When comparing Surgeon Simulator vs LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS, the Slant community recommends Surgeon Simulator for most people. In the question“What are the best Android tablet games?” Surgeon Simulator is ranked 45th while LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS is ranked 54th. The most important reason people chose Surgeon Simulator is:
There is not much in the way of hand holding in the game as many situations can be passed more easily once the payer understands the ins and outs of the game. Things like a green serum not being explained that it helps with a patient bleeding will only be discovered through trial and error, which in the end is rewarding to finally learn all of the mechanics of the game.
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Pros
Pro Rewarding exploration based gameplay
There is not much in the way of hand holding in the game as many situations can be passed more easily once the payer understands the ins and outs of the game. Things like a green serum not being explained that it helps with a patient bleeding will only be discovered through trial and error, which in the end is rewarding to finally learn all of the mechanics of the game.
Pro Purposefully difficult controls create slapstick humor
In the game the player controls the movements, rotation, raised/lowered stated of the surgeons hand as well as each finger separately. It's purposefully difficult to control the movements of the hand well. The difficulty of controlling actions creates lots of opportunities for slapstick.
Pro Nvidia Shield controller support
LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS has controller support for the Nvidia Shield tablet.
Pro No in app purchases
There are zero in app purchases in LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS, which keeps the trend of the LEGO games being child friendly.
Pro Huge amount of playable characters
There are over 120 different playable character that the player can unlock throughout the game to play with in game. This also gives the game quite a bit of replayability for those that want to collect all of the characters available.
Cons
Con Can get frustrating
While lack of accuracy of the controls is the main draw of the game it can at times get unnecessarily frustrating.
Con Limited amount of devices the game will run on
Warner Bros. International Enterprises has limited the amount of devices that the game can run on, most likely to ensure that the game will run at an acceptable level.
Con Uses a lot of RAM
Being that this is a port of a console game, there can be quite a bit of lag as most Android devices do not have enough GPU RAM to play the game smoothly.