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an improvement, but still needs some work

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As a big petz fan, I feel I can give a well-informed review of the game based on my years of playing with them, breeding, owning sites, hexing etc. Here's my down-low on the game:

The first thing I noticed about it was that in the manual it says "when you cheat with your computer's calendar to speed up the birth of your Puppyz, the mother will become stuck in her pregnancy status. If this happens, there is no way to fix it! Be patient, don't do it!" This seems pretty threatening, but I still have been able to time-forward without having to deal with stuck pregnancies.

There is no longer the Playpen, the Clothes or Toy Closet. The Salon had basically taken over the Clothes Closet. The supply shelf now acts like the Toy Closet, but you will have to do a lot of hunting around in the game to get all the toys. When you win the mini games, you are rewarded with a new toy. I think thats both a positive and a negative. Its positive because you want to spend more time in the game playing to win toys, but negative because when you want a certain toy, it may not be available. As for the Playpen, I wish they wouldn't have taken it out. I don't know about anyone else, but I used it basically as my breeding room because they were no distractions.

The new breeds are cool, but I found that the Golden Retriever has a major problem with the sleepy syndrome. When I was in the adoption center, almost every one of them that I took out had the syndrome. I guess they chose not to fix that bug from the last versions.

The mini games are fun, but there are some problems with them too. In the agility game, I could not get my dogz to walk full length of the catwalk, all they did was sit there. Also, in the gopher tic-tac-toe, its hard to get your pet to fall on the right spot...it will often drop them on a different square than you wanted it to. I think the easiest game is in Arabia, so if you want to win some toys quickly, I suggest going there first.

I guess I've been spending time talking about the negatives, but the game is good overall. The best feature is definitely the litters. It makes a breeders work so much easier :)

Thats my review...I give it three and a half stars out of five overall. Hopefully Ubisoft will get some of our improvement suggestions and add a patch so that it will become a five star game.

Dogz5

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm one of the drawing winners of Dogz5, so I have a copy of it even though it hasn't been shipped out yet, here's some info about the new software. Of course for most of us who have previously played Petz Software the most important thing about Petz5 is the compatibility with Windows 200, and Windows XP, No more freezing and overly fast animation. There is 24 bit in Petz 5, the Playscenes are slightly different, And of course there is the 4 new mini games and the new breedz. One of the most suprising things I noticed about Petz5 is there is NO TOYROOM, you get different toys from different playscenes. However the Petz inventory has a scroller to hold whatever you need. Some of the new toys include a scarecrow, a nightlight, a hummingbird feeder, a ghostbox, Bakon Treats ect. There is also more outfits, a few of the older ones were removed or altered. I just recieved the game maybe 20 minutes ago so I'm not sure on everything yet!, I hope this helps somewhat to New and Old Players. ^^;

Best Game Made Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Dogz 5 is a game where you adopt, raise, feed, and play with your own special dogz. There are many different breeds of dogs to pick from, and you can have as many as you want! But be sure you can take care of all of them or they will run away!

There are many different places you can go to such as the kitchen, backyard, nursery, Arabia, you can even create your own room, and more!

Your dogz can have litters of 1-4 puppies. You can help your dogz fall in love by using the heart pillow, love potion, and treats. You can earn these items by playing mini-games with your dogz such as tic-tac-toe.

Dogz 5 and Catz 5 in my opinion and many others' is the best game created since I have been born. My mom and dad can't take me away from the computer! Even if I'm going to a friend's house!

Its one of my favorite computer games!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Breed 'em, train 'em, show 'em! You can adopt many different dog breeds and mix them to create new ones, or download hexed breeds off the net. .. You can feed, pet, and play with your Dogz as well. I've grown practically attached to some of the Dogz, like they were real or something! Dogz 5 is a terrific game, basically, but there are some things about it that makes me prefer Dogz 4.

Pro: Day and night cycles and weather effects!
Con: Your Dogz don't notice the weather or nighttime.
Pro: Litters!
Con: Only four pups or less per litter; you can only take the mom and her pups in the nursery when the pups are newborns and infants, and no one else is allowed inside with them.
Pro: New toys!
Con: You have to actually win or find them; no more toy closet.

I could go on for MUCH longer, esp. with the pros, but I'll spare you. Despite the cons, I think you should buy this game; it has served me many hours of merriment.

(Hard to believe I'm only twelve, ain't it? I'll be thirteen on March 16th, though.)

Dogz 5

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

DOGZ5 IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are many different kinds of breeds to adopt, and no, they are not called "scrappy" and "boots" anymore, they are the names of actuall breeds, like Dachsund, Golden Retriever, Pug etc. You can even breed two breeds together for MUTANT MUTTS!( I'm trying to breed a sheepdog and a dachsund)Then, Breed one mutant puppie breed with another for a FOUR BREED MIXES! Also, you can dress your dogs in clothes, and they can show off! You can even create your own "playscene"(backdrop)for your pets!
P.S. Signs of your two Dogz in love are:
Grooming eachother
Following eachother around
Bringing eachother toys
Bringing eachother treats
P.P.S Use the following to make your Dogz fall in love:
Love cusion
Heart candy
Love music
Perfume
Love potion
P.P.P.S Don't even try making two male Dogz fall in love.

Fun despite a few bugs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: May 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The newest version of Dogz adds a few more breeds, though the pig option is taken away. The best part of this one is the new play areas and the fact that the "suitcase" is now the "toy closet". The toys have to be earned from playing games in the new areas, but most are not so challenging that young children would have any troulbe.

This version is supposed to be XP compatible, but I have still experienced a few bugs causing it to shut down unpredictably.

Who let the Dogz 5 out??

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun for all ages. I bought the original Dogz when I was 2 or 3 and I've been hooked on the games ever sience.

Pros:

New breeds
Weather efects
More than one puppy can be in a litter(or kitten if you have Catz 5)
More objects
More playscenes

CONS:

Petz don't respond to the weather. i.e. snowing and getting cold.
Daddies of the litter can't go into the nursery to see the litter.
You have to play games to get items.

That pretty much does it. I think that if you are between 4 and 400 this game is okay. It provides hours of fun and even though there are some cons, I thingk you should get this game. You won;t be dissipointed.

Doggone Good!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I read some peoples reviews about this game,I was stunnded how many people liked this game.So I decided to get this game.
This Dogz are sooooo adorable,you take care of them,play,and you can breed them too.I have many dogs now.I started out with the Dachshund but then I saw all of them and well I almost got all of them!Well most of them,and alot of my Dogz had puppies!This is such a great game and it will make your heart warm when you play it.Even though I have 2 dogs and 1 cat,there still alot more adorable then the Dogz on the computer game!Not to brag)But there so cute!I've noticed that some people sayed it had different minigames on there so there,and alot alot ALOT more.Now maybe some day I'll get Catz 5.

I hope you will buy this "Worth Getting" Game.
Enjoy here on www.amazon.com!
And in the meantime go to:
www.petz.com!
The rest a Surprise!!!
By:
~*Melissa~*

P.s. I am going to play it now!And the rest of the game a Surprise like I said before.

German Shepherd!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had gotten these games from the second version on. This one is the best yet, in my opinion. In the beginning one could only go four places, the adoption center, the toy closet, the desktop, and the playpen. My gosh, has the world gotten bigger!

The new breeds and personalities added are absolutely adorable, and I recommend getting Catz 5 as well. Petz who fall in love stay in love, and one can also neuter or spay, and 'return' petz. The graphics are great, the sontrast between night and day, snowy and clear are wonderful. Some games are hard while others are simple, so it can be for all ages...

However, when I installed the game for the first time, I didn't have any dog or cat food. I keep trying to win it or find a website that allows you to download it, but alas.

Another thing is that now that you can have more kitties and puppies, though adorable one can overpopulate their petz house really easy. There is no limit to the amount of petz you can have, however, its real easy to get so many that you can only take care of a few a day.

Oh, and finally, wasn't there a version of petz where you could adopt bunniez and piggiez as well? I think it would be neat to adopt more than just doggiez and kittiez! n.n

Overall, entertaining game! ^_^

SOOO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Dogz 5 is the best pet game yet! The host pigs and dogz can be anoying sometimes. But everything is GREAT!!! The mini games are fun, the breeds are cute and the playscenes are cool. You have to get this!!!!!! I have 1 female dog in Dogz 5. I might adopt a puppy. I don't know yet. You can find things for Catz, Dogz and babyz at www. DRN.com. Bye. Have lots of fun!

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