I highly anticipated this game because I am a pretty big fan of the Jaws movies. But you really don't need to like the movies to like the game. This game is so gnarly it hurts. It literally is Grand Theft Auto with a shark. You can do anything you want, from attacking and killing over 100 species of sea-life underwater, or going to the surface to cause some mayhem. You can attack people from their boats(Many different ones), attack swimmers on the beach, rip them to shreds. And when I say rip them to shreds I mean it. You can rip people up anyway you can think of. tear off their legs, heads, arms, rip them in half. Or you can just put them in your mouth and bite down to turn them into flesh chunks. Of course, there is story to the game all based around the town of Amity. There are story missions in the game you play to progress. Plus there are over 30 side missions to do. And the shark is pretty damn smart, can almost do anything. But that's part of the reason it's so much fun. They also add a small Rpg part in the game where you can upgrade health, hunger(meter), power, etc. You also learn new attacks and skills along the way. I can't say much more though, since I only bought the game a day after it released. Also the graphics are pretty good. 8/10. I must say the graphics on the shark are spectacular. The only reason I gave it a "8" is because the people are animated pretty badly. Anyway, I personally love this game and highly recommend this game to Jaws fans and Gta fans.
10 Reviews
Not NEARLY as bad as they say
markagerholm10 July 2006
I picked up JAWS: Unleashed three days ago, and I'm totally hooked. The list price of a brand new copy was only 27 bucks--not bad at all. I can't comment on its replayability, but so far the story missions are more than entertaining. It's not Grand Theft Auto calibur, but it's definitely one of the better games around.
First of all, if you love marine life like I do, JAWS is a blast. Not only do you get to hunt and kill tons of lifeforms, but you get to take a good look at all of them in a nice little Animal Bios extra on the main menu. Unfortunately, this brings me to the biggest downside of the game. I was so ready to give this an 8, but I felt cheated, and in my anger, I dropped it by a point. Why? Ever been to the NY Museum of Natural History? You see that giant blue whale scale sculpture hanging from the ceiling? Absolutely amazing, isn't it? That thing is HUGE! In the animal bios, we are promised that we'll be battling blue whales, and I was flinching around in my chair with anticipation. Sure, they're harmless in reality, but the Animal Bio gives damage stats for a tail whip and how much nutrition eating a blue whale will provide you. Unfortunately, the designers sucker-punched us whale-lovers. There are NO blue whales in this game! Well, okay, there are, off in the distance, where the water's current is too strong to go. Hell, I would have been happy just to swim up near one, even if I couldn't attack it, but no...we just get very distant silhouettes. No sperm whales, either. And the giant squid aren't exactly gigantic at all. (Even though I've only had this game for a short time, I've searched everywhere for the blue whales' locations, and finally read an apologetic statement on a forum at Gamefaqs.com from an employee that worked on the game...so it is confirmed.) With that rather ugly quip aside, the game is extremely visceral and fun. If you love ocean life, you will love this game. If you loved the movies (or at least the first one), you will love this game. Otherwise, I'm not sure how you'll react, but there is plenty of blood and gore to keep you entertained. The controls, I found, were perfect (unlike what Gamespot has to say), and the camera only bothers me on rare occasions, which is good for a 3D underwater game. There are bugs, but they come up so rarely and they do little to interfere with the gameplay.
Overall, I am more than happy with this game. Free roaming gets repetitive after long stretches, but the story missions provide a nice departure from that. Aside from the empty promises I mentioned above, this is a stellar game that is at least worth a rental.
First of all, if you love marine life like I do, JAWS is a blast. Not only do you get to hunt and kill tons of lifeforms, but you get to take a good look at all of them in a nice little Animal Bios extra on the main menu. Unfortunately, this brings me to the biggest downside of the game. I was so ready to give this an 8, but I felt cheated, and in my anger, I dropped it by a point. Why? Ever been to the NY Museum of Natural History? You see that giant blue whale scale sculpture hanging from the ceiling? Absolutely amazing, isn't it? That thing is HUGE! In the animal bios, we are promised that we'll be battling blue whales, and I was flinching around in my chair with anticipation. Sure, they're harmless in reality, but the Animal Bio gives damage stats for a tail whip and how much nutrition eating a blue whale will provide you. Unfortunately, the designers sucker-punched us whale-lovers. There are NO blue whales in this game! Well, okay, there are, off in the distance, where the water's current is too strong to go. Hell, I would have been happy just to swim up near one, even if I couldn't attack it, but no...we just get very distant silhouettes. No sperm whales, either. And the giant squid aren't exactly gigantic at all. (Even though I've only had this game for a short time, I've searched everywhere for the blue whales' locations, and finally read an apologetic statement on a forum at Gamefaqs.com from an employee that worked on the game...so it is confirmed.) With that rather ugly quip aside, the game is extremely visceral and fun. If you love ocean life, you will love this game. If you loved the movies (or at least the first one), you will love this game. Otherwise, I'm not sure how you'll react, but there is plenty of blood and gore to keep you entertained. The controls, I found, were perfect (unlike what Gamespot has to say), and the camera only bothers me on rare occasions, which is good for a 3D underwater game. There are bugs, but they come up so rarely and they do little to interfere with the gameplay.
Overall, I am more than happy with this game. Free roaming gets repetitive after long stretches, but the story missions provide a nice departure from that. Aside from the empty promises I mentioned above, this is a stellar game that is at least worth a rental.
its well good
gazbag_2320 January 2007
Warning: Spoilers
i disagree with what thin said i thought jaws unleashed was really good although the storyline is a bit crap the main game play is really good (not for the squeamish) The controls are hard at first but after a bit you get used to them and its easy once you get the hang of things. the only reason thing couldn't do it is because hes just dumb and obviously had never played a game before in his life and i encourage you to play it as it is hours of fun!!!!!! The graphics are very good as well although some bits are a bit gory but what do you expect you are jaws.... anyway like i said before this game is great so go and buy it .... it rules!!!
Jaws fans will love this game
sherismedia18 August 2007
Well even those who aren't big Jaws fans can still love this game. Being the shark and attacking unsuspecting boaters and swimmers is much different than any other game you'll ever played and the idea is fantastic. I wonder why PS2 doesn't have a video game where you are Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers? Do they think those movies were too long ago for a successful game to be made? Perhaps the latest Halloween movie coming out may finally give them inspiration to make one. Sometimes gamers like to play the villain. Doing so in this game as Jaws was different, but very fun and I think that if you check out others' votes, they agree. I heard this movie was difficult to find apparently at one point, but I got mine here in Houston and I suppose many were available, so getting one wasn't difficult. Then again, when people are having a tough time finding Madden Football, I can always find one here too. If you haven't played this, now you can find one fairly cheap on eBay and it is worth buying and playing.
Average - could of definitely been better
EmmaBxx17 August 2007
The idea of you being able to play the Great White Shark that kept a generation of people out of the water, is probably one of the best ideas I'VE heard. Being able to terrorise the beach goers, p*ss off the mayor. Drag people off of their own boats and the beach - sounds like a lot of fun to me !
However, this game is not what I expected, it's very far-fetched in what a Great White could do (play it and you'll know what I mean). Controlling the Shark can be quite annoying as well. You could be right in the middle of something important, when all of a sudden the camera leaves you for the surface ! Also, once you've completed the game and side challenges, there's not really much to do with the game except eat a few more people, kill a few more Whale Sharks and Orcas, and to me, it gets a little old and boring. If the people who made this ever decide to do a Jaws 2, take note of what people are moaning about (e.g the camera) and use it ! This game could have been so much more.
I give it a 6 as when I did play it, I enjoyed it. So give it a go if you're a fan of Jaws, or just Sharks in general !
However, this game is not what I expected, it's very far-fetched in what a Great White could do (play it and you'll know what I mean). Controlling the Shark can be quite annoying as well. You could be right in the middle of something important, when all of a sudden the camera leaves you for the surface ! Also, once you've completed the game and side challenges, there's not really much to do with the game except eat a few more people, kill a few more Whale Sharks and Orcas, and to me, it gets a little old and boring. If the people who made this ever decide to do a Jaws 2, take note of what people are moaning about (e.g the camera) and use it ! This game could have been so much more.
I give it a 6 as when I did play it, I enjoyed it. So give it a go if you're a fan of Jaws, or just Sharks in general !
This game ROCKS!!!
medic249a216 February 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Awesome graphics, good game control, and terrific game play options for improving your status are what awaits in Jaws Unleashed. In this one, you ARE the shark - Jaws himself. There's very little in the open ocean that can stand up to him. In this game, you advance through stages which are only partially based on the Jaws films, though some of the side challenges & scenes you encounter do have direct connections. Most notable of these are grabbing a swimmer & ramming them into a buoy (Jaws) and the scene in the aquarium (Jaws 3). Mike Brody, son of the chief, is a marine biologist who has plans to capture & research you, while Larry Vaughan Jr. has assumed his dad's old spot as mayor of Amity. A company called Envirotech(?) is also partnering with the city & building a refinery to help the local economy. Jaws, however, does not like the idea of all these people in his hunting grounds, and plans to get rid of them. After you kill the CEO's son, he puts shark hunters after you, and Brody will capture you & put you on display. The exciting part comes when you eventually break out of your cage & start going after people. Eventually you will find yourself in a series of tanks filled with playful dolphins, noisy seals, and one containing a huge killer whale, which you must kill in order to escape. The orca is one of the only creatures who can stand up to you; it took me several tries before I got him. Do NOT go head-to-head with him; you will end up badly damaged. Once you break out into the ocean again, several side challenges await; take out the Baywatch-type lifeguards before they reach the shore; take a certain number of bungee jumpers in a time frame; defend a whale carcass against invading hammerhead sharks; kill the water-skiers as they make their jumps; and defend yourself against angry narwhals attacking you with their tusks. Your missions will take you to various parts of Amity Island & the open sea, and the water is teeming with marine life - various fish, dolphins, other sharks, stingrays, seals, and at one point you will find yourself surrounded by killer whales. Of course, the most fun lies in attacking boats & people - as you accumulate points you can cash them in for advanced attack moves such as corkscrew attack or body bomb, as well as improving health, speed, and strength.
One of the most innovative games I've ever come across in many years!
One of the most innovative games I've ever come across in many years!
Should've been called "Grand Theft shark: amity"
The_Light_Triton24 January 2010
I like jaws. That movie doesn't scare me crap-less like other people (but the initial scene did in 1995) and i actually will find myself tuning into the movie whenever i get a chance. this film holds the reputation for being the first summer blockbuster, Exceeding 100 million dollars in ticket sales. This record was soon broken by George Lucas's star wars in 1977.
but then in 2006, a few small gaming companies get together to grant one wish...to play as the shark. But here's where I get confused. they called it "Jaws Unleashed" when they could've called it Jaws: Vengeance, or Jaws: Death from the depths, or my personal Favorite, Grand Theft Shark: Amity Island." I mean, Is Jaws really chained up? In Jaws Unleashed, It's your job to raise hell in amity without dying. In order to do that, you swim up to beaches and devour some unsuspecting bathers, and at the same time, chewing them to bits (Sounds like fun, right?) well, i'm a highly desensitized guy, but this game really bothered me the first time i played it. ripping innocent human beings apart with a shark that doesn't have any logic other than to eat, is really sick. fortunately, for pussies like me, the game programmers allowed me to eat other fish, dolphins, whales, and alligators. yes. I cannot stand seeing a bikini clad babe get her torso severed in mid thorax (movie reference) but seeing flipper getting his head bitten off makes me laugh harder than achmed the dead terrorist bragging about how he's gonna get 72 virgins in heaven.
I've heard a lot of angry video game nerd knock-offs just bash the controls on and on, as if the game's responsible for all the world's Problems. Yes, the controls suck, but the game's still playable. once you get used to the controls, you can have fun.
The music is basically the jaws theme, and then the jaws theme remixed, too many times over. There could've been a better soundtrack, maybe dubbing in some stock 70s music during the swim sequences, rather than the same old duuh-dunt, duuuh-dunt over and over.
The Story mode is stock itself. Mayor Larry Vaughn obviously got over having his kids nearly killed in the jaws movie, and wants the beaches open, despite the increasing amount of sharks in the area. but Michael Brody keeps telling him over and over that the increasing sharks in the area are from the company that spends it's time sending machines around to collect things. yeah, i didn't get well into the story mode so i don't know whats up.
How about the loading screens? the game's designers put together a series of trivia about the movie, of course, where does the trivia come directly from? Thats Right. The Internet Movie Database. Right here. Damn pirates.
Finally, Extras. there are various clips from the movie, which you can watch if you collect all the tin cans in the levels. i don't what scenes are there (there's about 8, probably scenes of the shark's attacks.) except for one where the 2 guys throw the roast into the water hoping to cash in on $3,000.
Bottom line, this one's a rental.
6/10
but then in 2006, a few small gaming companies get together to grant one wish...to play as the shark. But here's where I get confused. they called it "Jaws Unleashed" when they could've called it Jaws: Vengeance, or Jaws: Death from the depths, or my personal Favorite, Grand Theft Shark: Amity Island." I mean, Is Jaws really chained up? In Jaws Unleashed, It's your job to raise hell in amity without dying. In order to do that, you swim up to beaches and devour some unsuspecting bathers, and at the same time, chewing them to bits (Sounds like fun, right?) well, i'm a highly desensitized guy, but this game really bothered me the first time i played it. ripping innocent human beings apart with a shark that doesn't have any logic other than to eat, is really sick. fortunately, for pussies like me, the game programmers allowed me to eat other fish, dolphins, whales, and alligators. yes. I cannot stand seeing a bikini clad babe get her torso severed in mid thorax (movie reference) but seeing flipper getting his head bitten off makes me laugh harder than achmed the dead terrorist bragging about how he's gonna get 72 virgins in heaven.
I've heard a lot of angry video game nerd knock-offs just bash the controls on and on, as if the game's responsible for all the world's Problems. Yes, the controls suck, but the game's still playable. once you get used to the controls, you can have fun.
The music is basically the jaws theme, and then the jaws theme remixed, too many times over. There could've been a better soundtrack, maybe dubbing in some stock 70s music during the swim sequences, rather than the same old duuh-dunt, duuuh-dunt over and over.
The Story mode is stock itself. Mayor Larry Vaughn obviously got over having his kids nearly killed in the jaws movie, and wants the beaches open, despite the increasing amount of sharks in the area. but Michael Brody keeps telling him over and over that the increasing sharks in the area are from the company that spends it's time sending machines around to collect things. yeah, i didn't get well into the story mode so i don't know whats up.
How about the loading screens? the game's designers put together a series of trivia about the movie, of course, where does the trivia come directly from? Thats Right. The Internet Movie Database. Right here. Damn pirates.
Finally, Extras. there are various clips from the movie, which you can watch if you collect all the tin cans in the levels. i don't what scenes are there (there's about 8, probably scenes of the shark's attacks.) except for one where the 2 guys throw the roast into the water hoping to cash in on $3,000.
Bottom line, this one's a rental.
6/10
Jaws will live on and on
gabethedinosaur15 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Jaws unleashed was one of my favorite childhood movies growing up. And the game really made a big impact on my life. After watching the movie so many times I knew the game would be fun to play and I feel like I'm sharing the mind of the shark 🦈 itself and I had this feeling in my mind the shark isn't the villain in the game . Your just having too much fun.
We're gonna need a bigger game system.
We're gonna need a bigger game system.
I Do Not Want To Bad Mouth Jaws, but..........
jerekra7 July 2009
I got this game because I love Jaws, it is my favorite movie. But this game has some flaws that make it hard to play. The effects are great and you get to see a large amount of different ocean animals. It is fun swimming up to people and eating them. This game is quite violent. But the camera angles in this game BLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is hard to keep a good angle while you are swimming and when you are close to the surface the top of the water reflects and makes it impossible to get a good range of where to go. Also at times it is hard to figure out what is going on in some story missions. But there are far worse games. But I can not recommend this game really.
could have been a little better (comment will contain mild language)
Josh-Prows1 November 2006
let me get started with a terrible storyline and an awful control system. good animation but not too good graphics. that is why I'm giving this game 4 of 10. THIS GAME REALLY NEEDS AN Improvement IF YOU ASK ME!!! i would remake it and make this control system better so jaws is not so damn hard to control. if i made it to improve it i would make those graphics look better than on the movie. it will drive anyone crazy when you are getting killed so freaking easy. i played this and got killed by a diver when he had one of those flick knives in 2 hits. the dolphins will kill you so much that the shark will be begging to go to the bottom of hell. this game sucks some fat ass. sorry about all the cussing i think I'm done now. it just that this game sucks so bad that it should be taken off the store's shelf. i dare you to play the garbage and you will probably get so mad by dieing so easy so Don't PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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