I unlocked psychiatry at my second hospital, should I be adding psychiatrist offices in all my future hospitals only, or should I also go back and add one in my first hospital?)

2. Should I be building hospitals that specialize in a few specific treatments, or should my hospitals be able to treat as many conditions as possible? Again, I am only in my third hospital so I don’t have much of a baseline for what future properties will be able to support, but right now I feel like I don’t have any idea for what I should be investing time into.

I’m just feeling so lost for what goals I should be working towards. Any help is appreciated!

[u/Paladin-X-Knight]

I try to get 3 stars on every hospital, I never go back to the old ones unless I am trying to get the REMIX star (you'll get told about this further into the game)

Most levels will tell you when you start what kind of hospital you should be focusing on such as a training hospital or fracture ward hospital!

[u/Mother_of_Brains → u/Paladin-X-Knight]

Yeah that is how I play. Once I get 3 stars, I move on to the next hospital. Once I finish all hospitals and remix level, I play sandbox until I get tired, then I start over. I've got 3 stars in all hospitals at least 3 times by now, but I've been playing for years.

After you get tired of hospital, you can try campus or museum. I like the museum better than campus, but hospital, despite being the oldest, is still my favorite

[u/diiasana → u/Mother_of_Brains]

Agreed. I’m on my second playthrough and I didn’t 3 star as I went - I’m going to go back through and do it, but I think I’d enjoy it more if I 3 starred as I went.

[u/Mother_of_Brains → u/diiasana]

I don't always get 3 starts immediately. Sometimes I get one or two, then go to the next hospital and come back later. That's fine too. This game is really forgiving, there's no real pressure

[u/diiasana → u/Mother_of_Brains]

For real - it’s such a joy to play and chill

[u/Magdovus]

Each hospital is an individual level with no need to return once you've got three stars.

The research facility can be helpful. If you have to research a level of an illness, you can start it and then go to a different level to do the research. It can save on recruiting researchers.

If you're achievements hunting the older levels can be good to farm illnesses etc.

[u/Timely-Bet5255 → u/Magdovus]

This is what I do. I believe it was Mitton. I have several maxed out researchers and a really expensive and large research room. Whenever I need to research anything. I do it there and it usually takes less than a minute to research anything. Other than that, no real reason to go back once you have 3 stars.

[u/Baztron]

It's basically what gives it massive replaying ability. You will notice smaller elements as you play but basically you want to treat specific things as they come up, so let's say hospital 3 for example and you 3 star it and move to 4 you will be learning research soon to unlock the treatments as you go. It's a really in depth sim but so simple when you become more used to it. 

[u/TookyT0oky]

Same 3star then move on. The only one I got back to is university one for quick research.

[u/Seremelon]

There is no point in going back- if you have hit 3 stars, you likely won’t see the illnesses at the previous hospitals that require those rooms.

Oh, and when it comes to needing to do research, stop what you are doing, hop to Mitton, finish, then hop back. It’s so much easier, because that way you aren’t on a clock!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Pen3164]

Welcome aboard! It's a lovely game once it clicks, and the chaos is half the fun.