Garfield

by CDV Software Entertainment

Product Features

• 3D quality graphics plus the humor of the original cartoon strip
• Multiple mini-games and challenges
• Fully interactive environment -- each room has items which Garfield can activate and play with

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00080L312
• Item model number: 10532
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 29, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,088 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Garfield is a great game starring the world-famous cartoon cat! Garfield fell asleep when Jon was out, leaving Odie to trash the house. Now Garfield has 1 hour to fix all the damage Odie caused and earn himself a huge dish of lasagna.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Garfield's on a cool mission!Check out my review, Amazon!, August 8, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Garfield (CD-ROM)

OK, so here it is.Jon is due back at 5:00.Garfield has fallen asleep.Odie has moved almost everything in the house.Garfield must clean the house before 5:00.The mission..COOL!The graphics..SUPER COOL!The sounds..SUPER-DUPER COOL!The
voices..EXTREMELY COOL!The music..NINE THOUSAND PERCENT COOL!This is one cool video game on Playstation 2 and Computer!Thanks
for making this game, Hip Games.You and Amazon rule!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS GAME!, March 10, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Garfield (CD-ROM)

The good:
Great!
Cleaning a mess has never been this fun! (Makes chores exciting!)
Kicking Odie is fun!
New humor! (Including a bunny slipper moose-head in Jon's den!)
Lots of puzzles to solve!
The loading screen shows Garfield asleep on a green pawprint background with an animated and spinning disc!
The fun never ends!
The bad:
Game is meant for little kids.
Having Odie hit you just makes you want to hit him back.
This game was better off on Nintendo DS.
Most of the humor is unoriginal.
Garfield's new voice dosen't have enough additude.
The confusing:
How can Garfield's vacuum cleaner backpack handle all that stuff?
How was Odie smart enough to make a mess in the house?
The new voices:
I love the new voices! I want Jim Davis to make a show called THE NEW GARFIELD, with all the new voices!
The graphics:
Great classic graphics from the good ol' days, but still.
Controls:
I don't know why Shawn Watson said the controls are mucked up! Why the controls are great!
Gameplay:
Awesome! I thought this game was never coming to the USA!
Story:
This is a story that a little kid will love!
Overall:
This game is great. I played the trial twice and loved it. I'M BUYING IT! Get it for your little kids!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, But Needs Improvement., January 9, 2006

By 

U2SaxFan (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garfield (CD-ROM)

The Garfield PC game features Garfield in an all-new 3-D look for PC (and Playstation 2 in UK). The storyline is that Jon left the house and told Garfield not to mess up the house or he would be in big trouble. But Odie decides to mess it up and Garfield must clean the house before Jon gets home. While it sounds like a simple fun game everyone may enjoy, the game seems to appeal more early childhood audiences than older kids.

The music gets corney at times, sometimes sounding childish, like something that should be in a Blue's Clues or Sesame Street game, which may convince older kids not to play it. The gameplay and graphics are ok, looking very Playstation-like (which may make them a little outdated for some people). The game has lots of humor, but not much original humor. Just about everything Garfield says is from a Garfield comic or something else Jim Davis created before this game was released. But there is some original humor in the game that makes it quite funny. For example, it's quite fun to kick Odie around whenever you see him, but it gets boring after a while because all he does is just flip and make noises. (He can also kick you back to get in your way, so watch out!) The controls seem fine to me, but the voice acting is really what the downfall is of the game. As Shawn Watson said, the guy who does the voice of Garfield ain't nothing like Lorenzo Music, though he does sound similar, and any fans of the Garfield & Friends cartoon show and specials will be disappointed to find out that with the exception of Garfield (and Jon, and maybe Nermal), none of the characters sound like what they do in the show.

In a nut shell, the Garfield game is an okay game that will probably appeal to younger audiences than older audiences. If Hip Games and Jim Davis want to get the attention of older audiences, they should make a more challenging game with better music and better voices. If you're a younger child (or parent of a younger child), I recommend you get the game; if you're an older child (or parent of an older child), I would recommend waiting till Garfield: Saving Arlene gets released.



OVERALL RATING

Game Play: C
Controls: A+
Sound: C
Voices: D
Music: D+
Graphics: C-