
There, at least, someone can create a level that outright requires a party of four. Give me a level where I'm trapped in a room filling up with water, while my only chance of rescue lies with one of my doofus friends who needs to replace a set of kidneys in time! It appears that Bossa has offloaded much of those responsibilities to its robust level creator, where anyone can create their own clockwork Surgeon Simulator contraptions. The levels don't increase in complexity when you add more players, and I think Bossa left some of its more exotic, Portal 2-ish puzzle opportunities on the table. That said, I was a little disappointed that none of Surgeon Simulator 2's mainline missions fully take advantage of the mechanical potential of its multiplayer. It's always nice to have someone holding a new stomach at the ready right as I pull out the old one, you know?īut as always with Surgeon Simulator, it will be the calamities I remember most the gristly pandemonium of a botched amputation is best experienced with friends. The addition of a fellow doctor streamlined everything. I never took advantage of that option-this is not the sort of game you want to play with randoms-but I did complete about half the levels with a friend. The campaign can be completed all by your lonesome, but at every turn, Surgeon Simulator 2 strongly encourages taking advantage of its up-to-four player co-op-to the point that the player is sorted into a public, matchmaking-friendly party when loading up a mission. There's not a ton of meat on these bones, but if nothing else, the story will make you consider if the right to conduct surgery, no matter who you are, ought to be unimpeachable natural law. The origins of the school get increasingly convoluted as the narrative is doled out like a System Shock-style radio play, through dueling voices over the intercom. The player is a fresh recruit in a shabby, enigmatically conceived "surgery training school," which aims to democratize the art of operation from the moneyed private-school elites. The bulk of your experience in Surgeon Simulator 2 will probably be spent in its story mode, which lasts 11 missions, and follows a playful, well-acted mystery that lays some of the foundational blocks of Bossa Studio's new extended universe. Once you have your ingredients, it's all about keeping a steady hand. In one case, I found myself on the third floor of the hospital, pulling a lever that caused a payload of spare legs to slam onto the operating floor with a huge, viscerally horrifying splat. Nothing is ever straightforward including head transplants – who would have known? The Bossa Labs Medical Facility is as much a character in this game as your fellow surgeons and seems to be totally trying to sabotage your surgical career with its labyrinthine corridors, devious puzzles, and tricky traps.Those puzzles are generally well designed. Jump in as a solo sawbones or play with friends: the truth is out there! Reveal the truth behind the mysterious medical facility in Campaign Mode with a plot crafted by award-winning writer Rhianna Pratchett which has more twists than Bob’s intestines. You must work like a well-oiled machine, choosing to help, or hinder, the life-saving efforts in this unique and pandemonium pumped party game. In Story Mode, you can play solo or with friends and pull together as a team to perform operations, opening ribcages, choosing transplant organs, making sure Bob doesn’t bleed out – it’s a barrage of botch jobs that will test every element of your surgical skills, teamwork, and creativity.

Plunge into frenzied and friendly cooperative operations or lock horns, or scalpels, in free-for-all arcade levels played with friends or other players online. Wanting to inject some creativity? Jump into the Creation Mode and build brand new game levels on your own or team up to build something amazing with multiplayer creation tools. Play frantically blood-splattered coop games or go solo in Surgeon Simulator 2’s rib-tickling Campaign Mode.


Take on the cream of the medical establishment in riotous competitive challenges. Bob’s life is in your hand! It’s time to slip into your scrubs and grab the nearest scalpel (saw or sink plunger) and enter the Bossa Labs Medical Facility in this 1-4 player physics-based operating theatre of chaos.
