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Stay Out of the Water

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: May 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Jaws Unleashed was announced a while ago. People have been waiting for sometime to be the shark himself. Even better, the game was done by those who created Ecco the Dolphin. What's not to like? The answer: Quite a bit. There are some moments of fun to be had in this game, but overall, the everlasting appeal a game of this calibur should have aren't really there.

There's not much of a story to Jaws Unleashed really. It takes place thirty years after the film where yet again, another giant shark is terrorizing people and taking people for his lunch. That's about as much of an explanation as I can give, really. It's clear that this game isn't really much about storyline. Nor does it seem like it really needed the Jaws license. Still, I can deal with that. This is a game that shouldn't have to have a story.

Much of the gameplay is similar to Grand Theft Auto. In a sense, when you're not doing a "mission" you get to free-roam and go about eating people and other fishes if you like. The free-roam aspect of the game isn't so bad, but in reality, this is the only real fun you'll have with this game. It's Grand Theft Auto... but with a shark. And you actually can have some mindless fun while doing it if it weren't for a few things. For one, the controls are terrible. Second, the camera angle is terrible. The camera and bad controls together make the gameplay experience hardly worthwhile. You'll spend a lot of time trying to readjust the camera, and when you do it still isn't quite right. Not to mention that if you surface or something, the camera shifts on its own, meaning you'll have to go through a whole lot of trouble to set the camera again.

The missions are also a drag. Many of them are dumb and pointless. For example, you'll have to beach yourself on the shore and eat someone, and then make it back into the water before you die. This wouldn't be so bad if there weren't invisible walls and a few graphical glitches that make a task such as this mediocre. Not only that, but seeing Jaws beached is not exactly something that'll give you much of a thrill. You might as well stick to just free roaming. Many other missions are also a drag. Sneaking into an amusement park to eat a whale, and the like. Most of these missions are tasteless and all around not very entertaining. Again, stick to the free roam. You'll probably find it much better to sink your teeth into unsuspecting people and fish rather than doing the actual missions this game has to offer.

What really keeps this game down besides the controls, missions, and camera angles may actually lie within the overall presentation of the game itself. It doesn't really look fantastic. Many of the people look bad, and while the environments are colorful, The PS2 is capable of much more than this. The voice acting also isn't great. That's not to say the graphics are horrible. Jaws himself doesn't look so bad, neither does the environment that he swims in. The environment just feels like it could've used more detail is all. What urks the most about the presentation is that it's full of glitches, frame rate issues and invisible walls. For such a long time in development, one has to wonder how these bugs found their way into the game. The music isn't so great either. Much of the music actually comes from the movie. The classic Jaws Theme is given a make over, and it doesn't really sound all that great, to be honest with you. It also gets repetative after a while.

I had high expectations for this game. It didn't quite live up to them at all in the long run. For a game that spent such a long time in development, it really could've presented so much more and been better. The low price tag of $30 might be a little tempting, but I urge you to resist temptation. If you MUST have the game, then wait until you find it used and at a very low price. Otherwise, avoid buying this game at all cost.

The Good
+The Grand Thef Auto like gameplay is actually quite enjoyable
+You actually play as Jaws

The Bad
-Graphically it doesn't look great
-It doesn't sound great either
-The music actually gets repetative
-Too much fighting with the camera
-Clunky controls
-Strange missions
-Quite a Buggy Game. For a game that spent so much time in development, one has to wonder how it could be pack full of bugs

this bites...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: July 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game sucks! I thought it would be really cool, but aside from parts being retartedly hard, the story is stupid. This game had so much potential....

dont waste your money

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

dont buy this game , it a waste of money and time

Jaws Unleashed not for Australia!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It would probably be a good product but it can't be played in Australia. Had to return the game.

I can't seem to finish the first level!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, damn, this game sure looked and sounded like fun. Too bad I can't seem to make it past level 1. There are (supposedly) 9 "level tutorials" that you're supposed to swim up to that tell you how to do certain things. They appear as beams of light underwater. I've gotten 7 of the 9, but I've searched all over the area and I can't find the last 2! Most of the action in this first level takes place in a bottle-neck where you're surrounded by sea walls. Try to swim out of the bottle-neck and into the open ocean and you run into a powerful current that forces you back into the bottle-neck. I spent nearly an hour combing every inch of the place looking for those last 2 remaining turtorials which I assume you must find to complete the level, but I can't find them anywhere!

From what I've read of the other reviews, other people seem to have advanced further in the game. Am I the only person on the planet incapable of finishing the first level? Why of all the games that have had strategy walk-through books printed for them did this have to not be one of them? Why do they have to make games like this, where they look like they'll be really awsome but then you've barely started playing and you run into a wall that you just can't figure out how to bypass? I feel like I just wasted my money buying this damn thing!

Jaws Unleashed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

PROS: great shark animations, highly destructable enviroments, tons of swimmers and boats to tear up, interesting missions, action-packed, never gets boring or tedious

CONS: clunky controls, camera can work against you sometimes, some bad textures and sub-par graphics

In Jaws Unleashed, you take control of a great white shark, who is seeking revenge on the people of Amity Island. Taking place 30 years after the first film, Amity Island has now become a hugely popular tourist site. Radio waves from the equipment is causing the shark population to go crazy and violent. And you know what this means...pure fun! This game is a blast to play! Destroying docks, ripping people limb by limb, and wreaking absolute havoc has never been so fun! However, some camera and control problems hinder this game from being great, and that's a shame, because this has some potential. With a little bit of tweaking, this could become one of the best PS2 games to date. But alas, what we have is a slightly sub-par, yet highly entertaining, action game which probably won't turn many heads. If you're a fan of the films, or are looking for a good, gory action game...then definately pick this one up!

OVERALL: 3/5

Cool game, but WAY to buggy...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a pretty fun game to play. Who wouldn't want to rip random people to shreds with a great white shark? My main problem with the game is the immense amounts of bugs. The game will mess up quite often, and sometimes even freeze. It drives me insane. So before you buy it, be warned... You're game will likely freeze, lag, tweek out, etc. and it will annoy you to no limit.

very good adaptation of the movie concept--

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Like all horror movie icons, Jaws the Shark has become a pop-culture anti-hero of sorts since the first film arrived in theaters in 1975. Since video-game technology first began to advance significantly in the late 80's, there have been a handful of shark-hunting games, including one based on JAWS for the original Nintento system. But finally, in 2006 for 21st century game-systems Majesco/Universal come out with "Jaws Unleashed"-- where you, the player, get to control the titular creature, a great white shark that's nearly unstoppable.

The story-based plot involves a return to the New England community of Amity Island, first seen in the first Jaws movie. Some 30 years after the events of the first movie, big industry, including an oil rig and an aquarium park, now mark the landscape. Fatefully, a great white shark happens upon the scene, and when it is captured, all havoc breaks loose.

There is both free-roam play available in the game and goal-specific "Episodes" as well. In free-roam, Jaws swims in the waters around Amity Island, eating ocean creatures for health as well as, yes, attacking sea-faring humans in their boats. "Episodes" require Jaws to meet a specific checkpoint or goal, while avoiding death from the likes of not only humans and their weapons, but occasionally other sea creatures like rays, squid, and killer whales (even schools of piranha!)

This is a game with very good graphics, especially when the shark travels underwater, encountering the various forms of sea life. The Challenge Stunts vary in difficulty, allowing Jaws to pull several fantastic feats. bonus points can be picked up by eating junk like license plates!

the bosses can be a little frustrating, as is the fact that, well, sharks don't swim backwards, so there is no "reverse" throttle, as such, so in tight areas, especially those with dead ends, players may find themselves unduly stuck--- for a sequel, the game producers may do well to include a "reverse" feature-- it might be scientifically unsound, but hey, so is hurling barrels and the other preternatural stunts Jaws pulls off here (which add a surreal quality to the game).

As this game was released with the PS3 around the corner, sequel possibilities are debatable-- still, upgraded for the next-gen systems, a JAWS-based game could be even more "immersing" than this (pun intended).

Grade: B+

HELP IM STUCK!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME SEEMS FUN BUT LIKE SOME OTHER PLAYERS HAVE SAID, IT SEEMS THAT I CANT GET PAST THE TUTORIAL LEVEL. JUST LIKE OTHER PEOPLE SAY I HAVE FOUND 7 OF THE 9 CHECKPOINT TUTORIALS AND WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS GAME I TRIED TO FIND THE OTHER 2 FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS. I EVEN WENT TO THE GAME FAQS WEBSITE FOR HELP BUT IT SEEMS THAT I CANT FIND THE LOCATIONS THAT THE FAQ MENTIONS. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET PASS THE TURORIAL LEVEL IS GOING TO NEW GAME AND PUTTING THE PASS CODE SHAAARK WHICH YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY LEVEL YOU WANT BUT I WANT TO HAVE FUN AND COMPLETE THE GAME WITHOUT ANY CHEATS.

This game was so & so

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, I am a big Jaws fan. They made 4 movies of it. Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, Jaws the Revenge which I guess is Jaws 4. There was already a Jaws game for NES where you're the human, I guess Cheif Brody, trying to kill the shark. Then when I heard a new Jaws game was coming out for PS2, XBOX, & PC I ran out and bought it the first day it came out, and I was really excited when I heard you could be the shark eating the humans. But, I shouldn't have gottin too exicted because this game was kinda weird. I knew this game had nothing to do with the first one, while the NES version was. This game took place during the 3rd movie. But back to the game. The control was kinda ockward. I mean move the analog stick up,the shrak goes down. R1 or L1 is to bite, I havn't played it in a while, so I guess L1 & R1 is original for doing soemthing like that. The blood & gore gave me a good feeling. And I like destroying boats. Well, I havn't gotin that far in the game. I saw a video on Gamespot.com where the shark rips this Killer Whale in half. I wanted to get that far but I couldn't. I'm stuck on the part where you're in that aqurium. Well, that's all I have to say about this game. I wouldn't play the game if I were you, honestly, but go see the movies if you didn't already. It's a little bloody but it will give you a good feeling after watching it. Or you could have nightmares for a few weeks.

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