It's always refreshing to see a series build upon past successes to create something truly special. Two Point Museum takes all of the best systems from Hospital and Campus and runs a mile with them. It is full of the same quirky charm we've come to expect, but with technical improvements across the board that elevate the franchise far above "novelty hospital simulator" into something much more genuine and robust. Make no mistake: This is NOT "funny themed hospital rooms but now we made them into museum exhibits."
TPM offers unique mechanics for obtaining exhibits and exhibit pieces, displaying them in creative and synergistic ways, micromanaging the economics and logistics of your museum, and spending hours customizing every last wall, floor, and decoration. I'm so far thoroughly impressed with the number of exhibits options within each general theme - so many that each theme has 'sub' categories within it. It's not just skeletons and statues: The prehistoric tutorial museum offers fossil displays, large fictional dino skeletons that you complete over the course of several expeditions, and even a number of humorous creatures and objects that are either frozen in ice or encased in amber. The second museum site - a haunted hotel - offers "cursed" objects that vary from spooky paintings to "Ripley's Believe it Or Not" exhibits like a doll whose head follows the player camera everywhere it goes, as well as entire suite of ghostly cleaning devices in a humorous homage to ghostbusters; and I've only just scratched the surface.
One of the strengths of previous Two Point games were their campaigns that promote constant, steady progression. Museum is no different; it strikes a great balance between having sufficient toys and tools at your disposal to continue developing existing museums, while the more time you spend without making campaign progress, the closer you get to walls that beg you to venture forth and unlock oodles and oodles of more content.
If you like Two Point games, this may be the best one. If you don't like Two Point games, this may change that. If you've never played a Two Point game, Museum is a great point to jump in without necessary 'spoiling' the fun of its predecessors. I'd highly recommend them, but I also know that if I get bored with Museum, I can eagerly jump backwards and enjoy Hospital and campus all over again.
