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Not So Well Done, But Entertaining & Educational

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 61 / 67
Date: December 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Vet Emergency 2 has bad graphics, bad sound, and a high learning curve which will discourage most casual players. But I LOVE this game. Probably because I want to be a vet myself. And I find it refreshing to be able to play a fun game and learn at the same time.
You start out as a new employee, and you can flick between 4 rooms in the clinic (trauma room, treatment room, reception, and lounge). The only rooms you really need to use for most of the game is reception and the patient room.
The reception is home to a board where you choose your patients (from a short report), and a computer where you can look up information on different diseases etc. It's packed with knowledge, but is clumsy to use. After you choose a patient you will sometimes see a video feed of some really bad actor coming in with their pet, and then it's to to the patient room.
Now instead of using drawn graphics, the makers of this game decided basically cutting out a picture of a non moving dog and placing it on a bed was the most approrpiate. This doesn't add any realism - in fact it detracts from it because you are reminded all the more you are playing on a computer. Also there's very little visual education on how these illnesses/fractures look. When you take an eye instrument and look deep in the eye you always get the same picture, no matter what the patient is suffering from. Same thing with the xray. The only differentiation is between species (turtles, fish, birds, dogs, cats, lizards) You have many instruments at your disposal and learn as you go, with hints availible if you're not sure what to do next. Normal procedure is checking the pulse on the back leg, the temperature in the ear etc. but in emergency cases you will have to act fast and make sure to stabilize the patient first with oxygen, ivs etc. Once you've gone through 5-10 cases you get an idea of the typical procedure, and the uses of some of the more rarly utilized equipment. The in game tutorial is basically a text walkthrough and I personally did not have the patience to go through it.
Whenever you treat an animal (or find out what's wrong with it and send it to the approrpiate surgeon, dentist etc)a bell will ring. You then know it's ok to fill out the sign out sheet - which is very realistic but can get confusing. At the end you are given a rating, and they go through the case telling you what the animal was suffering from, how it is cured, and what you did right (and wrong). After you've cured a certain number of patients you move up in the workplace. I guess this is what is sposed to keep you going, but for me it was because I kept learning! :)
This game is very educational, and perfect for anyone who really wants to learn more about animals and veterinary studies. While there's a lot more that could be done with a game like this (how bout starting with graphics that don't look like they are from the early 1990's?) I find myself having to give it 3 stars because it is the only game of its type I've managed to play, and is quite fun....if you like educational/simulation games that are challenging and are interested in animal health care. That limits the market a lot.

Must have game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 31
Date: November 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is excallent! I've wanted to be a Vet since I was 3 years old. I am dedicated to animals. I think that this game as great graphics, unless your one of those nitty picky people who have to have the game perfect for them to think it's fun to play. There are 3 modes, easy, mormal, and expert. ON easy modde, theyt tell you which tools to use and hightlight the tools to use-I would recommond this for beginners. Normal is where you have to figure out what to do on your own. Expart, is almost just like normal, you deffinatly have to be a expart to play this level. There are a lot of tool trys, also. ON the tool trays theres, general check-up trays such as,: thormometor, glove, magnifiying glass, ect. Then there is critical trays such as,: Iv's, orgastic tube, a try for stitches, and if your pationt has broke a leg ect. Another is a tray with a blood test fungal test ect. There are also many more trays. The object of the game is to treat your pationts and cure them, there is a wide variety of animals you will incounter, frogs, ferrots, dogs, cats, lizards, rats, even fish and a couple more. Please buy this game this is a winner! I hope this reveiw was helpful to you!
Katie S.

Interact with animals, their owners and vet techs.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 17 / 18
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In this game, you play a veterinarian, treating a variety of animals. You also interact with vet techs and different types of human pet owners. The situations range from humorous to tragic. I enjoyed it as did my 11-15 year old children.

First, you pick a chart from the ones available at your level. Then, there is often an animated sequence in which the owner gives some history and in which you get some idea of how the owner has been dealing with his or her pet. Once you start diagnosis and treatment, you have a more static picture. You can go into diagnostic sections if you need to draw blood or use a stethoscope. You go to therapeutic drawers when you need to treat the animal. There are medications, splints, oxygen treatment and sutures. You not only have to pick the right equipment but you have to put it on the right part of the animal. Unfortunately, the hot spots on the animal's body are a bit buggy. Sometimes I have known perfectly well where to place a stethoscope, but the computer does not recognize an area as the abdomen or the lungs. Besides the elusive hot spots, there are some other difficulties with the interface. Sometimes it is difficult to get a diagnostic drawer to slide out when you click it or to go from one mode to another. These hot spot bugs are the reason I only gave the game an overall rating of 3. If you are persistent, you can work around these problems. A status bar tells you the animal's condition and whether you are takng too long.

After making the diagnosis, you have to make recommendations to the animal's owner. Often this involves advice on a different diet or differnt type of care. You do not have to know all of these specifics, but you do need to know that you need to give the owner advice.

I enjoy the interaction with the vet technicians. They have their own attitudes and they often give good advice. A few animal owners are repeat customers. The woman who gets a new pet every time she breaks up with a boyfriend is one example.

I am more interested in the drama and the intellectual challenge of treating a sick animal and the need to interact with the owners. I felt that there was enough animation to make things look good. SOme of Legacy's newer games have overemphasized animated sequences and cut back on the realistic medical sequences and the interaction between the characters.

Although the game can involve a lot of medicine, you should not be intimidated. This game can be played on several different levels. The easy level has enough hints that most non-medical people over 12 would be able to manage quite well. You can also learn about animal care and how a veterinarian's office works. As you advance through the levels, the cases become more complex and there is more of a time crunch. People interested in animals, animal care or medicine would enjoy this game. It is a different type of intellectual challenge than many interactive computer games.

Oh my gosh!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: January 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Vet emergency 2 is the best C.D. rom in the whole wide world. It helps you take care of and diagnose sick animals. While working with the animals you get a review of how your animal is doing and if he or she needs more treatment. If you have a pet and you're thinking of becoming a professional veterinarian definitely choose this fabulous, extraordinary, exotic,entertaining,educational and exciting game.
It's a winner!!!!!!!!!

Very good and fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: February 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I like animals and so this game was really fun to play becuse there are so many you get to take care of. I started the game in normal mode (the middle choice) but it was too hard so I switched to beginer mode and it was much more better. I havn't finished the game yet becuse there are some many animals, but i love it and hope they make more.

captivating for 8 yr. old future vets!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: September 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What I can tell you is it keeps my 8 year old twins enthralled. They are learning so much, and enjoying it. I found myself interested in finding out the proper things to do!

Vet Emergency was great...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: May 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i loved this game because i found it very educational! I found it easy to play again and again, Vet Emergency is defenetly a game worth purchesing!

Coolest game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: August 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is perfect for people like me. I love animals and would becoame a vet but i dont like blood. Im fine with seeing it but not touching it.

Woo-who! Never played a better game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games EVER! It's simply Puuurrrrrrfect, the grapchics are awesome I almost scearmed when they brought out the ball-point python! Overall- buy it today!

Woo- who! Great vet game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a very educational game. You are a vet at an animal hospital. You get to treat dogs, cats, turtles and ferrites. On your disposal you have different tools. I'm an animal lover,but I don't like blood. This is a worth buying game.

Highly recommend.

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