I was drawn to Surgeon Simulator from stumbling on online videos. Originally, I had assumed from the rather serious title that it was an actual surgery simulator, and was interested in looking into it for my wife, who's into this sort of thing. Imagine my shock when I realized it's the exact opposite! Just do a brief search for clips from this game and you'll be treated to hilarious videos of surgeries gone horribly, hilariously wrong. So I decided to play it. The reason the surgeries are so clumsy and awkward is because it takes the player's two hands just to control the onscreen surgeon's one. The mouse controls movements, while the individual fingers are controlled by pressing five individual buttons. I get that making it difficult is the point. I get that it's supposed to be stupid, and you're supposed to look terrible. But actually playing it is like a bad dream, where twenty minutes can go by and you haven't even cut the patient open because you're still fumbling around with the buttons and dropping everything you're trying to pick up. At first, it's humorous. Then you realize it's the only point of the game, and then it quickly gets old. After about half an hour, and two botched surgeries, I had played enough for my lifetime, and I can almost guarantee I will never pick it up again. That being said, I still find myself watching the online videos every so often, making this one of the very few games that is more fun(ny) to watch than play. If you're on the fence about picking this one up, I'd at least advise you to wait for a sale: Paying $10 for what is essentially a one-trick pony seems like a waste of money to me, especially given the lack of replay value.
