This game is bloody hard...but highly adicting!!!
(hows that for a medical analogy!)
In all seirousness, this is one of the most adiciting games I've picked up for the DS, trumped only by 'Sudoku Gridmasers.'
Is it the fast moving, well told story line? What about the heart pounding adrenaline rush that is operating on virtual patients? Or what about the great graphics and interface? It's definatly not the cheasy and lame anime style 'fighting stance' scenes that take place before operations. Afterall, who looks like their going to whup someones ass, screaming battle cries, before they conduct a vavle transplant in someones heart?
The game gets hard quickly, I'm finding myself repeating the missions several times after about an hour and a half of gameplay. The game definatly requires you to have a fast hand, and rewards your quick thinking. There is not as much empahsis on accuracy as one might think, which is disapointing, but also a life saver in many siutations.
The sounds are decent, but could definatly use a lot more work . I'd be cooler if there was a bit more voice aciting, but hey, it's a cartridge game!
The one thing that I would definatly change about this game is the save feature. It should really have more save slots, or work on a profile system with multiple save slots per user. This would make it easier to share the game between roommates/friends.
Overall this is an instant classic in my eyes, and will definatly deliver many more hours of heart pounding gameplay!