Jaws Unleashed (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Jaws Unleashed

In Jaws: Unleashed, the player assumes the role as the large shark Jaws. 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…

50 23 May 2006

What Jaws Unleashed is

Jaws Unleashed is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released in 2006. It was published by Majesco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Jaws: Unleashed, the player assumes the role as the large shark Jaws. 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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Jaws series

Jaws Unleashed is the fourth of 9 entries we hold in the Jaws series. It arrived 15 years after Thunder Jaws. The next entry was Jaws: Ultimate Predator in 2011. Its critic score of 50 is almost exactly the series average of 48. The highest-rated entry is Jaws at 50.

See all 9 Jaws games in release order →

How it was received

Jaws Unleashed holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Jaws Unleashed launched on 23 May 2006, within three weeks of Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money and Heroes of Might and Magic V. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money, Heroes of Might and Magic V.

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