ER

by Vivendi Universal

Product Features

• Based on the top-rated television series ER
• Features voice talent and 3D likenesses of Noah Wyle, Mekhi Phifer, Sherry Stringfield and others from ER
• Simple, yet elegant, strategy role-playing system and controls
• Designed for fans of the TV show and enthusiast gamers alike
• Full real-time 3D environments and characters with 360° camera rotation

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002YITTI
• Item Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 31, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,873 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

For an unprecedented nine years in a row, ER was TV’s highest rated drama among 18-49 year olds. Currently, in its tenth season, ER is ranked #2 in overall households by Nielsen Media Research. Created by Michael Crichton and produced by John Wells, the series has earned 21 Emmy awards and 108 nominations, an all-time industry record. Approximately 20,000,000 people each week watch the show on NBC and TNT.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Legacy games continue to decline, November 10, 2005

By 

Carol Watkins "Psychiatrist" (Parkton, Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: ER (CD-ROM)

I have bought most, if not all, of the Legacy Interactive Emergency Room Games. I also bought the first and second Veterinary Emergency Room games. I think that Legacy started out well, but each succeeding game has been dumbed down. The first and second Emergency Room games had different staff in each room, each with different personalities. After that, the succeding games dispensed with this, and had the same type of staff member in each type of room. Too bad--the personality types reminded me of real situations in real emergency rooms.

In ER, the types of medical skills have also been dumbed down. In earlier games, you had to place the right diagnostic instrument on the right part of the patient. If you did too many tests, the chief of service would castigate you for wasting money. Again like real medicine. The nurses and technicians--despite their attitudes--were the most helpful individuals when you were in a tight spot. Well so much for reminising about the previous Emergency Room games.

ER is not like those games. You do not realy use of learn much about real medicine. You do not even really learn much about what is wrong with your patient. It is more about smoozing with other ER staff and making sure that you do not get too low on hygeine or nutrition points. Treatment is completely nonspecific. As far as actual medical practice is concerned, you might as well be playing Pong. It looks as if someone was trying to emulate the Sims on the cheap.

The graphics are not as good as the ones on Emergency Room Disaster Strikes, or Veterinary Emergency Room. If truth be told, I much preferred the earliest truly functional Emergency Game, Emergency Room II. Even though there was not as much animation, the experience was more realistic.

If you want to play the Sims II, buy it. This is a poor imitation of the Sims and an even poorer imitation of previous Legacy Emergency Room Games. I would suggest that Legacy get a REAL emergency room physician to help them with this series of games.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars loved the game- its just not one of those indefinite ending games, August 17, 2005

By 

L. Bartlett (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ER (CD-ROM)

i absolutely loved this game. i am obsessed with the ER show and i really liked this game. Its not complicated at all, but definitely kept me not wanting to stop playing it.
It is one of the games, though that is similiar to the csi/law and order series in that its only a set number of missions you can play, unlike the sims or rollercoastertycoon/etc. There are enough missions to keep you going for a while though and its really fun to try and become a good doctor and then get your own med students.
you definitely should download the patch and the game works perfectly fine after that.(otherwise it gradually runs slower and slower).

overall, i totally love this game. its challenging, but easy to learn and it kept me interesting and kept me wanting to get better as a doctor and earn the specialty personality traits. you can even form relationships with other doctors and kiss them and talk or you can just focus totally on getting your skills way up there. either way, if you love the show, youll love the game!!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I expected, July 6, 2005

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S. Kuhles - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: ER (CD-ROM)

When I saw ads for this game I was really excited because I am such a big fan of the show. Overall, the game was pretty good. At first it was very addicting, I played it for like 4 hours straight. After that it started to get kind of redundant. I also found it to be really easy, and quite short. It only took me a few days to beat the whole game. It is very similar to the Sims, so if you like that you will like this game.