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Urbz: Sims in theCity

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was not as fun as the newer version. It was a lot harder to understand, but it was okay for those that have the time to read cheat codes to find out how to operate the SIMS. I rate this a C-

Another Sims game to feed your Sims addiction!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: CRR

The first two titles in the series by EA Games are The Sims and The Sims Bustin' Out, but make way for number three, The Urbz: Sims in the city.

In The Urbz, you guide your Sim through life in nine very diverse culturally different districts, where you have to walk the walk and talk the talk. As in its two predecesors, in The Urbz, you have goals to achieve, bills to pay and promotions to obtain. The differences you'll find in this game are in the jobs you work and clothes you buy, which are district specific, and the other Sims you meet and interact with.

Another difference is that you have to build up your reputation. This is achieved by meeting and befriending as many different Sims as you can and learning their specific social interactions. At the start of the game, you must choose what district to start out in. By completing your goals and building your rep, you unlock other districts to visit and work in.

The main goal is to build yourself up to have the highest rep in the city, so that everyone wants to be your friend. This game is fun and simplistic without being too easy. Plus, after you beat it the first time, you can always go back and play as someone different, giving this game replay potential.

On a scale on 1-10, I give this game an 8.5. Sim-fans should not miss out on The Urbz!

Awesome game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE this game!

Being a fan of the sims and the sims 2, I borrowed Urbz from a friend. I fell in-love wih it!!!

I especially love the music!!! (the punk station roxx!)

It has such diversity and selection in cultures. From punk to prep to gangsta, you've got it all in this totally wicked-awsome game!

If you'd like more controllabilty for your sims, then this is the game for you!

And your sim is much more customised!

You work jobs to earn money for peircings, tatoos, hairstlyes, clothing and more!

Plus, you go around town and different districs to buid up your REP!

Yeah, I love this game, and totally recommend it to anyone!

I thought it sucked!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game was not fun, and overpriced (I paid $17.99 for a used copy). I wish I could get my money back.

I'm straight outta the hood, and thought this game was vulgar at best, and not representaive of 29th and Crenshaw, where I stay.

Don't buy this one!

Disappointed!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My children found this game quite a disappointment. They claim it was "kinda boring, and not entertaining" in comparison to the other Sims games which they love. They recommend the "Sims Unleashed Expansion Pack" and Sims versions one and two.

sims in the city

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

my daughter loves the game . She plays it all day!! age 12

Extremely, over-rated

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game in hopes that it would be similar to the pc version of The Sims. But it is a bit more complicated than that. I don't like the controls, they're confusing and it takes a while to get used to them, and getting the right view is nearly impossible. I personally don't reccomend this game for other The Sims fans. You don't really get to customize your character like the other games either, which is disapointing.

definantly good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

For anyone that doesnt like this-- i think its time to stop complaining and relise that either A. you are to old for this game or B. you dont know how to have fun, or you cant bring yourself to make it fun. Amazing game, great graphics, and evreyone who says its bad becuase its about gaing popularity and all that jazz, lighten up. Relax znd let yourself have some fun!

Waste of time! (spolier alert)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you want to play a good sims game then go buy The sims bustin' out. Do not even bother to rent the urbz it is awful. I thought this game would be similar to the sims 1 and the sims bustin out. Instead they tried to be "hip" and ruined the whole game. The best thing about the game is that it is really short and the black eyed peas did the music.

The loading time is very long,in fact I bet if you added up all the loading time, its longer than the actual gameplay. You carry your furniture around with you and the furniture is different in every district which I thought was annoying.

Every district is different. There are the goths, the artsy people etc.. When you go to different districts you get a job. I thought this was going to be cool because in Bustin' out you didn't get to see your sim at work. But it all turns out to be boring. You press different buttons on your controller in different combinations to perform your tasks. Some of the jobs were cute and funny (like training pet ferrets) but the button pressing was very boring and repetitive. They missed a perfectly good opportunity to be inventive.

Its all about climbing the social ladder, impressing people, and proving how cool you are etc Every night each district has a party at a club but you have to have the right reputation to get into the club and wear the right clothes or you won't be able to get past the bouncer. So for example, when you come back from the artsy district don't think you are going to get into the hip hop club dressed like andy warhol.

Changing your outfit when you go to different districts was very annoying. If you wear the wrong clothes in the wrong district the natives will insult your clothes. But if you have a great rep they will start dressing like you. I thought the whole point of having the different clothes, hairstyles, etc was to be able to make your sim look the way YOU wanted?

At the club a dude dressed like a Run DMC reject will teach you a power social move that will help you impress others and get a reputation faster. But the characters all are exagerated stereotypes with stupid names. The game tries really hard to be funny but its just corny.

Unlike in the other games your character couldn't even get married and have kids which I thought was lame. There were no real goals in the game, its all about fitting in and impressing characters that were irritating. People from different districts don't get along so for example, the goths might want you to pull a prank on the artsies but who cares?

Being from New York I thought The Urbz would be a funny take on the urban inner city. Its just corny, repetitive, and annoying.

Not even worth $20.00

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: August 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game, unfortunately, when it first came out and was priced $50.00. That was definitely a mistake. I loved the game at first - it's really fun. But it took me about 2 days to complete the game. It is way too easy to make money and build up reputation and stuff, and there's not enough to do in the game. All you can do is get a job where you just press buttons on your control, shop for clothes or furniture (which you have to carry around until you take the subway thing back to your apartment then unload them - trust me, very annoying. And also, the furniture is different in every area), and talk to people. And I forgot to mention, it takes a minimum of 10 minutes to load each city or area or whatever, so only suggested if you have like a free 24 hours to play. Once you get into all the clubs and all of the cities, that's it. You've done it and there's nothing else to do.

This is not the Sims at its best. If you really want a game that takes some sort of strategy and is not just one-way-to-win type of thing, get the Sims 2. It's like the Urbz but better. And the people's bodies aren't so distorted.

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