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Info About Amateur Surgeon
You know those games that feel like they were dreamed up during a particularly caffeine-fueled midnight brainstorm? Amateur Surgeon is one of those, where you’re thrust into the role of Jill, a pizza delivery girl who ends up playing doctor with everything from scalpels to duct tape. It somehow makes sense—sort of—that if you accidentally crash someone’s go-kart you’d be the best person to fish out bullets and stitch ‘em back together using nothing but a pizza cutter and a plunger. It’s delightfully absurd, and that’s exactly why it sticks with you.
Playing it feels a bit like a weird mashup of side-scrolling platformer and medical puzzle, all wrapped up in cartoonish gore. You run around picking up tools—like a soda bottle for suction or a hammer for cracking skulls (in the most gentle way possible)—and then you hop onto an operating table. There’s a timing element as you wash, cut, extract, and stitch, trying to keep the patient’s vitals up so they don’t flatline on your watch. The more precise you are, the better your score, and who doesn’t want a gold medal for gut-wrenching surgery?
The art style is bright and blocky, almost like you’re inside one of those old Saturday morning cartoons, only with much bloodier punchlines. The sound effects crackle and pop like you’re playing on a vintage console, which only adds to the charm. And while it’s technically a game about fixing people up, it’s also about experimenting with what items around you can double as medical instruments—so yes, you will defibrillate someone with a soccer ball.
What really makes Amateur Surgeon memorable is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously. You’ll laugh at the over-the-top situations, gasp at the gory details, and cheer when you pull off a perfect surgery without spilling any brain matter. It’s goofy, it’s challenging, and if you have even a sliver of morbid curiosity, it’s worth diving into for a quick session of surgical chaos.