

It must be fascinating to watch an outsider take on all these complex systems in a skillful way, when it seems so hard-to-understand on the outside. The fascinating thing about the game is the language of the mechanics: there’s a lot of tools to use and a lot of situations in which to use them, and it can get confusing when new ones are presented, but eventually the sequences become second-nature. Completing tasks in proper and rapid succession increases the combo meter and gets more points, the metric which all surgeons are judged upon. Broken bones must be removed with chainsaws, and new ones burned in. Wounds must be stapled close, cauterized with a lighter, and then have a healing gel applied. Ophelia Payne must use unconventional tools like pizza cutters, chainsaws, car batteries, and blowtorches to make sure her patients and their bizarre maladies are properly treated.

The goofy gameplay of the series is well-preserved here, but the monetization does drag it down to a degree.įor the uninitiated, players control a surgeon who doesn’t use typical – or safe – methods to treat her patients. The Amateur Surgeon series from Adult Swim gets its third entry, and is now free-to-play to boot.
