Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition

 PlayStation 4
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5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 70
  3. Negative: 30 out of 70

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  1. NeedleBanger
    Aug 12, 2014
    2
    You don't get a score any higher than 2/10 when the controls are so bad that it makes the game unplayable. And this is for PS4??!!! Good grief... For a "simulator" this guy has got to be the worst surgeon on the planet.

    The controls are LAUGHABLE. Everything is unbelievably accurate - from picking up instruments, to actually using them. Your hand usually gets in the way of your view so    You don't get a score any higher than 2/10 when the controls are so bad that it makes the game unplayable. And this is for PS4??!!! Good grief... For a "simulator" this guy has got to be the worst surgeon on the planet.

    The controls are LAUGHABLE. Everything is unbelievably accurate - from picking up instruments, to actually using them. Your hand usually gets in the way of your view so you never have a clue what you're actually cutting at. They could have fixed this by making the hand transparent, but nope! They don't offer the option to invert the right thumbstick. Good luck pulling half of the organs & bones out of the patients with the horrible controls! Besides how ridiculous it is to simply pick up utensils/organs, you can't even properly use half of them - Scissors? Nope. Markers? Nope.Tweezers? Nope. On/off switch for power tools? Nope. And good luck once you don't properly place a tool back down onto the table with pinpoint accuracy & precision - you'll never be able to pick it up again!

    Any game from the Trauma Center series for the Wii puts this game to shame. You don't even get to cut open your own patients - they come pre cut open and all you have to do is wave some flailing utensils around inside them until you either fail the mission or somehow actually manage to cut the right organs. As far as PS4 games go, this is a joke. It's a shame too because games like this can actually be really cool if they're done correctly.    … Expand
  2. sityoazzdown
    Sep 10, 2019
    2
    How can a game that is so fun to watch online and laugh, be so impossibly bad to play? Not is this game so bad and boring to play, it's completely pointless and a time waster. This is a watch online rating.
  3. Hestefesten
    Aug 23, 2014
    3
    I know it's meant to have bad controls and all, but it's just too much. It takes the fun out of it. I'm not sure it would be easier with a mouse and keyboard, but I just find it to be more frustrating than fun. So I agree with some of the critic reviews of this game.
  4. Jollukka1
    Nov 2, 2014
    4
    Frustrating to play alone, but a lot of fun to play with a friend.
    If you don't have a sense of humor, do not buy it.
    The game is challenging more than frustrating, but when game becomes too challenging it becomes very frustrating.
  5. Darth_Arrow
    Jun 20, 2015
    0
    I've been gaming for the better part of my life. This game wins hand down the award of worst control i have ever encountered...by a mile. It is supposed to be a joke and we are supposed to be having fun. But it's neither funny nor any fun at all. I made an account just to rate this a zero. I got this on a flash sale and i still feel robbed. This game is not difficult; it is broken.
  6. Thedonkey
    Nov 19, 2019
    1
    Super fun game on PC, where you have a bit more control over how your hand moves. It's a silly, skill challenging game with funny little levels to work your way through. The game translates terribly to a console though. The controller makes it impossible to move your hand or tools properly, and makes the game basically unplayable aside for a little party game that you'll all get sick of inSuper fun game on PC, where you have a bit more control over how your hand moves. It's a silly, skill challenging game with funny little levels to work your way through. The game translates terribly to a console though. The controller makes it impossible to move your hand or tools properly, and makes the game basically unplayable aside for a little party game that you'll all get sick of in the matter of maybe 30 minutes. Save your money and buy it on PC instead.… Expand
  7. Space_X_Mars
    Dec 21, 2020
    2
    I can't speak for PC or any other version, but the PS4 edition is chock full of bugs that feel like they make the game impossible at times, if I had a dollar for every time my hand has glitched through an item, items were impossible to pick up (especially annoying in corridor and ambulance when you spent 9 minutes trying to cut out the rib cage alone,) and/or the game not registering organI can't speak for PC or any other version, but the PS4 edition is chock full of bugs that feel like they make the game impossible at times, if I had a dollar for every time my hand has glitched through an item, items were impossible to pick up (especially annoying in corridor and ambulance when you spent 9 minutes trying to cut out the rib cage alone,) and/or the game not registering organ placement, I would have more than what Nigel makes in 5 decades. So in short, the PS4 edition has a lot of bugs that ruin the experience of playing this game.… Expand

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#85 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2014
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#88 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2014

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56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 19
  3. Negative: 4 out of 19
  1. PSNStores
    Jan 7, 2015
    80
    This is the kind of game you either instantly fall in love with or stare at in amazement. Surgeon Simulator A&E is a great port of the original title and brings more good new features than bad.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Oct 29, 2014
    70
    Equally frustrating and hilarious. [Nov 2014, p.89]
  3. Worth Playing
    Oct 6, 2014
    70
    It isn't a game for everyone, especially those who demand tight controls and realistic simulation titles or Trauma Center, but if you can deal with the silliness of it all, you'll find Surgeon Simulator to be enjoyable enough.
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