Jaws Unleashed is a 2006 action-adventurevideo game inspired by the 1975 film Jaws. It was developed by Appaloosa Interactive and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game features open world gameplay, with the player assuming control of a large great white shark and being able to roam freely throughout the water, feeding on other animals and humans, while destroying everything in its path. Jaws Unleashed was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2.
Plot[edit]
30 years after the events of the first film, Amity Island is growing, making corporate connections with prestigious companies like Environplus to improve the island's economy. The increased population around the island and industrial activity has also attracted Earth's most fearsome creature and the game's main character: Jaws, an enormous, 35 ft (11 m) great white shark. When the son of Environplus CEO Steven Shaw is eaten by the ferocious beast, Shaw hires renowned shark hunter Cruz Raddock to track down and kill the shark. Meanwhile, marine biologist Michael Brody tries to capture the shark for research. Players are introduced to the controls and abilities of Jaws in a tutorial, where the player kills several divers, learns to attack swimmers at a beach, and must destroy a set of docks. Brody shows up at this point, captures Jaws, and transports him to Amity's marine theme park, similar to SeaWorld.
Jaws is put in a holding tank, where Brody, Vaughn, and Shaw argue about what to do with the shark. Shaw wants Jaws to be killed, as he killed his son and is endangering the beaches, whereas Mayor Vaughn wants to put the shark on display for tourists. After they leave, Jaws escapes from his holding tank and destroys the waterpark. In one of the exhibit tanks, Jaws kills the resident Orca. After this, the player is free to roam.
Brody tells the Mayor that his research has discovered that the subsonic frequencies emitted by Environplus's Seaseeker submarines are causing the sharks around Amity to become more aggressive and attack humans. The mayor brushes off Brody's complaint and decides to have the machines stay.
The shark finds his way into a beach party in the middle of the night, and attacks the swimmers. When a truck starts throwing explosive barrels in the water, Jaws grabs one, and throws it at a pipe line filled with oil. The barrel explodes, causing a chain reaction as the oil ignites that causes the entire Environplus refinery to catch fire and collapse into the ocean. After this, he causes more carnage, such as destroying an underwater facility, destroying an oil shipment, and killing Shaw and Mayor Vaughn by ramming his yacht into a barge filled with fireworks. Seeing this as the last straw, Cruz sets to blow up Jaws, but he is killed when his boat is destroyed. Brody drops a bomb over the wreckage of Cruz's boat, The Orca II. Assuming the shark is dead, Brody, aboard the Coast Guard helicopter, flies away, but Jaws reveals himself to be alive and begins to follow the helicopter.
Gameplay[edit]
In Jaws: Unleashed, the player assumes the role of the shark. The shark first enters the island from the southern end and the player finds itself in a cove. The cove has tutorials to allow the player to become familiar with the controls, such as the ones for moving the shark and attacking other creatures. The shark has a menu for upgrades as well. These can be accessed from either the main menu or the pause menu. Upgrade points are earned by causing destruction around Amity Island (in levels and in free-roam mode), completing levels, and/or collecting bonus items, the most frequently found of which being treasure chests. There are numerous upgrade criteria to choose from. Players can choose to upgrade the shark's power, speed, hunger, health, or accuracy. During gameplay, there is a HUD in the lower-right corner of the screen. This HUD has four meters and a sonar that informs players of the positions of important objects, prey, and enemies. The two parallel meters above the sonar are for Jaws' health (right side, red-colored), and hunger (left side, green-colored). As Jaws becomes hungry, its health will diminish, forcing the player to 'eat' constantly. The health bar will also diminish as Jaws takes damage. The last two meters are used to charge the shark's tail-whip and head-butt attacks. The more each meter fills, the stronger the attack is. The meters are on the left quadrant of the sonar, running along the arc with the head-butt meter on the outside and the tail-whip meter on the inside. The head-butt meter is orange when charging, flashing when fully charged, and is the same as the tail-whip meter, but it is purple instead of orange. Jaws has unique attacks in its arsenal. The shark can ram objects with its snout, whip others with its caudal tail, bite, and when the player earns enough points to upgrade Jaws' abilities, new attacks become unlocked, such as the 'corkscrew' and the 'body bomb.' To perform a corkscrew attack, the player must charge up the head-butt meter and tail-whip meter; head-butt first, then release the tail-whip button and the shark will spin around, causing damage to anything caught in its wake. To perform a body-bomb, they simply charge the head-butt meter, point the shark upward, release the movement button and the shark will fly up in the air, and smash back down.
Reception[edit]
Reception
Review scores
Publication
Score
PC
PS2
Xbox
Edge
N/A
4/10[1]
4/10[1]
Eurogamer
N/A
N/A
3/10[2]
Game Informer
N/A
4.75/10[3]
4.75/10[3]
GamePro
N/A
2.75/5[4]
2.75/5[4]
GameRevolution
N/A
D−[5]
D−[5]
GameSpot
3.8/10[6]
3.8/10[7]
3.8/10[7]
GameSpy
N/A
[8]
[8]
GameZone
N/A
4.5/10[9]
6.9/10[10]
IGN
6.1/10[11]
7.4/10[12]
7.4/10[12]
OPM (US)
N/A
[13]
N/A
OXM (US)
N/A
N/A
6.5/10[14]
PC Gamer (US)
71%[15]
N/A
N/A
The A.V. Club
N/A
D+[16]
D+[16]
Aggregate score
Metacritic
55/100[17]
52/100[18]
51/100[19]
Jaws Unleashed received 'mixed' reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[17][18][19] Most complaints against the game center around the game's glitches and freezing up and its camera problems.
Despite this, the game was a commercial success, selling over 250,000 copies on Xbox alone, therefore earning it GameSpot's 'Worst Game Everyone Played of 2006' award.[20]
^ ab'Jaws Unleashed (PS2, Xbox)'. Game Informer (160): 84. August 2006.
^ abRice Burner (June 1, 2006). 'Review: Jaws Unleashed (PS2, Xbox)'. GamePro. Archived from the original on August 5, 2006. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ abSilverman, Ben (June 8, 2006). 'Jaws Unleashed Review (PS2, Xbox)'. Game Revolution. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^Navarro, Alex (November 10, 2006). 'Jaws Unleashed Review (PC)'. GameSpot. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ abNavarro, Alex (May 26, 2006). 'Jaws Unleashed Review (PS2, Xbox)'. GameSpot. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ abKlepek, Patrick (June 1, 2006). 'GameSpy: Jaws Unleashed (PS2, Xbox)'. GameSpy. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^Hopper, Steven (June 11, 2006). 'JAWS Unleashed - PS2 - Review'. GameZone. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^Kuvin, Scott 'M Balmer' (June 11, 2006). 'JAWS Unleashed - XB - Review'. GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^Dunham, Jeremy (October 23, 2006). 'Jaws Unleashed Review (PC)'. IGN. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ abDunham, Jeremy (May 26, 2006). 'JAWS Unleashed (PS2, Xbox)'. IGN. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^'Jaws Unleashed'. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 77. August 2006.
^'Jaws Unleashed'. Official Xbox Magazine: 81. August 2006.
^'Jaws Unleashed'. PC Gamer: 72. February 2007.
^ abTobias, Scott (June 28, 2006). 'Jaws Unleashed (PS2, Xbox)'. The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on July 17, 2006. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ ab'Jaws Unleashed for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
^ ab'Jaws Unleashed for PlayStation 2 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
^ ab'Jaws Unleashed for Xbox Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
^'Best & Worst 2006 (Worst Game Everyone Played)'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
External links[edit]
Jaws Unleashed at MobyGames
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Date: 20-06-2011
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Platform: WinOther
Publisher:downloads.jawspdf.com
Date: 26-08-2009
Size: 19046 KB
License: Shareware
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Platform: WinOther
Publisher:downloads.jawspdf.com
Date: 06-08-2009
Size: 20172 KB
License: Freeware
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Platform: Windows
Publisher:Flash Game Cast
Date: 13-05-2011
Size: 1813 KB
License: Freeware
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Size: 358 KB
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Platform: Windows
Publisher:Big Fish Games, Inc
Date:
Size: 12226 KB
License: Shareware
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Platform: Windows
Publisher:Nex Game Studios
Date:
Size: 22528 KB
License: Freeware
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Date: 06-05-2014
Size: 3993 KB
License: Freeware
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The Hobgoblin Unleashed app is a window into the world of Wychwood Brewery for drinkers seeking taste. See what you would look like as the legendary Hobgoblin, find the nearest pub with Hobgoblin on draught, keep up-to-date on the latest news and browse through our bottled beers. Release your inner goblin if you dare!
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Lead your Faction to Victory! Build your deck, upgrade your cards and battle thousands of players online!
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Based off the classic carnival game 'Whac-A-Mole', Molovi Software brings all the fun to your fingertips. Now with various weapons to help you destroy those moles! Bop-A-Mol Unleashed! features a ChildLock which allows you to lock the game with a password to the non-violent classic arcade mode. Great for kids and adults!
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