Playboy: The Mansion Xbox
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61 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 43 Critics What's this?

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4.1 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Summary: Playboy: The Mansion blends social simulation with role-playing and empire-building gameplay. As Hugh Hefner, you build the Playboy Mansion and magazine into a cultural icon and a powerful brand. Rub shoulders with attractive women and celebrities as you pursue the ultimate Playboy lifestyle. Grow famous and gain exclusive access to the Playboy Archives, which include footage of the world-famous Playboy Mansion. You're rewarded for living the good life, having a positive sexual attitude, and promoting tolerance and individual freedom. … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 43
  3. Negative: 5 out of 43
  1. My Gamer
    78
    The actual running and production of the magazine is executed terrifically, and truly makes you feel as though you are making all of the decisions regarding its ongoing production.
  2. TotalGames.net
    72
    Better visuals and a more complex conversation system would have made this a game to live up to the legendary magazines. Almost.
  3. Warcry
    71
    Some of the celebrities in the game also make it interesting. Who wouldn't try to get next to Carmen Electra or the celebrity playmates that make appearances?
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    47
    Shooting centerfolds and putting together a magazine is halfway interesting, but the gameplay is nothing more than a third-rate "Sims" clone. [April 2005, p.114]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 5 out of 8
  1. DaDude
    10
    Damn dude, I wanna be HEF! Effin hot chicks, gettin grotto love, it's all good.
  2. Derrick
    7
    Just a wee tad repetitive...Should of just went full bore on the perversion...IT IS Playboy after all..
  3. Filazafer_X
    3
    Unlike most of the people on here I have actually played the game and unfortunately it stinks. It has all kinds of potential, but one major flaw and that is: Hef doesn't do anything if you don't tell him to. The best part of the Sims was trying to train your character and then see what he did when you weren't controlling him. It was a bit of an A.I. simulator and that was cool. But, in this game you just tell Hef to do something and he does, if you don't then he will just stand around. There is no challenge and no pay off at all. If you want a girl to take her top off and have sex with her, you pretty much just ask her to and it's done. That gets real old, real fast. There is also no way to speed up time like in the Sims, so this game is just plain boring. Too bad, it could have been fun.… Expand
  4. RyanS.
    3
    Yawn... Nothing good, nothing great, nothing to 'see' here. Move along please. Could have had better visuals, or maybe not.

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