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Paws And Claws Pet Vet

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I bought this game for my kids, ages 8 and 5, both of whom love animals and one of whom wants to be a veterinarian. In essence, this game teaches you how to run a business. You gotta have a regular customer base just to survive (have income). With that income, you have to maintain your supplies, as well as advance your career by continuously going back to school and expanding your practice.

Once you master the controls and learn how to manipulate your character both around town and providing treatment to animals, the game is fairly intuitive. After the first "day" of your practice, you'll learn which pharmaceuticals you need more of, like disinfectant. Pretty soon, you'll only be making one trip to the pharm per day. My first day, I think I made two or three. The game is complex enough to include other businesses that you go to for help, including a bank (loan), the pharmacy, an advertising agency, and a pet food store to name the major ones.

WHile I have only played the game for a few hours, I like the big picture business model that this presents. I'm not sure if my kids will be able to figure it out on their own, but I'll be glad to explain it to them along the way. I wouldn't recommend it for kids under 10, or someone who wants a "Pet Pals" type of game where there's a touchy feely type of interaction with the animals...this is all business from what I've seen.

I'll be going back to school (in the game) so I can work on cats. I'll provide an update on how that's going and whether I think this game is still worth playing.

Edit: sorry for the late update. although this game is great for teaching someone about business in general, when you unlock other features in the game, it is virtually impossible to do everything you need to do. One option should be to allow the veterinarian (you) to hire an assistant to deal with the more mundane every day tasks like feeding and carrying for some of the smaller animals, while you take on the bigger, more complex animals. However, since that isn't an option, you have to balance doing EVERYTHING yourself. After a while, it just becomes such a chore that you don't want to play anymore as there's no reward for it. Perhaps it models real life more than I thought...LOL.

Have 11 year old twins who got this for their birthday but the game (as mentioned in other reviews) is too monotonous for a tween's attention span.

If you expect to be taking care of all kinds of animals, you'd better have a LOT of time on your hands.

The game is not very user friendly, either.

I bought this for my young daughter, who is a pet-lover. She hates it and won't go near it. It is very monotonous and repetitive. You aren't given a choice as to what types of animals you get to treat. You have to work your way up and start with small animals (hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, etc.). After about the 20th hamster (and sometimes the same one over and over again), she got bored with it. Also, you're doing the same procedures over and over again (sometimes with a different animal, but again sometimes the same animal and same procedure repeatedly). One night after she went to bed, I stayed up and played through it hoping that I could advance her through the game myself so that she could treat more animals. Didn't help much. Big disappointment. Not at all fun for either an adult or child. Stay away from this game.

This game is a good game for the price, however, I am a parent and I played it recently and I would recommend it for ages 10 and over due to the reading and understanding that is involved. You own your own animal hospital and need to earn money in order to purchase medicine, food, etc. for your hospital. The owners bring their animals to your hospital and you must treat the animals to earn money. It was fun for a while but gets a little repetitive. My children have numerous Wii games and this is one they do not play often. If your child is a great reader and can comprehend well, I would recommend this to a child under 10 but if not, I think 10 would be a good age for a minimum recommendation. Some of the medicines are technical terms. Overall, an okay game for $20.

game seems fun but not easy to get to know what to do. Being played by 9 year old so she is learning as she goes

This was bought for my 6 year old - she does enjoy playing it, but I have to read all the "big" words, like antiparasitic ointment, etc so she can't necessarily play it alone. She loves animals and enjoys the "excitement" of what animal will she treat next. The treatment of animals is somewhat monotanous to me, but not to my daughter, as there are only so many things you can do to treat the animals, but I like the challenge of what's next - something that's too involved for my 6 year old but will make her playtime more fun - like saving up to do advertising to get more patients, go to school to take the test in order to treat more exciting animals like cats, dogs and horses, buy the kennel or barn to board animals, or going to the bank to get a loan.