Two Point Campus review – university life is a joke

metro.co.uk:

The creators of Theme Hospital return with a new management sim that puts you in charge of a university where the courses are pure comedy.

‘Business management simulation’ is about as unprepossessing a name for a genre as you could possibly imagine. It suggests grey suits, spreadsheets, fastidious dullness, and above all, a mouse and keyboard. The good news is that Two Point Campus involves none of these. From the developer of the excellent Two Point Hospital, this turns out to be a vibrant antidote to the idea that business sims have to be boring.

Instead, what you’ll find is a university building and management game infused with humour and whimsy, its colourful little denizens having more than a whiff of Aardman Animation about them. From the emojis they emit, to the wonderfully offbeat college radio stations, to the dialogue of each of your personal advisers, this looks and feels like a uniquely British labour of love.

You’ll also find that none of the universities you administer teaches anything as boring as economics, English literature or mathematics degrees. Instead, you’ll be helping to run a clown school and educating the masses in the niceties of Virtual Normality, The Dark Arts, and Counter-Cultural Studies. It adds to the sense of knockabout fun and all round silliness that underpins its rigorously detailed simulation.

Starting with an empty building, your first job is to install the facilities your students and faculty will need before the start of your first term. A dormitory, student lounge, lavatories, showers, a staff room, and an ever expanding list of other rooms and outdoor areas. The summer break is your pressure-free calm before the storm and a useful time to make sure everything you need is ready for