The Sims 2: Pets DS
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Metascore
49 out of 100

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User Score
5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

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  • Summary: Sims Have New Friends - Pets! Sims can share their lives with their new pets and add more fun to the Sims experience. From dogs, cats, caged animals and more, your Sims share new friends to experience life's precious moments. With so many different animals to choose from, there’s no telling g what unpredictable experiences could occur. Create-A-Pet: Choose from dozens of dog and cat breeds or customize features for a one-of-a-kind pet. You can even modify your pet's body shape by choosing from specific colors and unique markings. Don't like the way they act? Change their personality – from smart and sweet to silly and sloppy – anyone can create their ideal animal friend in The Sims 2 Pets. Your Sims can encourage and discipline pets, training them to shake, roll over, play dead, and more. Unruly pets might dig in the yard, claw the sofa, or topple the trash. Thankfully, a little training can go a long way. Create and control digital characters over a lifetime, setting their goals in life from popularity and romance, to fortune and family– their stories are in your hands. Use special codes to share unlockable pet accessories, fur types or markings with other The Sims 2 Pets players. Pamper, preen, and nurse all the neighborhood pets at your new Pet Care Center that you create and customize. In a pet store that you own and operate, you can help other Sims pick out the perfect pet. Earn extra Simoleans by selling the pet products that include the latest pet fashions and accessories. [Electronic Arts]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. Nintendo Power
    55
    When you take on lousy controls that require you to alternate constantly between the Control Pad and buttons and the touch screen, it's clear that The Sims 2 Pets needs a serious check-up. [Jan. 2007, p.116]
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  2. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    53
    This tries to pull off so much but it's neither as compelling and varied as "The Sims" nor as loveable as "Nintendogs." Plus it's so blocky it's like someone invented an 8-bit DS. [Dec 2006, p.87]
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  3. IGN
    51
    The design itself lacks focus in both its Sims model as well as its Pet simulation -- it's just so overwhelmingly bland, boring, tedious, and unrewarding that it fails to hold the interest level that the Sims series has been known for.
  4. GameSpot
    45
    The Sims 2: Pets for the DS feels limited and repetitive, and it lacks the heart that any good pet-care sim must have.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. JohnM.
    10
    Fun and inventive. Totally safe for my kid, who is enjoying playing a veterinarian.
  2. ValerieB.
    8
    It was a fun game. I love the sims but after a while, it got booring. It was an easy game.
  3. GemmaN.
    5
    Not at all impressed with this game. The Sims being a big selling product, I thought this game was well worth the £30 I spent on it, but very dissapointed with the overall concept. The graphics are not up to scratch (the dogs sometimes look google eyed and ugly!), the game play is very repetitive and there is not much scope to keep on playing the game. Thumbs down for what, with the DS touch screen, could have been excellent but turned out below par… Expand
  4. MartinW.
    2
    This game is boring and repetitive if you are a sims fan this will sure be a let down.

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