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Pet Vet Player

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Players who are interested in animals and future veterinary careers will enjoy this game! It is easier to earn money by treating pets for simple issues; ringworm, fleas, etc, and then deduce when pets have a more serious issue - mildew rashes and such. Playing as a vet, you have to decide when to purchase more supplies, and it is best to have them ready before issues crop up. Gameplay itself is pretty good - sounds are realistic (those of us who own guinea pigs will recognize that obnoxious squealing) and the graphics are pretty good. Once a few cases come by, players quickly learn which signs to look for to diagnose a pet's problem - scratching, missing patches of fur = fleas.
It can be hard to play with the camera - and for a vet, you'd think she'd be able to RUN. She is soooo slow. But hey, if you like animals, dream of being a vet, and are familar with these types of games, this one is one of the best on the market.

Riding Areas

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

They really dont open!! The feilds and meadows dont open the first time and you never get to do any other tasks. Maybe if they get it fixed, we can all get new games. And if you are healing a horse with a broken leg, you have to run it on the mats everyday until a pop-up tells you to stop. Everyday, after u run, a pop-up will come up and say "Godd Job, ____ is already walking better." After you do that, a couple of days later, another pop-up will come up and say "_____ Can walk normally again."

Girls ages 8-12 adore it. Need fairly fast computer to run.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: April 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My daughter (age 8) and her friends and cousins love this game. They do have to do some planning ahead to keep themselves solvent. The game requires them to take "tests" to be certified to treat certain animals, and woe to the child who thinks they can pass the test without reading the material. Mine learned the hard way.
This does not run well on our older 900 MHhz computer (jerky motion, freezing up) in spite of the computer having all the required memory, speed etc as listed on the box. On our newer (year old) 2 GHhz it runs well.

Fun but full of BUGS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: June 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 8 yr old daughter. The game is fun. It is hard because of the big words for kids. BUT the riding areas do not unlock and its a in-game BUG! I've contacted ValuSoft and there reply is "they are talking to developers about the issue". They have graciously offered me a full refund. That is good of them! Another bug is taking care of in patient horses. The horses are healthy and the owner still comes and sais they are not well and they leave. Time wasted and no $! I hope they fix the BUGS, it would be a great game otherwise!

A Fun Game But there is bugs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It was fun but the fields and meadows never unlock like there suppose to. By the way to run hold down shift. Its in the manual. If you can't figure out what to give an animal look under diagnosis at the bottom of the file it will show you what to give it. Without the bugs its a fun game. (IF YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX THE FIELD AND MEADOW PROBLEM PLEASE POST IT!!!!)

How to....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If someone asked about how to buy an ultra sound machine you have to buy
the Practice Building Expansion for 1000.This is a Cool game! my sister got t for Christmas and then I wanted to start playing it!!You just have to catch on to the game as you go!!Really Good!!COOL!!This is a 5 star game!!!!!

This is a fun game, but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my birthday. It's a lot of fun. Yes, everyone is right: the riding areas don't ever open up. And it is a little bit annoying. However you still have the rest of the game to play with; that's just one little issue.

In the game, you have your very own veterinary office. You choose from three characters and you can change your outfits anytime you want. Your first customers are guinea pigs, rabbits, and budgies, but you can take lessons at the Academy about animals and get to work with more of them. Plus you can own your own horse, but they are VERY expensive. Money is not so hard to make, especially if you take out a loan and run an advertisement, then you get more customers.

My only complaint is, despite my daily care of my inpatients, occasionally the owner will come up and say, "My pet doesn't seem to be getting any better. I'm gonna go find another veterinarian. Bye!" And goes away without paying you anything.

Also, the Academy lessons are very expensive and I usually have to take out a loan to get a lesson.

However despite a few glitches this game is a lot of fun! If you are an animal lover I suggest that you get this game (as long as you are OK with the fact that you won't be able to go into the riding areas).

P.S. another fun game of a similar type is Paws & Claws Pet School. I have both of them and personally I don't think that Pet School is as fun as the Vet game. But they are both still great games!

Too hard for Kids, What's the age anyhow?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: June 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 6 1/2 year old daughter, and it is way too hard for her. The game expects players to know the meaning of words like antibiotics, imunization, and salve. The players are also suposed to be diagnosticians and know the propper treatments for animals with aflictions such as lice and ring worm. What child knows how to do that? My daughter just kept trying to give the pets vacines and buy a horse and she got no where. No where on the box is the appropriate age specified. I would not recomend this for any child under 13.

Disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There are a lot of errors within the game. 1. the instruction booklet is not clearly written. You have to figure it out as you go along. 2. the game has one main character doing all the functions it calls for. (I'm glad it's only a game. I hate to see a real person doing all that for a living) 3. the displayed date and time field goes haywire. And the list goes on and on. I got tired after the second day. It just wore me out.

Patch infor

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who can't access the feilds, here's the link to the patch that fixes that so you can ride your horse in the meadows:

http://www.valusoftsupport.com/KBArticle.asp?kbid=5399

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