Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Negative: 4 out of 17
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  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    46
    Frustratingly, it plays more like an interactive story book than a videogame. [Jan 2008, p.78]
  2. The typically anime characters are great for a laugh, and you occasionally learn a medical term or two with which to impress your girlfriend, but overall, playing LifeSigns is like being operated on by a chimpanzee without anesthetic.
  3. The game is all over the map. The story is interesting and gives a little peek into Japanese society. The graphics are fantastic, but the music is horrible. Finally, the fact you can’t actually do anything to affect any of the game’s outcomes is somewhat ridiculous, and in the end makes it difficult to recommend.
  4. About as mind-numbing as brain surgery, Lifesigns: Hospital Affairs concerns itself too much with gossip rather than gameplay. It's an utterly dull game that's better left on the operating table.

Awards & Rankings

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#39 Most Shared DS Game of 2007
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Aug 29, 2021
    10
    Phoenix Wright, except you are a doctor and you are horny
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  2. DanielV.
    Nov 20, 2007
    9
    LifeSigns is a fantastic game, and easily one of the most enjoyable text adventures I've ever played. Highly recommended.