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Jaws Snapped Up By Ecco Developers
Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting a Majesco press release announcing a videogame version of Universal Pictures' and Steven Spielberg's Jaws, apparently "scheduled for release in 2005 for the PlayStation 2... Xbox [and PC]." The title, in which "players assume the role of a... shark driven to a predacious frenzy by the sonic emanations of underwater oil drilling equipment", is being "developed by Appaloosa", the developers of the Ecco The Dolphin series for Genesis and, latterly, for Dreamcast/PS2. Elsewhere, QT3 messageboard readers point out Sole Predator, likely the pre-Jaws licensed version of the game, in which "players assume the role of the most feared predator on earth, the Great White Shark."
The game won't be out until 2005, but the first review is already up here
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Jaws vs. Ecco.....this time....it's personal!
Why are they going back and giving Jaws a motive? Back in the day he was just a huge shark with a bad attitude and he just ate people. He was a movie monster. Now, all of a sudden, the evils of technology are the cause of all of the problems of this poor, misunderstood creature. Jaws doesn't need a compressed air cannister in his mouth, he just needs a hug!
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The final boss will, of course, be Boat.
The game will be unbeatable, and they will not even bother putting in an ending.
Why? Simple: You can't beat Boat.
Let's take a poll. I, for one, live about 1500 miles from any ocean and feel much more fearful of, say, pumas. Heck, weasels are pretty nasty, I'm probably 100 times as likely to stay up at night unable to sleep for fear a weasel will slink from under my bed than that a shark will ambush me in the tub.
Jaws the game is about a shark trying to win by chasing boats, people etc.
It's like making a game called Jurassic Park in which you play the T-Rex. For a movie adaptation this is something of a stretch.
That's why it was the name of the boat in Jaws.
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.