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Two Point CampusRating 455Developer Two PointPublisher SegaPlatform PC XBO PS5Price Rs 1799Whats better than a game that lets you manage hospitals One that lets you manage college campuses At least that is what developers Two Point were banking on when they created this new game Riding on the success of Two Point Hospital released in 2018 which itself was a remake of Theme Hospital a game developed in 1997The developers have created Two Point Campus which on the surface seems like a skinned version of their hospital game However after spending nearly 40 hours playing it I can tell you it is much deeper and more varied than Hospital Though released last year the game is right now free to play for Xbox Game pass subscribers which makes it worth checking outThe start is sort of cookiecutter You start by taking on a relatively easy school to manage You obviously play an administrator Like the Hospital game there are several factors to take care of such as student grades events celebrity visitors loans and most crucial profitability You also have to take care of a few curve balls thrown along the way The courses offered by your university are mostly fictional however there are some tongueincheek attempts at garnering chuckles such as the Knight school where you train knights Over time you will ignore these because of how intense the gameplay getsBuilding a functional campus is pretty tough First you have to deal with the odd geometries of the structure and then house all the various departments Then you have to hire and in later stages train the right staff from a limited talent pool You have to monitor the students whose grades are bad and ensure they are helped with private tutoring You will also be bombarded by personal and academic requests from students fulfilling them will increase the desirability of your campus thereby increasing student happinessThe first stage is an introduction to the game and it feels like a skewed version of Hospital Several extras make your campus more attractive and you can unlock this with a particular coin called Kudosh These are handed out only when you complete specific goals so they are hard to gather Fortunately I havenrsquot seen any way to buy them directly from Two Point so you have to put in the effort to unlock embellishments in the game I say embellishments but some of these extras are crucial to your studentrsquos success in the game Like the objects you need to get for students to complete assignmentsThis may sound like Two Point Hospital to anyone who has played the game However from the second stage things make a dramatic shift Because there are several types of campuses in the second stage you must build a culinary college with different requirements At every stage after that you are introduced to new types of campuses with more challenging odds and other goals Itrsquos a nice variation that makes the game fresh After the fifth or sixth stage you unlock sandbox mode which lets you play all the various campuses in the gameIt is possible to lose months playing something like this with an openended goal but thatrsquos the charm of these simulations I wonrsquot spoil the fun by listing all the campuses that will be made available but rest assured that there is enough variety to keep you occupied for a while Some are easy to play while others can be extremely toughGraphically Two Point has gone with its standard cartoonish fare which makes it look like a DLC Downloadable Content of Hospital rather than a fullfledged game It should be light enough to play on an older system though we played this game on the newer Xbox There are also a few DLCs floating around which will cost extra if you want to add these to the gameTwo Point Campus is a lot of fun to play and like Hospital game this has some personality and humour which contributes to the enjoyment of its solid gameplay The game is available on Steam for PC under Rs 2000 and considering how much time you can sink into it I would say itrsquos a good deal If you are a fan of strategy simulation games like SimCity this game must be in your library Itrsquos at the right price right now making it more attractive