Life Signs: Surgical Unit
LifeSigns: Surgical Unit (研修医 天堂独太2～命の天秤～, Kenshūi Tendō Dokuta 2: Inochi no Tenbin?, lit. "Resident Doctor Tendo 2: The Scales of Life"), released in Europe as LifeSigns: Hospital Affairs, is an adventure game for the Nintendo DS set in a hospital. LifeSigns is the followup to Kenshuui Tendō Dokuta, a game released at the end of 2004; that game has yet to be released outside of Japan, although the localized LifeSigns still makes reference to it.
The game is commented as being "like Phoenix Wright crossed with Trauma Center", unlike Trauma Center, this game also placed emphasis on the daily life of the characters rather than surgeries.
LifeSigns received mixed reviews from critics. Some reviews had praised the game for the realistic hospital setting and large amounts of character interaction, while others had criticized the game for "a heavy dose of conversations", unbalanced gameplay, and the feel of the game being "less like a game." Metacritic.com, based on 17 reviews of the game, holds an average critical score of 61 out of 100.
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