This is the kind of game you either instantly fall in love with or stare at in amazement. Surgeon Simulator A&E is a great port of the original title and brings more good new features than bad.
Just go get it right now, is all I can say. This game is ridiculously fun. It is one of those games that is stupid fun, and I LOVE IT!!! just go buy it.
The first few hours are hysterical, but then frustration begins to set in, and in the end, Surgeon Simulator doesn’t manage to become more than a prolonged party trick.
A one trick pony, and once you’ve played through the first operation enough times to complete it you’ll have stopped laughing. The controls err on frustrating far too often, and while deliberately clumsy, the entire system is too inconsistent to provide much fun.
I love this game! Yes, the controls are difficult, to say the least. Yes, it's got bugs. Yes, the sheer giggle factor does tend to fade (when you're playing alone. With friends it's still a riot).
But difficult "simulation-like" controls resulting in epic failure many times is a formula that has worked in the past. Another reviewer said giving Surgeon Simulator easier more precise controls "would be like giving QWOP duel thumbstick controls". Pointless. Even EA's Skate (with its controls that are admittedly just as precise as they are confusing and difficult to use) has it's Hall of Meat for when you crash hard (which is inevitable). However given enough time and practice, you will find that it's not so hard to control. This leads to many fist-raising "f*** yeah!" victory moments of accomplishment.
Add in the fact that there are little easter eggs EVERYWHERE and you've got a hit in my book.
P.S. I would also like to take this time to tell everyone to stop blindly buying games because of its name or a screenshot. Of course Surgeon Simulator isn't actually a simulator, but if you had taken 2 seconds to learn about a game you're going to buy first, you would have known that. Don't give a game a bad score because it didn't turn out to be the type of game you thought it was. That's like saying "This poker game ****! All you do is look at cards!" or "I hate Call of Duty... I never got called!"
Controls are bad? The controls are the same on PC. It's what made the game. It's suppose to be hard to control, clumsy, and annoying. It's not perfect, but it is enjoyable for what it has to offer. I wouldn't pay more than $7.99 for it tho. So, have a couple of bewskys with a friend and try to save a life! LOL.
-Game_Row
Yep, they did it. They made this. Still frustrating, maybe even a bit more. You can still flip Bob the Bird. The Space Double Kidney Transplant is impossible without an extra controller. Yet, it is addicting
Frustrating to play alone, but a lot of fun to play with a friend.
If you don't have a sense of humor, do not buy it.
The game is challenging more than frustrating, but when game becomes too challenging it becomes very frustrating.
SummarySurgeon Simulator 2013 is a darkly humorous over-the-top operation sim game where players become Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon taking life into his own shaky hands, performing life-saving surgical maneuvers on passive patients.