Customer Reviews

Paws & Claws Pet Vet

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I think it is a good game but as it is now you can not finish the game until they come up with a fix for the fields & meadows not opening up. I wrote to valusoft about it & this is the response I got:

Dear Paws and Claws Pet Vet Customer,

Thank you for your recent communication. We are looking into this issue
and have contacted the developer. We hope to have a resolution soon.

Thank you for your patience.

Regards,
Tech Support

I see people have been having this problem since June, you would think they would have came out with a patch or something by now. I would recommend that everyone who has this game write to valusoft & keep writing, maybe if enough people bother them about this they will come up with a fix.

My daughter, who just turned 10 & I love this game!! The only problem we've had is the riding areas (forest, beach, ect.) never unlock for us to ride in. By the way, you can make your vet run, if you push shift & your directional buttons at the same time, also you can speed up exams & bloodtests' if you push shift after you push the exam or bloodtest button. Another tip, if you are in town at 20:00, you will receive a message to go back home & get ready for the next day. If you then go home your day will be extended until 22:00. It gives you an extra 2 min. if you have a busy clinic, to get extras done. If anyone knows how to unlock the riding areas,please let us know. I have looked everywhere & I can't find the answer.

Bought this for my 8 yr old Granddaughter;she treated all the animals, made money went through schooling and still could not open the restricted areas. You need to save the levels during play because it locks up and if not saved during the play it will go back to the previous level. Even with this my Granddaughter still played but unfortunaltely because she could not open the other areas she is no longer playing the game. I see that many folks have had the same problems; game needs to be fixed!

This game caught my eye at best buy and since I love animals, I had to have it!

The installing part was very diffucult for me. My mom had also very trouble installing it and we have a 98. I deleted my other games because we thought we needed room on the hard drive ot something but we didn't and I wasted all the games I worked hard on.

We tried the lap top and it seemed to workng fine at the start but it kept crashing every once in a while. :(

The game is very fun itself.. from what I played anyways... but i'm not too crazy about the graphics. It is a challening game, I agree but we couldn't keep it cause it crashed too much and messed up our computers.

If you want to risk buying this game for that price than go ahead, but my tip is to wait till it's cheaper so even if it didn't work, you would not have lost as much money as we did (19.99)

Thanks for reading :)

This software is much better than I anticipated! It not only teaches actual vet treatments for illnesses, but also teaches business development/ reality -- like having to either take out a business loan or see X number of patients before you would have enough money for supplies or expansion of facilities. Also, the user cannot progress to more significant pets until they successfully treat the lower animals. They need to get it right so to speak. Also, if they keep a customer in the waiting room too long, the customer walks out which is lost revenue! Terrific game that has kept both my sons focused for hours!

Players who are interested in animals and future veterinary careers will enjoy this game! It is easier to earn money by treating pets for simple issues; ringworm, fleas, etc, and then deduce when pets have a more serious issue - mildew rashes and such. Playing as a vet, you have to decide when to purchase more supplies, and it is best to have them ready before issues crop up. Gameplay itself is pretty good - sounds are realistic (those of us who own guinea pigs will recognize that obnoxious squealing) and the graphics are pretty good. Once a few cases come by, players quickly learn which signs to look for to diagnose a pet's problem - scratching, missing patches of fur = fleas.
It can be hard to play with the camera - and for a vet, you'd think she'd be able to RUN. She is soooo slow. But hey, if you like animals, dream of being a vet, and are familar with these types of games, this one is one of the best on the market.

I got this game for my birthday. It's a lot of fun. Yes, everyone is right: the riding areas don't ever open up. And it is a little bit annoying. However you still have the rest of the game to play with; that's just one little issue.

In the game, you have your very own veterinary office. You choose from three characters and you can change your outfits anytime you want. Your first customers are guinea pigs, rabbits, and budgies, but you can take lessons at the Academy about animals and get to work with more of them. Plus you can own your own horse, but they are VERY expensive. Money is not so hard to make, especially if you take out a loan and run an advertisement, then you get more customers.

My only complaint is, despite my daily care of my inpatients, occasionally the owner will come up and say, "My pet doesn't seem to be getting any better. I'm gonna go find another veterinarian. Bye!" And goes away without paying you anything.

Also, the Academy lessons are very expensive and I usually have to take out a loan to get a lesson.

However despite a few glitches this game is a lot of fun! If you are an animal lover I suggest that you get this game (as long as you are OK with the fact that you won't be able to go into the riding areas).

P.S. another fun game of a similar type is Paws & Claws Pet School. I have both of them and personally I don't think that Pet School is as fun as the Vet game. But they are both still great games!

I got this game from the book fair at my school. I LOVE THIS GAME!! This is the best game I have ever played! I love to have the animals over night on the game. The animals are so cute! ANY animal lover MUST have this game! My parents even play it with me sometimes! It IS weird that the animals and people always look the same...I still like it though! The booklet doesn't come in handy very much. It doesn't tell you that you have to press shift to run and what treatments to give the animal when it's sick. It's still the best game ever!

I read some of these reveiews and am surprised. My 10 year old niece has been playing this for months and just loves it. No problems with the game/levels/upgrades etc... Very educational aspects, as well as fun.

Try it yourself to fairly evaluate.

My daughter (age 8) and her friends and cousins love this game. They do have to do some planning ahead to keep themselves solvent. The game requires them to take "tests" to be certified to treat certain animals, and woe to the child who thinks they can pass the test without reading the material. Mine learned the hard way.
This does not run well on our older 900 MHhz computer (jerky motion, freezing up) in spite of the computer having all the required memory, speed etc as listed on the box. On our newer (year old) 2 GHhz it runs well.