13.10.2008

I ignored this game for ages because it looked like one of those ones where you pet the dog, feed it and teach it tricks while it whimpers and yips at you in an irritatingly cute way. What a mistake to make!This game is the complete opposite, and oodles more fun.You take control of Jake the dog, who is rushing to rescue his next-door crush after she is kidnapped by dognappers. The aim of the game is to track her down, sometimes enlisting the help of local dogs (whose respect you can only gain by earning bones and winning mini-games against them) and collecting scents in the first-person mode known as "smell-o-vision".The graphics are great and you are free to run around 3D environments, growling,barking, chasing cats, throwing chickens about and even having a widdle or a plop in the street right in front of people, whose reactions differ depending on the area. You can also let off wind to your heart's content, or throw said doggy plop around (nice) - pointless but great fun if you want to irritate the locals. Levels include the sunny green river and fields of the farmhouse, the ski-slopes of "Lake Minniwawah" and the dirty urban streets of "Boom City".There are other kinds of dog in the game; dobermanns, St. Bernards, alsatians etc, which you need to help you collect more bones to up your status. They will only help you if you beat them in a selection of mini-games, involving either a chase, a race where you chomp as many biscuits as possible, a mimic competition, or even a peeing game, where you have to pee on as many corners as you can. It's terrific fun and even has funky music.However, this is also a downside to the game, because after a while it becomes rather routine. You'll enter a level and it'll be a) go to smell-o-vision and collect smells, b) chase local dog, c) use local dog to get another bone, d) challenge local dog to peeing game, win bone e) find an object for a human, f) leave level. It's still a lot of fun, but the lack of variety starts to kick in after a while. Also, the human characters have a knack of repeating the same phrases whenever you walk past them, and if you stand next to them for too long they start to sound like a broken record. I never believed that video games could induce violent behaviour until I heard "I LURRVE MA AXE" and "Miss Peaches talkin' at ya!" about 6,000 times in ten minutes.These are the only bad points about the game. There are actually some funny lines, for instance a sky tram operator whose brother you find injured on the mountain top says "Here's a bone boy, lucky I was saving it for when my brother got injured on the mountain top and a dog suddenly came along and saved him", and Jake himself is a likeable and cheeky character. The music is also very relaxing, verging on soft country chill music, and there are some nice vistas, particularly on the hill by the farmhouse and in the mountains.Apart from the levels becoming rather routine, this game is great fun to play and also lets you play at your own pace. Definitely worth buying for its originality and humour.

4.5.2004

Dogs LifeYou're a dog, sound good so far? Well I trust you this game is for the younger of us. If you're in the age range from about 4-10 this game may appeal to you, but is there anything for older children, 10-15 to enjoy. There may well be, this review may make things slightly clearer for you but the only true way to discover whether you have a passion for Dogs Life is to rent it or borrow it first.Lets get to the main points. Dogs Life is a fairly easy Adventure game similar to the classic Spyro games. Like Spyro you control a creature in a platform game that doesn't jump quite like Crash Bandicoot but will glide or leap forward.Jake is our main character, a young,

4.6.2004

This has got to be the king of all dog games. You play the role of Jake, a dog out to rescue the love-of-his-life from evil dognappers. Along the way you must collect bones, challenge other dogs, complete mini-games, and travel through the three different places where the final showdown awaits.Clarksville - this is the first place in the game. There are 6 places to visit here: Farm, Watermill, Big Field, Chicken Farm, Village houses and Centre. You must collect over 15 bones to progress into the next place. I found the Chicken Farm really fun - what could be better than chasing that pesky fox through the woodland, barking and then watching as the farmer cries, "Eat lead, fox fiend!"Lake Mini Wa Wa - Ooh,

17.4.2016

This was one of my favourite ps2 games! Yes you play as a dog named jake and you would think it's boring, oh but it is far from boring.You play as a dog on a farm and the love of your life gets dognapped by these two men. So your mission is to go to several places to figure out where she is. Along the way you do other missions such as leading a dog away from the train station, collecting eggs for someone, returning kittens to their home.In every map you have to find different smells. For example you have to find 15 pink smells, 11 blue and so on. You also have to collect bones. From what I remember there are three main maps and those maps have different sections that you can explore.

24.5.2005

Firstly this isn`t really a Dog simulator after all the plot line has you trying to rescue a lost friend from an Cruella style villian..I know some dogs are smart but that smart..?Still its the closest you get to a Dogs Life simulator at least the Character walks on all fours barks and doesn`t wear clothing.The plot line is amusing as are the various characters you meet along the way the game is more a role play game of a 101 Dalmations or babe type of character and plotline.Many of the tasks your asked to do by NPC`S are reflective of other role play games help them deal with troublesome baddies or find a lost item.Take away the unusualness of your charcter then this game is very much similar

17.8.2006

What an amazing concept for a game! Wandering the local area collecting 'scents' to gain bones and points whilst looking for your love Daisy who has been kidnapped for reasons you shall later discover within the game!Everything about this game is adorable and is hilarious as points. I particularly enjoyed being able to poop on cars and the likes - there is a lot of fun and laughs involved in playing this. As well as the funnier and less necessary side to the game, everything is dog related. Compete with other local dogs to gain bones in challenges such as peeing to mark territory, racing whilst eating dog treats, and once more collecting scents.Not only will this game prove fun for children (young and more mature),

2.7.2007

I received this game today and I am already addicted to it! I just want to keep playing it! No school, no chores, no clothes! It's great being a dog! It's true! You can bacially do anything a dog can do. Dig, fetch, swim, beg, hunt, mark territory, even foul the streets! (you can pooh or wee!!) You even have a smellovision mode which allows you to see the world though Jake's eyes. You can also control other dogs. This may actually come in handy when doing a hard mission! The graphics are really good and the controls are easy to get the hang of. I don't know all the controls yet so there is probably a lot of stuff still to do but you learn as the game goes on.

15.10.2006

Bought this game for my grandaughter and loved it myself so much. As I kept interfering and taking over she informed me to buy my own!!!!! Which I immediately did.It's a hilarious but at times can be challenging game where you play the part of an adorable dog called Jake. You choose which kennel to send him through for different adventures but the main aim for Jake is to find his true love who has been doggy knapped!He meets lots of different people, plays games to collect bones, e.g. tug of war or peeing competitions with other dog!!!!My younger grandaughter, age 4, just loves to run Jake about all over the place, visiting different areas but she does try the challenges although she doesnt do so well at them as her older sister,

3.10.2011

This was one of the first games I've ever had, I've had it since I got my playstation which was probably over four years ago, and I'm still playing it now, I must have finished it at least twenty times! In this game you play Jake-who i think is a foxhound-a dog that always has something to say. He is on a mission to foil Miss Peaches the cat food maker's plan (you'll have to find out what that is yourself) and rescue Daisy the dog and win her heart. On the way you will meet children, police officers, postmen, butchers and thieves, who you will need to interact with in order to earn enough bones to get the better of other dogs and control them to help you in your search for Daisy.You can do practically anything in this game that a real dog can do,

2.6.2004

I bought this game a while ago and couldn't wait to play it! As soon as I got home, the disk was in the PS2 and I was away. I found this game really good - good graphics, good gameplay, good EVERYTHING! I was glad I had bought it (although I had to spend £30 on it - making my money reach nil afterwards) and I still love playing it now. The three different places (Clarksville, Lake Mini Wa Wa and Boom City) are huge and full of mini-games, bones and other dogs!I found the discovery on the last level quite disturbing... Imagine a seemingly-nice woman like Miss Peaches who turns out to be a mean old witch turning dogs into...

17.1.2006

Dog's Life is really a very simple yet effective plot. A dog called jake lives on a farm with his 'girlfriend' dog Daisy and when Daisy is kidnapped, and jake has to save her.There are 3 main places to explore, Clarksville ( Jake's home in a sleepy country village ) , Lake Miniwahwah ( A ski resort in the snowy mountains ) , and Boom City ( A busy city where it always rains ) , which all have individual storylines, and the objective is simply to find and rescue Daisy from the sinister Miss Peaches.Probably the only game for Playstation 2 that centers around a smelly pooch, the animation on Jake and the other dogs is pretty good. The only downside is the blocky,

9.7.2013

Im not sure if this review will be biased or not... due to the fact im a 19 year old girl playing a game made for children aged 3+ ....All the same, i'll review it :)I played this game for the first time when i was about 9 and i absolutely loved it, i wanted to be a vet when i was younger and i adored all animals, especially dogs, so i saw this game advertised and decided to get it.Now to go forward in time.... 19 years old, remembered this game from when i was younger, decided to go ahead and rebuy it and have a play.Well, like i said, as a much older person now, i wasn't surprised i got a little bored after a while.Its now an old game so not many people will be at all interested,

6.10.2003

This game is a take off from the sims but kind of different.You can take control of dogs. Through this 1 player game you are able to choose 1 out of 20 different varietys of dog and do practically whatever you want!You have the option of when being around food or people to help ,beg, steal, whimper, bark and lots more canine actions.See the world through dog eyes which is very wierdly called 'smellovision'.Make your owners feed you, clean you and keep you healthy.Wonder around gigantic free roaming areas and do whatever you want.The game itself is levels of interactive neighborhoods and mini games.Through this game you see life in the point of view of a dog and the games world is for you to

30.8.2012

Dog's Life is a very obscure PS2 title, and one would think it's disasterous, but after gaining such positive feedback from critics worldwide, one can't complain about how well it does things. Dog's Life follows the story of Jake who must rescue his love Daisy from evil Dog Nappers. What I love about this is how well the story flows, and how Jake eventually reaches the girl of his dreams.It's a unique platform/adventure game with several puzzles, races and general problem solving things, but with dogs! As boring as that may sound, you can crack out well over 30+ hours of content and it has HUGE replayability levels! And by 30+ hours,

10.9.2006

In "Dogs Life" You control 'Jake', the dog. Use Smellovision to collect smells in each level to earn bones which you will need more and more of through out the game to be dominant over each local dog in the towns and cities. Once you have beaten the local dog in some sort of competiton or another you will be able to control this dog for a limited amount of time. Use each dog to your advantage in the game by finding out it's skills and using them to do things that Jake cant eg. fit through small spaces, move heavy objects etc. collect more bones to travel to the next level and eventually reach the dog pound to save all your friends and the love of your life, daisy!

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