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Excellent game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 90 / 91
Date: July 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Very good game! I would recommend it even if you have the original pet vet game.

The graphics are in 3d, much easier to see than pet vet. You just click where you want the vet to go instead of making the vet walk there using the arrow keys. You can zoom in, scroll camera, or rotate camera. There is 3 game play options; easy, medium and hard. There is also a scenario mode or free-play mode.

There are 6 different animal species, including horses, ponies, dogs, cats, rabbits, and piglets. No guinea pigs in this game, unfortunately. You feed them, play with them, examine them, pet them, and even teach them tricks. There are over 100 animal ailments to treat.

You have to maintain the vet's energy by eating and her fitness level by resting or sleeping often. You can upgrade the hospital or the animal enclosures. You can even buy items like a mini kitchen, stereo system, or TV. You can go to the store to buy medical equipment, toys, books, feed, a female horse, or even hire help.

The two things I dislike about this game are you can't actually give the animal medicine or buy it; you just click the button to check-up on animals. Also, time goes by too fast.

The BEST vet game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 51 / 52
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I gave this game to my 7 year old daughter who has always dreamed of being a veternarian when she grows up. She absolutely LOVES this game. I have enjoyed playing it with her. We have to make money to buy feed, enclosures & supplies. She must budget, watch the time, eat, rest and sleep. Also, she has empolyees that help out and the funniest part is when the employee falls asleep on the bench in front of the clinic. When the vet falls asleep time is fast-forwarded and the animals look like they are doing a JIG in the enclosures. My daughter and I think this is just hilarious and laugh every time. This is an interactive game my daughter loves. Now if I could only get her away from it. Very addictive and fun for my 7 year old!

Satisfied after much research, trial and error and patience!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: June 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have never reviewed a product, but after reading some of the things said about this game (trying to research answers for some of the problems we were having) I felt the need to review this to help those considering buying it to better understand and get past some of the complaints of the quick-to-give-up.

I began this game with frustration also. Every complaint that I have read I have experienced. But I have the advantage of being married to a computer business owner. :) First we had upgrades to make, specifically for our video card. We still experience glitches now and then like her sitting beside a chair instead of on it, but the game runs smoothly now without the "getting stuck" complaint.

The complaint that you only get bunnies (this took much research) has turned out to not be a problem either. There are four skills that you will be working on: healing (giving proper diagnosis and follow-up), stroking (giving the animals attention), cleaning (keeping their habitats clean), and playing (playing with the animals for exercise). Each of these skill areas increases the more you do them. In order to get the next animal (which I believe is a cat) you must first max each of the four skills for the first animal (bunnies). I found that this took a long time for my 8 year old to do. But she is patient and loved the bunnies while she had only them. MANY weeks after doing just bunnies, she has finally advanced to cats and is thrilled. I appreciate that the game writers took into consideration that in order to take care of 2 species you must first fully understand how to take care of ONE. As you continue to master each specie you are given another. We have enjoyed reading the "books" you can buy, becoming educated on each animal, and receiving a certificate to hang on your wall once you've read all the books in a series.

One review I read said they had a fairly new computer and they were upset it wouldn't run nicely on their machine. We have 3 computers in our house (being in the business) and the one our children use is NOT a new machine. We didn't have to have a new machine to run this game. Just an upgraded video card. If this game isn't working like you think it should, get a little computer advice from someone you can trust who knows what they are talking about. I'm glad we stuck it out with this game. I think you won't be disappointed if you can just work past the bugs and unknown. When my 8 year old, 6 year old and 4 year old are in bed, I have been known to sign-in to the game and play a little myself. :)

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I did have to adjust my graphics acceleration to get the game to run smoothly, but it's a fantastic game.

You get a building with your waiting room, exam room, living room, and bedroom. You build animal pens outside, buy medical equipment, buy books to learn about caring for each species, and need to manage your time to make sure you examine animals, sleep, eat, and for all animals that require a hospital stay you need to feed, care for, play with, and clean up after.

It's a fun and well designed game.

So Fun!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm 9 years old and play this game frequently. I love to play it. It's not frustrating at all and it's totally exciting with many adorable animals. I didn't like her wardrobe in the beginning but then I bought a dresser and changed her outfit. The Pigs are fun to treat!!!!! They're smart!! The rabbits are soft and adorable; having my favorite animal being rabbits. I play this game for at least a half an hour a day and can't wait for the next time playing it!!!!

Get this game and try it out!! It's the best!!

The Game Controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: March 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

well when i first got this game, i didn't know what to do. but there is something called the tutorial where it helps you play the game. this really helped me.so when you get to the options menu, click on scenario and click on tutorial.and once you take care of 10 bunnies you go on to cats then you go on to something else.this game is a little confusing but fun.

A real let down - don't dissapoint your children

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: February 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Conceptually this is a great game, especially for a child with visions of being a Vet. You (can theoretically) learn about animals, their care and health issues. Those 2 stars for overall are basically for the concept and little else.

Unfortunately the general usability of this game, vis-à-vis lousy controls, is quite low. It's nearly impossible to move the character at times, which results in stressful failure in the game. It crashes. It can't remember simple settings like, leave the terribly loud and obnoxious music off.

Playing this multiple times with my 6 year old always goes from excitement to frustration (bordering on tears more than once as a bunny gets woefully ill while your character is comically stuck bouncing between the sofa and ottoman).

Once going you can engage your child by "studying" the books you've bought. Also, as you analyze the patients you learn about ailments as well as the treatments. That is all good stuff, but on whole the game is too frustrating to enjoy.

One final note, this is the first time I've ever bothered to review any product.

Awesome Vet Simulator

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a well structured simulation of an animal hospital. You play as the doctor and examine the animals. Our kids liked testing the animals and then caring for them. Rather than mindless fun, we think the creators were thoughtful and that their goal was to further animal kindness and education about caring for sick animals. There is a business aspect to the game which adds to the fun factor. By being successful in your practice you make money. Then you can go shopping and so on. The graphics are wonderful and we loved the look of the animals. There are a bunch of different breeds for the dogs, cats, rabbits and the little foal is totally killing us with the cute-ness factor. To sum it up, it's a fun, addictive and educational game that seems to hit all the right spots adding up to a great game.

My daughter loves this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I didn't think she would like it, but she picked it out and I have to make her stop playing it to go to bed, etc.
It sounds boring to me, but she enjoys taking care of the animals, and spending money that she earns.
The one thing I don't like about it is you buy the animal feed and have to wait for it to arrive all the while it keeps telling you that your animal is hungry which worried her to the point of tears. That is frustrating, but I guess it also makes the game more interesting.

Pet 3-D a bit of a bummer, JW from Oregon 01/15/2007

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was very excited to get this game. I did read previously written reviews. My 13 yr old daughter wants to become a veterinarian someday and loves spending time on the computer, so this just seemed like the perfect Christmas gift. Alas, the game has many faults that does interfere with the game being enjoyable! I should have listened to the reviews.....

The game is extremely glichy! It makes playing it very hard and frustrating. My daughter tried for one week and has given up. The characters get stuck and just stand and vibrate on the screen until you start the game over. Sometimes she will play for a half hour before it starts up and sometimes it does this right away. VERY DISAPPOINTING.

Also, some internal setup issues of the actual CD is that it works better running from the disk then saving it to the computers hard drive. We have a pretty new computer, we have windows XP - this program just doesn't run well off our computer anyway. We have other games that don't have this problem. In fact my son got a game - building machines and inventions - and it doesn't have any of these problems and actually requires more from my hard drive.

Also, my daughter complains of some of the limitations within pet vet that don't allow her to change. You have to pay a specified amount to hire an employee and the employee in this game is a slouch - there are no other choices when hiring staff, no wage choices, you can't get this employee to work or and you cannot hire anyone else.

Overall because of the gliches in the game, she hasn't been able to play it to the programs full potential and has given up....so the idea is great.. but the makers should have looked at this better before taking the consumers money and putting it on the market. I cannot find any fixes or downloads online to repair it either. BIG BUMMER!!! BEWARE! JUST DON'T BUY THIS ONE, LOOK ELSEWHERE!

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