Managing a City Museum in Two Point Museum | Adli's Quick Games Review

Header for Two Point Museum.
Credit to Two Point Studios, SEGA, embedded from Steam.

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Introduction

As someone who has never played any title from the Two Point franchise, I was genuinely excited to finally get the chance to try one of its entries: Two Point Museum. As a self-confessed management game addict — particularly of Kairosoft releases — my expectations for this game were naturally high. So was it as good as hoped?

Game Details

Detail

Trailer

Check out the game's trailer below :)

Two Point Museum Gameplay Trailer

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Adli's Gameplay

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Review and Recommendation

Short Review

Honestly... A bit disappointed. With the performance.

The thing is, out of the many titles I played as part of this promotion — five titles, including this one — this is the only game I gave a "WAIT FOR UPDATES" rating, because... even though I like it, and the game runs smoothly, there's a crucial issue that I feel significantly impacted my experience playing it. Something that should have easily earned a RECOMMENDED verdict ended up dropping drastically because of this one thing. I'll explain it at length in the Any Downsides? section.

Adli's Recommendation

[VERDICT: WAIT]

Why Should You Buy It?

So, why should you buy this title?

Great visuals and UI!

Screenshot from Two Point Museum.
Credit to Two Point Studios, SEGA, embedded from Steam.

The visuals look great in my opinion. The style is cartoony, yes. But everything fits the game's theme — from the UI and character models to the objects, management systems, and so on. So it's genuinely pleasant to look at. The UI is also easy on the eyes. There are plenty of features — management tools, object placement, and so on — but all of it is presented in a way that doesn't feel overwhelming, making it fun to sit with for extended periods, especially in this genre — management.

A living, breathing environment

Screenshot from Two Point Museum.
Credit to Two Point Studios, SEGA, embedded from Steam.

One of the best things about a management game is a world that feels "alive." As a manager, it's naturally satisfying to see what you're running become "useful" and "impactful," right? And in this game, the environment feels genuinely alive. You don't have to micro-manage everything obsessively, yet you still have full freedom over how you want to run your museum. Like placing certain facilities; hiring experts, cleaners, security guards, and staff; sending experts to explore specific areas; and much more. And the things you manage have a direct, visible impact on your visitors — and that's genuinely fun to watch! Some visitors are taking photos of exhibits; some are making donations; some are reading the information boards; and so on! So everything you manage truly feels like it matters in the game you're playing.

Great audio

The audio is one thing I think deserves a special mention. The SFX is great, the music is great, and there's even a radio feature that genuinely feels like you're listening to a real radio station. And honestly, I love that radio feature. As someone who enjoys listening to the radio, the in-game radio sounds fun and doesn't get boring at all.

Engaging scenarios

Another fun element is that this game has "scenarios" to guide your gameplay. On top of that, there are objectives you can complete to progress, so you never feel lost about what to do next.

Twitch integration

There's actually a Twitch Channel Points integration feature, so viewers should be able to participate in the game, whether by triggering certain mood changes or even joining in as staff 😂 Unfortunately, I can't say much more about it since my stream crashed before I could play this game for any meaningful length of time...

All-time lowest price

Price-wise, the discount isn't actually that dramatic. Full price sits at USD 30, and it's currently discounted by a third, bringing it to USD 20.09. Not a huge drop, but this is an all-time low — the cheapest it's ever been. It's never been lower than this. So this might be the right moment to pick it up, while the price is lower than full price.

Any Downsides?

Random crashes

The game crashed twice in under an hour.

Yep. Random crashes.

This is genuinely unfortunate. As you can see above, the game crashed twice in under an hour. And both times were random. The first entry, at 01:43 PM, happened while I was streaming. I had just entered the very first cutscene in the opening, and the game crashed — taking my AMD encoder down with it, which I use while streaming. As a result, my stream was cut off. That kind of thing is usually a serious mood killer. And to make it worse, this was the last game in my session, and I really wanted to show my viewers "hey, there's a great management game here!" Such a shame...

Since I "hadn't really gotten to play it yet," I then recorded my gameplay offline. And... unfortunately, it happened again. Out of nowhere, the game just crashed on its own. As a result, my total playtime so far is only 42 minutes. And I had genuinely been looking forward to this game, since I love the genre... Also, if you search the Steam Discussion page, there are actually several complaints about this same issue. Though I'm not sure whether it's been fixed since those complaints were posted...

Closing

As I wrote above, overall... this is actually a good game. It's just that the random crashes are a crucial issue — one that I think matters a great deal to the enjoyment of playing a game. It's genuinely uncomfortable to be having fun, only for the game to suddenly crash, or to have to start over from a certain point. But if you've had your eye on this game for a while and genuinely want to buy it, I think it's still fine to do so. Since it's currently at its "all-time lowest price," picking it up as a collection item seems reasonable — with the hope that updates will address these issues in the future...