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This is not the Sims!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you play The Sims 2 for over 3 hours a day like me, then you will know that this game is nothing like it because The Sims 2 is so much better they are uncomparable. I swear I beat this game in like 3 days and there is nothing left to do!! It is not opened-ended at all. All you do is walk around the city like some sort of punky, spike-haired crack-addicted dope headed "gangsta" freak talking and doing crap for this fat dude named Darius. Wow. Oh my, we sure are having fun now!
Listen, the people who are sayign this is better than The Sims... probably never even touched The Sims 2 in their life *gasp*!! Why am I not surprised that people actually think this peice of trash is fun?
The Sims 2 is coming out for consoles, and it is going to be alot like The Sims 2 for PC. Soon, all of you will see how fun The Sims 2 is. This game SUCKS!!!

OH, and did I mention it had the Black Eyed Peas!!? WOW GEE AIN'T THAT GRAND!!!

Don't you kids who think this pathetic excuse for a Sims game is good have a rap concert to get to?

Do yourself a favor and get the sims 2.

The UGH Sims in the City

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

At least the URBZ Sims have a life (cause I don't). Very addictive game. I think young girls would enjoy this game more than boys or adults. What I enjoyed about the previous Sims' games was you could create which perked my interest in architecture. You cannot create much in this game. You mostly work to raise your reputation to complete goals. Also the creators of URBZ should have given us gamers a better instructional booklet. Had no idea how to use the Power Ups and wasn't sure what to do when I had to go to work. What do you do if the robot station burns down? The URBZ are not very happy in this part of town. Be prepared to spend most of your time waiting for the game to load. That's one of the reasons I do not have the patience to play the game through again. You can't complete the last goal - it must be a secret. Rumors are spreading that you have to play through the game 3 more times to fulfill the last goal. Some games I enjoy the second & third times when I play through, but this is not one of those games. If this is a taste of where the Sims' games are heading, I won't be playing with the Sims anymore - sorry Bella.

Not what I was expecting

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got the game to rent, and thought it looked cool.
The only thing is that if you want to be good instead of bad it is no fun.And when they use the bathroom, you can hear it. The sim music is all human vocals, you cant buy stuff unless you get promoted, which is really hard.
And you cant get pets. It looks nothing like the previews and pictures on the web.

I would not recommend this game
I would play the sims the regular one for PS2

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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I did not enjoy this game much. I never play it because it takes so long to load. You have closets in each of the neighborhoods and you are supposed to keep track of what kind of clothing is "in" in each particular area. For example, if you are in the skateboard neighborhood, you have to dress like them. BUT then the outfit you were just wearing is now in the skateboard closet so all your clothes get tracked everywhere, i have no idea how you are supposed to keep up with that. If you think of how a kid with divorced parents may have two rooms with all their stuff, but now multiply it times however many neighborhoods are in this game, all you are doing is changing clothes and waiting to reload the screen. For me, it was a total waste.

What the F@$% is This?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was horrible. The graphics are crapy and the game is slugish, ON A CONSOLE! its like amazon took a s*** in a box and charged you $20 bucks for it. Overall this game isn't worth a pile of cow s***

THIS IS not a SIM game!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A sim game is a game where you get to build everyhting from stratch, get family trees, relationships, BUT you cannot do anything like that in this game! ALL you do is just talk to people until you finally get to Darius's penthouse.. AND talking was SO boring, you couldn't even fall in love until you did the act romantic act when it finally turned yellow.

There are only 3 apartaments, 9 districts.. AMAZING isnt it?! And working was boring since you had to just press the buttons that it had on the middle of the screen, who cares? And also, it isn't educational, entertaining AT all! The sim games always had something to keep you hooked AND what is this to keep you hooked? nothing.

Do your money a favor and don't buy it!

Liked the other Sims better..........

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It was nice to play a different version of Sims, but I'm a die-hard fan of the Sims we all know and love. After playing this game, I went back to Sims Bustin Out. Urbz doesn't have much replay value. If they could make a PS2 version of Sims 2 for PC, then I would be in heaven. I love all of the Sims games, EXCEPT the Urbz.

Thank God I Rented It!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Usually when I am about to buy a game, I rent it first to see if I like it.. I didn't like Urbz...
The game is some-what fun, but what threw me off was the graphics and inability to do what I wanted in the game. It was hard to pick a spacific thing to do.. the "arrow" used to pointing and picking out something was very jerky. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Sims!!! But I find the video games horrible!

Fun at First, But a Tad Repetitive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After devoting a couple of days to The Urbz, I think I can finally write a decent review on how I feel about it.

This game is alright...playable...but doesn't fall anywhere near my category of favorite games of all time (an honor which both the Original Sims and Sims 2 have achieved). And with The Urbz I was especially careful not to get sucked into all of the hype so I know it wasn't the hype that killed it for me. If you have played the Sims before, I think you might be disappointed by this installment. If you only have experience with the console versions of the (Sims and Bustin' Out) and enjoyed those, then you will probably enjoy The Urbz.

Here's a break down of Pros and Cons.

PROS:

*Finally an city setting...and it's magnificent! The different areas are beautifully rendered with a gritty urban feel to them.

*Your sim come equipped with a XAM, kind of like a palm pilot. Here is where the menu is located. You have the option to call Urbs, check out your inventory (where everything you purchase is located), looks at your list of goals for each city, etc. It's a nice addition to the game.

*Each area has it's own set of objects available to purchase, usually related to the theme of that particular city. For instance, in the biker area you can purchase a roadhouse jukebox that will be placed in your inventory, thus allowing you to place them in your apartment.

*You start off with one apartment that you have to pay rent on. As you progress through the game and earn more respect, you will gain access to other living quarters. All of which you can decorate :)

*Building up skill levels is alot easier in The Urbz (this is both a blessing and a disappointment.

*Tweaking your style so you blend into each area is pretty fun. Each are has about 3 hairstyles or hats (on top of the 4 basic hairstyles available), 4 tops, 4 pants/skirts, 3 pairs of shoes to choose from, distinct to the particular style of tha area. For example, in the biker area you'll find lots of leather and in Diamond Heights, the hangout for all the models you'll see lots of glitter. Tattoos and piercings are available in some areas. You have to first pick the location of the body you want the tattoo/piercing and then choose your purchase. Furthermore, clothing can be purchased in a variety of colors and when you purchase one color, all colors will be available to you when you select that outfit from your wardrobe. This saves alot of hassle and stress of deciding what particular colors flatter your Urb the most (haha). If you don't like the color, you can always change it.

*The soundtrack it pretty cool. Each area has music specific to that genre. Like the punk area is playing some trippy goth metal music and the biker roadhouse is playing good old fashined headbanging music, not to mention sims renditions of the some of the Black-eyed Peas' songs. So, thumbs-up for the soundtrack.

CONS:

*This has been a growing trend with video games in general, but the instruction booklet for The Urbz is completely useless. So don't expect help from it, you're pretty much on your own. Plus there's no little basic tutorials like in the previous Sims games. I guess they just figure their target audience is people who are familair with the series.

*This game seems a little shaky on my PS2. There's alot of thinking going on and the game has actually frozen up on me a couple of times. So make sure to save often. But that being said, load time is pretty slow and saving takes quite a long time.

*Customizing your Sims is very limited. There are only 4 things to choose from for everything: body type, face shape, eye shape, noses, lips, and hair. You cannot choose your hair color in the beginning nor can you choose your clothes or your eye color.

*Remember how you wished you could go to work with your Sims? Well now you can, with your Urbz. They work their way up the career ladder by taking starter jobs at one of the 8 or so locations (one in each city). These jobs can range from anything to amatuer model to bike stripper. As build up your mental, logic, etc. skills you can try the more skilled (and better paying) jobs. The only problem is that all the jobs are basically them same. You press the square, triangle, X, and circle button in a sequence to complete the task. After awhile it gets repetitive and it feels more like button mashing than anything that requires much skill.

*Learning skills is pretty lame since you have to mash the X button repeatedly. I felt like it was taking a toll on my joystick and it was easier before when your sims would just sit down and play chess without any encouragement from the X button.

*You unlock pets in this game, which sounds like it would be a good thing. Unfortunately they pee all over the apartment every 5 seconds (no joke, I think it's a glitch).

*Your Sims only have 4 needs now: Hunger, Sleep, Hygiene, and Fun. Fortunately, they only sleep in like 4 hour increments at a time. Unfortunately, their need bars are alot shorter and seem to go in the red in an insanely quick amount of time. What?! Stupid Urb, you just SHOWERED! How can you possibly be stinky again?! And even if your Sim just showered, just watched TV, just slept, what have ya, it seems like their need bar never reaches full green. So sad.

*I have no clue as to why they did this, but the creators of the Urbz have completely dumbed down the gameplay. Everything seems alot easier to handle and when you are socializing with an Urb it will tell you if the outcome of an interaction you choose with another Urb will be positive (green) or negative (red). this takes all the fun out of experimenting. Especially now that Urbs in different areas each have their own unique was of interacting with one another.

So overall, I think that The Urbz is an interesting addition to the Sims family. It does tend to get kind of repetitive after awhile, as each city pretty much has the same goals that your sim must accomplish. As for overall value, I don't really see where this game has a high replay value. It seems like once you beat the goals, it would be boring to play it again. Anyways, that's just my humble opinion. I think it's one of those games you just have to test out for yourself :)

Enjoy!

Not as good...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: January 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is not as good as Sims 2. One reason is using a console is annoying. Two the urbz are moving from diffrent sections and come off as phony poseurs. Buying clothes for "style" is not fun because you must buy diffrent clothes for diffrent sections and that is expensive. Also this game is short. I started in Gasoline Row and have moved from Centeral Station to the skater park in 4 hrs. It is fun but skip this and buys Sims 2 instead.

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