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A terrific game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 60 / 62
Date: January 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I had never heard of Vet Emergency (or any of the Emergency Room games for that matter) until I saw it in a store one day and decided to buy it. I was glad I did! This game is incredibly realistic and I just couldn't stop playing it! I played it for about 4 hours straight before I had to go to work, then for three hours when I got home. The next morning, I was up and playing it again. In Vet Emergency, you are a just-out-of-vet-school veterinarian at Legacy Animal Hospital. The object of the game is to work your way up to head vet, not to mention saving the lives of dozens of dogs, cats, snakes, birds, lizards, and even a chinchilla. Another great feature is that along with the pets, you'll also have to deal with their owners, who can be a bit... strange.

When you start playing Vet Emergency, you will be allowed to name your character. The head of the animal hospital will give you a brief tour and explain how to use your PDA device. You'll then get to start treating patients. At first, you'll be assigned easier, not life-threatening cases, and as you work your way up, you'll get to deal with emergencies like gunshot wounds and hit-and-runs. The realism of the treatments is incredible. You are given multiple trays filled with veterinary equipment and you must decide on the best tools and procedure for the animal at hand. You earn points by doing something right, and lose points for incorrect procedures and taking too much time to treat the patient. At the end of each case, you must fill out the patient's chart. This is the most difficult part of the game, diagnosing and choosing which Hospital Orders to pick. Once you have diagnosed the animal and either released it from the hospital or sent it into Internal Medicine, Surgery, or ICU, your performance is evaluated. Doing a good job on multiple cases will earn you a promotion.

The only downfall to this game and the reason I rated it 4 stars instead of 5 is it is a little too difficult for younger children. Even on 'Easy' I was extremely confused until I began to figure it out. Another slight thing with the game is some of the gross graphics. Because of the game's realism, some of tasks such as examining the patient's 'butt' and taking fecal samples are a little disgusting. But overall, this is a fantastic game and I recommend it to older teens, and definately anyone interested in the veterinary field.

My Favorite Legacy Interactive Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 24
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have every single one of the ER series games. I love them all. I recently purchased this game. If you think the other games have good graphics, real-life scenarios, and interesting game play, times that by two and you've got this game!
I love this game. The animals all look real, not some computer animated animals, and the vet-staff actually says nice things to you. Before you go into the treatment room, you can see a video preview of the case, by that I mean you see the owner come in and describe the problem to you.
Inside the treatment rooms, you have every kind of tool at your disposal. You even get to take the animal's temperature. And you don't stick the thermometer in it's mouth!
I REALLY recommend this game to anyone!!

Have Fun!

**Wonderful! A+!!!**

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: May 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's a great game for anyone (it dosen't matter if you have had past Veterinary experience or not) A nice British lady takes you over the entire procedure and explains everything carefully. You then get to actually CHOOSE the patient you want to examine from the Whiteboard, and hear a detailed description and a short video clip. You then get to use your tools and help the patient. You even get to complete the paperwork when you're finished! For anyone with little vet experience - the research computer will help you. You can research the patient's sickness, or click your PDA for helpful hints and tips. The tools you need to use even light up when it's time to use them on the beginner level. Once you get more advanced, you can move up to the second level, and then even to the third. You won't get tired with this game because it's always a good thing to go back and save all the patients you hadn't saved the first time around. What a wonderful game! A+

Provides entertainment, but hard to please the game!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty lifelike, lots of good info, but there are also some bad points about it. For one thing, it is hard to get a lot of "points" because things are a little oversimplified. A real vet would almost always perform a complete physical (or should) and you lose points in this game for doing so. Also it is sometimes hard to tell exactly what the game wants you to do next. Another problem with this game is that there are some mistakes. For example, in one case,the written history provided for the animal doesn't match what the vet tech is telling you. There are also gliches in the trivia game, where sometimes your available choices are not complete/the end of a phase is missing.

A WONDERFUL REALISTIC GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played this game at my friends house. I felt that I was right there. It is so realistic I started to sweat. The game is not very easy but after a while of playing it I couldn't get my eyes of the screen. I suggest to all animal lovers/future vets, like me, to buy this great game!

This game is SOOOOO good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: September 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was really bored and just scanning through the computer games on this website when i saw Vet Emergency. i've wanted to be a vet all my life so i thought this game would be cool. i got my mom to order it and it was great! it is like your really there. i can't believe it's animation, because everything looks sooooo life like. i really like this game and i can't believe it hasn't been advertised on t.v., this game is perfect for animal lovers and kids who want to be vets. if you buy this game your sure to like it!

A hit for the veterinarian games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for Christmas and it is very fun.In this game you are a veterinarian in a busy animal hospital. This is much better than zoo vet. You have hundreds of things to do Surgery, Medicine and euthanasia if,needed. You are allowed to name your character: Deanna Graff, Pam O Neil, Nick Daily, Kathy Labrada and much more. You listen to the pets' owners and treat the animals. You have a magnifying glass, thermomether, a lethal injection. I know lots of medical terms and watch Animal Planet over cartoons. Tons of fun!!!!!!!!!!. A big hit. This game is for your child. Great!

Not a GAME at all -- a limited veterinary encyclopedia!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 17 / 28
Date: April 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There is very little about this game that's game-like; nor is it much of a simulator. If you want to learn some trivia on animal health, this is something you might enjoy. For those of you looking first and foremost for a cool game, be forewarned:

- The graphics in this game are 100% still-shots and cheesy video clips that play like a B-movie.

- Your interaction with the animal is limited - click on a tool, and it becomes your cursor. Click it on the animal, then read a report. End of procedure. It gets worse -- there's only a few procedures you can perform, and no surgery or anything besides simple outpatient stuff. When giving an injection or a pill, they don't even bother distinguishing the different kinds of medication. You just give them a "medicine injection" - you have no idea what for!

- ZERO randomization -- the cases are completely static. Once you figure out the crude interface and are able to look up treatment protocol for the 35 maladies, your diagnosis and treatment are completely spelled out for you. Is your next patient a Chinchilla? Just scroll through the illness descriptions until you find the ONE, SINGLE, SOLITARY CONDITION that even involves a Chinchilla. No matter how many times you play the game, "Chilly's" condition will always be overgrown molars, and you'll always send him off to in-house surgery. So it goes without saying, ZERO replay value, except to review what you've learned.

- No tutorial. An annoying British lady shows you around your office, and then you jump right into the action. Don't look in the instruction book for help, either. You'll be learning this game mostly by trial-and-error.

So, my two cents: just watch Animal Planet for a couple hours, or read a book on veterinary medicine. Either one is cheaper, and will be about as interactive as this game is.

Great for future vets or animal lovers!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is AWESUME. I would reccomend the game for ages 9 and up because for younger kids it would be kinda confusing. Just to let you know it wasn't confusing for me. This game feels like you are right in the vet's office. If you are an animal lover or you wnat to be a vet when you are older this IS THE PERFECT GAME to buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perfect game for animal lovers and future vets

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this is a perfect vet game. On your disposal you have over 40 realistic medical tools such as x rays, forceps, extractors, antiseptics and blood tests. In this game you have to save the lives of snakes, dogs, parrots, ferrites,rabbits and otters. I can't belive the people who said it is a bad game.

Perfect game for future vets.

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