House M.D. is a sort of action/investigation game. It is based on the television show House M.D. The game consists of 5 cases, which you have to solve by asking the patient questions about his or her condition and consulting with your team. All the current characters from the TV show seem to be present in the game.
I tried the demo of the game, which had me solve 1 of the 5 cases available in the full version of the game. In this case, I watched a short cut-scene that showed a journalist when he was bitten by a spider in Malaysia. After that, he was admitted to House's diagnostic clinic. During this case, I played as House, who asked the patient a few questions. After a series of 3 questions, I was shown the body of the journalist in bed and on a tray there were a variety of instruments. I was told to find symptoms, so I grabbed the thermometer and held it pressed to the man's head, which told me he had a fewer. Then I used the stethoscope to look for weird noises and irregular breathing. All those areas I had to click on were highlighted for me, so I only had to find the correct instrument to use. After a while, I found myself simply clicking on random questions because I already knew what had happened to the journalist, but none of the questions asked: "did a spider bite you?".
The game is fun to play and it can be educational. After a while you start thinking like a doctor if you pay close attention to what is going on on the screen. House fans will probably like this game more than the average user. That is for sure.
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