Trauma Centre: Second Opinion Review

By Keza MacDonald Published 20 December, 2006

On the cutting edge.

Version tested: Wii

It's clear from the response to Eurogamer's first Wii reviews that the control system hasn't won you all over. For every pleasantly surprised launch-lover, marvelling at the precision and subtlety in Wii Sports bowling or tennis, there are several more cautious observers, standing back with one eyebrow raised at the mini-game-heavy Raving Rabbids, and Twilight Princess - the latter, despite its brilliance, often showing itself up as a GameCube port. There are enjoyable games here, certainly, but none of them does much to fill us with cheery confidence about the console's future; none of them really shows off the breadth and sophistication of control that the Wii is capable of.

None of them except Trauma Centre: Second Opinion, that is, which (typically) will not be released in the UK for another month or more. It is a remastering of the DS' excellent Under the Knife, an intense and challenging surgery puzzle game, which follows the career of young surgeon Derek Stiles as his talent sees him transferred from an ordinary hospital into a global medical organisation in order to fight increasingly fiendish viruses and cure increasingly worse-off patients.

It tackles terrorism, euthanasia, betrayal and biological warfare, all with typical Japanese-sci-fi drama and flamboyance. Although the basic storyline of the game remains the same, the operations have all been changed significantly to take full advantage of the new method of control. It might as well be an original title. It's difficult to talk about improvements because the entire experience is completely different - having played Under the Knife to death is no excuse for passing this by. Indeed, if you loved Under the Knife as much as I did, then the greater flexibility, different selection of operations and increased longevity should make this an even more attractive prospect than it would be to a curious newcomer.

'Trauma Centre: Second Opinion' Screenshot unfortunately

Unfortunately you don't get to 'step on it' literally. Maybe in the sequel.

Second Opinion's multi-levelled, wonderfully histrionic story is told through a sequence of nicely drawn if rather basic still images and text, but that doesn't detract from the drama. Trauma Centre's greatest talent is putting you in the moment, crafting situations that make you really care about the patients at stake, compelling you to save their virtual lives with your own hands. The operations themselves are full of unexpected surprises, consistently requiring you to think on your feet and adapt to the situation. Ordinary biopsies turn into fevered battles against fiercely adaptive viruses, operating on someone's throat reveals a widespread infection that needs urgent attention. You'll be operating on patients on the brink of death, flat-lining car-crash victims, terminally ill children - even a bomb (still one of the game's highlights) - everywhere from hospital beds to planes to African deserts. The variety is enormous, the tension unrelenting.

The best thing about it is the fact that everything, from excisions to defibrillation to draining and twisting and grabbing and stitching and lasering, is done with your hands. This is a level of immediacy that even Under the Knife cannot come close to equalling. You grab hold of things between finger and thumb, physically twist shards of bone around and fit them back into place with your right hand, pull things out of patients by moving your hand away from the screen and actually place defibrillator pads onto patients chests, squeezing both triggers to release the charge. This is as close to actual surgery as any game would ever want to be, and it is a completely unique experience. If you fail an operation, it's your fault. You weren't fast or accurate or clever enough to outwit the virus.

'Trauma Centre: Second Opinion' Screenshot queasy

If you're queasy, you might want to look away. If you're not, let's twist some bone!

As a result of all of this, Second Opinion is extremely demanding. It demands your undivided attention, precise movements and very skilled manoeuvres. Like Under the Knife, it's extremely challenging, often to the point of immense frustration, but unlike Under the Knife, it does relent occasionally - it will let you switch the difficulty from Easy to Normal to Hard on any given operation, so that if you really are stuck on something you can still progress to the next task. People without the lightning-fast reflexes that Trauma Centre expects will not hit the brick wall of difficulty that they faced on the DS. Second Opinion is more considerate of the player, but no less difficult on the higher settings, meaning that established players will find much here to keep them entertained.

Were it not for Zelda, Trauma Center: Second Opinion would be the best of the Wii's launch titles by a very long way. It might be a remake of the DS game, but the effort and obvious ambition that has gone into reworking it for the Wii is extraordinary. It is a different game, and a much better game at that, and anyone who loved Under the Knife for its uniqueness, difficulty and occasional obstinacy will love Second Opinion even more. Crucially, though, Second Opinion is more accessible than its predecessor, which combined with its even greater immediacy should help it find a much-deserved wider audience. It outstrips the likes of Red Steel and Monkey Ball by miles with its clever, discerning application of the Wii control system, taking advantage of its subtleties without shoehorning pointless waving and shaking in where it's not needed. It makes better and more appropriate use of it than any other game so far.

I'm completely in love with Trauma Centre: Second Opinion. It's urgent, tense, dramatic, unique, extremely difficult and surprisingly varied, an excellent Wii game and an excellent puzzle game. For anyone suffering from scepticism and uncertainty about the validity of the Wii's control system and doubting developers' abilities to create games to live up to its potential, Trauma Centre: Second Opinion is the perfect remedy.

9 / 10

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  • absolutezero #1 5 years ago

    Wii has no games. Wii has no games. Wii has no games.


    hah ah aha hahaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • Rambaldi #2 5 years ago

    /applauds

  • alimokrane #3 5 years ago

    Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Another 9 for Wii!

  • rudedudejude #4 5 years ago

    Does it have any multiplayer?

  • Psychotext #5 5 years ago

    BETTER THAN GEARS!

    =)

  • Dizzy #6 5 years ago

    Phew! An end to the Wii crap games slaughter ;)

    >BETTER THAN GEARS!

    You Wiish :)
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 13:38

  • Huntcjna #7 5 years ago

    I refuse to believe this is that good after the difficulty curve abortion that was the first game.

    /reads review

  • Keimar #8 5 years ago

    I'd get this if it weren't for the gay cardboard GFX.

  • Muddtallica #9 5 years ago

    Wow, nine! I wasn't expecting such a high mark, given it's a remake of a DS game that seemed to be considered good rather than great...still, it does seem like this is game that gets the Wiimote operating (no pun intended) at full accuracy. Seems worth a go.

  • zErOb_cOOl #10 5 years ago

    "or anyone suffering from scepticism and uncertainty about the validity of the Wii's control system and doubting developers' abilities to create games to live up to its potential, Trauma Centre: Second Opinion is the perfect remedy."

    Best bit of the review for me. I've had a go on a Wii (only sports) and they are really fun, but if I bought one I don't know how long it would be before the novelty wore off. At least this suggests the control system is good, flexible, and substantial enough to make a good variety of games like this.

  • crazyhorse174 #11 5 years ago

    Im glad that theres finally another decent game on the system.

    Hopefully this is a sign of things to come and will help persuade doubters of the Wii - which include myself, I have to admint - that it could be a decent system.

  • daver #12 5 years ago

    Want It!

  • crazyhorse174 #13 5 years ago

    "...it will let you switch the difficulty from Easy to Normal to Hard on..."

    Its a porno simulator as well!
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 13:47

  • Keyz #14 5 years ago

    It's taken some time, but it looks like we have a good Wii game different to Zelda. I doubt this is better than GoW.

  • ProfessorLesser #15 5 years ago

    Woah, I never knew it was a port.

    Fuck :-(

  • Santino #16 5 years ago

    cant wait for this, loved the DS version and am glad there is selectable difficulty now as it really got tough.
    EDIT: and please...stop with all the better/worse than Gears crap (unless it is a joke). how in the hell are you going to compare the 2 games? yes gears is a pretty good game, no it isnt the benchmark all games should be judged by no matter what genre they are in.
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 13:51

  • Ciaran #17 5 years ago

    The difficulty spikes in the DS version really put me off. If I can cheat around that here by changing difficulties on the fly, this game is definitely on my to buy list.

    /slashes pentagram in the air

  • Der_tolle_Emil #18 5 years ago

    The later DS missions indeed were quite hard. You had to be really fast to complete them.

    It's good to see that the game survived the transition to the Wii rather well. I am definetly getting this game.

  • Bitkari #19 5 years ago

    9?!?! Really!?!?

    wooo!

    i mean:

    wiiiii!

  • SBfistfun #20 5 years ago

    wow 2 good games on wii.


  • Muddtallica #21 5 years ago

    Also - what's with all the "finally, at long last the Wii has another good game" stuff? The console's only been out for two weeks, for God's sake, unless we're talking about the US launch, in which case this game has been available since day one! Just because EG don't review it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

  • SirScratchalot #22 5 years ago

    "Woah, I never knew it was a port.

    Fuck :-( "

    It's not a port. I.e. not the same levels or anything.
    But it's also not a sequal either, it just dosen't pretend that the earlier game ever happened.

  • DaM #23 5 years ago

    I refuse to believe this is that good after the difficulty curve abortion that was the first game.

    Abortion? I didn't even get that far, how far in was it?


    ;)

  • RexRunti #24 5 years ago

    Finally a game which makes me want a wii. Now to wait until they can bothered to release it in this country.

  • aldo_14 #25 5 years ago

    I'd get this if it weren't for the gay cardboard GFX.

    How can cardboard be homosexual? It doesn't even have any genitalia.

  • Santino #26 5 years ago

    lol you are a sick man DaM

  • UncleLou #27 5 years ago

    This sounds great, but it makes me wish I hadn't played Under the Knife, as even with all the changes and improvements, I don't see myself wanting to play it again.

    I also didn't like the silly virus operations - the bog standard ones were simply a lot better. :/

  • Der_tolle_Emil #28 5 years ago

    I'd rather have nicely drawn cutscenes like this instead of polygon models that struggle to come up with believeable facial expressions. (Which the cutscenes are mostly about, at least in the DS version)

  • spliffhead #29 5 years ago

    Keza, for the sake of my sanity please get out the "Eurogamer book of Industry numbers" and call Nintendo or Atlus and get the UK release date out of them.

  • Rusta #30 5 years ago

    A review formed from guilt

    nah good to see a 9, get more and I'll think of about getting one

  • LeD #31 5 years ago

    I absolutely hated the DS version, so I'm not sure about how I feel about this one.

  • JetSetWilly #32 5 years ago

    Keza - did you review the PAL version of this? It doesn't say USA import at the top of the review as it normally would on EG.

  • RE*AC*TOR #33 5 years ago

    you guys are bipolar. 9? Really... Elebits 6?

  • trevd72 #34 5 years ago

    i did the first 7 operations or so on the ds and just thought how mind numbing is this game. especially the cut scenes. so, no ta!

    where are the FPS, free online killing and the like. Free online mario kart - a killer app if ever there was one (potentially).

    i remember when the snes launched you had mario world, fzero and super tennis....brilliant.

    n64 - mario 64, pilotwings and waverace - all classics

    gamecube - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Super Monkey Ball, Luigi’s Mansion - even the gamecube had a good selection and good games amongst the crap.

    wii - zelda. - oh dear. only one

  • Rambaldi #35 5 years ago

    So the two best (only decent?) Wii games are a Cube port and a DS port?

    Ah well.
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 14:20

  • djchump #36 5 years ago

    @Rambaldi - it's not a DS port.

  • ProfessorLesser #37 5 years ago

    "It's not a port. I.e. not the same levels or anything."

    A statement somewhat at odds with EG's review. Apparently that's exactly what it is.

  • SirScratchalot #38 5 years ago

    Then I'm slightly saddened.
    Still got the impression that it was original in content if not in story.
    /Reads through again....

  • Der_tolle_Emil #39 5 years ago

    As far as I know the story is the same, but there are types of operation that were not in the DS version. The bone thingy being a good example.

    Might be the same with StarFox (or StarWing, SNES) and StarFox64 (Lylat Wars N64). It is the same story with basically the same missions, although different. Well, hard to explain; You may call it a port but it is not a 1:1 port. Maybe a Trauma Center 1.5 instead of Trauma Center 2.0.

  • Muddtallica #40 5 years ago

    From the blurb on GameRankings.com:

    "Trauma Center: Second Opinion is NOT a quick-and-dirty port of the DS title "Trauma Center: Under the Knife." It has new graphics and animation; new surgical implements and operation types; a second playable character with new missions; multiple difficulty modes; and a revised control system that takes full advantage of the Wii Remote. It's a remake (or "Wii-make," if you prefer) with gobs of added content."

    Also, the "Wii launch has only two games that are even remotely playable" crowd appear to be forgetting several things, like the existance of the well-received Madden, Wii Sports, and Rayman, not to mention the fact that games like Elebits and Monkey Ball got good write-ups elsewhere, even if EG didn't like them. It's not the strongest launch of all time, no, but it's hardly particualarly bad.
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 14:42

  • Keza #41 5 years ago

    Originally, the sentence 'this is a remastering (NOT a port)' was in there somewhere, but it must have gotten lost in the redrafting. I cannot emphasise enough that this is absolutely NOT a port of the DS game, nor even an adaptation. It is a complete remake and deserves to be considered as an original game.

    Having played Under the Knife obsessively, all the way to the end with about half of the operations completed to S standard (I was sad enough to use two styluses and everything), I feel it's important to stress that this is a completely different experience. And a much much better one.

    Being able to switch to Easy sorts the difficulty curve, too.

  • groovychainsaw #42 5 years ago

    Hmmm - not sure who to believe on this - EDGE slated it, saying it wasn't a very precise control system at all and the stylus worked better. They said it showed how far teams still had to go to get the hang of the controller.... It all comes down to how well the controls work. Would have to play this myself to know for sure.

  • JediMasterMalik #43 5 years ago

    This was one of the games I wanted actually. Nice one.

  • JetSetWilly #44 5 years ago

    So Keza what did you play? A US import or a practically finished PAL version? Or can't you say?

  • Keza #45 5 years ago

    groovychainsaw: This works SO MUCH better than the stylus. I played it standing up with the controllers held close to my chest - the accuracy is perfect. The tools are all mapped to the nunchuk, which makes things easier. But you do need a steady hand.

    EDIT: A US version, which from what Atlus have told us will be identical :-)
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 14:49

  • Salaman #46 5 years ago

    Hmm .. I sort of enjoyed this on the DS until it became ridiculously difficult. Might get this at some point.

  • #47 5 years ago

    A Wii game EG actually likes.

    HURRAH!!

  • Der_tolle_Emil #48 5 years ago

    Two stylus; I never thought of that. And come to think of it I wonder why there is no game around that actually has some sequences where you are supposed to play with two stylus. Must be complicating things though because the screen only recognizes one touch at a time and not two simultaneously.

  • trevd72 #49 5 years ago

    two stylus.....you are a true master of the arts sir!

  • JetSetWilly #50 5 years ago

    Two stylus (or should that be styli?) - cripes. Keza are you the guy in the YouTube Ikaruga video?

  • Garwoofoo #51 5 years ago

    Probably not, seeing as she's female. :-)

  • JetSetWilly #52 5 years ago

    Oops. Apologies Keza! In my defence I did try and check the staff profiles first.
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 15:26

  • Keza #53 5 years ago

    You use one stylus to touch the tools in order to select them and the other for working on the patients. Saves dotting about the screen in the head of the moment!

    Actually Garwoofoo, I think you still have my copy of Under the Knife. :-P

  • Garwoofoo #54 5 years ago

    I do. Want to swap it for your copy of Second Opinion? Oh, you'll have to lend me your US Wii so I can play it, of course.

  • Muddtallica #55 5 years ago

    Keza: So you actually keep the DS on the table and poke it with two styluses? That's pretty authentic! Do you get someone to mop your brow with a sponge, and shout things like "50ccs of Vanilla Coke, STAT!" whilst playing it?

  • sturgeon #56 5 years ago

    lol. I thought that the eurogamer review was a second opinion review, not the actual title. doh. For a moment I was thinking that this was initially rated as shite.

  • lemon #57 5 years ago

    I've played it for a bit, it al seemed like a Flash game. Can't understand the excitement.

  • spliffhead #58 5 years ago

    We (almost) all agree it's great, but what about a date?

  • twelveways #59 5 years ago

    "I've played it for a bit, it al seemed like a Flash game. Can't understand the excitement."
    Flash games dont use stylus or motion sensors.
    People really need to learn that graphics dont make a game...

  • haywire #60 5 years ago

    Well, this looks great since I didn't play the DS edition but is it really going to be out soon? Is there a confirmed release date?

  • MadMirko #61 5 years ago

    Don't think they anounced a date, yet. At least I can't find one. But that may be just me.

    Seems our "one trick pony" learned another one. :)

  • mezzomorto #62 5 years ago

    @ Adam_T, from what I read on Gamespot, there is no multiplayer mode as such.
    Unless you want to play "Nurse" to a "Doctor" mate on the same operation.

  • varsas #63 5 years ago

    According to gamestracker it's released on 26th Jan 2007.

  • secombe #64 5 years ago

    "Another great game" comments from many suggesting (I assume) that Zelda is the only decent title so far.

    Why is it then, that everyone I know with a Wii (quite a few people now) is playing Wii Sports, and to a slightly lesser extent - Wii Play, like their lives depend on it?

    Wii Sports seems to be being dismissed due to it being free, yet it's probably the most fun I've had on a game since Sonic 2. In fact I've totalled up 24 hours plus on my Wii already and don't even own Zelda.
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 17:57

  • Toonster #65 5 years ago

    phew!

    Nice to see a score that's not 6/10 or less.

  • stoopidgreg #66 5 years ago

    bugger off, 9/10 for a cheap DS port, that's a joke. doesn't matter how good the original is.

  • MadMirko #67 5 years ago

    Stoopidreg no ready ready comments thread or even review thingy?

    It's no port. :)
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 18:22

  • quantumsheep #68 5 years ago

    spliffhead: "We (almost) all agree it's great, but what about a date?"

    That's a bit forward isn't it? ;)

  • Rambaldi #69 5 years ago

    Come on - it's a fine line between 'port' and 'revised edition'...

    It's not without 'heavy borrowing', put it that way.

  • Mr_Brown #70 5 years ago

    Finally a game to silence all the Wii bashers out there. Yes it is possible to make a great game using the Wii controls and Nintendo didn't get it wrong. Seriously if Nintendo didn't belive 100% the Wii control scheme wouldn't work they wouldn't have taken such a risk!

    Anywho...can't wait for a Wii version of Quendon! Now that will be special!

  • smelly #71 5 years ago

    OH NO!!! ANOTHER CRAP WII GAME!!!

    THE WII IS DOOOMED!!!


    (erm.. hang on..)

  • cooper #72 5 years ago

    Good to see they seem to have nailed it with Trauma Centre. I didn't like the DS version so much, but if it's such an improvement I may have to at least try this one.

    Coincidentally, TC was one of the very few "stylus only" DS games that really worked for me (even if I never got myself to actually finish it).
    Coming from someone who's really trying to find reasons to get a Wii, my concerns are more with the idea that everything on it *must* use the remote.
    Example: I can't see myself playing something so simple as Ikaruga using the remote.

    But enough speculation. I'll just let the inconditional fans enjoy their big triumph or whatever...

  • smelly #73 5 years ago

    "Example: I can't see myself playing something so simple as Ikaruga using the remote. "

    I can.. turn it on its side.. use as dpad. Maybe move left/right by tilting, but have ability to turn it off.

    No-one's saying that just because its there devs MUST use it (just like the ds stylus).

    The wiimote would be just as good as dpad for "mainstream" (and I hate that word) due to its lack of buttons, etc. In fact Ikaruga would be a perfect game!

  • haywire #74 5 years ago

    "According to gamestracker it's released on 26th Jan 2007."

    if thats accurate, cool, i should be finished zelda by then given the time i'm spending fishing :D

    "The wiimote would be just as good as dpad for "mainstream" (and I hate that word) due to its lack of buttons, etc. In fact Ikaruga would be a perfect game!"

    sounds cool, and i'm all for some straightforward gaming like that but how comfy is the wiimote to use that way for a good session?

    could be better to just buy the retro controller thing. but i don't know, not had to try yet.

    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 20:42

  • cooper #75 5 years ago

    @Smelly: I hope you're right!

  • HunterSeeker #76 5 years ago

    Wow, and I was wondering where did the MS and Sony fanbois disappeared to from the US websites.
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 21:55

  • Psi #77 5 years ago

    just checked that ikaruga on youtube, nowt compared to me playing strikers1945 much more twitch needed for strikers.

  • secombe #78 5 years ago

    "Wii sports is mediocre."

    Want to get that enlarged and put above my TV, then when the Accomplishments email shows 30 hours and beyond on Wii Sports (which isn't far off already) I can look up and smile inside.

    Wii Tennis is worth the price (er, free) alone, I've yet to see anyone unimpressed watching a single player game against a good (1800+ point) CPU opponent, it's amazingly technical...one of the best sports game experiences I'm having since NHLPA '93.

  • smelly #79 5 years ago

    "ain't no fanboy kiddo. ain't worth getting bunged-up bout no farkin' videogames console. be objective"

    WTF?

    I always felt this place was bad .. but this post has reminded me just how bad fanboys do come. At least everyone else knows how to string an English sentence together! :-)

  • smelly #80 5 years ago

    "sounds cool, and i'm all for some straightforward gaming like that but how comfy is the wiimote to use that way for a good session? "


    Try holding on on its side and seeing :-)

    I've just held one like that, i cant see any reason why it wouldnt work.

    (and some of the older VC games can be controlled this way too - not tried any yet though - am pained to pay the price!)

  • Chtulie #81 5 years ago

    Now it's just on for the wait on the Wii version of Phoenix Wright.
    (Downloadable episodic content? A new case every week for 6 weeks -or more- every year, like a tv show, would be awesome)

  • Genji #82 5 years ago

    I don't know how anyone could play Wii Sports and come away thinking it's "mediocre". It boggles the mind.

  • haywire #83 5 years ago

    "Try holding on on its side and seeing :-)

    I've just held one like that, i cant see any reason why it wouldnt work.

    (and some of the older VC games can be controlled this way too - not tried any yet though - am pained to pay the price!) "

    i'll give it a go :)

    i want some VC stuff like Bomberman and Mario64 but my money's all tied up in Christmas - pah - humbug! :-(
    Edited by 1 at 20/12/06 @ 22:36

  • morriss #84 5 years ago

    When's it out?

  • Santino #85 5 years ago

    @haywire:

    i highly recommend mario 64 on the VC it has been upscaled and generally much sharper and brighter looking. hopefully the rest of the n64 games get given the same treatment.

  • Cubfan #86 5 years ago

    "Finally a game to silence all the Wii bashers out there. Yes it is possible to make a great game using the Wii controls and Nintendo didn't get it wrong. Seriously if Nintendo didn't belive 100% the Wii control scheme wouldn't work they wouldn't have taken such a risk!"

    Have you actually played it? Or do you determine what constitutes a "great" game based solely on another person's review?

    I've played it, sorry but "great" is bit much for this title. It's not too bad mind you, but definitely no 9/10.

  • smelly #87 5 years ago

    "Have you actually played it? Or do you determine what constitutes a "great" game based solely on another person's review?
    "


    People are quick enough to do that with bad reviews i notice?

  • smelly #88 5 years ago

    "i highly recommend mario 64 on the VC it has been upscaled and generally much sharper and brighter looking."


    RUBBISH!!!

    Which version are you playing? Because the one im playing looks just as bad as the n64 version (complete with bad draw distances)

  • smelly #89 5 years ago

    I don't know how anyone could play Wii Sports and come away thinking it's "mediocre". It boggles the mind.


    Easy: Probably hasnt played it.. just looked at screenshots.

  • Santino #90 5 years ago

    maybe its also because i am using component but it is definitely looking sharper and brighter than when first released.
    Edited by 1 at 21/12/06 @ 01:20

  • haywire #91 5 years ago

    I don't mind how it looks, I'm just looking forward to playing it :)

    Reminds me though, i must check the back of the telly for component port - I've never used anything but the crappola cables that come in the box with consoles....

  • lasermink #92 5 years ago

    Bashing the Wii is the new cool thing to do for the 'tards ...

  • haowan #93 5 years ago

    give it a rest sonmi.

  • sonmi451 #94 5 years ago

    ok love.

  • JSD124 #95 5 years ago

    I bought UTK yesterday from a bargain bin. It's hard, but I can't stop playing.

    I'm not sure I'll be ready when SO comes out...

  • #96 5 years ago

    "i highly recommend mario 64 on the VC it has been upscaled and generally much sharper and brighter looking."


    RUBBISH!!!

    Which version are you playing? Because the one im playing looks just as bad as the n64 version (complete with bad draw distances)

    Which kind of TV and connection are you using smelly?

  • Psi #97 5 years ago

    onehundred and FIRST!

  • spongebob #98 5 years ago

    I don't think this game deserves a nine. But then again I haven't played the Wii version, just the DS one. Maybe the reviewer still got a bit carried away with the score? Surely it's fun playing the surgeon, but is it a game that deserves a nine? Especially with EGs usually strict guidelines...

  • Keza #99 5 years ago

    Again: It is a DIFFERENT GAME from the DS version.

    You can't play one and pass judgement on both.

  • Cubfan #100 5 years ago

    "I don't think this game deserves a nine. But then again I haven't played the Wii version, just the DS one. Maybe the reviewer still got a bit carried away with the score? Surely it's fun playing the surgeon, but is it a game that deserves a nine? Especially with EGs usually strict guidelines..."

    Some random broad reviewed it, hence the discrepancy.

  • kangarootoo #101 5 years ago

    Thank christ for that. I never doubted the potential of the Wii, but I was starting to worry about the seeming inability of devs to do something decent with it. Though, as has been said many times, launch lists are sually pretty poor and it takes a while for devs to get their houses in order on any new platform.

  • stoopidgreg #102 5 years ago

    MadMirko said "It's no port. :)"

    huh? it has the same storyline, practically the same graphics and gameplay... how is it not a port? just because it has a few extras? i guess when operation flashpoint came to the xbox that wasn't a port either, because it had a few extras...

  • Der_tolle_Emil #103 5 years ago

    The word is called "Remake".

  • haowan #104 5 years ago

    Yet you're perfectly happy to call yourself "DeathLord666" when you're online.

  • haowan #105 5 years ago

    Do your friends know that's what you call yourself? Are you a Satanist?

  • haowan #106 5 years ago

    hehe. I AM THE DEATH LORD LOL

    BOW BEFORE ME

    I AM SATAN INCARNATE

    loser :)

  • haowan #107 5 years ago

    I don't have one, actually. I just think it's pretty stupid to hate a console / company the way you obviously do from your posts in the other Wii threads. You're obviously a child though, judging from your username and your other responses, so I guess you should be excused for being a bit naive and blinkered. It's ok, you'll grow up one day :)

  • Darren #108 5 years ago

    Considering EG's rather generous 9/10 score for a samey sequel (NHL 2K7), I'm inclined to trust Edge's 6/10 review but having not played the game I'm in a bit of dilemna really since they could be "wrong". Do I cancel my pre-order or not...?

  • HunterSeeker #109 5 years ago

    [link url=htt p://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/933018.asp
    ]http://ww w.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/9...[/link]

    Another way of working out the average, remove the 5 reviews of the highest score, remove 5 of the lowest score, find the mean.

  • quantumsheep #110 5 years ago

    w00t!

    Getting this at lunch! \o/

  • Grump #111 4 years ago

    w00t!

    Got this at lunch! \o/