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Trauma Center: Under the Knife |  | From: Atlus
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 6952
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: simulation-game-genre
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 5.3 x 0.8
MPN: 40002
Model: DSATLU 730865400027
UPC: 730865400027
EAN: 0730865400027
ASIN: B0009K7ESC
Publication Date: June 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The stylus will be your scalpel -- make incisions, anesthetize problem areas, remove tumors, monitor vital signs, apply bandages, and more | | • | Use your applied skills to solve the puzzle of each surgery | | • | Deal with human drama between appointments - Keep a cool head, or you'll be out on the street and all those years of medical school will be for nothing | | • | Feel the pressure of each tense, challenging operation as detailed graphics bring the human body to life | | • | Operate on a wide variety of patients in story mode, then return later and try to beat your high scores! |
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Product Description
Trauma Center: Under the Knife gives you the chance to play doctor. It's just another day in the O.R. until a mysterious outbreak sweeps the area. As the problems get more complex, it's up to you to wield your scalpel and test your medical skills under the most difficult conditions. Patients' lives are in your hands.
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 Being a Doctor is hard January 20, 2007
N. Burt (Wisconsin)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I almost didn't buy this game since it just sounded weird, but I did buy it. It is weird. It is also very fun to figure out the what to do and keep up the pace so you didn't kill people. The operations are really great, don't worry it doesn't really look like the inside of a body at all. There are two detracting points to this game. One, the art just isn't that good, this may be a blessing as it would be pretty gross otherwise. Two, there is two much talking and down time between operations. The operations are really fun and interesting, but then you have to get back to the story. The story was pretty boring to me as you don't get to make any choices you just read it. Overall, I really like this game, at least the operations, you can speed up the talking so you don't actually have to read. Only the most squimish will have a problem with it.
True Innovation. October 23, 2005
Jason Barker (Tampa, FL)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
There is really nothing else like this game out there. Nothing. This is what the DS can really offer in terms of revolutionary new gaming experinces. Trauma Center is not a surgery simulation, which is what one is tempted to call it. Unlike most "simulation" games it has a storyline. Its fairly dramatic, almost to the point of unreality, as I cannot imagine any nurse getting so upset as the second nurse does during surgeries.
The gameplay itself is what the real draw is, however. Suturing, draining, disinfecting, incising, burning things with the laser, and many more tools are used in a variety of operations from tumor removal to removing glass imbedded in someone's arm from a car accident.
While not perfect, and a bit too demanding at times, this game is simply wonderful, and it shows that the DS can offer up gaming experiences no other platform can.
Intense, emotional, and just plain fun October 12, 2005
NicotineHell (Flushing, NY)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Trauma Center, is the first game to come out, in a very small niche genre that I had thought dead. If you can recall games like "Life or Death", then you will be right as home here...but there is a twist.
In Trauma Center, you are thrust into the role of Dr. Derek Stiles, who while being called a doctor, comes off aloof and unaware that, he is deal with life or death here, real people...and this, is where the game grows on you.
You will experience what Derek does, his ups, his downs, and you will experience what it means to truly play God, as Derek learns about his special ability. Taking a page from all good anime, Atlus has created a game where, the basis is quite simple, but by infusing you into situations that seem insane, and impossible, the game will push you to succeed, and ultimately, learn what becomes of Derek.
That is however just scraping the surface. Through the course of the game, you will not only deal with emotions, but with medical terrorism, and ultimately, Derek's "Gift". This game is good as is, but had the writing and characters been flat, it would not be interesting enough to keep playing. Fortunately, what you get here, is top notch presentation, and great dialoge.
Not to dive to deep into the story, as to spoil anything, but lets just say, if you think this is going to be ER with anime style characters, and 3D operations, think again.
This game proves why you need a touch screen, and why the concept works so well. As soon as you dig into this game, you will realize first hand, why this game will only be available on the DS, or a system with a touch screen. You will perform life or death operations, in 3D, and with the stylus, so every twitch you make, every wrong slice, will cost you dearly. However, it is the intense pace, and stylus, that make this game what it is.
Graphically, it works. It's nothing all that impressive, and while its about operating, the gore is kept to a respectable level...still, there are moments where you might cringe or go "eww". There are also moments when, you'll think your done, and then all hell will break loose. It is then, that you must learn to use Derek's special gift, and your own split second operating skills, to overcome what the game throws at you.
Simply put, it's intense. Trauma Center is an emotional rush, an addrenialine pack romp of playing doctor and learning the cost of human life, and above all else, a fun game.
So whats the verdict? If you have a DS, you have no reason not to own this game. After the storyline ends, you can go back to any of the operations, and try to beat your skill record. This is not easy, hence, to get the best rank for all operations in the game, you will need time. So the game has replay.
Aside from all this, it's that rare gem from Japan, that infuses two types of gameplay, and mixes them into a pot, with good gaming elements already found in the US, and comes out with a awe inspring tasty mix, that you won't want to put down.
Buy Trauma Center now, or miss out on what could be considered one of the best games of the year.
Essential DS game November 10, 2005
E. David Swan (South Euclid, Ohio USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Trauma Center manages to take the title away from Kirby for the best usage ever of the DS touch screen. This is exactly the kind of game the DS was designed for and the kind of game that could exist on no other platform ever created. Trauma Center literally gives you a hands on experience at being a surgeon. Although the surgeries are often more fantasy than reality many of the terms and procedures are real.
Early surgeries are pretty easy and most can be conquered on a single try but the game ramps up fairly quickly. The strange thing is that one of the toughest surgeries in the game appears rather early in the game. After quite a few tries I managed to complete it but I certainly can imagine some people getting absolutely stuck. Fortunately the game is so much fun that repeating the surgery dozens of times never grew tedious.
Surgeries generally last from 3 to 10 minutes and the game often reaches a level of tension that players may literally feel like they just completed an actual operation. Many of the reviews I've read online claim the game is an upgraded version of the old board game operation. That is a complete mischaracterization. The only similarities are that both use the surgery theme. In Trauma Center you create incisions, drain tumors, slice and reattach veins, laser polyps, suture wounds and so much more.
Trauma Center is a game that combines a great idea with stellar execution. The only other game by Atlus I ever played was Astro Boy for the GBA. It got great reviews and had terrific game play but settled for some mediocre sales. Hopefully Trauma Center will do better because DS owners really owe it to themselves to play a game that capitalizes so successfully on the strengths of the DS. It's also a decent bargain at $29.95.
A superbly crafted game October 16, 2005
Madisen (Fruita, CO United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Up until now, the DS games I had enjoyed had two things in common. First, they were all based on established franchises. Second, they might have been considered by some as "kiddie". Trauma Center: Under the Knife breaks those traditions. It's a bold step in the right direction for Atlus, the DS, and games in general.
Understandably, some people might be turned off by the concept, thinking that it's a boring medical simulator. This is not so. Although you will operate on some "real-life" diseases, and the methods you use are grounded in reality, you'll spend most of the game fighting against a fictional, futuristic infection that takes many forms. The game designers obviously had a lot of fun with this; each operation is essentially a "level", and you'll find yourself doing all kinds of things, especially with all the different tools available. Although you will repeat a few surgeries, no two stages feel exactly alike; you definitely won't get bored.
The basic gameplay is extremely tight and unforgiving. You need a steady hand, quick reflexes, and a lightning-fast brain to get through some of the harder operations, but it never feels unfair. Your success is based entirely on your skill, experience, and understanding of what needs to be done. Yet at the same time, it's just flat-out fun; the DS' unique abilities are used in so many different ways, and the sense of accomplishment is incredible.
To keep you engrossed, the game also has a rather involved, gripping story with many interesting and fleshed-out characters. Even though it's told solely through text-based dialogue and static scenes, I actually found myself getting emotionally involved. For those who don't like the story, though, you have the option to skip right through the story segments to the gameplay.
If you own a DS, there is really no reason not to pick up Trauma Center. Great gameplay, an exciting story, and a decently long, challenging quest (along with an addictive "Challenge Mode" where you can compete for better "grades" on operations) make for yet another excellent addition to the handheld's library.
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