Post by Gilvan Blight on Dec 27, 2007 11:26:49 GMT -5
Quickly: Identical Story as the Wii, simpler controls but harder game.
Note: okay I know this came out before the Wii version "Second Opinion" but I played the Wii version first and can't help but compare them.
[glow=blue,2,300]Summary:[/glow]This is a fantasy surgery action game, where you play young Dr. Styles just getting started as a real Surgeon. You start off performing simple operations using the DS stylus. You are given a set of surgical tools to select from and you just tap the proper symbol to swap between tools. The tools then each have a different way to be used using the stylus. For example you tap to shoot the surgical laser but you draw lines to use the scalpel or stitch the patient up. The game is made up of story elements that you read and watch broken up by action based surgeries. Most levels include one story cut scene and one surgery but at some points you need to complete many surgery to move to the next scene. As the story progresses your character finds out he has a special skill, The Healing Touch (which in game can be used to slow down time to give you more time to operate). Shortly after finding out about the Healing touch the game takes a very odd twist as an Evil Virus appears and begins infecting everyone around. This virus changes the gameplay from surgery to space invaders as you swap from removing tumors to removing man made viruses. Unlike the Wii version there is only one story line and you need to progress through in linearly with no side plots.
[glow=green,2,300]The Good:[/glow]An excellent concept for a game and just cool. It's just cool to use the stylus to cut someone open, then use a needle to reduce swelling, then the scalpel to free a tumor, then the forceps to remove it, some second skin to cover the hole, some antibiotic fluid to keep the wound clean, some stitches and finally a bandage to finish things off. The stylus is used well, though obviously lacking some of the motions of the wiimote there are still plenty of different 'moves' to be done to use the various tools. The story is excellent but the exact same as the Wii version so if you have both you will have to hear it all twice. The sound is excellent as are the graphics with full 3d during surgeries. Three save spots are available which always makes me happy as I share my DS with family.
[glow=yellow,2,300]The Bad[/glow]No gameplay options. There is no difficulty setting, no way to play sandbox, no way to re-try a level, you just play through the game in linear order. Compared to the Wii version this was a big let down as the Wii had two concurrent plots you could jump between and the ability to keep re-trying a difficult surgery in order to master it. For a game on a portable system the surgeries are fairly long and there is no good time to pause in the middle of one, this isn't great for something you may want to pick up and play for a bit and put down.
[glow=red,2,300]The Ugly[/glow]Bloody hard! This one is at least twice as hard as the Wii version. I have been totally stuck on an operation in chapter 2 (of 10 I think). Even with the healing touch skill activated things just move too quickly. Hopefully the game just needs practice, or else I may be putting this up for re-sale by the end of the week. I'm thinking this may have been a common complaint which is why they made the Wii version earlier, as someone else I know got this for Xmas as well and is stuck in the same place.
[glow=purple,2,300]Overall:[/glow]A great concept for a game with excellent controls and gameplay to go with it. Unfortunately it's pretty much the same game as the Wii version but with a lot more features. If you own the Wii one, you don't really need this one (unless you really want to bring it with you somewhere). The biggest problem though is the difficulty level, it's way harder then the Wii version and may have me putting the game away after only a week and getting to level two. If you are considering this one if you can rent it, if you can get past the mission with the blood vessels bursting it may be worth a buy.
Note: okay I know this came out before the Wii version "Second Opinion" but I played the Wii version first and can't help but compare them.
[glow=blue,2,300]Summary:[/glow]This is a fantasy surgery action game, where you play young Dr. Styles just getting started as a real Surgeon. You start off performing simple operations using the DS stylus. You are given a set of surgical tools to select from and you just tap the proper symbol to swap between tools. The tools then each have a different way to be used using the stylus. For example you tap to shoot the surgical laser but you draw lines to use the scalpel or stitch the patient up. The game is made up of story elements that you read and watch broken up by action based surgeries. Most levels include one story cut scene and one surgery but at some points you need to complete many surgery to move to the next scene. As the story progresses your character finds out he has a special skill, The Healing Touch (which in game can be used to slow down time to give you more time to operate). Shortly after finding out about the Healing touch the game takes a very odd twist as an Evil Virus appears and begins infecting everyone around. This virus changes the gameplay from surgery to space invaders as you swap from removing tumors to removing man made viruses. Unlike the Wii version there is only one story line and you need to progress through in linearly with no side plots.
[glow=green,2,300]The Good:[/glow]An excellent concept for a game and just cool. It's just cool to use the stylus to cut someone open, then use a needle to reduce swelling, then the scalpel to free a tumor, then the forceps to remove it, some second skin to cover the hole, some antibiotic fluid to keep the wound clean, some stitches and finally a bandage to finish things off. The stylus is used well, though obviously lacking some of the motions of the wiimote there are still plenty of different 'moves' to be done to use the various tools. The story is excellent but the exact same as the Wii version so if you have both you will have to hear it all twice. The sound is excellent as are the graphics with full 3d during surgeries. Three save spots are available which always makes me happy as I share my DS with family.
[glow=yellow,2,300]The Bad[/glow]No gameplay options. There is no difficulty setting, no way to play sandbox, no way to re-try a level, you just play through the game in linear order. Compared to the Wii version this was a big let down as the Wii had two concurrent plots you could jump between and the ability to keep re-trying a difficult surgery in order to master it. For a game on a portable system the surgeries are fairly long and there is no good time to pause in the middle of one, this isn't great for something you may want to pick up and play for a bit and put down.
[glow=red,2,300]The Ugly[/glow]Bloody hard! This one is at least twice as hard as the Wii version. I have been totally stuck on an operation in chapter 2 (of 10 I think). Even with the healing touch skill activated things just move too quickly. Hopefully the game just needs practice, or else I may be putting this up for re-sale by the end of the week. I'm thinking this may have been a common complaint which is why they made the Wii version earlier, as someone else I know got this for Xmas as well and is stuck in the same place.
[glow=purple,2,300]Overall:[/glow]A great concept for a game with excellent controls and gameplay to go with it. Unfortunately it's pretty much the same game as the Wii version but with a lot more features. If you own the Wii one, you don't really need this one (unless you really want to bring it with you somewhere). The biggest problem though is the difficulty level, it's way harder then the Wii version and may have me putting the game away after only a week and getting to level two. If you are considering this one if you can rent it, if you can get past the mission with the blood vessels bursting it may be worth a buy.