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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.

Its not the Sims...but it is awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: July 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the Sims so i thought i would try out the Urbz. I am glad I did, because it was worth the 50 dollars!!

One thing I like about it is that you are able to go to different neighborhoods. When your Urb gets tired of skating around in Kicktail Park, you can just hop on the subway and go to someplace new(if you have the rep). My favorite part, though, is the addition of style. Each neighborhood has its own style that you need to dress like. In the Sims you have a swimsuit, pajamas, formalwear and that about it. But in Urbz you can have as many different clothes as you want!! Another thing is that the game is easy so you can actually get enough money to furnish your apartment(s) and buy clothes(unlike in the Sims, where sometimes it is hard to get enought money to get a nice house/objects in your house). The graphics are pretty incredible as well.

It isn't all great though, there are some flaws. The load times are slow and sometimes it hard to select objects. Also, some people might not like that the social actions are colorcoded(green for ones that are most likely to work, orange for ones that can go either way, and red for ones that will most likley fail). I don't mind it, but for some people it might take away the fun of not knowing which actions will work the best.

I have a different opinion ...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Right before I bought The Urbz I was playing The Sims Bustin Out. I never played any sims games before. Bustin Out to me was hard to figure out. I had to go online and look in forums to even understand the game. It wasn't very clear as to how to complete the missions. But I did find Bustin Out to be very fun after figuring things out. It took me a couple weeks to finish the game. However, I did not like how often you had to shower and eat and all that stuff.

Now for The Urbz ... much easier in my opinion. Missions are very clear so you know what you have to do ... maybe too easy. However, you don't need to bath or eat etc as much. Also, the sleeping time is much less than in Bustin Out which was nice. I liked how you got to go to work and actually work for your money.

What I didn't like was it was difficult to actually highlight an item, not like Bustin Out. I also just thought it was too easy of a game because I finished it in like 3 days where Bustin Out took me a couple weeks.

I'd say if you like the Sims it's worth a try, but try to buy it cheaper and then sell it when you're done :)

A pretty darn good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got an Xbox just recently, so I needed a game for it. Then, I bought this game because I've been a big Sims fan for a long time. The game is fun, but it lacks some things from the orginal Sim games. Of course, the characters still don't speak English, create relationships, get robbed, and shop. But in the Urbz, you build a reputation to go to different neighborhoods of the city, live in a [small] apartment, start a crew, and dress up in the weirdest clothes. The game is very complicated, but it's also a lot of fun & very addictive. I'd recommend this game to everyone, especially Sim fans.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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