Ravenanth
3 reviews liked by Ravenanth
Somehow open-heart surgery is significantly easier than intestinal aneurysms.
Also there's no way this game isn't canon to Shin Megami Tensei.
Also there's no way this game isn't canon to Shin Megami Tensei.
there's a cool understanding of what this is, not just a sequel but a maturing of derek and angie from rookies to veterans, that is shown through the OST.
for some context: i consider the first game's "normal operation" music one of the most amazing pieces of video game music ever. not just because it itself is a great scary tune, but because it serves its purpose of being tense, not overwhelmingly horrific. atlus knew the gameplay of trauma center was something unlike anything anyone had really ever seen before, and you have to remember that the touch-heavy games on the DS were usually pushed as casual, family-friendly difficulty romps. "normal operation" is a genius track, emphasizing that this game was about to get crazy and it wasn't for the average person trying to kill time.
a lot of the first game's OST is horror slanted, but this one's is much more techno and electronic. it represents a confident derek stiles, and i love that! you're no longer a scared little himbo, you're a superhimbo!
gameplay has been refined and is way more forgiving, but... it plays way slower. this is the biggest flaw in it -- it's too easy for the wrong reason. everything just feels like slow-mo, and the surgery patterns are meant to reflect on this by being much more forgiving and simple. there's a lot of recovery you can do in surgeries in this game, and it does kinda suck since that aspect doesn't really work itself into the whole "you've honed your skills in trauma center 1, now prove yourself in 2!" vibe i just praised this one for having... but whatever.
story is all over the place once again, but i appreciate it being much less random. emilioooo ;_;
for some context: i consider the first game's "normal operation" music one of the most amazing pieces of video game music ever. not just because it itself is a great scary tune, but because it serves its purpose of being tense, not overwhelmingly horrific. atlus knew the gameplay of trauma center was something unlike anything anyone had really ever seen before, and you have to remember that the touch-heavy games on the DS were usually pushed as casual, family-friendly difficulty romps. "normal operation" is a genius track, emphasizing that this game was about to get crazy and it wasn't for the average person trying to kill time.
a lot of the first game's OST is horror slanted, but this one's is much more techno and electronic. it represents a confident derek stiles, and i love that! you're no longer a scared little himbo, you're a superhimbo!
gameplay has been refined and is way more forgiving, but... it plays way slower. this is the biggest flaw in it -- it's too easy for the wrong reason. everything just feels like slow-mo, and the surgery patterns are meant to reflect on this by being much more forgiving and simple. there's a lot of recovery you can do in surgeries in this game, and it does kinda suck since that aspect doesn't really work itself into the whole "you've honed your skills in trauma center 1, now prove yourself in 2!" vibe i just praised this one for having... but whatever.
story is all over the place once again, but i appreciate it being much less random. emilioooo ;_;
A game very near perfection. I feel the need to say that I haven't played much of the DS original, only getting halfway through the second area, but I feel like it's UI, harder gameplay and better endings will make it a better experience for me. But this version is still great. The gameplay is fun even if I prefer the mainline press turns or Persona's 1 more. But the exploration is amazing as well as the story, which deals with concepts such as radicalization and the price of utopia greatly, with all 3 standard endings being great. All of my flaws of this game come from the redux additions, with Alex being an interesting concept but executed through an annoying dungeon and updated endings that take a lot of edge from the original. Overall, a masterpiece, even if I will prefer the original once I finish it.