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Boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 26
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What a boring game! I sold it a week after I bought it.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 28
Date: November 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I AM SO HAPPY THEY CAME OUT WITH VET EMERGENCY 2 BEACUSE I THINK THIS WILL HELP YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT ANIMALS I NEVER PLAYED IT BUT I KNOW IT WILL THE BEST GAME AND DONT BELIEVE THE
OTHER REVIEW YOU HAVE TO FING OUT YOUR SELF.(:

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!

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