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Dog's Life (2003)

Frontier Developments

PlayStation 2

3.29 from 91 ratings

196 members have it in their collection · 44 backlogged · 22 wish listed

In Dog's Life you play Jake the puppy, as he explores the USA in an attempt to foil a fiendish plot. Miss Peaches doesn't like dogs, and sees them as a way of making money, by dog-napping Daisy the pedigree dog. The dog elements are closely integrated into the game - smells are indicated by lines of coloured smoke, emphasising … Read more
In Dog's Life you play Jake the puppy, as he explores the USA in an attempt to foil a fiendish plot. Miss Peaches doesn't like dogs, and sees them as a way of making money, by dog-napping Daisy the pedigree dog. The dog elements are closely integrated into the game - smells are indicated by lines of coloured smoke, emphasising a dog's acute sense of smell. Locating footprints is also done via this Smellovision mode. Tricks can be learnt, and used to win treats from humans. Jake must explore vast environments and interact with 15 breeds of dog. The aim is to get them onto his side, which is usually done by either having more bones than them, or winning a subgame against them. These are also dog-based - in one you must dig up bones, while another has you 'marking territory' to annex a full screen. Read less
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Details

Developers
Frontier Developments
Publishers
Hip Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Success Corporation
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Action

Release dates

  • Oct 31, 2003 (Europe) PlayStation 2
  • Sep 14, 2004 (North_America) PlayStation 2
  • May 26, 2005 (Japan) PlayStation 2
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Rating distribution

5 stars
15
4 stars
23
3 stars
32
2 stars
15
1 star
6
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Cokifunki

Review Cokifunki 3/5 · Aug 29, 2023

Sorprendente

El juego está entretenido, si bien puede ser poco intuitivo a veces. Moralmente se ha quedado estancado en su época (Jake está muy salido, debería mirárselo, pero claro, es un perro y no sé yo si el seguro de Perrosanxe lo cubre). La pobre Daisy es la que peor parada sale (después de la Srta. Peaches, que acaba trituradísima) …

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El juego está entretenido, si bien puede ser poco intuitivo a veces. Moralmente se ha quedado estancado en su época (Jake está muy salido, debería mirárselo, pero claro, es un perro y no sé yo si el seguro de Perrosanxe lo cubre). La pobre Daisy es la que peor parada sale (después de la Srta. Peaches, que acaba trituradísima) y estaría bien un Dog's Life protagonizado por Daisy no siendo una damsel in distress anymore. Por lo demás, creo de corazón que será GOTY este año 2023 en la categoría de mejor juego de PS2 jugado en hardware original (PlayStation FAT).

10/10 pero 3/5.

Feliz día internacional del perro. Nos vemos en twitch: twitch.tv/cokifunki

Fdo.: La Srta. Peaches peaches peaches pichispichis.

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Untuvakana

Review Untuvakana 3/5 · May 25, 2018

This is one of those games that I’m embarrassed to admit that in deep down in somewhere childhood memories…I like this game. This game has no reason to be so enjoyable. Everything is mediocre expect the writing that can be clever sometimes. Otherwise, it just is, no more no less.

Kind of spoilers You are a dog name Jake and …

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This is one of those games that I’m embarrassed to admit that in deep down in somewhere childhood memories…I like this game. This game has no reason to be so enjoyable. Everything is mediocre expect the writing that can be clever sometimes. Otherwise, it just is, no more no less.

Kind of spoilers You are a dog name Jake and you try to save your crush for becoming a cat food…yeah that’s the plot.

Then why, every time I see this game I feel a bit warm and nostalgic. I played this again as an adult and even though I saw myself “wasting” my time I still wore those nostalgic goggles and felt like the kid that snuck out of the bed on Saturday morning to play videogames before mum called for breakfast. I have played many games from my childhood and those are often ruined by adult criticism but sometimes there is one when nostalgic can kill the boring adult in me.

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