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Surgeon Simulator (formerly Surgeon Simulator 2013) is a surgical simulation video game developed and published by Bossa Studios.The initial version was created by Tom Jackson, Jack Good, Luke Williams and James Broadley in a 48-hour period for the 2013 Global Game Jam; the developers continued and spent 48 days creating a commercial version. [1]
Macworld reviewed the Macintosh version of The Surgeon; the reviewer is a licensed doctor of medicine. Macworld says that the beginning of the game becomes "boring" after playing it several times, a necessity due to the game's lack of a save function, and due to a patient's death resetting progress in-game, they express that "you find yourself going through the early steps again and again."
The game was later re-released, first in a three pack compilation set called the Sci-Fi Collection with two other titles (Galactic Warrior Rats, Suburban Commando) for the PC. The front cover was in a "Y" shape with Dalek Attack in the bottom right and the instruction booklet was photocopied.
PC Gamer saw the game as part of a larger trend of disappointing Doctor Who games despite the rich subject matter. In analysing the challenges Doctor Who poses to video gaming, the site noted that the personality of the Doctor himself would necessitate abstract item puzzles or dialogue-based puzzles rather than action-oriented gameplay. [2]
For gamers who are looking to make a future investment, there are certain genres to keep an eye out for.
The 1992 Doctor Who pinball machine by Bally was released for the game on October 1, 2016, with an original table Master of Time released for Steam and iOS on December 24, 2016. On June 30, 2018, all Bally pinball tables were removed from the game due to the Williams/Bally license holder not wanting to renew the license with FarSight Studios .
Like Catan, Small World decided to release a limited run of bespoke handcrafted versions of the game, with everything modeled in full 3D, including boxes for each race and whole sacks full of ...
Lam concluded that for people who have an interest in medical science, the game "gives doctor-wannabes a scratch-the-surface education in the life of a medical professional." [ 10 ] Michael L. House of AllGame gave the game two and a half stars out of five, and considered the game and many of its patient cases to be boring.