LifeSigns: Surgical Unit ( DS )

Metachronos overall score = 7.1 / 10

Positive
- Weird dialog and cool characters
- Solid surgical gameplay
- Avoids some of the pitfalls native to the adventure genre

Negative
- Broken heart battles
- Examination sequences make you feel like a creep
- The presentation is rough around the edges

And it's weird--really weird. The game begins during a confusing dream in which you, a hospital intern named Tendo, are sitting under a cherry-blossom tree with your boss, the androgynous Suzu-Sensei. The impression that she might really be a he is highlighted by the absurd jingle bell she wears on a collar around her neck, which at once indicates that she might be hiding an Adam's apple while ironically resembling one itself. As she strokes your chin and cherry blossoms fall, she claims "It's time I taught you all about men and women... I'm going to give you your first lesson right now," and the music turns to a porno funk track. From there, everyone at the hospital shows up, the woman turns into your father, and suddenly they all think you were trying to get it on with him, as the music changes to a circus tune. Someone says "This is oyster season, so delicious," to which your character says, "That's...stupid."



LifeSigns: Surgical Unit is a surprisingly good game. The main character is likeable, the other characters are suitably interesting, the surgical gameplay is a success, and some of the branching paths are cool. It does stumble in a few areas, but it is a suitable adventure for the Nintendo DS, and an operation worth undergoing.

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