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Perhaps this isn't for my age group

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 31
Date: December 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In fact, I'm pretty sure it isn't.

But being a huge fan of The Sims and Sims2, I thought I'd buy it because living in a huge city, I hoped it would parallel and be fun -- Sims-style.

Ugh. It is so not.

If you're one of those people, like me, who hate going out to big clubs and watching people fawn (fake-fake-fake!) over some celeb-du-jour or some musician, or someone who's SOMEONE ... ugh ... then this game isn't for you.

It's about ladder climbing, and about who you know, not what you know. It's about kissing butt (something I have a hard time doing), and being a "player" ....

This is beyond my generation. I think teenagers and maybe young adults into their early 20s might like this game. Or anyone who likes playing THE game -- then give it a shot.

Otherwise, don't waste your money.

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.

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.

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.

it's to slow

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

Everytime you wanna go to a different place change your look or go home it needs to load it takes about the same amount of time to load the whole game in most games. I will never buy it sucked compared to the rest of the sims game ut i'm notsure about sims 2 my computer isn't good enough to play it. But only buy the game if you want to sit and wait forever just to play for 5 mins.

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.

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!

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-

It's not the Sims, but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's okay. I bought this for my Xbox, because I'm a Mac user, and am still awaiting the Sims 2 for Mac. The load times are unbelievable, and the pets don't have a litter box, so they pee everywhere, and your apartment is always a mess. After about two hours I'd already gotten the upgraded apartment, so it's not difficult to 'level up'. The clothing/hair is pretty cool, but still limited. The best thing about the game is the gothy-rock stereo channel- love that song by the female singer!

If you don't expect the Sims, it's fun for a little while, but it just doesn't have the customization levels I've come to expect from Maxis. Not really worth the fifty bucks, wait till it goes on sale.

So different from the computer games...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok....I am like a total Sims fan and I have all their games!All of them!I got this one to finish off my collection for now,it was ok but so frustrating!You have to go out and buy your own stuff then come home to put them in.You hardly start with any money!If you started out with 20,000 like the computer games,then it wouldn't be such a hassle.

It is ultimately fun,but I even started crying when I heard I couldn't return it!My mom told me she was going to return it but all the stores in the city wouldn't let me return it!

The good news is,I bought it with a gift card.I thought it would be fun,but I would rather play other games.

Try playing all the Dead or Alive games,they are so worth it...

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