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WARNING to all CDRW drive owners

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 60 / 67
Date: March 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Just a friendly warning to all CDR/CDRW/DVDR/DVDRW drive owners. UBI Soft as a "feature" on their PC software that prevents installation from any drive with write capacity. Why they feel that's a valid anti-piracy measure, and why they don't mind blowing off an entire segment of the market, is entirely beyond me, but that's not the point here. Call UBI Soft tech support BEFORE buying this or any other PC game from them, and check to make sure whether or not you will be able to install. Software (such as Chessmaster 9000) doesn't come with a warning on the box (in "some" cases, they claim -- I haven't found a single box that does), nor is there a warning on the Amazon product pages (short of reviews like this). One could speculate that they're perfectly happy to let people buy their software knowing some won't be able to install it, but I'll leave their motivation to give no warning to consumers to your imagination.

UBI Soft's tech support has said that this "feature" extends to *all* of their PC titles. So fair warning, particularly to folks with laptops where DVD/CDRW drives came standard, ask before you buy. Perhaps if enough people have a problem with this flawed policy, UBI will smarten up. "Flawed" because limiting installs to drives without write capacity isn't going to slow a determined game cracker/pirate down, it's only going to prevent normal consumers from being able to install the game. Worse, they don't find out until they've opened the package and tried to install, which in some cases is enough to prevent a return and refund from the seller.

I'm certain this game deserves more than 1 star, and suspect it will see some good reviews from people who are able to install, but I can't give it more than a single. That's a commentary on UBI Soft and their "feature", not about the game itself.

Catz 5 'downgrade'

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 31
Date: June 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you want the software to play with and interact with the Catz, I guess it is okay. However, I purchased Catz 5 primarily for the screensaver (my previous version would not run under Windows XP). Much to my surprise, the screensaver will not run unless the CD is in the CD drive! My two previous versions did not have this requirement. When I contacted UBISOFT by phone regarding this asinine requirement, they refused any consideration of a refund, telling me it was the developers' decision (but of course there is no way I can contact the developers). They blew me off without assistance of any kind! It is my recommendation to not purchase this product 'downgrade'. They do not care about their end-users and do not deserve to have our patronage! I, personally, will never buy another UBISOFT product

Catz 4 is a better deal

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: December 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have just purchased Catz 5 and I think it is very low in entertainment. My previous adult cats that I had on Petz 4 I transfered them to Catz 5 but they were all kittens. So I had to wait twice as long to breed them. The toys are also a problem because you have to *earn them by playing stupid little games. The only thing that I liked about this game is that your can have multiple litters. which is great. So if it wasnt for the toys and the transfering of adult cats into Catz 5, I would rate it a 5 star game. I hope Catz 6 will be more improved.

Catz 5 Not What We Expected

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: April 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I recently purchased Catz 5 for my son who is ll. He is a real animal lover and thought it would be right up his alley since he loves Zoo Tycoon. However, we found Catz to be very juvenile for children in this age range. There is not much to do but dress your animals, bathe them, and plant flowers. True you can pet them, play with them, etc., but this is not entertaining for an ll year old. Most of the games, like tic- tac-toe don't work, and the game ends up picking where your X will go. If you want an educational, stimulating game for your child, don't buy Catz, unless your child is under the age of 8. Any child above that age range will be bored within the first half hour.

Don't get this game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My friend has the Petz 4 game and one day she brought it to my house and I played it. I thought it was fun, so I bought Dogz 5. At first it was really fun! I had a few dogz and the had puppies, but after a while it got really boring. Something would happen and I'd be like "been there, done that!" Plus It gave my computer a TERRIBLE virus! It wouldn't let me play any more and every time I turned my computer on the game would start then freeze up my computer! If you want a good game try Zoo Tycoon 2, or NintenDogs!

Petz 3 is my fav so far

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: April 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Petz 5 is a great game, but I have still yet to find out if it was worth the money. My favorite feature in it is the multiple litters, but the process of raising the kids is quite a chore. Only the mom and her babies can be out, and they can only be in the Nursery playscene (not accessible from the go menu). When they grow up, you are taken to the Nursery, but then you have to go to a different playscene and then take them out. Annoying. Also, the new breeds are less than satisfying. Their offspring often have weird colorings, nothing like their own. Also, I hate the fact that it runs slow on my computer (more a problem for me because my computer only meets the minimum requirements). By the way, you don't need the CD to run it, like some people have stated. And if you look up on the internet, you can find a patch to get all the toys possible. ... Honestly, I think Petz 3 was the best game out of the whole series. So, if you have never had any Petz games before, get Petz 3 instead.

New users, Buy it! Upgraders have another option

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you're new to the world of Petz, by all means go for it. you'll love it. However, it seems that more than a few people have Petz4 and are buying this just because they have Win XP, which theoretically will not run v.4, even in compatability mode. If that's your only reason, there is a software patch available so you can run Petz4 with XP. Just do a web search for Petz and it's easy to find the download.

very good game (i gusse)

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: August 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the catz game is one of my favorite, but it could be better. like teach tricks and enter contests. here are the cons.

-bad graphics
-no challeng
-very limited choices
-un fun backrounds

i got a nintendo ds and got the nintendogs game and its a blast
sooooooooooooo fun. get a ds and that game. its worth 200 dollars!!!!!!!!1

Petz 5...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: November 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I must admit I was a bit disapointed about petz 5, I was annoyed that ubisoft changed it so you play it their way if that makes any sense, you can't do any time forwarding, I can't find petz profile anywhere maybe it is just some place else but I think they took that feauture out so you couldn't tell how old your petz are so you can start breeding... if this were the first version I would give a 5 star all the way but this is the fifth version, there was so much more they could have done with it like password protection, more new breedz (rather than five), and so my rating would have to be 3 or 4 stars.

Puh leeze get something with more fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Catz 5 is kinda doppy. You choose catz from like 15 breedz and love em and feed em and care for em. When they are adults, they can breed and care less about you. You get a certificate of happiness. You play with them for two hours and then they get boring. My catz are terrible. They ran away from. I would rather just return this game.

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