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This game is over 2 years old, however it's still a great game as I will explain. This is the third game in the series, the first game was produced for the Ds. So, after being a huge success, the game was released for the WII a year after the Ds version. Its remake for the WII was given a new name, Trauma Center: Second Opinion. The game play did not change. The only change in the game was the graphics and mechanics. This was to take advantage of the WII's motion sensing controls. Then another year later, they released Trauma Center: New Blood. The third addition saw new features put into the game such as online leader boards, co-operative game play, complete voice over dialogue and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The basic plot of this game is to save patients lives. It is a surgery simulation game and is a great game for those who wish to become Doctors/Nurses. (Such as myself) You play as either Dr Vaughn or Dr Blaylock.
The game goes through a story. The game starts 7 years after Trauma Center: Second opinion. Dr Vaughn moves to Alaska to work at the Montgomery Memorial hospital. He is followed by Dr Blaylock. They soon return back to Concordia because the hospital was shut down. Yet, there was an incident at the hospital before it was shut down. A woman had brought in an injured man, and she herself was a nurse, named Elena Salazar. Years ago she developed intractable pancreatic necrosis, but needed to be operated on again. So Dr Vaughn operates on her. Today, she reveals herself as a nurse and also reveals that the implant inside her pancreas is malfunctioning, and needs to be replaced. Markus performs the operation on her, saving her through the incredible use of the Healing Touch. She then stays as the permanent nurse of Markus and Valerie once they return to Concordia Medical Institute in Los Angeles. A few episodes later at the Concordia Medical hospital, Markus operates on an old acquaintance, Professor Wilkens, who has a new mysterious illness. Welcome the new parasite called Stigma. This parasite develops throughout the game in many different people and so you need to find new ways of killing it. A few more episodes later, a fire erupts at the hospital and once the victim is saved, all 3 characters are transported to Caduceus, which is the new hospital in which they operate at for the rest of the game.
Throughout the game, it focuses on the 2/3 main characters, these are Markus Vaughn, Valerie Blaylock and Elena Salazar. Many other characters feature in the game but not as much as these 3. There are many episodes to complete in 3 different modes easy, normal and hard. At the end of each operation, a player is assigned a rank. These ranks are: C - Rookie Doctor, B - Specialist Doctor, A - Senior Surgeon, S - Master Surgeon and XS - Medical Prodigy. Some of these ranks can only be achieved on different modes. High ranks can only be achieved by making chains. AT the end of the level you get points for time bonus, skill bonus, vital bonus, and chain length bonus. These determine the final ranking score. There are a few episodes which are challenge modes. These modes are for the player to complete a set number of patients in a limited time.
Both Doctor Vaughn and Blaylock both have the power "Healing Touch." The "Healing Touch" can only be used for a limited time. Both Doctors have different abilities for this. Markus can temporarily slow down time during the procedure. This allows him to be able to accomplish more. Valerie can prevent the patient from dying. When she uses the technique, the patient's vitals stabilize. Yet, during this time the player cannot improve the patient's vitals. The controls for this are very annoying! Whilst holding the Z button and the B button, you have to draw a star. If the star is too big, too small, and incomplete then it will not work and you will have to draw the star again wasting precious time.
The instruments on the left side of your screen are the items that you will be mostly using: Antibiotic gel, Syringe, Needle, Drain, Laser, X-ray, Scalpel and Forceps. Other instruments are used that are not on the side of the screen such as a defibrillator. These instruments will automatically come onto the screen.
The controls are very simple and easy to use. However, at times it is very easy to miss-use the controls by accidentally selecting the wrong surgical instruments and can become very frustrating. To select the surgical instruments, you use the nunchuck analogue stick. You point the WII remote at the screen and use either the A, or B buttons or sometimes both to use the instruments.
The dialogue throughout the game uses words and phrases that an actual Doctor would use, such as let's suture him up. This meaning let's stitch him up. This is a great addition to the game!
The graphics in the game are astounding, although they do not look life like, they look spectacular. It's basically the human body but with a hell of a lot less blood and more characterised organs.
Some of the downsides are that some of the surgeries are long and if you make a mistake, for example nearing the end of the operation, the patient's vitals decrease to 0 and the patient dies. The aftermath of this is that a weird man's voice tells you that "Without a parting word, they left the field forever." QUITTERS! Plus, during some of the operations, the dialogue at the bottom of the screen is inadequate and does not really tell you what you need to do.
Overall, 9/10
The basic plot of this game is to save patients lives. It is a surgery simulation game and is a great game for those who wish to become Doctors/Nurses. (Such as myself) You play as either Dr Vaughn or Dr Blaylock.
The game goes through a story. The game starts 7 years after Trauma Center: Second opinion. Dr Vaughn moves to Alaska to work at the Montgomery Memorial hospital. He is followed by Dr Blaylock. They soon return back to Concordia because the hospital was shut down. Yet, there was an incident at the hospital before it was shut down. A woman had brought in an injured man, and she herself was a nurse, named Elena Salazar. Years ago she developed intractable pancreatic necrosis, but needed to be operated on again. So Dr Vaughn operates on her. Today, she reveals herself as a nurse and also reveals that the implant inside her pancreas is malfunctioning, and needs to be replaced. Markus performs the operation on her, saving her through the incredible use of the Healing Touch. She then stays as the permanent nurse of Markus and Valerie once they return to Concordia Medical Institute in Los Angeles. A few episodes later at the Concordia Medical hospital, Markus operates on an old acquaintance, Professor Wilkens, who has a new mysterious illness. Welcome the new parasite called Stigma. This parasite develops throughout the game in many different people and so you need to find new ways of killing it. A few more episodes later, a fire erupts at the hospital and once the victim is saved, all 3 characters are transported to Caduceus, which is the new hospital in which they operate at for the rest of the game.
Throughout the game, it focuses on the 2/3 main characters, these are Markus Vaughn, Valerie Blaylock and Elena Salazar. Many other characters feature in the game but not as much as these 3. There are many episodes to complete in 3 different modes easy, normal and hard. At the end of each operation, a player is assigned a rank. These ranks are: C - Rookie Doctor, B - Specialist Doctor, A - Senior Surgeon, S - Master Surgeon and XS - Medical Prodigy. Some of these ranks can only be achieved on different modes. High ranks can only be achieved by making chains. AT the end of the level you get points for time bonus, skill bonus, vital bonus, and chain length bonus. These determine the final ranking score. There are a few episodes which are challenge modes. These modes are for the player to complete a set number of patients in a limited time.
Both Doctor Vaughn and Blaylock both have the power "Healing Touch." The "Healing Touch" can only be used for a limited time. Both Doctors have different abilities for this. Markus can temporarily slow down time during the procedure. This allows him to be able to accomplish more. Valerie can prevent the patient from dying. When she uses the technique, the patient's vitals stabilize. Yet, during this time the player cannot improve the patient's vitals. The controls for this are very annoying! Whilst holding the Z button and the B button, you have to draw a star. If the star is too big, too small, and incomplete then it will not work and you will have to draw the star again wasting precious time.
The instruments on the left side of your screen are the items that you will be mostly using: Antibiotic gel, Syringe, Needle, Drain, Laser, X-ray, Scalpel and Forceps. Other instruments are used that are not on the side of the screen such as a defibrillator. These instruments will automatically come onto the screen.
The controls are very simple and easy to use. However, at times it is very easy to miss-use the controls by accidentally selecting the wrong surgical instruments and can become very frustrating. To select the surgical instruments, you use the nunchuck analogue stick. You point the WII remote at the screen and use either the A, or B buttons or sometimes both to use the instruments.
The dialogue throughout the game uses words and phrases that an actual Doctor would use, such as let's suture him up. This meaning let's stitch him up. This is a great addition to the game!
The graphics in the game are astounding, although they do not look life like, they look spectacular. It's basically the human body but with a hell of a lot less blood and more characterised organs.
Some of the downsides are that some of the surgeries are long and if you make a mistake, for example nearing the end of the operation, the patient's vitals decrease to 0 and the patient dies. The aftermath of this is that a weird man's voice tells you that "Without a parting word, they left the field forever." QUITTERS! Plus, during some of the operations, the dialogue at the bottom of the screen is inadequate and does not really tell you what you need to do.
Overall, 9/10
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This game is over 2 years old, however it's still a great game as I will explain. This is the third game in the series, the first game was produced for the Ds. So, after being a huge success, the game was released for the WII a year after the Ds version. Its remake for the WII was given a new name, Trauma Center: Second Opinion. The game play did not change. The only change in the game was the graphics and mechanics. This was to take advantage of the WII's motion sensing controls. Then another year later, they released Trauma Center: New Blood. The third addition saw new features put into the game such as online leader boards, co-operative game play, complete voice over dialogue and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The basic plot of this game is to save patients lives. It is a surgery simulation game and is a great game for those who wish to become Doctors/Nurses. (Such as myself) You play as either Dr Vaughn or Dr Blaylock.
The game goes through a story. The game starts 7 years after Trauma Center: Second opinion. Dr Vaughn moves to Alaska to work at the Montgomery Memorial hospital. He is followed by Dr Blaylock. They soon return back to Concordia because the hospital was shut down. Yet, there was an incident at the hospital before it was shut down. A woman had brought in an injured man, and she herself was a nurse, named Elena Salazar. Years ago she developed intractable pancreatic necrosis, but needed to be operated on again. So Dr Vaughn operates on her. Today, she reveals herself as a nurse and also reveals that the implant inside her pancreas is malfunctioning, and needs to be replaced. Markus performs the operation on her, saving her through the incredible use of the Healing Touch. She then stays as the permanent nurse of Markus and Valerie once they return to Concordia Medical Institute in Los Angeles. A few episodes later at the Concordia Medical hospital, Markus operates on an old acquaintance, Professor Wilkens, who has a new mysterious illness. Welcome the new parasite called Stigma. This parasite develops throughout the game in many different people and so you need to find new ways of killing it. A few more episodes later, a fire erupts at the hospital and once the victim is saved, all 3 characters are transported to Caduceus, which is the new hospital in which they operate at for the rest of the game.
Throughout the game, it focuses on the 2/3 main characters, these are Markus Vaughn, Valerie Blaylock and Elena Salazar. Many other characters feature in the game but not as much as these 3. There are many episodes to complete in 3 different modes easy, normal and hard. At the end of each operation, a player is assigned a rank. These ranks are: C - Rookie Doctor, B - Specialist Doctor, A - Senior Surgeon, S - Master Surgeon and XS - Medical Prodigy. Some of these ranks can only be achieved on different modes. High ranks can only be achieved by making chains. AT the end of the level you get points for time bonus, skill bonus, vital bonus, and chain length bonus. These determine the final ranking score. There are a few episodes which are challenge modes. These modes are for the player to complete a set number of patients in a limited time.
Both Doctor Vaughn and Blaylock both have the power "Healing Touch." The "Healing Touch" can only be used for a limited time. Both Doctors have different abilities for this. Markus can temporarily slow down time during the procedure. This allows him to be able to accomplish more. Valerie can prevent the patient from dying. When she uses the technique, the patient's vitals stabilize. Yet, during this time the player cannot improve the patient's vitals. The controls for this are very annoying! Whilst holding the Z button and the B button, you have to draw a star. If the star is too big, too small, and incomplete then it will not work and you will have to draw the star again wasting precious time.
The instruments on the left side of your screen are the items that you will be mostly using: Antibiotic gel, Syringe, Needle, Drain, Laser, X-ray, Scalpel and Forceps. Other instruments are used that are not on the side of the screen such as a defibrillator. These instruments will automatically come onto the screen.
The controls are very simple and easy to use. However, at times it is very easy to miss-use the controls by accidentally selecting the wrong surgical instruments and can become very frustrating. To select the surgical instruments, you use the nunchuck analogue stick. You point the WII remote at the screen and use either the A, or B buttons or sometimes both to use the instruments.
The dialogue throughout the game uses words and phrases that an actual Doctor would use, such as let's suture him up. This meaning let's stitch him up. This is a great addition to the game!
The graphics in the game are astounding, although they do not look life like, they look spectacular. It's basically the human body but with a hell of a lot less blood and more characterised organs.
Some of the downsides are that some of the surgeries are long and if you make a mistake, for example nearing the end of the operation, the patient's vitals decrease to 0 and the patient dies. The aftermath of this is that a weird man's voice tells you that "Without a parting word, they left the field forever." QUITTERS! Plus, during some of the operations, the dialogue at the bottom of the screen is inadequate and does not really tell you what you need to do.
Overall, 9/10
The basic plot of this game is to save patients lives. It is a surgery simulation game and is a great game for those who wish to become Doctors/Nurses. (Such as myself) You play as either Dr Vaughn or Dr Blaylock.
The game goes through a story. The game starts 7 years after Trauma Center: Second opinion. Dr Vaughn moves to Alaska to work at the Montgomery Memorial hospital. He is followed by Dr Blaylock. They soon return back to Concordia because the hospital was shut down. Yet, there was an incident at the hospital before it was shut down. A woman had brought in an injured man, and she herself was a nurse, named Elena Salazar. Years ago she developed intractable pancreatic necrosis, but needed to be operated on again. So Dr Vaughn operates on her. Today, she reveals herself as a nurse and also reveals that the implant inside her pancreas is malfunctioning, and needs to be replaced. Markus performs the operation on her, saving her through the incredible use of the Healing Touch. She then stays as the permanent nurse of Markus and Valerie once they return to Concordia Medical Institute in Los Angeles. A few episodes later at the Concordia Medical hospital, Markus operates on an old acquaintance, Professor Wilkens, who has a new mysterious illness. Welcome the new parasite called Stigma. This parasite develops throughout the game in many different people and so you need to find new ways of killing it. A few more episodes later, a fire erupts at the hospital and once the victim is saved, all 3 characters are transported to Caduceus, which is the new hospital in which they operate at for the rest of the game.
Throughout the game, it focuses on the 2/3 main characters, these are Markus Vaughn, Valerie Blaylock and Elena Salazar. Many other characters feature in the game but not as much as these 3. There are many episodes to complete in 3 different modes easy, normal and hard. At the end of each operation, a player is assigned a rank. These ranks are: C - Rookie Doctor, B - Specialist Doctor, A - Senior Surgeon, S - Master Surgeon and XS - Medical Prodigy. Some of these ranks can only be achieved on different modes. High ranks can only be achieved by making chains. AT the end of the level you get points for time bonus, skill bonus, vital bonus, and chain length bonus. These determine the final ranking score. There are a few episodes which are challenge modes. These modes are for the player to complete a set number of patients in a limited time.
Both Doctor Vaughn and Blaylock both have the power "Healing Touch." The "Healing Touch" can only be used for a limited time. Both Doctors have different abilities for this. Markus can temporarily slow down time during the procedure. This allows him to be able to accomplish more. Valerie can prevent the patient from dying. When she uses the technique, the patient's vitals stabilize. Yet, during this time the player cannot improve the patient's vitals. The controls for this are very annoying! Whilst holding the Z button and the B button, you have to draw a star. If the star is too big, too small, and incomplete then it will not work and you will have to draw the star again wasting precious time.
The instruments on the left side of your screen are the items that you will be mostly using: Antibiotic gel, Syringe, Needle, Drain, Laser, X-ray, Scalpel and Forceps. Other instruments are used that are not on the side of the screen such as a defibrillator. These instruments will automatically come onto the screen.
The controls are very simple and easy to use. However, at times it is very easy to miss-use the controls by accidentally selecting the wrong surgical instruments and can become very frustrating. To select the surgical instruments, you use the nunchuck analogue stick. You point the WII remote at the screen and use either the A, or B buttons or sometimes both to use the instruments.
The dialogue throughout the game uses words and phrases that an actual Doctor would use, such as let's suture him up. This meaning let's stitch him up. This is a great addition to the game!
The graphics in the game are astounding, although they do not look life like, they look spectacular. It's basically the human body but with a hell of a lot less blood and more characterised organs.
Some of the downsides are that some of the surgeries are long and if you make a mistake, for example nearing the end of the operation, the patient's vitals decrease to 0 and the patient dies. The aftermath of this is that a weird man's voice tells you that "Without a parting word, they left the field forever." QUITTERS! Plus, during some of the operations, the dialogue at the bottom of the screen is inadequate and does not really tell you what you need to do.
Overall, 9/10