''Garfield'' is an

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based on the

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of the same name developed by

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and published by Hip Games. The game was released on the

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and

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. It was the first 3D Garfield video game.

Gameplay

The player (playing as Garfield) must clean the house and put everything in the right place before Jon gets home or he will put Garfield on a diet as punishment. Garfield uses the vacuum cleaner to suck out of place objects into the vacuum or fix paintings or pictures, and put out of place objects back in the right place by blowing them out. The game has a time limit of 8 hours and if the player has not cleaned the house in time, a

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plays showing Jon finding his house in ruins and the game going back to the main menu. There are 15 rooms in the game, with some rooms being shared with other rooms. The player must clean these rooms to collect keys to open locked rooms, with color coded keys corresponding to their respective door. Various objects in the rooms, such as wall ornaments and

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, can be interacted with using the vacuum cleaner. The player can only hold three items, and must go to storage boxes to store items they do not need at the moment. Player can also save the game at these storage boxes. There are also various

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that the player can play, including a block matching game similar to

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, a

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that uses pieces found in the house, and a race with

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. There are different keys to obtain after cleaning each room: cleaning the

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grants access to Jon's Bedroom, while cleaning the Utility Room grants access to the Small Bedroom.

Reception

The ''Garfield'' game received very poor ratings. Superpanda of Jeuxvideo.com gave it a 4/20, and Aymeric of jeuxvideopc.com (a PC section of Jeuxvideo.com) heavily criticized the game with a 4/20. PS2 UK magazine gave it a 2/10. Major points of criticism include poor graphics, slightly sluggish controls, and Odie only flipping around the map when kicked. Due to extremely negative reception, this game is considered by many to be one of the worst Garfield games of all time, also becoming one of the most notable games for bad reception.

Cast

English * Jon Barnard: Garfield & Jon * Pam Koldyke: Arlene * Sarah Kristine: Nermal Italian * Riccardo Rodi: Garfield * Claudio Rini: Jon * Renata Perti: Arlene and Nermal French * Serge Thirlet: Garfield * Patrick Borg: Jon * Virginie Ledieu: Arlene and Nermal Spanish * Luis Santa Maria: Garfield * Juan Carlos Garcia: Jon * Marina Rubio: Arlene * Francisca Fernandez: Nermal German * Mark Hetterle: Garfield * Stefan Müller-Ruppert: Jon * Shandra Schadt: Arlene * Nicole Boguth: Nermal Polish * Jacek Kawalec: Garfield

References

{{Garfield 2004 video games Action-adventure games PlayStation 2 games Windows games Video games based on Garfield Video games developed in the United Kingdom RenderWare games