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Vet Emergency

Vet Emergency

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not a GAME at all -- a limited veterinary encyclopedia!
Review: There is very little about this game that's game-like; nor is it much of a simulator. If you want to learn some trivia on animal health, this is something you might enjoy. For those of you looking first and foremost for a cool game, be forewarned:

- The graphics in this game are 100% still-shots and cheesy video clips that play like a B-movie.

- Your interaction with the animal is limited - click on a tool, and it becomes your cursor. Click it on the animal, then read a report. End of procedure. It gets worse -- there's only a few procedures you can perform, and no surgery or anything besides simple outpatient stuff. When giving an injection or a pill, they don't even bother distinguishing the different kinds of medication. You just give them a "medicine injection" - you have no idea what for!

- ZERO randomization -- the cases are completely static. Once you figure out the crude interface and are able to look up treatment protocol for the 35 maladies, your diagnosis and treatment are completely spelled out for you. Is your next patient a Chinchilla? Just scroll through the illness descriptions until you find the ONE, SINGLE, SOLITARY CONDITION that even involves a Chinchilla. No matter how many times you play the game, "Chilly's" condition will always be overgrown molars, and you'll always send him off to in-house surgery. So it goes without saying, ZERO replay value, except to review what you've learned.

- No tutorial. An annoying British lady shows you around your office, and then you jump right into the action. Don't look in the instruction book for help, either. You'll be learning this game mostly by trial-and-error.

So, my two cents: just watch Animal Planet for a couple hours, or read a book on veterinary medicine. Either one is cheaper, and will be about as interactive as this game is.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for future vets or animal lovers!!!!!!
Review: This game is AWESUME. I would reccomend the game for ages 9 and up because for younger kids it would be kinda confusing. Just to let you know it wasn't confusing for me. This game feels like you are right in the vet's office. If you are an animal lover or you wnat to be a vet when you are older this IS THE PERFECT GAME to buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Provides entertainment, but hard to please the game!
Review: This game is pretty lifelike, lots of good info, but there are also some bad points about it. For one thing, it is hard to get a lot of "points" because things are a little oversimplified. A real vet would almost always perform a complete physical (or should) and you lose points in this game for doing so. Also it is sometimes hard to tell exactly what the game wants you to do next. Another problem with this game is that there are some mistakes. For example, in one case,the written history provided for the animal doesn't match what the vet tech is telling you. There are also gliches in the trivia game, where sometimes your available choices are not complete/the end of a phase is missing.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for future vets or animal lovers!!!!!!
Review: This game lacked graphics and everything and anything else a good game has....it was so unreal and cheesy. I don't recommend this game at all.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Sad game
Review: This game lacked graphics and everything and anything else a good game has....it was so unreal and cheesy. I don't recommend this game at all.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Vets R Cool
Review: This is incredibly lifelike. It is a great game for all animal lovers and sim crazy people. I love it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What kind of corny trash is this??
Review: This is the most corny, dumb piece of software i've ever seen. I know it's about saving animals and all, but this is, well, TRASHY, BABYISH, INCREDIBLY UNREALISTIC GAME EVER!!!! The other vets treat you like a baby. This game is not much more than a very limited, way too easy, and boring game. You have about 15-20 patients, then the game is over. DON'T BUY THIS GAME!!!!


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