Paws and Claws: Pet Vet
| Paws and Claws: Pet Vet | |
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| Developer(s) |
Independent Arts Software DTP Entertainment Neopic BVBA Sproing Interactive Media Radon Labs |
| Publisher(s) |
THQ ValuSoft (PC) |
| Series | Paws and Claws |
| Platform(s) | iPhone OS, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Pet-raising simulation |
Paws and Claws: Pet Vet is a pet-raising simulation video game in which players can nurse dogs, cats, horses, birds, guinea pigs and rabbits back to health. The game features 20 ailments. Players can design their own clinic, choose which kennels to build and expand existing buildings to provide further services to their patients.[1]
Gameplay
Players assume the role of a veterinarian running a pet clinic and must heal sick pets back to full health. At the beginning of the game, this involves treating smaller pets such as guinea pigs, rabbits, and birds. As the player gains experience, larger animals such as horses, dogs, or cats become available. The clinic's facilities can be expanded and altered (for instance, the style of kennels used to house the animals). Expanding facilities enables more pets to be housed and increases the range of treatments available. Players are also responsible for managing the clinic's finances and supplies.[1]
Each type of pet has a different type of task to be completed in order to heal them. Dogs can play fetch and be taken for a run to increase their fitness and horses can be ridden and taken out to the pasture. The Nintendo DS version utilizes voice recognition via the inbuilt microphone to issue commands to pets as well as to calm them during treatment.[1][2]
There are six available buildings to construct and expand: the practice, the therapy house, the small animal house, the cat house, the dog house, and the horse stalls. In town, there are nine stores to conduct business and train players' characters.
During the game, players can learn about different diseases and ailments. Ailments include fungus infection, Vitamin E Deficiency, ear inflammation, mold infection, Rabbit Flu, lung infection, corneal injury, liver infection, sunburn, asthma, and tonsil infections. As players move through the game, they are able to keep animals in animal houses for prolonged treatment. In the small animal house, they may keep guinea pigs, rabbits, or birds that have more serious injuries and diseases. When animals are in the animal houses, players must treat and feed them every day.
The game has a large playing world in which the character's actions are constrained by what time of day it is in-game. The clinic opens and closes at certain times of day, and if players wait too long to service a customer, they will leave the clinic. Patients must be healed in a certain amount of time, and customers will not pay their bill if players do not heal their animals.
Characters
In the game, players assume one of three characters: Hanna, Alex or Sophie. As one of these characters, players have many responsibilities to the clinic and the animals they are treating. They can dress the character for work, riding a horse, or for leisure. Players can also make them walk with the arrow keys or run while holding shift and using the arrow keys.
Settings
The game takes place in town, the animal practice, small animal house, cat house, therapy center, dog house, horse barn, fields and meadows, the forest, the beach, and town outskirts. The fields, meadows, practice, and town are the areas of the world that do not have to be purchased. The small animal house, cat house, therapy center, dog house, and horse barn are things that players must purchase using the money they receive from treating patients. The forest, beach and town outskirts are areas players can eventually earn by completing objectives.
Town
The buildings featured in town are the Pharmacy, bank, Food Palace, the School of Learning, the Advertisement Store, and the Physical Therapy Shop.
- Pharmacy - Players can purchase more medications to treat their patients.
- Bank - Players can receive and pay back loans of $1000, $2000, or $3000.
- Food Palace - Players can purchase food for their animals and buy or sell horses.
- Academy - Players can receive permits to treat specific types of animals and add types of treatments.
- Advertisement Store - Players can advertise their veterinary practice and bring in more customers.
- Physical Therapy Shop - Players can buy physical therapy equipment after learning physical therapy from the Academy.
Medicine
Players can buy medications to treat their patients, including:
- Inflammation Ointment
- Healing Salve
- Anti-Parasitic Cream
- Anti-Parasitic Agent
- Vaccine
- Pain-Killers
- Antibiotics
- Tonic Preparation
- Disinfectant
- Strengthening Drugs
- Saline
- Cartilage strengethers
- Immunopressives
- Eye drops
- Healing ointment
- Deworming ointment
- Disinfectant
Medicine must be applied to certain parts of the patient's body, such as the ears or eyes. Players can view reports on the animal's ailment to find out what treatment needs to be given and on what part of the patient's body.
Veterinary Tools
There are several material you will have to examine and treat your patients.
- Stephoscope
- Glove
- Magnifying Glass
- Forceps
- Syringe
- Blood test syringe
- Lab test
- Thermometer
- Massage ball
- Swab
Diagnoses
Animals can have many kinds of diagnoses, with some being serious, some mild, and some slight. In serious cases, the animal has to stay in the animal hospital until cured, unless it is a serious eye diagnose. Here is a list of several diagnoses in the game.
- Inflammation of the lungs
- Lung infection
- Muscle-strain check-up
- Pulled muscle
- Glass splinter in paws
- Mange
- Asthma
- Feed allergy
- Corneal injury
- Worms
- Parasite infestation
- Fungal infection
- Ear inflammation
- Stomach cramps
- Ball sores
- Bronchritis
- Arthritis
- Ear sunburn
- Cat flu
- Rabbit flu
- Advanced age disease
- Vitamin C dificiency
- Vitamin E dificiency
- Bone injury
Medicines and Diagnoses (Wii version)
Here is how medicines and diagnoses work together on the Wii version.
| Diagnose | Animals Who Get It | Examination (with all cases) | Medicine (with all cases) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asthma | cats | feel the chest; use the stephoscope; ultrasound the chest | immunopressive, antibiotic, pain killer, strengthening drug |
| Mange | rabbits | feel and magnify around the eyes and lips of the mouth | healing ointment, disinfectant, anti-parasitic agent |
| Corneal injury | rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs | magnify the eyes | eye drops |
| Parasite infestation | all | magnify and feel the chest; magnify the abdomen and ears | anti-parasitic ointment, anti-parasitic agent, disinfectant |
| Arthritis | all | feel the forelegs and hind legs; check temperature | cartilage strengther and pain killer |
| Advanced age disease | dogs | use the stephoscope; blood test; check temperature | pain killer and strengthening drug |
| Muscle-strain check-up | dogs | feel the hind legs | strengthening drug, massage ball |
| Bronchritis | horses | feel the chest; use the stephoscope; blood test; check temperature | strengthening drug and antibiotic |
| Ball sores | birds | magnify the legs; use the swab on legs | healing ointment, antibiotic, disinfectant |
| Fungal infection | all | magnify the abdomen and chest; check temperature | disinfectant and anti-parasitic ointment |
| Feed allergy | all | magnify the abdomen, chest and ears; lab test | anti-inflammatory ointment and immunopressive |
| Stomach cramps | all | ultrasound the abdomen; lab test; blood test | saline |
| Vaccination (veterinary check-up) | all | check temperature; use stephoscope | vaccine |
| Ear inflammation | dogs and cats | magnify and feel the ears | strengthening drug and antibiotic |
| Bone injury | dogs | ultrasound the hing legs; feel the hind legs | strengethening drug; massage ball |
| Rabbit flu | rabbits | use the stephoscope; feel the chest; blood test | disinfectant and antibiotic |
| Cat flu | cats | use the stephoscope; use the swab on the mouth; blood test; feel the chest | disinfectant and antibiotic |
External links
References
- 1 2 3 Grabowski, Dakota (2007-02-02). "Paws and Claws Pet Vet Review". GameZone. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ↑ Thomas, Lucas (2007-02-14). "Paws & Claws Pet Vet Review". IGN. Retrieved 2008-05-05.