Trauma Center: Under the Knife review

The DS sews up the most bizarre emergency room ever

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GamesRadar+ Verdict

Pros

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    Best use of stylus controls

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    ever

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    Tensely-paced surgeries

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    Wacky hospital staff

Cons

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    Text logs between and during surgeries

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    Difficult procedures=lots of do-overs

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    No multiplayer

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Utilizing the unique DS control scheme to its fullest, Trauma Center: Under the Knife offers gamers the chance to turn their stylus into a scalpel and play doctor in one of the DS’s best kept secrets.

Trauma Center puts you in the long white coat of Dr. Derek Stiles, a young surgeon performing complicated procedures amidst a dramatic backdrop of medical terrorism, miraculous healing powers and loopy, soap opera-like characters - seriously, there’s even a euthanizing, dude-speaking doc.

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Matt Cabral
Matt Cabral
A full-time freelance writer based in Lizzie Borden's hometown, Matt Cabral has covered film, television, and video games for over a decade. You can follow him on Twitter @gamegoat, friend him on Facebook, or find him in the basement of an abandoned building hoarding all the canned goods, med-kits, and shotgun shells.