Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (Nintendo DS, 2008)

The game is wonderful. Full of great gameplay and a fun to follow story. If you want to skip the story, you can, which is awesome for fans that just want to sink their knives into their work and save lives. The characters are very fun, and the replay option for the operations gives you something to work for after the game is completed. I Enjoyed the game all the way through, even though the romance was rather obvious, haha. I fell in love with the characters, and I could follow the story perfectly, even though I did not play Trauma Center 1. I am not a doctor, so I have no idea whether or not the procedures are accurate. But they looked good to me!

I really liked the 1st Trauma Center and part 2 is no slouch, might even be better. To play through on easy mode takes about 9 hours, so the game isn't too long and most teen/adults should be able to finish it. I doubt kids under 10 or so will be able to enjoy the game as there is alot of text and the surgery's can be quite technical and stressful. There's a cool storyline running throughout, basically this game is a book with surgery's in between chapters. It's a definite nice change of pace from your traditional video game.

The "operations" that you perform are a fun time challenge that get progressively harder with more things to keep track of like vital signs, removing excess fluids, etc. The concept is similar to Diner Dash in that you have to manage the timing of a lot of different activities in order to "save" your patient and complete the operation. It's a fun game, and a great use of the stylus and touchpad for the DS!!

So much better then thr first one!!!!!!

This game play is a lot more detailed and you have the option of replaying a level if your not satisfied by your score. The operations are a lot more challenging and you have to put more concentration into the operation to achieve a better score.

This game is a lot of fun. Not too hard, not too easy. The only thing I didn't like was having to go thru a lot of typed conversation before being able to start play.