Pros:
Has the actual Jaws song in it (John Williams version) unlike "Jaws Unleashed"
Graphics are pretty decent overall. Lots of blood when biting and attacking other fish/people. Kinda cartoonish which
is why the game is rated "T"....although the 3DS version is rated "M", which boggles me??
Fun to be a shark and eat everything in sight
Doesn't have the extremely hard "search & find" levels like "Jaws Unleashed" had, although some levels are kind of frustrating (you have to bite and drag a person across the surface of the water in one level, which took me awhile to understand)
Easy & fun Wii controls; Guiding the shark through the water and lunging at victims with the Wii remote is fun
Cons:
The fun only lasts for about an hour or so...this game is like a book, where you read a couple of chapters & then put the book down only to pick it up another day to read a couple more chapters
A couple of the levels are somewhat frustrating to understand at first
Doesn't have an "open world" setting like the previous Jaws game did. You CAN swim anywhere you want, but there are some restrictions
Some parts of the game have glitches; The shark became stuck in an underwater reef a couple of times and I had to manually restart the level, but then again I can't think of a game that doesn't have glitches like that.....especially in "Skyrim" (sheesh, now that game has some SERIOUS glitches, haha)
No multiplayer (not that there would be, but I'm sure somebody out there is curious to know)
Overall, this is a good game for the avid Jaws enthusiast or to a person that likes to attack and eat anything in it's path when it comes to playing video games. The controls seem pretty smooth and easy using the Wii remote, not to mention it's fun to command a giant shark around the sea! I probably put about 4hrs into this game so far and it doesn't look like there's an ending any time soon, so that's a good note. Hope this review helps a little bit! ~ Thanks for reading
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My son is in love with jaws. He's 9 and a wiz at video games. When we received this game he was ecstatic. It was everything he wanted. Unfortunately he conquered the game in a week. But he loved every minute of it.Best Deals for Jaws: Ultimate Predator - Nintendo Wii
I'm only a casual gamer, so I sort of went into Jaws: Ultimate Predator more or less blindly, reading just a handful of so-so reviews beforehand. I played it to completion about 20 levels over a span of 6 to 8 hours and I have mixed feelings about it.First the good. I really liked the variety of environments the game offers; it isn't just looking at the same old ocean floor over and over again. You have to make your way through alligator infested swamps, bust out of scientific research facilities, scavenge sunken ships, dodge volcanic explosions, and even explore ancient temple ruins. And because your settings change so often, so do the types of enemies you encounter. Barracuda, hammerheads, squids, whales, scuba divers. and even plesiosaurs(!) are just a handful of the creatures that stand in your path towards freedom, and some of them are actually quite challenging and require a certain amount of critical thinking or stealth to overcome. The music is authentic and the sound effects are very realistic which adds to the ambiance. The plot was okay, playing out over a series of cartoonish cutscenes genetic engineering gone corrupt, something something something but I honestly wouldn't think about it too hard, lol.
My main gripe, however, is with the awful controls. You play in a fully free-roaming environment, which sounds great but I'll be gosh darned if I didn't get stuck in every single corner. Since you're playing as a great white shark, you need a somewhat wide berth to get yourself situated, and it just wasn't happening. The camera angle would turn every crazy angle so you couldn't tell up from down, or it might pan above the surface of the water, making you lose track of yourself completely. I met my demise many times simply because I couldn't see anything. (I've considered if maybe this was just me, but a friend who is a more seasoned gamer tried it out and said the same thing.) The combat system, while easy to learn, was iffy at best, despite the numerous upgrades you can unlock. It was slow and unresponsive, which means an enemy could potentially strike you two or three times before Jaws will land even one hit, then he'll go back to being stationary for several seconds waiting to unleash his next hit, even though you've been furiously mashing the A and B buttons the whole time. Meanwhile you're getting pummeled to death. Hence the so-called "combo" system was rendered practically useless, not to mention half his attacks went right through the enemies anyway with no effect. (It didn't bother me so much, but it might be worth noting that there's virtually no blood in the game. The occasional red cloud would pop up for a brief moment here and there, but despite the T rating it definitely has the younger audience in mind.)
So overall the game was an odd mix of fun and frustration. But like I said, I did stick with it to the very end, so it wasn't TOO painful. The shortcomings will make themselves evident soon enough, and it's just up to you to figure out ways around them. If Jaws was a little less clunky and a little more fluid, it would have easily been worth upwards of 4 stars. But as it is, it's a "just okay" adventure game that I don't regret buying for the price I paid, but am in no big hurry to re-play anytime soon, either.
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This game is not very good. It almost reminded me of Ecco The Dolphin from years ago on Sega except that was way better than this game. The game play is hard to master and remember with so many different moves. It is very hard to see and you kind of get dizzy trying to figure out where you are. It lacks a lot of things and I would not recommend it.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Jaws: Ultimate Predator - Nintendo Wii
the 3ds version has blood and people screaming when you kill them.the wii version has no blood and is boring. the controls are bad...they could have used the wiimote much better than they did...controlling jaws is way to sensitive. makes it hard to control him.
graphics are horrible even for wii standards...cut scenes are just images..the 3ds graphics are great and even more in 3d.
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