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Jaws Unleashed (PlayStation 2)

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Violent action game really bites -- adults only.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this action game places players in control of a super-aggressive shark based on the killers from the Jaws movies. The shark attacks humans and animals, dismembering prey in a bloody cloud. To keep Jaws healthy, players must kill innocent people and animals. Players are also rewarded for destroying boats, piers, and submarines.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: The shark must eat innocent swimmers to stay healthy. Players are rewarded for killing animals and destroying property.
Violence: Plenty of bloody shark attacks against humans and animals. Body parts float around attack sites. The shark also rams and smashes boats and piers.
Sex: Some Baywatch-style female lifeguards running in slow motion.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: The game includes movie footage as a reward for collecting objects in the game.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids
Families can talk about role playing in video games. Is there a difference between playing as a violent good guy and a violent bad guy? Is the violence more acceptable if it's in the service of good? Families may also wish to discuss how games can be used to promote the movies on which they're based.

What's the story?

What's the story?
In JAWS UNLEASHED, gamers have the opportunity to take control of one of the greatest antiheroes in movie history: the great white shark from the Jaws movies. As the game begins, Jaws is captured and put on display in an aquarium on Amity Island. After players break out, they roam freely in the waters around the island, swimming to story missions and side challenges, or simply cruising the waters looking for human and animal victims.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

Jaws Unleashed is simply a mess. The story missions are only loosely connected, and the objectives can be tough to figure out. Players will quickly grow bored with ramming boats and moving explosive barrels around, all the while avoiding little fish or sharks that can rapidly drain Jaws's health.

Yet the controls are the biggest problem. Players often struggle to get Jaws in the right spot to eat a swimmer or place a barrel. The imprecise swimming and attacking is further undermined by a game camera that gets stuck behind objects or pops above the water when the action is below the surface. One of the more frustrating parts of the game is watching Jaws' health disappear while desperately swimming around, rotating the camera, looking for the man or beast that's doing the damage.

Game themes & details

Game Details
Available on: PlayStation 2
Not available online
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Majesco
Released on: June 7, 2006
Price: 29.99
ESRB Rating: M for Blood and gore, Intense violence

This review was written by Chris Jozefowicz
 
 

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G2B
kid, 13 years old
 
Boring shark game
I think this game isn't that bad cause its not graphic at all and its blood is all fake but although it was fun for about 10 minutes maximum it got boring cause its the same type of missions - to just kill people or smash boats and stuff. So i stopped playing it - overall it was quite a let down.

board pusher
teen, 15 years old
 
what's a jaws?

Peenut2k7
kid, 10 years old
 
WHAT
I cant belive anything not for kids is rated 1 star for you. You are the worst reviewers ever, CSM.

dolphin352
kid, 12 years old
 
jaws good
i love jaws

Swit Swat
kid, 12 years old
 
Bloody movie game is gross and violent!
Man, this game bites. Literally! I hate it! The object of the game is to try and kill humans and animals. You can also smash into boats and piers. I mean, what's up with that?! When you eat a large animal you can see the carnage! Bones are vissible and blood everywhere! It's just gross! There is also some language like d-mn and sh-t! Why does Commonsense say that there is no language?!

l4dfan
parent
 
hi peeps
It teaches kids where to find hearts and blood in your bosy

Brendan Conway
teen, 17 years old
 
my grandmother got me this game a few years ago and really enjoyed the game

scarface24
kid, 12 years old
 
Old horror flick game to graphic for young kids
This game goes OFF THE CHARTS with guts and gore!

acribit
teen, 13 years old
 
adults should play it.

Myxboxliveisro ...
teen, 15 years old
 
Very scary not for kids unless they can handle it.
Great game but too scary for kids when i was a kid i was scared by it even though i played it and loved it all the time *Enough to where i got my dad to go to walmart and buy it for me for PS2* there is tons of gore there is a scene with a HUGE squid that is extreme and scary and in the first level you see tons of HUGE whales dead and there is a HUGE whale dead in one mission but sadly i cant remember witch one i would say iffy for 12 and up it teaches a bit though shows you animals what sharks do what a aquariam looks like and how they manage one *Only in one level you are the shark and are trapped in the aquariam and you break yourself out and make it to the ocean killing EVERYONE in the aquariam* but that mission is pretty fun the piranhas are annoying.

Ghost Rider Sky
kid, 12 years old
 

Cm20014
teen, 16 years old
 
Movie based game too graphic...
Somone told me u play as shark only very bloody and gory. far more violent than the movies

hello123456
kid, 12 years old
 
perfect for all ages
this game is awesome! love the gore!

SafetyFan453
teen, 13 years old
 
The rating is already correct
My brother once p[layed this game a friend brought over and I saw blood coming from the shark's mouth.Your right about this game being really violent and it deserves it's M rating.I think this rating is right.l

lethal weapon
parent of 11 year old
 
it is a shark going around eating people and animals not that bad

skinner2
teen, 16 years old
 
If you give this game a chance it can be really fun. Most people complain about a bad camera and bad controls, but eventually you get used to them.

jobob1
parent of 18 year old
 
jaws unleashed
its a game that should be rated teen there is not much guts/gore and blood and violence i gave it to my eleven year old son and he loves it and i"ll play it to when i get the chance. its a great game not recomended for childeren under eleven years of age

korn111
adult
 
not that bad
well its a good game, but it realy doesnt have a good story line. the only questinal part about the game is the violence. there is spare limbs floating around aftert attacks. it realy should have been rated T.

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