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Surgeon Simulator: Inside the World's Hardest Game

Posted by Unknown on from the oh-my-god-brains-everywhere dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the space of a few short months, Surgeon Simulator 2013 has attained cult status. A sort of spiritual successor to the maddening QWOP, the PC game requires you to operate the individual fingers of a hapless surgeon in an increasingly absurd set of gore-filled scenarios. What's so remarkable is the turnaround time: the initial prototype came out of a 48-hour game jam, and was released as a commercial game just a month and a half later. A new profile of the studio's founder looks at how Bossa Studios, the London-based development team behind SS 2013, iterates so quickly, as well as what's next from the team, including an iPad version of Surgeon Simulator, and a cross platform MOBA that's half League of Legends, half Mario Kart battle mode."

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  1. Harder than this? by rodrigoandrade · · Score: 2

    http://www.addictinggames.com/action-games/theworldshardestgame.jsp

    1. Re:Harder than this? by neminem · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I just googled that, cause I was curious what kind of game it is (games sites are obviously and reasonably blocked at work). I learned that there are apparently 3 such games in the series - they can't *all* be the world's hardest game...

    2. Re:Harder than this? by drsquare · · Score: 2

      The most difficult thing about that is getting used to the awkward keyboard controls. Also the game moves the goalposts in the middle of the game by telling you the object is to complete the game with fewest deaths after several levels, when you've previously been playing recklessly.

  2. Peek of the game by jones_supa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you aren't familiar with the game, some months ago Kikoskia made a quite funny clip about the gameplay.

  3. Re:Not the hardest. by Thanshin · · Score: 2

    Dwarf fortress in an Evil area where everything keeps reanimating is harder.

    Nonsense. Unless you self-impose a challenge that reduces your starting inventory, FUN can be averted for decades.

    If the Evil area is over a glacier and you didn't embark an anvil, on the other hand ...

  4. Re:Not a Game by seepho · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've found that I play better the drunker I get. After ten beers the zero-G heart transplant was a breeze.

  5. Re:Problem is the interface by RMingin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Like many others, myself included, you have misunderstood. It is not a surgery simulator. It's not simulating you performing surgery. It's a SURGEON simulator. It simulates you performing a surgeon.

    It's deeply broken and bad, and Steam refused to allow me to return for refund, so I watch people play it on Youtube sometimes, and it's in my library. Worst 6$ in recent memory.

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  6. This isn't highschool by Alomex · · Score: 4, Informative

    Inside the World's Hardest Game

    It's like, the worst habit _ever_ to use, like, so many super duper words, like in, like the "hardest game _ever_", as if! It's like OMG how do they know that, WTF?? I was like, no way it's the hardest ever.

    /sarcasm

    Seriously, can we do away with unsupported high school superlatives such as "world's hardest", "best ever", etc.?

    Oops, I forgot, this is slashdot, editors are morons.

  7. Re:Not a Game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fatality!
    Lawyer Wins!

  8. Like a wet paper towel by RubberChainsaw · · Score: 3, Interesting

    RageQuit's gameplay video shows how to do magic in Surgeon Simulator 2013.

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  9. Re:Problem is the interface by _xeno_ · · Score: 2

    It's deeply broken and bad, and Steam refused to allow me to return for refund, so I watch people play it on Youtube sometimes, and it's in my library. Worst 6$ in recent memory.

    I disagree entirely. The physics screwups just add to the hilarity.

    Don't play it to be any good at it. Play it for the absurdity of the entire thing. Grab the hammer and whack away at the guy's rib cage, rip out his organs, and chuck a heart in. I'm sure he'll live.

    The controls being bad is the entire point to the game and makes for some truly hilarious situations. Whoops, there goes my watch. Oh crap, I accidentally lost the bone saw and am now going to have to make do with the hammer. Oh no, I accidentally stabbed myself with the syringe! Gotta keep going through the psychedelic effects!

    If possible, play it with friends. Having a group laughing at the misadventures of Nigel the surgeon makes the entire thing great.

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