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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.

Could keep me busy for days.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Hubby is the gamer in the house and I have seen a lot of games pass through our PS2, but this one is ALL MINE!! Originally, I bought it for him, but he wasn't into it because he couldn't win it in 3 or 4 sittings. He's the type of guy who will sit down and play it through and try to win it as fast as he can. This game is a lot more involved than that. You spend a lot of time collecting and gathering, which is quite relaxing. If I play this game late at night I find myself dozing off and it's not because it's boring... it's just a nice, slow-paced game. There are many goals you must accomplish which are established in books and journals that are found on the beaches. Your sim will find a lot of objects that will become useful.

To sum it up, you create your sim or group of sims (I think you can have up to six, but I only created two). You get thrown off your boat and stranded and you must find a way to survive on your own, find your crewmates, travel around the island, discover new islands (and treasures), and your goal is to eventually radio for help.

I have put MANY hours into it and I've made it to the third island, but still have a long way to go. I might suggest a strategy guide, although I have not used one. You can probably find a lot of valuable information via the internet. I would suggest renting this one to see if it's your cup of tea. I personally enjoy it a lot, but it's tricky. I haven't seen a reason why it couldn't be played by a kid (no bad content--correct me if I'm wrong) aside from the sims using the toilet, which is done behind a curtain and bathing, which is done in underwear with a blur over the private areas. You can get attacked by a pig, which startles you, but there is just a dust cloud, no blood... and if you don't take care of yourself you will die, but your other sims can bring you back to life with potion.

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.

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!

Question about rating

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My 8 year old was given this game for Christmas. It has a T rating. Crude humor and mild violence don't worry me but "Suggestive themes" does. He has his heart set on playing it but without me playing through the whole thing it is hard for me to tell what the reason for the T rating is. Can anyone who has played this let me know what they think about an 8 year old playing this game?

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.

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.

Classic Sims Play =)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this on my husband's PS3. I was disappointed to find that you couldn't procreate with your crew lol. How am I supposed to populate the island? I "succeeded" in escaping the island after only one very long day of gameplay, but I chose not to leave and stayed back to hopefully get 100% goal completion. I still haven't accomplished this =) It's a fun game, but I can't help think they could have left it a little more open to extend island life with children of the "survivors" =D You should definately get it if you enjoy the SIMS!

Get Lost--in playing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have never had so much fun playing a video game! You earn skills in new and unique ways and you learn to survive. I got lost in playing on the first day--I played for over an hour!! I also have the strategy guide to go with it, so I have a guide to help me when I get stuck! The graphics are amazing--I don't know where people get off saying that they are not good...This is one game that I am not sorry that I purchased!

Addicted to this game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a newcomer in the world of Sims. Many years ago I tried Sim City on my old PC and was not impressed with it and haven't tried a Sims game since, until now... I just purchased a new Playstation 3. Game selections are minimal for PS3 as of yet however if you get the newest one with the largest harddrive, you'll have one that will also allow you to play PS2 games. So I thought I would give this game a try. OH MY!

From the moment I put this game in my system, I was addicted. This game is wonderful from beginning to end. The best game I have ever played. From creating your Sims, (I created all six) to escaping from the island and there are actually several ways to escape the island. I have escaped twice already and went back to live on the island because I wanted to complete all the tasks, which I have now done and continue to live on the island because well heck.. I just love living on the island and I don't want this wonderful adventure to be over with. This game is jam packed with adventure, treasure hunting, building skills, and survival skills. And if you think you might go to bed..lo and behold.. you find yet another entrance to another place to travel and explore. I love it so much that I have ordered every Sims game that I can find. I would highly recommend this game but be prepared to lose a lot of real life time. A few thoughts that may be helpful.. I have read some reviews about the fact that you have to use several memory cards to save this game, if it's possible for you to upgrade to the newest PS3, you can save the game on the harddrive and no memory cards are needed and your gameplay is endless. Not sure but you may be able to save more than one game so others can start new games without you losing yours. My biggest disappointment with the game is the limit on things that you can build in one location and the fires, I have learned how to deal with the fires though, simply build an outhouse and get rid of the firepit, that cuts way down on the number of fires that get started.
I personally recommend this game for ages 13+.
Graphics - 4 stars
Sound - 5 stars
Gameplay - 5 stars
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