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Grrrrrrreat Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game yet!!! I love how you can feed them, pet them, dress them. It's like owning a real dog! My brother makes fun of me cuz i get so into it, he always says "its not like there real" but they are!! They have feelings ya know!

If you love dogs, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you BUY this GAME!!!!!! If you don't, your really missing out!! THIS IS AN EXCELLENT GAME!!

The BEST game I have EVER played!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an AWESOME GAME! I play it almost every day and I own over five dogz.
The only bad thing was that when I first got the game and installed it on my computer, I got a message that said "The sound did not initialize." However, in the installation manual it said to go on www.focusmm.co.uk/support
and there they had a patch for the problem. It fixed the problem , and now the sound in the game works perfectly.
Also, as a few other reviews said, sometimes food and water dishes (and even treatz) bounce around, but not very often.
Some of the mini-games are fun, and all of them (except the Arabian game and Rock-Paper-Scissors) are very challenging.The Asian Temple game is very hard because all of my dogz (except the poodles) hate doing the tricks, especially jumping through hoops, but it's fun anyway.
In the mini-games sometimes you can win seed packages to plant in the backyard, and then you can put them in the vase (which you also can win in mini-games). One kind of annoying thing is the pig in the backyard! He runs around and jumps on my dogz sometimes and most of my dogz hate him, but whenever I go into the backyard I go into Options and choose "No host characters in rooms." Then when I go into other rooms (where the host characters are cute) I change it back so there are host characters.
Even though there's a problem or two, this is a great game and if you're a dog-lover like me, you should get this game!

Howl!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! Scenes: Its got lots more scenes including the salon. Litters: They can have up to 4 puppies! Miny Games: Its got miny games to play including tic-tac-toe. Breeds: Its got new breeds including the Pug,German Shepherd,and the Golden Retriever.I like to mix-up the German Shepherd and the Sheepdog. It`s a MUST BUY!

Dogz 5

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I did enjoy this game, but there are a few things that I would've changed. Just to let you know, this is the only petz game I have ever played, although I do own Babyz. I wanted no. 4 for awhile, but I decided that I wanted no. 5 better and got it. For one thing, posting that your dog ran away on the board thing never helps. The people don't seem to care, and you never get your dog back, which made me real sad, as my first dogz ever ran away and never came back. The animatian could have been just a little better, but I know they tried their best. Having the day and night cycles change according to your computer clock would be neat, because I don't think they do.

The puppy thing was a neat addition, but why isn't the father allowed in the nursery? It's kind of silly to me. The mini game thing was just sort of a bother, since a lot of them are complicated, and I played the easiest one over and over, only to find myself getting the same things over and over. The playscene editer was difficult, and I couldn't upload things onto it. But that's the cons. Some pros are: real things like the dogs not wanting to take a bath, cockroaches in the kitchen, etc; overall, it's an enjoyable game and realistic too.

Sammy D.

A far cry...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: August 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As a devoted follower of the Petz programs, I had looked forward to the release of Petz 5 with fervor. The descriptions the company, Ubi Soft, presented seemed to offer a range of improvements: new breeds, toys, scenes, etc. However, within the first two hours of importing my six-year old Great Dane that had been with me from Petz 1, I found this newest version to be a disappointment yet again. I believe the best Petz series created was Petz 3, the last and greatest work of P.F. Magic. I agree with other seasoned Petz owners that many of the changes implemented in Petz 5 are meant to disillusion newer audiences.

Looking back at the evolution of Petz 1 to Petz 2 to Petz 3, one can see the drastic changes from each successive version. For example, Petz 2 had greatly improved graphics, more toys, breeds, and a host of other advancements from Petz 1. At this time, P.F. Magic also spawned an online community of avid Petz fans, with thousands of websites proudly displaying Petz adoptions, galleries, message boards, petz shows, etc. This thriving "family" of virtual Petz lovers prompted P.F. Magic to launch the nearly flawless Petz 3 program, where Petz could breed--a dream come true. Playscenes were also added, a modest handful of scenes that nonetheless captured the interest of a broader audience. Unfortunately, the unprecedented success of Petz 3 also captured Mindscape's eye, and the small but highly motivated P.F. Magic was dissolved into the jaws of a massive corporation.

However, it seemed that with the passing of P.F. Magic, the once soaring online community also died. Petz 4, which was produced by Mindscape, lost the energy and drive which made Petz 3 such a success. It featured nothing new. A few additional playscenes and voice recognition along with glittery advertisement were not enough to buoy the dwindling passion of Petz owners. Finally, Ubi Soft acquired Mindscape, which led to Petz 5. To be blunt, this game is a pathetic attempt to seduce consumers. They added new breeds, yes, but if one looks closely, the breeds are just physically altered "copies" of the original Petz 3 breeds. The personalities of these new breeds are not newly created. Ubi Soft just didn't take the time to make them, as P.F. Magic did. And yes, there are new playscenes, but that concept has gone from brilliant to normal to overused. Many other reviewers also commented on the astounding number of bugs the game has; it is yet another affirmaton of the haphazard development of the game. The mini-games, too, are a marketing ploy to jazz up an old gem...like an old house being retouched to look attractive to unsuspecting buyers. Look beyond the fresh paint and the new furnishings and you will find the same old framework, same old foundations. That is one of the greatest insults a company can make to consumers.

Although Petz 5 clearly is a far cry from its predecessors, the future of these beloved virtual lives lies in the hands of big companies. It is important to support sales and offer constructive critism to remind the makers that we demand quality because we are important. These eager, new fans of Petz 5 do not deserve the disillusionment Ubi Soft uses to veil its blunders.

Pretty good....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just got the game for Christmas and I like it, it's very addicitng! Here's a list of pros and cons:

Pro: Litters! Your dog can have 1-4 puppies, which is really nice!
Con: So far I've had two litters, a litter of two identical females and a litter of three identical pups, one boy and two girls. Are pups in the litters always identical? I'm not really sure but mine have been.

Pro: Weather/day and night cycles
Con: Your dogz take absolutly no notice of the changes.

Pro: New playscenes/mini games
Con: You have to get all your toys through the mini games and searching the playscenes. I find it quit annoying and this is my biggest con to the game, especially since it never seems that you get the toys and stuff you want. I haven't gotten one new toy yet!

Con: Okay this one really has no pro to it...when a dog has a litter, she/her litter can't see any other dogz, which includes the father or any other newborns. Relationships are essential in the game, especially when they are young, and the fact that they only see their mother and littermates until they are older really annoys me.

I'm finished with my lovely little list hehe. I must say I like the game, and don't let the cons keep you from buying it!

This is a REALLY, REALLY TOTALLY AWESOME GAME!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I totally love this game. At first when I installed it the sound "didn't intialize," whatever that means, so I had to download this patch for the sound and after I downloaded it, it worked just fine.

My sisters and I have literally around sixty Dogz. My little brother, who is three, even plays this game, so it is really easy, but not so easy that it gets boring.

Breeding Dogz is so fun and they are soooooooo CUTE, especially the Puppiez! In the Nursury the Birth Certificate is really cool, it shows the pictures of your new Petz and tells you if they are girls or boys. Then you can name them! I love taking care of them; but the first few days they are Newborns and their eyes are closed and they just sleep, but in a few days they open their eyes and they play and eat! We give the adopted Petz adopted parents and it is so cute how the baby Dogz play with their new parents!

Training them is really fun, too; sometimes they do tricks like roll over and headstand and sometimes they even walk on two legs without any command!

The Pigz in the Backyard are horrible and they are really mean to Petz (ie. jumping on them and trying to bite them), but the Petz sometimes bite back and that is sometimes nice, the Pigz are so mean!

Other reviewers said that the food dishes, Treatz, and Toyz bounce. They don't, they only realistically move across the floor when the Petz run into them, but they look like they are bouncing and they really aren't.

This is my favorite game out of all of my games and before I got this game I didn't think there was any good game about caring for virtual pets. Obviously, I was wrong, because this game is totally TERRIFIC, AWESOME, and FUN!!!!!

If you are a pet-lover and you like to play on the computer then this is the perfect game for you. You should get this game-it is the most fun game ever and you will love it!!!!!!!

Not the Best game in my book but close.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well Its not the best game It get's a four out of five.:D
I personaly like it myself Im 12 going on 13 no more kid reviews WahHaHaHaHa The animation wasn't very good but the dogs are still cute.Anyways You can feed groom and interact with your pet you first adopt your pet and you can adopt as many dogs as you wan't from many breeds including a mutt.You can't choose the coulors but you don't have to adopt the dog that comes out.You can keep clicking until you find that special pal.This game come with a varity of clothes for your pet and items even paint to paint your pet but you can wash it off in the bath tub on the game.You can make to pets fall in love by spraying perfume playing a love song with the music box and setting down a heart shaped pillow.Soon a heart will pop up saying that a puppy will arive soon when it does the puppy or puppies will be in the nursery with the mother they will stay in there for 3-4 days and come out bigger as days pass they will become adults.You can also teach tricks,play mini games,and travle with your pets.I first got the game Dogz 3 then discoverd Dogz 5.I think the ages range from 5 and +.Thankyou For reading I hope this reveiw was helpful.If you buy it your making a great choice.Also another good game is nintendogs wich I own (Requires DS).Anyways both of these games are sure to make the dog lover in your family smile these followen holidays they made me grin Ear to Ear.:)Happy Holidays

My 7-year-old girl LOVES this software

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

1. She loves dogs (a lot).
2. She loved playing Dogz 4.
3. My husband has dog allergies so we can't have a real dog.
4. I can't pry her away from Dogz 5 for anything!

She has only been playing it for two days now, but has already figured out a lot of the mini-games and new play scenes. She is most eager to have two of her Dogz fall "in love" and have a litter of puppiez. She informed me today that to get two dogz to fall in love, you have to provide them with a heart pillow, perfume, love potion, heart candy, a music box, or any of a few other "fall-in-love toys". Only then can you get puppiez. :-)

If your kid likes dogs, she/he will like this software.

VERY VERY FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoy playing this game! The animation is great, except for some of my purebreds cannot eat... strange. But the little puppies are very sweet and develop personallities of their own!! The games are fun, and the new breeds are awsome!! My favorite is Papillon, they are so sweet and I have one in real life. I love all of the playscenes, and love making my own playscenes with the editor. I love the game!!!

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