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castaway sims 2

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought this for my daughter. She seems to be having fun with it, altho watching it, the graphics could be better. I was just wondering why it is only for game stations and not computer. but, that is ok with me too as it frees up the computer!

A New Twist on a Classic Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 33 / 37
Date: October 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I must admit this game is actually good. The onli problem I have is that it does not allow any others to join in, however you can create a crew of up to 6 people. The are various places to exlpore, new fashions to discover, and a journey to embark on. My favorite part is being able to make your clothes out of different tree leaves, vines, shells, and flowers. You can even create your own dye. Another fun part is going around "identifying" plants and trees. So far I have collected mangoes, blackberries, pineapples, starfruit, and a bunch of other items too. You can even get to build a sandbuddy to talk to to increase the stauts of your social bar, and if thats not good enuff why not talk to a monkey. But there is one thing that scares me, theres always this red parrot watching me while i sleep. lol CREEPY!

I highly reccommend this game. I evn got a migraine from playing it 3 days straight. Well I dont wanna give to much away, buy it and see for yourself, if you loved the classic Sims, you'll definatley enjoy this one.

great game for girls

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

So many ps2 games are boy oriented. My daughter has found a games she loves! She also has the book that goes with it. I highly recommend getting the book. The main drawback, you can only save 1 player. Boy is my son bummed.

Like it. Too disapointed to love it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Except for Crystal Island, the islands are beautiful. Enjoyed the island music. The only natives on the one for PlayStation 2 are the chimps. There is a white box or space beneath each crew members picture when you are viewing relationships in personal info, as if there is supose to be a bio, but the bio's are missing. We are not given the option of writing bios when creating or editing our crew members. So why that white space is here under our sims picture is a mystery. There is nothing to make note of a change in the relationship with crew members other than the blue and green face which indicates if they're friend or best friend. There is no heart or rings after a sim becomes engaged or married, it is the same as before the proposal was accepted. There are instruments to be made and played, but other crew members can't raise their fun levels by listening to the music or dancing. Can only dance to the radio after finding it. Social Interactions with other crew members are lacking, and disapointing. Many of the interactions that we are use to, and have always assumed would be in later sims games -like flirt- are missing. We are given a Wedding Beanie instead of a wedding wreath or crown. Doesn't look bad on a female sim, but on a male sim? A Beanie on a male sim? Could he look any geekier? The Fortified Campfire causes fires no matter how much space you have, how often you collect the ashes, even when there is nothing like -food- set near it. DO NOT use the Fortified Campfire, it can't be removed after you build it, and you're constantly putting out fires then sending your sims into the water to raise their hygiene. It's a glitch that should have been caught and fixed before the game was released. The S.O.S. rescue scene was disapointing, but maybe the Boat rescue scene is better -I'm playing a second time to find out.

I loved the clothing -though I would have liked more clothing options while creating my sims- and the music and chimps. My sims hugging chimps, cute!! All of the islands are beautiful, except for Crystal Island. The treasure is disapointing. I'm not going to spoil it for you by telling you what's in Beard's Beard's treasure chest, but if you're expecting gold and jewels, something very valuable like that (after all it's a pirates treasure chest), you WILL be disapointed.

This game is about survival and rescue, so I understand why the sims cannot have children while they are learning how to survive on a deserted island and trying to get rescued. BUT (Spoiler-sorry) after rescue your sim is given a choice of whether they wish to continue on the island. You've just won the game (you were rescued), you've chosen to live on the island, meaning you're a native of the island. If you think that now your sim will be able to have children, your wrong. You can't create teenagers, and your adult sims cannot have children even after they are rescued and choose to live their life on the island. Maybe it's different with the pc version. I hope so.

BUT I love that their clothing gets tattered so that the sims have to make new clothing which increases a very important skill. And their hair grows! Hopefully their hair growing will be in later sims games made after this, but I won't hold my breath.

I know after reading my review, it sounds like I hate this game. I don't. I've been waiting for this game to come out ever since I heard that they were making it. I had very high hopes for this game. Maybe my expectations for this game was too high, I don't know. I like this game, it's worth buying and playing, but I am much too disapointed to love it. It's different enough from the previous sims games to buy, play and keep, BUT not as good as Sims In The City and Sims Bustin' Out. Sims Pets is also better than this one.

Great edition to sims games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have enjoyed this game because it was unlike other sims games. It has brought me hours of fun trying to master the different skills on the island.

A Good Sims Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really liked how this Sims changed up the normal format and had you create almost all items used in the game, even your house. It wasn't without its glitches though. When I would go to build a new shelter, sometimes it would not let me build a section of wall. It did this usually when I would get tired while building the shelter. In the middle of building the wall my Sim would freak and want to go to bed. After that, I could never finish that section of wall. Also, the chimps don't wait nearly long enough when they bring you what they have collected for you. Half the time when I was in the middle of something and canceled my action to go to the chimp, it would take to long for my Sim to actually stop and go to the chimp. The chimp would leave with my stuff. Other than that, I really enjoyed the game and I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the console Sims games.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. I play it for hours. Some people are saying that the Sims computer games are better, but I honestly don't think so. This game allows you to create all different objects and items from trees and plants. It's really fun and you won't regret buying it.

LOVE IT!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 27
Date: October 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game and it's fabulous! You can explore different places on the island, play and talk to chimpanzees and make your own crew! I love it and any Sims 2 lover should definitely buy it!

Sims Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 27
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the first Sims that I have bought for the Play Station 2. Our PC's can't hold anymore Sim expansions without over loading our computers. We are avid Sims players in our house and have loved the game since it first came out in the first format. We love Sims 2. The game play for the Play Station Platform is Fabulous. You can't go and create a new game for someone once you start though - you need separate memory cards. If someone comes a long and wants to play and create a new Sim, your old game will be erased - so make sure you get a card or two to go with it.

Game play is very cool. It's fun to explore the different areas of the island. You can build up your talents and inventory to be able to make rafts, shelters, and find new foods to cook over your fire. There are lots of things to unlock and lots of treasures to find. I love finding the message in a bottle.

If you create a crew, eventually you start to find your crew mates and that's cool too.

We got this for an early Christmas present to be able to play through the holidays and don't regret it! Super Fun - be prepared to loose a few hours with this enchanting game.

Castaway and no Tom Hanks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: November 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this is an excellent sims game (and I am amazed I am saying this) most of the sims games have not enthused me with their gameplay
however we have a whole new game here and I have to say it's fun, it's a blast to play (although the repeated monkey hugging is a little....Odd) you can cusomize just about everything on your sim from glasses and watches to clothing, pants, shirt, and shoes. it is quite impressive but more impressive is how the game comes together and delivers a very fun experience.
Truly it's a blast when you Finally build your dwelling and have your fire going and truly anything can happen
(my 1st time in my sim caused a fire and after his bed burned up he went quite mad and would not listen it was hilarious!)
this is a game like simcity that I am sure many others will return to over and over.

Graphics: very good 4 stars

Sound: excellent 5 stars

gameplay: A Blast 5 stars!

Overall 5 stars because this is a brilliant game that anyone be they a fan or newcomer to the series can get into with a simple learning curve for non sims players entering for the first time. and more then enough for veterans of the series. truly a fun game.
Buy the Sims 2 Castaway here
The Sims 2: Castaway

**Playstation 2 review only.**

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