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Trauma Center: Under the Knife is an interesting, unique and mildly challenging game that tests your accuracy with your stylus much more than your accumen as a rookie surgeon. The cases range from accident victims to patients suffering tumors and such, all in need of surgical intervention. Your sometimes friendly, sometimes cranky, surgical nurse guides you through the required tasks of the procedure, instructing you to use the game's various tools (magnifier/ultrasound, scapel, laser, drain, forceps, hypodermic needle, bandaging, etc.). You are judged on accuracy and alloted a number of "misses" for each surgery. Be careful when bandaging the patient following the procedure. You'll be harshly judged on whether you use too much, too little or crooked bandaging tape/gauze. This can be especially frustrating if you've made it through a tough surgery with one miss left, only to "fail" the operation because you used too much gauze. The cut-scenes are a bit tedious, but help move the story along nicely. Graphics are average, but that's probably a good thing considering the semi-gory subject matter of the game. After a few operations, you'll learn "the healing touch" which will allow you to slow the game enough to get through some of the tougher, fast-paced surgeries. Overall, Trauma Center offers a nice change of pace from your run-of-the-mill RPGs. It's not bloody enough for the faint of heart, but the medical terminology and explaination of procedures, while simplistic and a bit dumbed down, is enough to set the stage for an entertaining medical drama worthy of network television.Read full review
Taking advantage of the Nintedo DS's touch screen, you are thrust into the world of Trauma Center, where you are a Rookie Doctor learning the ropes. You will perform a variety of different surgeries to save the lives of various patients. Overview - This game is very difficult to review, because quite simply there is so much to it that can't be written about, you just have to experience it. These surgeries are often intense and will get your adrenaline pumping, and when you fail a mission, the heartbreak you feel of not getting it done is something that cannot be described. This game gets incredibly intense at times, and it's rare to find a game where you get so immersed into the gameplay. The bottom line is this is an extremely fun, original game. If you are looking for a quality game that features the touch screen for the Nintendo DS, Trauma Center will show you what the Nintendo DS can do! Story - The background of this story revolves around Derek Stiles, a new doctor who joins his first hospital. He immediately finds himself in sticky situations with regards to doubts about his own abilities, getting into trouble with others, and even morals in the medical profession. Derek finds he has a special gift, and he will need it as biological warfare begins to take place. The story gets fairly deep, and will definitely keep you wanting to know more as you progress through the game. Gameplay - The design of this game is excellent. You are quickly thrust into doing surgeries, and the game does a great job of integrating tutorials in your early surgeries so that you can learn how to play without having to go through boring reading. You are given menus on the touch screen so that you can do different actions during your operations, such as closing wounds, cutting open patients, tweezers to pick out objects, and much more. Despite having specific actions, the game does a great job of giving you a variety of differnt operations so that you are always doing something different. Plus there are a ton of levels that will keep you busy for quite awhile. Replayability - After completing each level, you are given an additional mode where you can try to get the highest score you can. Based on your score, you are given grades, and getting an A or S rank score is incredibly difficult, and will keep you playing this game eveb after you beat it, if you like getting high scores or challenges. Graphics - The graphics are modest, but it fits the mood of the game perfectly. The characters are simple still cartoons, but it still gives the feel of emotion because of the story and art. The actual operations are very good to look at, so much so that someone I know was "scared of the blood and organs." Sound - The sounds on this game are modest. The music is not fantastic, but it certainly goes with the setting of the game, although there is not much variety. There will also be the occasional voice such as the shouts of "doctor!" Nothing to get excited about here. Difficulty - Above average. This game starts off very easy, and gradually increases in difficulty as you go along. It does a great job of getting harder as the levels increase. Some people will have quite a hard time finishing this game, while hardcore gamers will likely be able to finish the game in a fair amount of time.Read full review
Now first I have to be honest and tell you that I didn't do so well in this game. Secondly, I have to admit it wasn't the game's fault! Trauma Center is one of the few games that actually realizes the DS capabilities and uses them in the exact way I'm sure the system developers hoped they would be used. So what if screen shots from CSI make me squeamish, I was so into trying to save these patients I didn't even notice! The game has a good story line, quirky rememborable characters, and awesome gameplay. Trauma Center makes you use the stylus for everything from administering medications to making precise incisions and goes as far as letting you massage the heart. Medical minded or not, this game will pull you in and make you keep trying until you get it right!
Trauma Center for the Nintendo DS is one of the most fascinating games on the system. If you own a DS you must buy this game. It is fun and innovative and puts you into a position that many people rarely get to be in. You will enjoy the involving plot and the many tools that you use to save patient's lives such as the laser and the Healing Gel. The special ability Healing Touch allows you to save a person from near death, letting you feel like you accomplished something when you remove 20 pieces of glass, heal the lacerations, and sew up a bleeding heart in 5 seconds. Some of the operations can get difficult, but what do you expect when you are trying to save a life. I can tell you from experience, you will enjoy this game.
Now this here is a good game. I Just got it but ive gotton threw a small ways of the game I think but Decent im sure been on it for about 2 hours total time from what my save records say. Anyway this game beats the hel1 out of the Lunar dragon song game Ill say that much, I just dont get why the Lunar ds game turned out so bad? All the others were great exept that one! Anyway this game is very good the only problem I have sometimes is the stitching pretty much because sometimes it doesnt read it when I touch the screen but I dont know Im still gettin the full swing of it but anyway very good game from what I have seen. I think this game will do very well I like it alot so far. This fourm should be on the front page to. They should put this on the front insted of that stupid Lunar dragon song game.Read full review
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