Surgeon Simulator 2013

History

Surgeon Simulator is a game developed by the bossa studios in the year 2013. It was initially developed as an entry in a game making competition that gave you 48 hours to create a game. The first version of the game was created there in the competition. But the developers continued to put their efforts in the game and finally released a commercial version of the game in the same year. Also an iPad version of the game was also released the following year, i.e. 2014.

Gameplay

Wikipedia describes Surgeon Simulator 2013 as a first person perspective game. The aim of the game is to do surgeries on patients with your keyboard and mouse. The control are pretty simple. The default controls are set for a right handed person. He is supposed to keep his left hand on the keyboard with the little finger on the 'a' key, the ring finger on the 'w' key, middle finger on the 'e' key, the index finger on the 'r' key and the thumb on the 'spacebar'. And the right hand of the player is supposed to be set on the mouse as usual. The control of the game are so designed that the finger you press your left hand, engages the same finger movement of the simulated surgeon in the game! i.e. If you use your little finger, then the surgeon folds his little finger, if you press all the buttons( 'a' , 'w', 'e', 'r', ' ') then the surgeon folds all of his finger in the game and so on. And the left mouse button when pressed simulates the downward movement of the hand, while the right mouse button is supposed to adjust the orientation of the hand. The aim of the game, do a surgery.

It is a very interesting and a new concept in the history of gaming. The surgery is an interesting part too. If you have to transplant a heart, you just need to dissect parts, remove organs and replace the heart, it doesn't matter what you do to the rest of the organs. Just replace the heart. You're given a variety of medical instruments that you can use too. Sounds very simple, yet a tough nut to nail.

Reception

Critics rated the game as a tough one, although they said it was the toughness that appealed to them the most. A UK based gaming blog (Rock Paper Shotgun) said that it is not a brilliant of a game, yet a brilliant of a joke. Eurogamer gave Surgeon Simulator 2013 a rating of 7 and praised the humor portrayed in the game. My verdict, definitely play the game! Atleast once. This game deserves a shot!

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