Windows Central Verdict
War Hospital is a fantastic concept mired by bugs and crashing issues.
During Chapter 1, the game struggled with various bugs, UI quirks, and performance degradation.
War Hospital is without a doubt analogous to games like Frostpunk.
It’s not shy about its similarities either, borrowing Frostpunk’s atmospheric treatment down to the UI delivery.
This review was conducted on Xbox Series X with a copy provided by the publisher.
The dire situation that War Hospital puts its players into is well presented, with rather impressive environmental design.
The game takes place in a blown-out village somewhere along the front lines.
It adds an extra dimension to the simulation and doubtlessly builds immersion.
And that represents the primary “danger” mechanic of War Hospital.
Still, War Hospital does do some interesting and unique things with its setting.
As your War Hospital grows, you’ll get access to new facilities and features.
At regular intervals, a train arrives with random types of supplies.
It might be stuff you actively need, but it also might not.
It’s in these moments of crisis and calm that War Hospital really finds itself, and shines through.
Sadly, there’s a litany of ailments holding the game back.
These things can be forgiven, though, since the gameplay loop is quite solid.
Managing the sleep cycles of doctors and surgeons is particularly irritating here.
A tired doctor is also a doctor more likely to make mistakes, and lead to dead patients.
Perhaps the worst aspect of the game right now is crash events, though.
And yes, I fell afoul of this.
The elements of the game that work do so extremely well.
I just wonder if it’ll ever make it there.
War Hospital is incredibly rough right now, particularly so on Xbox.
Judging by the reviews on Steam, however, it suffers similarly over on PC as well.
But like I said, it’s not unsalvageable.
We also live in times where publishers are counting each and every penny.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the publisher imposed a hard deadline on shipping War Hospital.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if the publisher cuts their losses and bails.
