Pet Pals: New Leash on Life

by Legacy Interactive

Product Features

• Increase in case difficulty and number of tasks required to complete a days work as the game progresses with robust reward system including trophies, answering machine messages and staff encouragement
• 2-3 animal care actions that include grooming, caretaking and feeding
• Fellow rescue workers give the player further information on the animals and adoptive owners call to give feedback on their new pets
• New enrichment portion of the game where the player ensures that the animal is adoptable and finds the perfect family
• Bonus minigames and trivia quiz on the office computer

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001K4WTAE
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 19, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,983 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #42 in Video Games > Mac Games > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Pet Pals: New Leash on Life continues Legacy's tradition of creating award-winning educational games designed for aspiring vets of all ages. Players can take part in each animal's story and control their fate, providing rich and realistic gameplay. There are more than 30 animal cases created by practicing veterinarians from around the world showcasing 15+ different breeds of dogs, cats, rabbits and birds as well as exotic animals like iguanas and chinchillas. Players will encounter emergency situations with audio and visual feedback with a daily task system and weekly game-time that is new to Pet Pals.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new twist on a vet sim, May 1, 2009

By 

S. Davidson "online shopper" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: New Leash on Life (CD-ROM)

If you like vet sim games then you will like this sequel to Pet Pals: Animal Doctor even more. In the main game play you receive a patient and then you go through the steps to diagnose like taking the temperature, breathing rate, blood pressure and then treat the patient. The treatments are sometimes easy, but sometimes they can be a lot trickier when there are more steps involved. The twist is in this version is that you get to train and teach the animals new tricks in order to prepare them for adoption, which I find to be pretty neat. The woman talking to you can get a little annoying bc her voice is so high pitched, but I just turned down the volume at that point :) It felt like a more complete game because you took care of the animal from start to finish and it was a more satisfying experience. If you are an animal fan than you should check out this game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A triumph for vet sims, May 4, 2009

By 

JC (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: New Leash on Life (CD-ROM)

I worked for the Humane Society and having seen all the great adult pets who have been abandoned or born homeless, it is great to see a game that tackles the importance of pet adoption and makes it as fun for the player as it was when I worked there. I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was growing up and now my niece shares my love for animals, so I got her this game. I was wonderfully surprised to find that this game has included the usually overlooked message of pet adoptions (and for donating a portion of the proceeds to the Humane Society). The game is a solid vet sim and although it does get a little text heavy at times, it has a more complete and satisfying feel when you get to also provide the animals with a loving family to go home with. Kudos to Legacy for this!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good game for children, May 4, 2009

By 

Chiquita "cle0fus" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: New Leash on Life (CD-ROM)

I picked up this game for my 11 year old niece and she loves it. It's a really positive game for children because it is age appropriate without being too childish. My niece likes the game because she gets to learn about animals and because it is not full of teddy bears and unicorns. She's at that age where she wants a more serious game but is still too young for most mainstream titles.

I was surprised by how much factual information this game contains and how much the player learns about animals. I even learned a couple things just watching her play for 10 minutes.

In the game, the player is the new veterinarian at an animal rescue. The player must treat and diagnose each of the sick animals using a number of real medical tools. There are many different types of animals with different illnesses. I saw her playing a case where she had to amputate an iguana's infected finger!

A note to parents: there is some blood in the game, but not a lot. There is also a lot of text, so this would be the perfect game to help practice reading. Also, the game tries to teach moral lessons about animal care and adoption so there is another plus.