Vet Emergency 2

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $19.97

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PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Woo- who! Great vet game [Posted on 2006-02-25]
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.

Interact with animals, their owners and vet techs.  [Posted on 2006-03-16]
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.

it rules [Posted on 2006-04-18]
i had always wanted it so i tried it it ruled it only took me 5 minutes to learn how try it

Great game, but a note of caution... [Posted on 2006-06-13]
It is a great game. Everything is so real and challenging. However, I played this game for one day, and now there is nothing left to do. I'm not sure if it was worth the price for such a short playing time.

Just OK [Posted on 2007-08-19]
This game sounded so great for my daughter that loves animals, but she has not used it very much over the last 2 years. I have played it and it is a little discouraging as you must get each case right to progress. THis is OK if you have zillions of free minutes to play. I think I played it 3-4 times and then I lost interest. Graphics are a bit dated.

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