What can you expect out of Jaws Unleashed? An amusing experience that will probably amuse for about 20 minutes or less.
For people looking for a good gameplay experience, Jaws Unleashed is not the game you want. Missions are completely dumb (one mission actually has you grab a scientist out of the water and drag him over to a keycard slot to open a door), and boring, and free-roaming isn't all that amusing either. Sure it may be fun to tear apart a few people and see the blood splatter, but it becomes EXTREMELY repetitive.
Also, controls are clunky and at times you actually end up overshooting your targets. Oh, Grand Theft Auto auto-aim, where are you when we need you most?
Graphics wise, the game doesn't do too bad. I like the look of the shark and the water, you can tell a good bit of effort was put into the graphics, but that's mostly all the game has going for it really.
As far as sound goes, sound is probably one of the worst things in the game. A lot of the time you will hear a remake of the Jaws theme, and whenever people notice you, all they do is scream and yell "We're not going to make it!" over and over and over until you think your mind is going to explode with all of the repetitiveness of the game.
How about the value then? Well, would you actually plop down $30 of your hard-earned money for a game that is repetitive and annoying and will last you not even an hour of gametime? I wouldn't. Rent it, and then decide if you want to buy it or not.
My final tilt is 4 this time around. This game could have really done better, it really could. You know a game really has potential when you are a killer shark. But the gameplay and sound was rushed in this game, and that's what really killed it. Remember, rent this game first. A 3 day rental should be all you really need to play this game anyway.
FINAL SCORE: 3.9 - BAD