The Sims Castaway Stories
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of The Sims Castaway Stories
Customer Review: Not the same old Sims
Summary: 3 Stars
I have played the sims since the first pc game came out years ago, and played the sims 2 for a few years. I love the option of carrying items, and unlockables, but missed the option of creating new lots or my own neighborhood. Having a plot was the big appeal for me, not as much fun replaying after beating the game.Customer Review: Cute but limited
Summary: 4 Stars
It's not a bad game, but it has an end, and not much motivation to continue on after that end. It came quickly, though, and worked just fine. I was able to play within a few minutes of loading it up. It's all good. No regrets.Customer Review: Different
Summary: 3 Stars
I tried this game, it is quite a bit different from the regular sims. I don't care for the way you have to move around at all. I still have not figured things out and have had it for several months now.Customer Review: Fun, but quick
Summary: 3 Stars
I was pretty excited to try out this newest edition of Sims Life Stories. I wasn't disappointed in the game play, but the overall story seemed pretty short.
Good things:
Intuitive controls.
Easy navigation.
Interesting story line.
Not so good things:
Installing in VISTA turned into a frustration that I didn't need.(READ THE MANAUL) I am so accostumed to things just loading seamlessly that this was perplexing at first. DUH! READ THE MANUAL.
Although the story line held my interest it seemed much shorter than the other versions of this game.
Overall:
Pretty good. Buy it used or on sale.
Customer Review: Tell Me A Story
Summary: 4 Stars
I was thrilled when I saw that Sims was going to make a Sims game with directed story. I couldn't agree more with M. Robbins. I too owned all the Sims1 and most Sims2 games and have spent countless hours downloading custom content for each and while I'd have a great time creating my families and making and decorating new houses once I got to actually running their lives I'd get bored. What it boils down to is they go to work and come home and have to keep themselves and their house and their relationships well tended and after awhile it just became boring drudgery, much like real life at times. With Castaways you get a whole new experience while having the familiar layout and format of the Sims brand. My FAVORITE part of the Life Stories series is the fact that we have translations of some stuff. No more one picture thought bubble to give you nothing more interesting than the gist of the category of interest at a particular time. We get actual sentences IN ENGLISH. Don't get me wrong, I love Simlish [and its still there in Castaways]but its really nice to finally see exactly what our hero/heroine is thinking/feeling at a particular moment. I like having a direction to go and the anticipation of how it will all work out. Perhaps I'm just not the most creative person on the planet, but I found most of my families' stories turning out about the same. They found a mate, got married, got jobs, had kids, lost or changed jobs, got old and eventually died. ho hum. Heck, I found myself throwing in an affair of one sexual orientation or another more often than not just to spice it up somehow! So yeah, thrilled with Castaways. I'm having a great time exploring my new island home.