GameZone writes: "Sometimes game companies get into a bit of responsible game development and make titles that have a certain educational value. The Pet Vet series is one such set of titles and the Australian Adventure is the latest. I will start off by saying that my hat is off to any developer who makes a reasonably designed title that will get young players into a profession that appeals to them but may not always be available to them; case in point, veterinarian.
In PVAA (sorry it's a long title) you start off customizing your vet and prepare them for adventures in the Australian Outback. Selecting what type of clothing is great, but it does not effect performance in the field. Since we are in Australia, you can count on some location specific critters to tend to. Players use their SUV to drive around the wilderness and locate animals like wombats, kangaroos, koala bears and horses. Assessing what the animal's ailment is will allow you to either treat the animal right there or bring it back to the clinic and begin a more lengthier treatment schedule using pharmaceuticals and surgery."
VGGEN writes: "With the likes of the kangaroo, koala bear, wombat, and more, Australia may have the most interesting and diverse set of animals in the world. So it's not surprising that THQ's Pet Vet series explores the Outback in its latest installment, with Paws & Claws: Pet Vet Australian Adventures."
Sara Earl writes:
''The first Paws & Claws: Pet Vet came out a couple of years ago. It was so well liked that there have been a few sequels. Paws & Claws Pet Vet: Australian Adventures is the latest of those adventures available for us to continue healing and caring for animals.
The graphics are very pretty, except for the female characters. The unfortunate female characters suffer from trying to look too human, so they end up looking horribly ugly. But since I stayed zoomed out most of the time anyway, I just didn't look at the doctor that often. The animals are really cute. The details were quite well done. When you view them from the points that you just watch from, you can see how well they made them move like real animals would, especially the kangaroos. I think they were done the best of anything in the game. The one drawback I found is that there is no widescreen mode. It just automatically puts the black bars on the side if you're normally widescreen.
The background music for Australian Adventures is "Waltzing Matilda". I did get a little sick of hearing it over and over again, but since it's the "unofficial national anthem of Australia," it was a good choice to use. The non-tourist voices all have Australian accents to further give it an authentic feel of being in the outback.''
