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Jaws Unleashed Comments by Keza MacDonald

9 December, 2006

Jawful.

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Kami
09/12/06 @ 10:03
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You know, the score doesn't surprise me... but isn't this late? I thought it got released (edit; sorry, UNLEASHED) in October?
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SBfistfun
09/12/06 @ 10:46
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who the fuck ok'd this as a game design?!

Should have made an updated version of scooba dive intsead that was ace, anyone remember it on the speccy?
monkey_man
09/12/06 @ 10:57
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Jaws the...game?



...the game?!
Muddtallica
09/12/06 @ 11:28
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I really had fun reading this review. :P

Seriously, what on earth convinced anybody that this was even possibly a good idea? I mean, the ID card thing alone should have been enough to send the game straight to the bin, and the designers straight on the dole...still, what upsets me most is the fact that as hideously awful as this game looks and apparently is, it still got a better score than Sonic the Hedgehog. It just ain't pleasant to see a gaming icon, a fond childhood memory, reduced to that... :(
kangarootoo
09/12/06 @ 18:37
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I personally think that the high concept of controlling a shark is a perfectly sound one and could produce a very nice game all else being OK.

However, as always implentation counts for far more than high concept...
Macross
10/12/06 @ 01:20
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Blimey Ive played this game too, its not perfect but its not 3/10 I think you where a tad harsh there, I actually had fun.
willy359
10/12/06 @ 06:11
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So this is what Xbox1 die-hards have to look forward to in their console's twilight period.
Keyz
10/12/06 @ 18:16
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Played this myself, it's god awful and should of gotten 2 or 1.
Keza
10/12/06 @ 19:08
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One feels obliged to reward effort, however futile...
crazyhorse174
11/12/06 @ 09:25
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Whose the idiot who gave it a Reader Score of 10??
Steroyd
11/12/06 @ 09:36
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surely because it's on Xbox game it was a game destined for oblivion from the start.
tiddles
11/12/06 @ 09:59
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I played the PS2 version for a little while and quite enjoyed it... At the time I thought the ID card thing was quite clever - bit like how you don't have to take your Oyster card out of its holder on the London tube, the card'll still work inside a shark, right?
alexg
11/12/06 @ 10:01
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I remember back when this was announced as "Sole Predator" - a game that would be like GTA with a shark. It seemed like it really had potential.

But that was blimmin' years ago.

I wonder what happened? Well, at least they got the thing released...
foxy2006
11/12/06 @ 10:43
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great review, "find an ID card"
lol thats genius
Macross
11/12/06 @ 11:15
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The reviewer does say find an ID card but its a bit out of context to make it sound really stupid. You get the ID card by half eating a scientist and dragging his still thrashing corpse near to one of the terminals. Its ID card usage in a very sharky way.
Keza
11/12/06 @ 17:46
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Macross: That really, really didn't happen for me. I just ate the man, whlist beached on the platform he was wandering across, and the door opened, whether or not I was anywhere near the card reader at the time. Perhaps you're ascribing cleverness to it that doesn't exist?
kangarootoo
11/12/06 @ 23:07
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@AdamOfEternia

Ooh, touchy on the Xbox insults. I must remember that :)

p.s. There is no snare. Open hat, followed by closed hat and kick, followed by crash ;)
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kangarootoo
12/12/06 @ 10:12
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Wow, you are quite right. I found some recordings that use a snare roll instead of an open hat. Maybe its a location based thing, 'cos I'd never heard it that way before.

Clearly you spend more time at Butlins holiday camps and in working men's clubs than me. I bow to your greater experience in this area. That will teach me to hang out with people my own age instead of OAPs.
T4RG4
12/12/06 @ 10:28
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I personally think you could make a great shark game :-) I must be strange.

No surprise this was kaka though.
Dynamize
12/12/06 @ 16:58
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I picked this up a while ago for the PC and, while fairly dodgy, it was still good fun being a great white shark.

I don't understand the problem with the ID card thing. It's explained through the hints and pop-ups "Find an ID card to open the gate. The scientists have them", then "drag a scientist to the card reader".
Yeah, it's a bit of an odd thing for a shark to conceive of, but then we're dealing with the concept of one big great white slaughtering the hell out of an island community. The films weren't exactly realistic in that respect either.

Maybe the PC version got a few little teaks here and there, given the length of time it took to come out after the console versions.

But yeah, interesting concept, rather flawed execution. I still enjoyed it as a light distraction for a while.

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