Line #25 VideoGame/JawsUnleashed


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''You. Are.'' '''''The Shark.''''']]
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4	''Jaws Unleashed'' is a video game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released on the Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/XBox and [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], based on the ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' film franchise. You get to play as the big bad Great White itself, who chomps its way through sea life, humans, and their constructions.
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6	Though it received mixed reviews, it was a commercial success, selling over 250,000 copies on Xbox alone, and is still fondly remembered by those who played it when it came out, hailed as one of the best games where you get to control a predator.
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8	A sequel ''Jaws: Ultimate Predator'' was released in 2011 for the [[Platform/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] and Platform/{{Wii}}, while another, ''Jaws: Revenge'' was made by Creator/{{Rebellion}} and released for mobile devices.
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10	For a similar game on [=iOS=], see ''VideoGame/HungrySharkEvolution''.
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12	The 2020 open-world shark game, ''VideoGame/{{Maneater}}'', was inspired by ''Unleashed'' and oft considered its SpiritualSuccessor.
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14	!!Examples in this game:
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16	* BigBad: The shark is both this ''and'' the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] for the story.
17	* BigDamnHeroes: When you destroy Michael Brody's boat, Cruz Raddock, the shark hunter employed by Environplus arrives on a helicopter to save him.
18	* BloodIsSquickerInWater: Things that you eat have more blood in them than it's possible.
19	* DerelictGraveyard: There's a lagoon filled with sunken ships.
20	* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Not just the humans and their machines, but it seems like every other creature in the sea wants you dead. Goes into FridgeLogic territory when you see comparatively tiny sand sharks and stingrays going out of their way to suicidally attack a massive 35-foot great white.
21	* ExplodingBarrels: You can throw barrels to this effect.
22	* EyeScream: You have to bite out the giant squid's eyes during the fight against it.
23	* GiantSquid: Story mission nine starts off fighting one.
24	* {{Gorn}}: ''Jaws Unleashed'' contains large amounts of blood and gore. Guts spill out of people you bite, heads can be seen floating in the water, etc. Jaws Revenge goes for the more understated red mist style, but it's still not for the squeamish.
25	* GottaCatchThemAll: The tin cans and license plates.
26	* GrievousHarmWithABody: You can make boats explode by ''throwing people at them''.
27	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The fight with the killer whale ends with the shark biting it in half in mid-air.
28	* HarpoonGun: Some divers will attack you with these.
29	* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Once again, Amity is celebrating Fourth of July.
30	* HyperactiveMetabolism: You regain health by eating anything living in sight.
31	* JawsFirstPersonPerspective: The Shark Vision.
32	* MadeOfExplodium: Any machine that you destroy.
33	* MadeOfIron: The shark can survive several explosive barrels and contact mines before dying if it begins at full health.
34	* NaturalWeapon: Naturally. You can smash objects with your tail or bite with your teeth.
35	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: You will face saltwater crocodiles.
36	* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: When the Environplus' underwater facility explodes, the shark is assumed to be dead.
37	* PiranhaProblem: You'll have to face them as the shark in the aquarium stages.
38	* SealedEvilInACan: During the second story mode mission, the mayor attempts to put a stop to the shark problem by having his men capture the Great White and sending it to Amity's aquarium with the intent of keeping it in captivity. The shark manages to escape, of course.
39	* SeaMine: You have navigate through these in the seventh story mission.
40	* SharkTunnel: You get to destroy these in the second story mission.
41	* ShoutOut:
42	** One of the bosses is a Killer Whale. It may or may not be a reference to the 1977 film ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'', which was a ''Jaws'' knockoff, veering it into TakeThat territory.
43	** The boss battle against the GiantSquid might be both a ShoutOut and a TakeThat to ''Literature/{{Beast}}'', a novel written by Jaws author Creator/PeterBenchley about a huge squid.
44	** The seventh level with its sea mines is very reminiscent of a scene in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''.
45	* SpinAttack: One of the unlockable special moves.
46	* ThreateningShark: What did you expect?
47	* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: After the final boss battle, Brody, who's aboard a Coast Guard helicopter, drops a bomb into the devastation zone to make sure the shark ''didn't'' survive. As the helicopter heads off, a familiar dorsal fin pokes out of the water and begins to follow...]]
48	* UnderTheSea: Enforced by the fact that the player character is a fish.
49	* UnderwaterBase: You destroy one during the ninth story mission.
50	* UnderwaterBossBattle: The fights against orca and the giant squid.
51	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Where do we begin?
52	** You can rip apart men, women and children alike, attacking them as they scream bloody murder.
53	** You can rip apart other aquatic life, while they try their damnedest to get away.
54	** You can throw people back on the beach and watch them explode in a bloody mist.
55	* VillainProtagonist: The sharks who tend to be the [[{{BigBad}} Big Bads]] of the films.
56	* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Plenty of female characters in the game are in swimwear, including bikinis. The game is set near areas where there are beaches and water, obviously, so it's unsurprising.
57	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believe it or not, ''the shark itself''. Throughout the game, you're going out of your way to destroy threats to the environment, from toxic waste dumps to a whole underwater facility. Thus making the shark a form of GaiasVengeance.
58	* WideOpenSandbox: The whole ocean is your playground.
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60	!!Examples in ''Ultimate Predator''
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62	* BigBadEnsemble: Paleo Co consisting of its two antagonists, Jeremiah Batstone and Trey Wallace.
63	* CelShading: The game is done in this style.
64	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Believe it or not, the shark was shocked and even saddened when Dr. Danleau's was killed by Wallace. It's even implied it made its personal mission to kill Wallace to avenge the deceased doctor.
65	* {{Expy}}: Trey Wallace seems to be based on Sam Quint from the original ''Jaws'' film except the former lacks the noble and heroic qualities of the latter.
66	* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
67	** Batstone was killed when his genetically-engineered Megalodon smashes against the facility he was inside in.
68	** Wallace fires his rocket launcher at the shark only for the shark to lure the rocket back onto his boat.
69	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: You get to face aquatic dinosaurs and a giant crocodile.
70	* SuperiorSuccessor: The shark triumphs over his Megaladon ancestor after OutrunTheFireball.
71	* TokenGoodTeammate: Jacques Danleau is the one who didn't know about Batstone's insane plan and is the only one who felt genuine sympathy for the sea creatures.
72	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Paleo Co is very much beloved by everyone around the world. Unbeknownst to them, they are insane group of [[EcoTerrorist Eco-terrrorists]] who would condemn humanity to death in order to preserve the oceans.
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74	!!Examples in ''Revenge''
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76	* DeadlyLunge: Inverted with the bikini-clad girl swimmers, who will quickly pick up in speed once you approach them, which makes eating them slightly more difficult.
77	* ExplodingBarrels: The hostile helicopters will drop exploding mines down at you.
78	* GrievousHarmWithABody: The shark's bulk will do once you attack them enough times.
79	* SuperMode: The shark can enter one after eating enough stuff, which turns the edges of the screen blood-red, makes it practically invulnerable to damage and lets it jump high enough to destroy (relatively) high-flying planes.
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