I did spend my time getting every single achievement in the original game, but I think I’m in the minority on this. Just like the original, the replay value mostly depends on doing the surgeries in a certain way to get the achievements or experimenting with different ways to complete them. Having played the previous game with the Oculus DK2 and the Razer Hydra, I was pretty stoked to finally get full VR version of Surgeon SImulator. The game looks pretty much the same so don’t expect an improve visual experience. If you’ve already went through the regular game, you’ll have no problems going through Surgeon Simulator ER since the criteria for all the surgeries remain the same. With the way your hands work now, it’s a ton easier to press the keypad for the space levels. Yes, you can walk towards them if you so desire, but the station controls makes retrieving items easier.įrom what I experienced, you’ll have mostly the same levels and you’ll have to do the same tricks and surgeries to unlock them. The objects inside will react accordingly when hitting a wall so if you lost that scalpel far down the room, just move the space station a bit and have it float back towards you. Two levers allow you to move the space station side to side or up and down. In the space levels, you can control how the space station moves, which can help you reach some of those items that have floated away. But, without the constant movement in the ambulance levels, the these levels are easier and there’s not that much that distinguishes this part from the hospital levels. Instead, the items will jump up occasionally to throw you off. Thankfully, all the ambulance levels take place without any bouncing or otherwise, we’d have a lot of sick Surgeon Simulator ER players out there. There are some other change to the original game to accommodate playing in VR. Bossa also did a cool thing and added a placeable camera, much like Job Simulator’s camera allowing you to set up how you want viewers to see you play. You can even watch yourself perform if you so desire. On the wall will be a monitor where you can switch the video feed giving you different angles of the surgery. I can now quickly scan the room for what I need making me do these surgeries with more effectiveness. It adds a nice level of immersion where you are surrounded by the environment and you don’t feel constrained in your view by a monitor now. Whereas in the original game you had to slowly pan your arm around to reach certain things, you can just quickly turn your head, grab it with your hand, and go about your business. Having the ability to use a VR HMD lets you freely look around easily and immerse yourself into the game. The brain surgery level happens during a power outage so you’ll have to hold a flashlight in one hand while performing the surgery with the other. For the most part, gripping items wasn’t frustrating and I was able to work my way through even the most delicate of procedures using the Vive wands.īossa did throw in a few things to take advantage of the second hand. This setup can be a little bit awkward at times, but I didn’t have too many issues with it. On the HTC Vive, you close the hand by pressing the trackpad and palm buttons. For me, I enjoyed being free to use either hand on certain tasks and found it to be a different but still fun to play. For some, this might lessen the appeal of what made Surgeon Simulator fun in that you had to fight the controls to get things done. Oh, you’ll still run into some issues like your hand getting stuck in areas, but the move to two hands does ease the pain a bit. Being able to use two hands in the game really makes for a lot less frustrating experience. Looking to complete the kidney transplant quickly? Yank both bad kidneys out at once and put the good ones in without having to wait for one hand to free up. Doing the eye transplant? Hold the jar of eyeballs in one hand while you use the other to pluck them out and stick them in the eye sockets. The game plays pretty much the same as the original with some changes.įirst up, you now have two hands instead of one so you can multi-task with ease. Surgeon Simulator ER is the fully realized VR version of the cult game letting those who have an Oculus Rift with Touch or an HTC Vive perform life saving surgeries in a virtual environment. It worked for a little bit, but Bossa Studios never did really put full support into letting you play Surgeon SImulator in VR until now. When I got my Oculus Rift DK2 and Razer Hydra, I longed for the ability to play it in VR using motion controls. This frustrating fun filled game took up a lot of my time as I worked on getting every single achievement out there. One of the more quirky games I enjoy is Surgeon Simulator.
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