Trauma Team is the reboot for Atlus' Trauma Center franchise. This time, you will take control of 6 surgeons who specialise in 6 different practices and each have their own story to tell. They are:
"CR-S01", general surgeon Tomoe Tachibana, endoscopic technician Hank Freebird, orthopedic surgeon Maria Torres, first-response paramedic Gabriel Cunningham, diagnostician Naomi Kimishima, forensics examiner
Atlus are building the game on a new engine featuring stylish 3D visuals and rotation. The focus has also changed, with the operation gameplay now concentrating on precision instead of speed.
I'd suggest watching all of those; if you really want to get psyched up for Trauma Team, take a gander at the Forensics video. It's a bit of coroner autopsies and a bit of Ace Attorney-esque investigation sequences, and it looks very cool.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 19, 2010, 04:08:21 PM
They should make the game of House M.D. with all those people working together.
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Post by: BeautifulShy on February 19, 2010, 04:09:37 PM
I have Second Opinion and I am interested in this game. I don't see much that I am interested in May other than this so I will likely grab the game. I think the forensics will likely catch the eye of new Phoenix Wright players.
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Post by: Mop it up on February 19, 2010, 07:54:57 PM
Don't the current games focus on both precision AND speed? If this one has more focus on precision and downplays being quick, I would actually appreciate that. It could become more like a puzzle game, which I think would work well for this series.
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Post by: Stogi on February 19, 2010, 08:13:26 PM
This game looks fantastic.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 19, 2010, 09:43:02 PM
Who wants screen shots!!? http://www.cubed3.com/screens/1886 (http://www.cubed3.com/screens/1886)
stevey are you paying attention? (http://www.cubed3.com/media/2010/February/jesusraz/traumateam/traumateam_screens_devfeaturette2_04.jpg)
edit: I forgot the preview that 4colorrebellion put up http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2010/02/19/4cr-preview-trauma-team-2/ (http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2010/02/19/4cr-preview-trauma-team-2/)
and Behind The Scenes Voice Acting http://purenintendo.com/2010/02/19/trauma-team-wii-behind-the-scenes-videos-voice-acting/
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Post by: Kairon on February 20, 2010, 12:49:30 PM
I take it this is because of the Phoenix Wright kick you have been on lately.
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Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 09:13:32 PM
Initially it's because of my obsession with CSI and Dexter and forensics in general. Phoenix Wright was connected to that, though. I seem to have an interest in solving crimes and PW games give me an exciting activity to indulge in that interest.
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Post by: Halbred on February 20, 2010, 10:48:00 PM
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Post by: that Baby guy on February 21, 2010, 04:07:43 AM
I missed out on much of an event to get a preview of the game, but I can certainly say, as a fan of Trauma Center, I'm excited :D
Good news/Bad news time: There are two player co-op capabilities, but the option is limited to four of the six gameplay modes, rather than all of them.
I'd say more, but I really don't know more than anyone else does about the game at this point.
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Post by: Stratos on February 21, 2010, 05:22:46 AM
Well, some of the modes might not make sense to have co-op.
Watch the video for the forensics mode and you can see there is little ability to have a co-op mode there as it plays out more like Ace Attorney games.
I'm very pumped for this game. When is it coming out again?
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Post by: BeautifulShy on February 21, 2010, 11:22:31 AM
May 18th 2010 Stratos.
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Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on March 06, 2010, 03:40:05 AM
Look here. The fifth developer walkthrough has gone up on Atlus' YouTube channel - the First Response (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkuKBPh--Hc) portion of the game.
Better and better with every video. Picking and choosing between several patients at once is a great gameplay dynamic. There's only the Diagnosis segment of Trauma Team left to show off now.
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Post by: BeautifulShy on March 06, 2010, 03:54:03 AM
This game is shaping up to be nice. Killer_Man_Jaro could you add that video to the first post.
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Post by: Stratos on March 06, 2010, 04:38:31 AM
If this takes off, I could see whole games being developed in the future off of the better parts of this game. I want to see more forensics games in the future.
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Post by: EasyCure on March 07, 2010, 01:05:01 PM
I can see that too Stratos. I'm really excited for this game. I fell in love with Trauma Center: Second Opinion after getting some hands on time with it, although I did get to play the original TC on a friends DS once but she put me on a more difficult mission so i can't really say my first experience with it was enjoyable. Still, i liked the concept of the series and once getting some good play time in Second Opinion, i fell in love with the experience.
However, I've yet to beat Second Opinion, which kept me from moving on to New Blood (which i gave to my girlfriend as a gift). Still.. i really want to check out this new iteration, especially with all the different styles of gameplay. I'm just not sure yet if I'll get it day one.. If I do, i don't expect to play it for a few months after.
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Post by: kraken613 on March 07, 2010, 06:23:16 PM
I only played the first Trauma Center on Wii. I loved it and depending on what people think of this I might pick it up!
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Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on March 19, 2010, 01:28:55 PM
Finally, every cat is out of the Trauma Team bag. It's the Diagnosis Developer Walkthrough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX-EgrY-ob0).
Anybody who enjoys the TV drama House M.D. should get a kick out of this particular mode.
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Post by: Halbred on March 19, 2010, 01:52:47 PM
Hell yes.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 19, 2010, 02:00:26 PM
They better advertise the hell out of this game, it looks really interesting and unique.
Focus on the Diagnosis portion during the final episodes of House this season and focus on all the other relevant parts during other relevant shows, like First Response for Trauma, Forensics for CSI/L&O and everything else for shows like Grey's Anatomy, Mercy, Scrubs and The Doctors.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: Peachylala on March 19, 2010, 02:23:07 PM
I remember hearing that the US release will only be $40 (score!), but I can't remember the release date. It's in May, right?
(http://i44.tinypic.com/zmcqbp.jpg)
Bet you don't forget this time ;)
Well played sir! I assure you it shan't be forgotten anymore! ;D
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: BeautifulShy on May 11, 2010, 11:03:36 PM
So as was mentioned this comes out May 18th.
Nintendo Power gave this a 8.0. Only real problem is that you have to switch to the ultra sound tool to move the camera.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: Stratos on May 12, 2010, 02:00:58 AM
Dude, did you just copy your post from the Prince of Persia thread and add the word "ultrasound"? ;)
Funny both games got 8's from NP. I'm planning to get both at the same time.
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Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on May 12, 2010, 02:27:45 AM
Good good, early reviews seem positive. I just wish they would give word of a European release, 'cause I really don't want a repeat of the Trauma Centre: Second Opinion situation, where it took months to make it over here.
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Post by: Stratos on May 12, 2010, 04:27:17 AM
Just noticed that Amazon is offering a $10 future game credit for this title. Pre-ordering it now.
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Post by: BeautifulShy on May 19, 2010, 03:25:55 PM
Anybody get this yet?
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Post by: that Baby guy on May 19, 2010, 03:38:28 PM
I'm playing it now. I should have played through it by tomorrow, hopefully, as I've already basically completed one character's story without spending all that much time with it. It's been fun so far, the cutscenes seem to be derived from the "animated comic book" idea, and while the story I played gave me absolutely no insight to what the big picture is, I'm sure it fits in somewhere some how, since I neglected to play things in chronological order for playing them one story at a time.
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Post by: Stratos on May 19, 2010, 07:37:17 PM
It's in the mail, coming to my place as we speak. :)
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Post by: Mop it up on May 19, 2010, 08:25:00 PM
I'll be interested to hear about the difficulty of the game. New Blood was pretty tough, I might not get the game if it hasn't been toned down a bit.
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Post by: that Baby guy on May 19, 2010, 08:34:44 PM
So far, in the mode I've tried, I haven't really failed yet. I did fail the "Pause" test, where I paused the game, set the controller down, turned off the TV for a bit, but accidentally un-paused the game in there, leading me to fail.
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 20, 2010, 09:23:19 PM
I'm playing this as well and have yet to fail something, but I'm playing on Intern difficulty, so it's the lowest level anyways. I'm really enjoying it so far, my source of frustration comes from getting stuck on something in Forensics and then sort of putting random cards together to see if something happens.
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Post by: Mop it up on May 20, 2010, 10:07:17 PM
There are difficulty settings? I can't remember if New Blood had that...
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 20, 2010, 10:11:49 PM
There are difficulty settings? I can't remember if New Blood had that...
Yes, there's 2, Intern and Resident are available initially, and you can choose to change them at the beginning of any procedure. Diagnostics and Forensics have no difficulty setting. Also, once you beat the game once you unlock the Specialist difficulty setting.
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Post by: Stratos on May 21, 2010, 03:15:03 AM
Hey! We drove SilverGrey out of her Lurkerism ;)
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Post by: Mop it up on May 21, 2010, 04:57:08 AM
...And you just scared her back!
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 22, 2010, 07:22:10 PM
Aww, I'm not scared, and I've only been lurking because I've been too busy to play much of anything lately. I've been excited about this game for a while so I'm making playing it a priority.
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Post by: Stratos on May 23, 2010, 04:59:56 AM
I'm especially pumped for the forensics part.
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Post by: that Baby guy on May 23, 2010, 05:05:51 AM
Then rush through the first mission, it's terrible. The rest is pretty good.
I've got two modes left, then the part where all the modes happen at once. I'm hoping to have the game finished tomorrow, before Lost's finale, then have my review sent in for editing that night. After that, it's up to how well I write for it to be up on the site, but it should be pretty comprehensive.
Spoilers: So far, Orthopedics has been the best. The entire mode feels like one big game of Operation on steriods!
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 23, 2010, 10:57:25 AM
Then rush through the first mission, it's terrible. The rest is pretty good.
I've got two modes left, then the part where all the modes happen at once. I'm hoping to have the game finished tomorrow, before Lost's finale, then have my review sent in for editing that night. After that, it's up to how well I write for it to be up on the site, but it should be pretty comprehensive.
Spoilers: So far, Orthopedics has been the best. The entire mode feels like one big game of Operation on steriods!
You liked orthopedics the best? How come? I'll be interested in the review then. I think this could be a game where everyone has their favorite type of specialty, because currently I don't much care for orthopedics, but I'm also only halfway through. I really enjoy Forensics and Diagnostics, but you can get stuck in Forensics a lot looking for the one thing you missed to progress the story along.
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Post by: Mop it up on May 23, 2010, 03:13:41 PM
I liked Thatguy's description of the first Forensics case the best. Because I've already experienced the best part of the game, the rest of it likely couldn't entertain me as much, so there's no reason for me to buy it.
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Post by: NWR_Neal on May 23, 2010, 04:45:53 PM
Am I the only person that's going through it chronologically instead of one mode at a time?
Not that the story is riveting, but I'm finding it very enjoyable to bounce between each specialty.
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Post by: that Baby guy on May 23, 2010, 06:09:28 PM
Honestly, I regret that I didn't do it that way. The game would've been a better experience had I spread out the Diagnostics and Forensics missions intermittently, rather than tackle them all at once, since they move much slower than the standard Trauma Center fare.
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 23, 2010, 08:43:22 PM
I got it today. Planning to go through the game chronologically. Sounds like the best.
I like the chronological approach because it gives you some variety in the specialties, otherwise I think you could burn out on the long cases, like forensics.
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Post by: that Baby guy on May 24, 2010, 12:39:35 AM
But, let's be fair, forensics gets much better as it goes on. Diagnostics was great all the way through, but, IMO, the easiest one to burn-out on.
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 24, 2010, 12:48:48 AM
But, let's be fair, forensics gets much better as it goes on. Diagnostics was great all the way through, but, IMO, the easiest one to burn-out on.
I'm enjoying Diagnostics the most, currently, but that's because I love using all the images and listening with the stethoscope and all of that type of thing. I get less frustrated with Diagnostics then I can get with Forensics. I find Forensics to be a bit illogical and picky sometimes where I'm ahead of things in my mind and then have to take time to send half of everything to Little Guy to analyze and combine all the cards and so forth. I like the way they did Forensics, absolutely, but I do get frustrated with it. I also get frustrated when I bump into things in endoscopy when I think I'm nowhere near them.
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Post by: Stratos on May 24, 2010, 04:34:57 PM
How do you figure out the chronology? I'm rather unsure what to choose first.
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 24, 2010, 04:43:14 PM
How do you figure out the chronology? I'm rather unsure what to choose first.
The timelines down the side of each character, find the first one and then go right. So it should be Tamoe (Endoscopy) then Freebird (Orthopedics) then Cunningham (Diagnostics) and then you should be down to the next level along the sides. The timeline starts with Surgery, but that first case doesn't show up for a while. Does that even make sense? It's a weird layout, it's true.
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Post by: Stratos on May 24, 2010, 04:44:32 PM
I think I understand. Move right doing missions that appear then go down a level and work from left to right again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Yes?
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 24, 2010, 04:54:42 PM
I think I understand. Move right doing missions that appear then go down a level and work from left to right again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Yes?
You got it. I'm a little off myself because I was just going in numerical order at first. Surgery #1 First Response #1 Endoscopy #1, so on and so forth. Then I rather cottoned on and understood how to go in order, but my timeline is still a little wonky currently cause I'm ahead in a few areas. It's alright though, the storyline is still disjointed because I'm only halfway, so I don't think I'm too far off.
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Post by: Mop it up on May 24, 2010, 05:25:31 PM
I'll probably play it chronologically, just to mix the modes up. Gotta have variety.
But I might not be getting it for another month or two. I forgot that Tetris Party Deluxe comes out on June 1st, and that's going to be my next game. So perhaps after that, although I'm not really a fan of New Blood, so I might not pick this game up until I find it on sale.
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Post by: Stratos on May 24, 2010, 06:18:04 PM
Pretty fun so far. Some parts seemed to be trickier than they should be.
LOL at the superhero parts.
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Post by: SilverGrey on May 24, 2010, 09:15:28 PM
Pretty fun so far. Some parts seemed to be trickier than they should be.
LOL at the superhero parts.
Glad you're enjoying it Stratos.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: Stratos on May 25, 2010, 04:25:56 AM
The only thing that has bothered me is the need to push the 'Mote to make the endoscopy tube move. It gets tiring after a while and I prefer to play games often on my side so I have to reposition myself to move it forward. Thank goodness you can press down on the d-pad to go back.
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Post by: noname2200 on June 09, 2010, 01:08:14 AM
I've almost beaten it, and I've got to say that I really enjoyed it. I dreaded doing CT scans (can you find the blue or white blob in this sea of white and blue blobs?), but other than that I have to give it to Atlus for making an all around entertaining game. I even enjoyed endoscopy, even if it was my least favorite specialty.
The story made me roll my eyes several times though, although I only wanted to vomit when Tomoe was around.
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Post by: Stratos on June 09, 2010, 02:15:50 AM
Tomoe has been the least interesting story line so far for me as well.
I got a pretty good kick out of the super hero parts. It made me lol because I think he looks like Captain Falcon.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: noname2200 on June 09, 2010, 12:15:20 PM
"Fore LOVE and JUSTICE!!!"
I heart Freebird. Orthopedics was my favorite specialty too.
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Post by: that Baby guy on June 09, 2010, 12:50:10 PM
I've almost beaten it, and I've got to say that I really enjoyed it. I dreaded doing CT scans (can you find the blue or white blob in this sea of white and blue blobs?), but other than that I have to give it to Atlus for making an all around entertaining game. I even enjoyed endoscopy, even if it was my least favorite specialty.
The story made me roll my eyes several times though, although I only wanted to vomit when Tomoe was around.
The scans you had to compare would have felt a lot easier if, when you switch from the image to the sample image, there was no loading delay. Then you'd be able to spot the difference a lot easier, because your eye would catch the changes.
In my review, I said Orthopedics felt kind of like a single-player super version of Operation. It was definitely my favorite.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: Mop it up on June 09, 2010, 06:07:22 PM
I'm disappointed to find out that the two-player co-op wasn't implemented very well, and isn't available in all modes. This game just got moved to my bargain list.
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Post by: Halbred on June 09, 2010, 06:57:40 PM
I'm sure it won't take long to move to the the bargain BIN. At which point, I'll pick it up.
I'm still waiting for Red Steel 2 and Maramusa to make similar downward journeys.
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Post by: Shaymin on June 10, 2010, 12:00:17 AM
I'm looking for it to drop in price, but it's an Atlus game so I don't expect it any time soon.
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Post by: noname2200 on June 11, 2010, 03:48:46 PM
So I just finished the game, and I have a spoiler-question.
Do we ever learn what happened to Joshua? We have the dramatic breakdown, the "I won't give up!" speech, and then...nothing. The kid ceases to exist and is never seen or heard from again. Shoot, his father retires from medicine...
Also, there were plenty of big plot holes in the game, but it was definitely fun to play through.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: that Baby guy on June 12, 2010, 08:06:45 AM
I don't know if I'd always call the plot-holes. I described the game as "Inconsistent." At times it's a bit too scatterbrained and all over the place to be as cohesive as one would expect in story.
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Post by: noname2200 on June 12, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
I don't know if I'd always call the plot-holes. I described the game as "Inconsistent." At times it's a bit too scatterbrained and all over the place to be as cohesive as one would expect in story.
That's fair, although I stand by my statement: too many of the inconsistencies simply can't add up, and many of them are pretty central to the story. Luckily, no one plays these games for the story. ;D
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Post by: ymeegod on March 20, 2011, 04:29:05 AM
Finally gotten around to getting this game, love it nearly done but are there unlockable missions other than when you complete the game? I actually like Tomoe story arc, especially the ending though you have to listen to Gabe talking in the background on the airplane :)--epic.
It's a shame so many people overlooked this title (barely broke the 100K mark) but you should be able to find it for $15-$20 easily).
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: that Baby guy on March 20, 2011, 02:11:49 PM
After you complete each character's story, there's a final set of stages that ties up everything and concludes the game's storyline.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: Razorkid on March 20, 2011, 02:47:59 PM
I want this ported to 3DS, STAT!
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: noname2200 on March 22, 2011, 10:42:53 PM
It's a nice idea, but they'd have to rework quite a bit of the game to fit the 3DS, since this game really does use nearly all of the Wii's features at one point or another. Endoscopy in particular would have to be changed radically, and Orthopedics would probably become just a surgery clone.
Title: Re: Official Trauma Team Thread
Post by: Stratos on March 24, 2011, 02:16:40 AM
It is about time for a new game in the series though. A version designed for the 3DS would be great. Reminds me I need to go back and finish this and the second DS game...and New Blood...and a lot of other games.
