Play I wish there were more than three surgeries to apply that knowledge to, though. I never managed to completely overcome all the confusion and complexity of the controls, but surgeries became easier – and I felt more awesome and skillful – as I applied what I learned. I also had no clue that there are subtle hints about where to make incisions. For instance, I had no idea you could stabilize a patient’s bleeding by injecting him with the green serum (the same one will cause you to get high if you accidentally prick yourself). Many aren't explained at all, which rewards experimentation. Instead, you can learn the subtleties of Surgeon Simulator’s systems to make situations that previously seemed dire manageable. Sure, you can slice and smash your way to victory by operating like a psychopath (you can perform brain surgery with a hatchet, for example), but you'll barely earn a passing grade. That's when it becomes apparent that there's more depth here than the gruesome comedy lets on. Once I understood the limits and capabilities of the controls, I became pretty competent at mangling patients in a timely fashion. Occasionally the silly controls have caused me frustration when I failed and had to repeat a surgery, but on the flipside overcoming them makes each successful procedure even more gratifying. As long as the heart's replaced, it doesn't matter if the lungs have been tossed on the operating room floor. Even successfully finishing a surgery is cause for laughter, as “success” involves little more than ripping out the old organs and haphazardly tossing the replacement ones in. Combined with the somewhat-realistic and occasionally buggy physics, the clumsy controls turn every mundane task into an absurdist spectacle as you struggle to grab a bone saw, or maybe knock over a whole rack of tools in your attempt to grab a small scalpel, or rake a laser across the patient's face. The vast majority of Surgeon Simulator’s entertainment value isn’t in actually completing surgeries and seeing patients off to a speedy recovery, but in how badly you fumble even the simplest of acts.
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