Two Point Museum

Ah yes, Night at the Museum Tycoon: the game. Whoo another Two Point "dontcarewhatitiswilljustbuyit "! =) My wife’s boyfriend says the devs missed an opportunity for not including a Robin Williams Easter egg in which the Theodore Roosevelt Statue shows up for some fun shenanigans. Only a matter of time before we get Two Point Zoo! Although I guess a museum is already like a zoo just for dead things… Imma be honest, l've run a hospital for years and I think I do okay. People die from time to time, I have had a bad review or 9, my Doctors are overworked and underpaid, my hospital is clean but not next to godliness Ivl cleanliness, sometimes we have ghost or mice, and frankly our research department is one guy and a giant machine, yeah he literally just graduated two doors down from “in 14 hours on how to run it” but still. So with those facts, I was fully ready for going to work at a Museum because the animals are dead, the cavemen thought they were dead, and the paintings don't have a heartbeat so really I'm already way better at this job then the hospital! This will either be a well-maintained Museum or a nightmare for the people of Two Point Country. Strap on fellows, it's going to be quite the journey!! Still, Jasmin Odyssey better visit my museum and tell me my exhibits smell nice! All my life I wanted to be an archaeologist or work at a museum so when I saw they were making this I was delighted! After the massive disappointment that was Civ VII I had to shell out just to cleanse my heart, and Two Point Studios did not let me down. Really can't believe the price on this game for the amount of content and charm the game contains. It's very obvious how much work the team put into developing the game and it's instantly one of my favorites Sim games and definitely their best game so far. It's such a relief to finally get a game that delivers! I was starting to lose hope after a string of lackluster releases, but this one is truly exceptional. This is a testament to what's possible when developers take their time. It's a fantastic experience, and I was thrilled to have something so substantial to enjoy. Sometimes simple games like these are exactly what this gaming generation needs. Reminds me back when EA used to make great sim and management games... how the times have changed. I love that it's not too serious. Like all aspects of the game. Games like Planet Zoo or InZoi are so intense with the detailed graphics that it takes me out of the gameplay. The cartoon graphics in Two Point are perfect because it's pleasing to the eye and not super complicated. The game doesn't hesitate to make fun of itself and humor with the types of exhibits. I've played thousands of hours of the Two Point series mostly because it has a sense of humor. Every name, each little animation, the voiced commentary, all have a kind of tongue-in-cheek humor, lots of puns, some dry wit and sarcasm. The series has a wonderful tradition of doing the silliest takes on everyday things. Like a clown fish that has a clown nose, but is otherwise a normal clown fish. Or a security guard who subdues thieves with his trusty pepper grinder. The little details and surprises are endless and hilarious and by far my favorite thing about them. I love watching guests climb onto the fossils and give the exhibits a lick. Sure, the aesthetic is a joy, the variety of tasks is endlessly engaging, and the level of challenge is pitched just right, the customization of various elements is delightful, but it is the cheesy humor that makes it the best of its kind. Two Point Museum feels most like Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 or Theme Park World (Sim Theme Park) to me. You're building a themed tourist destination, there's tons of unique decorations for different themes available, and the business side of the game is much tighter this time around. While there's little risk of going bankrupt, staff will put a strain on your resources, and getting additional workplaces is always a trade off, because staff rooms are now very expensive. One major improvement over Hospital and Campus is the decreased reliance on large rooms, and the fact that temperature comfort no longer has to be managed for guests, only attractions. My favorite improved feature is that the cafeteria is now a proper room available from release, instead of a janky afterthought which feels punishing to use. The gameplay loop for museum is exactly what the series needed and I now can’t imagine going back to the older titles in the series. It feels a little like Animal Crossing and Two Point had a baby, because I felt like tearing down and rebuilding my island every time I would come in and expand/gut my museums. I like the way the game forces you into the mentality of “do the first star objective then go somewhere else” really helps. I no longer feel like I’m just ticking off objectives to pass the star grade, I’m actively returning to old museums and improving layouts/exhibits and rooms with new items, all with the combined goal to improve the museum. Of course the game is telling me to complete and objective but I’m just living my best life adding new exhibits and displaying them in a creative way which has been an extremely fun gameplay loop. I loved the creativity of museum. I bulldoze and redecorate the whole thing every few stars, everytime getting more elaborate and decoration dense. My first museums compared to my most recent ones are crazy. It's not high stakes difficult (unlike hospital!). I've never gone bankrupt, never really struggled to achieve an objective, and I actually love that. It's just fun. Most of the fun comes from just decorating in this game though. Like I got the idea to have a shark tank behind my receptionists for my aquarium. And a cafeteria surrounding an aquarium so you could eat while sea turtles swam around you. And you could like.. I dunno, melt a cave man and have him rampage. Or let one of your poltergeists get angry and run around scaring people.  After passing the first level and then going back I spent about 2hrs with the game on pause just rearranging everything and it feels extremely satisfying seeing the flow of it all. The expeditions are also very charming, I like that you can get different levels of exhibits, I also like that some improvements and unlocks are locked behind what feels like natural progression as a museum curator. There is pretty much ultimate creative freedom in Museum. You can rebuild all of the buildings, decorate everything how you'd like, put your employees in different outfits, and rearrange to your heart's content. They have an integrated mod management through Steam workshop too, so downloading is a literal click of a button away. For me personally this feels like the absolute evolution of the Two Point formula and I can’t wait to see what more DLC’s will add. In conclusion, the models are beautiful, the animations are incredible, and the humor is hilarious. The game strikes a perfect balance between cozy and challenging, but the most engaging part is the gameplay loop. The blend of decoration, investigation, and expeditions just clicks for you. It is also worth mentioning the various museum themes, each with its own game mechanics, and the quality of the DLCs. There is a lot of content. Furthermore, the developers truly care for the community, providing consistent updates and actively listening to our suggestions. While there are still some minor UI and gameplay issues to iron out, the company’s commitment is reassuring. If you like being creative then Museum is the TwoPoint game for you. Personally, this is what I needed to keep my sanity in the current crazy world out there, and I'm thankful Two Point does what they do with their series. 9/10

The spirit of Bullfrog lives in Two Point County. It's probably haunting Wailon Lodge by now, but it's out there. Gags aside, Two Point Museum is a refinement of the management sim genre that goes very wide and respectably deep. The sheer number of options you have for exhibits and decorations is astounding, and the art style and humor is spot on. Each group of exhibits (Prehistory, Space, Aquarium, Science, etc) all have their own feel and rules for how to set up and maintain, to the point where they feel like another game, if not a whole DLC. As of this writing, Two Point Studios have released three DLC expansions, which yes, are a full slew of museum exhibits. Most brilliant part: each DLC has the first chapter in the base game. Yes: the devs added a demo for each expansion for free. Hell, the Digiverse is also free, offering even further expansion with cross promotion from Dredge and Vampire Survivors. In short: this game literally has something for everyone. It's a labor of love from developers who truly care for their players, and is simply a delight to play.

200+ Hours, 100% completed. This game rocks my socks, and I hold the entire series close to my heart. If you are someone who enjoys silly games and *somewhat* controlled chaos, look no further.

This game would be a lot better if they took out the spyware. There’s no multiplayer element so why they crammed in Denuvo is beyond me.

You play Two Point Museum for the game. I play Two Point Museum to take artifacts from foreign lands and refuse to give them back. We're not the same. You see a historical relic. I see a permanent exhibition that the original country is never seeing again, while I make millions selling its plastic replicas in my gift shop.

I have been playing this with my 5-year old daughter. She picks the wallpaper, floortiles and decorations etc. It has been a very wholesome experience so far and I am sure we will have many more of such hours to come.

The game loop was too simplified for me. Constantly having to send out an expedition, put what you find on display then rinse and repeat. Obviously there is some display design work to do in between but it isn't enough to keep me engaged. The biggest negative I found in the time I played was the fact there is no way to schedule employee break periods. All my assistants going on break at the same time was really the deal breaker for me.

Two Point Museum is a smartly-designed, witty title with massive scope and continually fun gameplay. 40 hours in, I've not exhausted all the content, and it still hasn't overstayed its welcome. This is one of the better tycoon-style games I've played! You are tasked with maintaining a variety of museums across a variety of genres. The core loop is this: Get experts, send them out to acquire exhibits, place them in your museum, add all the other things a museum needs around it, profit. Each different museum type provides a different twist on this formula, and yes, you can mix-and-match these, often to great success. It's very rewarding to make cohesive exhibit rooms and entice the optimal number of guests to them. It's all very light-hearted and witty enough to make me chuckle more than a few times; don't go into this expecting a realistic museum experience. And it's better for that! The developers put fun gameplay first, and it works out very well. While this means that some obvious genres of museum feel missing (no history museum??), it also means you're never bogged down with any trifling matters, simply allowing you to have a fun time balancing profits with expenses. However, there's some problems with it. The biggest issue I've had with this game is that you never know if your museum is profitable! Each in-game month, you're given a net profit breakdown. However, each month your net profit looks wildly different from the last. Some months you're randomly in the red while others you're making 5 digits. It makes it near impossible to tell how well you're actually doing, which in some missions can be supremely frustrating. The game also has more than its fair share of bugs, even after so many fixing patches; I've never had one that destroyed my museum or permamently hindered my progress, but you have to ignore them to see the good game underneath. Overall, I can absolutely recommend this title! It gets a lot right about the genre that many games fail to understand. The game mechanics are just so smart, and if you hop in, I assure you you'll have a pleasant 10, 20, 40, 60... However many you want, hours. Really, it has a MASSIVE amount of content. Give it a try, curator!

I'm not usually good at management sims, so I thought this game would stress me out. Instead, I found myself really enjoying the gameplay loop of sending expeditions to discover new exhibits for my museums. Customizing and decorating each museum ended up taking most of my playtime, and I loved every minute of it. I also wasn't expecting there to be so many different museum locations and themes, which gave me even more reasons to keep playing. (guess you can tell by my experience, this is my first "Two Point" game) This is definitely a game I'll keep coming back to in my downtime.