Customer Reviews

Catz

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1 star:		(5)

 

 

This game is nothing like the previous games with the same title. They took out a lot of the old features and replaced them with a talent show. You can't pick up the cat. You can't breed them anymore. You can't have more than one cat out at a time it seems. There's a money system. The 3D graphics are the only real good thing about the game.

If you like the old versions of this game, stay away.

If you want to train your cat to do tricks, dress it up, and decorate your house with set designs, you might like it.

Kind of hard to play when it doesnt work. Keep getting errors after looking on web site others have the same problem

I would stay away from this. It clearly wasn't tested very well. We tried to install the game three times, on three different machines, all XP, all with the right system requirements and the latest video card drivers and it failed all three times. Never worked. Crashed every time we tried to run it. We're retruning it ASAP.

I have two daughters that constantly play this game. I am always hearing cat sounds and are not sure if they are from the game or our real cat. I thought they'd get bored with it after a week but they still play it frequently.

If you want, you can just take my word for it and just read this review's title. If not, stick around.

NOTE: In this review I'll refer to this game as next-gen Catz and I'll call the older games that are also called "Petz" Petz 3 and 4, even though there are more classic games than that. So that you can easily go to what you probably want to buy I'm putting in these links (they might not work on your computed unless you download a Petz 4 patch, and the Petz 4 patch works for 3 too). Catz 3 Catz 4 You may also want to consider Catz 5, although I personally don't like it quite as much. Catz 5

Thrift expert and mother of six Amy Dacyzyn once said that the fun of a new toy wears off in about two days. This goes for certain software, too, and this is certainly one of those pieces of software. In this game, you pick a kitten. After that you go to your house, where your new pet will sit on the floor in front of you until you tell it to do something. One breed will occasionally jump on the furniture. It is not exactly thrilling.
In Petz 3 and 4 your Catz will walk around, sleep, sit, and jump on ledges. And if you take out other Catz or toyz or interact with your pet yourself in Petz 3 and 4, they'll do even more. In next-gen Catz, you can only have one cat. There is currency and contests in next-gen Catz, but they add practically nothing to the game. Next-gen Catz seems really pre-packaged and unrealistic, with messages popping up to walk you through every second of pet care. I own next-gen Dogz, but never played it because I suspect it is just like next-gen Catz. In fact, I think when they made this Catz game they just took next-gen Dogz and changed the images to Catz. In this game you have your cat fetch and roll over-- dog stuff.
In Petz 3 and 4 each pet has a unique personality. And in the classic games, your petz can have kittenz or puppyz, have friends, likes, dislikes, lots of different toyz, and Dogz and Catz can meet together. Plus, there are LOTS of legal fan-made downloads for Petz 3 and 4. While the fun of next-gen Catz diminishes in two days, kids AND adults have played Petz 3, 4 and the other classic games for YEARS without getting tired of it.

The game in itself is not that bad. However, I'd agree with the writer of a previous review. If you've played the earlier CATZ or DOGZ game do not expect the same thing here. Yes, the graphics have improved but they've changed the content quite a bit. Overall, it's still a pleasant enough game and kids will get a kick out of playing it. As for the other reviews commenting on the difficulty or their inability to install the game, I'd like to reply and say that I have had no problem with the computers in my house. There are two computers in my house running Windows XP and this game installed without a glitch the first try on both of them.

I'm another user for which this program would not work. Installed on two computers that met the minimum requirements (A Windows XP and Vista) and it would lock up the screen immediately requiring a reboot on both.

Ubisoft flatly indicated that it isn't supported on Vista, but the XP acted up in the same way. Searched their website for support or a patch and there was nothing. Returned it immediately. Don't waste your time.

I really like this game! Here is how I rate it:
Fun=5
It's a really fun game! You can teach the cat tricks, and even enter talent shows! You can also buy toys. Sure there isn't as many as the other games, but the new stuff makes up for it.

Sound=5
They left some old sounds in. I also like the radioe feature! (The radeio is in the kitchen). The music you hear during adopting a cat is nice.

Educational=4
This game teaches people how to take care of animals. But the cats can not breed though. At least the cats drink out of the water bowl more.

Grafics=5
I LOVE the new grafics!

Overall=5

24 stars in total!