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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: April 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

What a bad game! It stinks! The create a sims is half way decent...but it still stinks. Controls stink, furniture stinks, graphics are decent.
IF YOU WANT FUN BUY SIMS 2 FOR THE PC!!!

I don`t do tittles

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: June 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Basically another boring sim game.you create a sim,make it do stuff,do boring goals,get a job...*yawn*Reeeaaaaaaaaaallllllllll boring stuff there.If your a sim fan I recomend you don`t get this one,it`s THE SAME THING AS ALL THE OTHER ONES!I don`t know how you like that crap!Oh well,buy it if you want,it`s a waste of $$$$ to me.

Dosen't compare to the pc version. 17th april 2004.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: April 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The pc version is way better, this game hasn't replaced the pc version at all, in my opinion it is hard to say what is so rubbish all i know is she visits her boyfriend not as close up version. Back and forward one way to her mothers then to someone elses. AN ENTIRELY BORING GAME.

It can be better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This games pretty good but it requires the highest powerd GCN Memory Card Out. Thats the worst downside. Its pretty good but gets boring after progressing through for a couple hours of the game. This game is good for those rare people that like to play videogames for a short period of time and play again a little later in the day. I don't reccomend this game to NEW sims players because this can be pretty confusing of a game and the little booklet given with the game sucks it is printed in Black & White. NOW THATS CHEAP!

A no-no, Maxis.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I really like the Sims for PC. But this is not the Sims for PC. I bought it for the Online thing and guess what? Maxis randomly decided to take the best feature out of the game! No more servers! And it shut down around 2004. When it was still new! Stupid.

The new features are.

More sim customization tools. But don't think it's like the Sims 2 for PC. You pick from a small variety of whatever part you are working on. 4 different skin colors, 3 different body shapes, and 3 face customization tools
Incredible 3-D graphics. The 3-D graphics are absolutely stunning and breath-taking! It is so beautiful! Even prettier than the Sims 2 for PC which is unbelievable.
New objects from recent expansion packs from The Sims 1 franchise which are pretty much cool. Especially the Sim-Eating Plant! Really hilarious!
A WIDE variety of interactions such as "Bust a move" and "Bear Hug" which aren't a big deal but if you have either high or low relationship points it could turn out to be a funny reaction! Like, if you Bear Hug someone who is your enemy that sim will throw you to the ground.
16 all-new locations which is pretty nice. My favorite was Mimi's Place. Most other places weren't that fun. OH OH and the Goth Manor!! Awesome!
New NPC's not included in the Sims for PC such as Monica, Rubb, and some other weird sim who I don't know :-)
New wallpaper coverings, floor coverings, and plantings.

NOt that different

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got the game about a weeka ago thinking it was good and original because of the reviews i read. i started it out and it was really cool because of the graphics. I became bored and played it less and less. The concept is the same as the pc version and The bustin out part isnt all that. You are limited to certain places and can't do that much fun stuff. Interaction is basically the same and if you already have the sims for pc don't buy this. The game is not much different and it costs a lot of money.

Good game... or is it?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 31
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am a great Sims Fan, from SimCity, to SimFarm, to SimAnt, and recently The Sims. I simply loved the computer versions, and when I played it on the PS2 for the first time I simply fell in love with it. I got The Sims Bustin' Out for Christmas and have been playing it ever since. (2 days)

I was a bit bummed to find out that to play in the two-player modes you MUST have two memory cards, one in each slot. I found that a bit "not good", since I only have one memory card, because i never needed 2!

The other bummer is that the save file takes up too much space in the Memory Card. Besides that, I still haven't found a way of building a second story, and I'm not sure if you even can do that!

The controls for the Gamecube are also hard to adapt, especially because most of the controls are pressure sensitive. To finish it off, there isn't a way for you to highlight and/or delete the actions in the order that you want, for example if you had your sim to Shower, Watch TV, Use the Toilet, Sleep and Eat, and you wanted to get rid of Use the toilet, you have to delete all of the entries before it. Bummer!

Besides all which I mentioned above, the game is still great and is a MUST-buy for Gamecube owners/Sims lovers. Now keep in mind this review was written for the Gamecube version, so I'm not sure whether the Xbox and PS2 versions have the same features/bummers. Hope this helped!

The Sims: Bustin' Out! Amazon.Com Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Hello, and welcome to my review of The Sims: Bustin' Out! I have recently purchased this game, which is also my first Sims game (second if you count the awful SimCity3000) and, although many kids my age describe it as "incredbly kool u will luv it," whatever that means, I must say that this game is incredibly cool; you will love it. Let's begin with some of the things that make the game so incredible.

The first thing that I will talk about is the Story Mode; entitled "Bust Out" in the game. Here you attempt to complete a large amount of goals to keep you busy. Or, if you're like me, as long as you make sure that you feed your Sim and keep him or her clean and happy, you can stay at Mom's house all the time and make all your money via the Great Big Adventure Japanese Arcade Cabinet (unlocked by connecting a Game Boy Advance to the GameCube and turning on the GBA). Explore tons of new locations like Dudley's Trailer, the slob's home, Mimi's Place, the cranky yet playful female's abode, Clubb Rubb, the hit dance club, and the Casa Caliente, the house of romance, in this gigantic GCN title.

Now, let's talk about creating Sims. The female's customization is very limited and even the largest female body size is set to go with America's unnaturally thin standards of beauty. Also, most of the females' clothes available show way too much skin. The male customization is very good, however, and even though they are still unnaturally thin, the accesories and clothing rock.

Now, for free play mode. I have only attempted this "family creator" once before, and gave up when my best attempt ended up looking like a man in drag. However, you can create adult and kid Sims and make the adults fall in love with one of the four Tutti boys or the four Tutti girls.

Now, onto the subject of decorating the houses. The tools are very easy to use and you can have your house looking like something out of a Martha Stewart catalog, something out of her prison cell, or anything you wish quick as a flash. Wall in your yards leaving a couple of easy entances and install burglar alarms on the outdoor walls to keep those cat burglars out of your house for good!

Now, for the other Sims. They seem to have a fairly wide variety of likeable Sims to befriend, although that annoying Vaugn Braugn won't let the SimDay go by without knocking on my door three times and staying for hours until he eventually leaves. He's not the only bad Sim, though. Oh, no. There are three bad Sims to keep out. The first one, the cat burglar, can only be stopped by burglar alarms. The second one, the social worker, will come and take your baby away if it cries for over a SimHour (One minute in real time) twice. Forget greeting her and opening the door; she barges in and takes it! The third and final Bad Sim, the Reaper, will restart you back at your last save point or delete your save file (I'm not sure which) if your Sim's hunger drops too low or they get severely burned/electrocuted by cooking/fixing appliances with low experience. To prevent: Simply keep your Sim well fed and make sure that they have at least one skill point in that job.

Now, for content. For some sexual material, don't buy this for anyone nine and under. Parents, don't worry. The reproductive cycle is not shown. Your spousal Sim will simply ask you if you want a kid after a passionate kiss. Say yes, and the screen goes black fo a second, then there is a tiny baby Sim living with you. It'll take three days to raise it to a kid. Three social worker-free days. After that, all you have to worry about is making sure that the kid gets good grades, or else, hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to military school we go!

Now, is this game right for <person>? This game takes a lot of patience and planning, so impatient people who leap before they look are out. The game also requires you to deal with things, so kids who like to scream at things that they're angry about will be yelling curses at the "Game Over" Reaper or the Social Worker for weeks.

Pros
Excellent radio music. The Smooth Jazz station is the best in my opinion.
Being able to fine-tune your Sim's personality is cool.
Great graphics.
Excellent gameplay.
Controls can be learned in ten minutes with the help of the manual.
Mosaics on all nudity. This is a must for when you accidentally scroll into the bathroom and see Mama Sim in the tub.

Cons
Takes up 161 blocks of memory (a standard $20.00 card only has 251, and third-party cards cause defects).
Eats up your time before you can say "Simoleon!"
Friendships decrease quickly; try to call everyone once per day to make sure that you maintain a steady relationship.
Takes a ton of patience.

All in all, five stars! To get the most of your SimTime, I reccomend buying a Memory Card 251, the official Prima Bustin' Out strategy guide, and perhaps a GBA-GCN link cable and the GBA version of the game.

Game rated T for Teen (13+) by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) for Crude Humor, Mild Violence, and Mature Sexual Themes.

Kool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is really kool i rented it... it's a really great game but i think u should rent it first..this game also took up (for me) 161 blocks on my memory card! the grafics are awsome and the clothes were great 2 but you really didnt get 2 go 2 a lot of places..and it's really not different from if u got the sims on game cube and u chose get a life it's really not different from that. so ya

A way to spend many hours

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Simply put, this is a great game. The Sims Bustin' Out picks up in a general sense from where The Sims console game left off where Mom married Malcom, the richest sim in town. This time, Malcom and Mom have split up and Malcom is being mean-spirited and is taking things back from all of the sims in town. It is your job to recover these items for your friends and help them in their revenge to force Malcom to eat a few servings of humble pie.

The game provides many locales of which my favorites were Shiny Things Labs, Club Rubb and Casa Caliente because they offered the more unique experiences. Being able to promote through all of the career paths without losing status is unique amongst the various The Sims games. However after going through the first few career paths, the challenge fades because you'll have enough learned skills and friends to progress through the remaining careers and unlock object tasks without much effort. One improvement would have been to have a few career-dependent tasks that were not tied to a getting a promotion. I like the expanded social interactions this game includes and the fact that you have to make friends to learn them. This serves as an encouragement for not ignoring the social aspect of making friends in this game.

The Gamecube version of Bustin' Out interacts with the gameboy version of Bustin' Out. You can transfer your sime from the Gamecube into the Gameboy and play with as well as advance skills of your sim and then transfer your sim back to the Gamecube. This offers a bit more variety of game play as well as being able to carry your sim around with you.

There are a few places where fights occur, however this game does not rely on killing to progress through the plot. Sims can die but this is generally from inexperience rather than malice.

The only significant problem I encountered was during my first game. My saved game started to have problems that would lockup the system and these became more frequent over time. Working with tech support at Electronic Arts, the most likely cause was that I was using third-party memory cards and they weren't able to reliably save/reload the games huge 161-block save file and over time the saved game became corrupted. I restarted using a Nintendo-branded memory card and have not had this problem since.

(Nintendo Gamecube verison reviewed)

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