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Sims 2, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 10 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Griptonite Games
Genre(s): Simulation
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Release Date: October 24, 2005
Summary
Explore the wide-open world of The Sims 2 while trying to gain fame and fortune for your own custom created Sims. Become a real estate mogul building, customizing and running a hotel in Strangetown. Bring in the cash by keeping everyone happy and keeping the hotel in good condition. Design the paintings on the walls of the gallery and record the music in the lounge though touch screen mini-games. Keep Strangetown's Sims happy to uncover their hidden secrets. [Electronic Arts]
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What The Critics Said
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PGNx Media
A pretty compelling game on the Nintendo DS. It is structured enough to give you some purpose in what you’re doing but contains enough of the more open-endedness of the other modes to keep things interesting.
Read Full Review >IGN
It's a little clumsy in control in some places (the Alien Invasion and Ratticator missions are particularly cumbersome), but the interface works well in others, and even with the departure from some more traditional Sims elements, the game still feels a part of the same world.
Read Full Review >NintendoWorldReport
There is enough micro-management (keeping your hotel clean, your guests happy, and your sanity intact) that when you get things accomplished you feel good about it, but the game never overwhelms you.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
It’s a more linear experience, but it hasn’t lost touch with what makes The Sims unique and appealing.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Despite feeling -- and looking -- somewhat limited in scope and ambition on the Nintendo DS, The Sims 2 offers a reasonable measure of fun if you’re willing to forego the pleasures of simulation for a more narrative-oriented experience.
Read Full Review >Computer Games Magazine
The best case for Sims in you pocket is on the DS where the conceit is that you’re running a hotel. [Mar 2006, p.89]
Next Level Gaming
There are still the variables in the game, like how you choose to interact with other people, but the game is fairly limited.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
The storyline is DS-exclusive and contains a lot of tie-ins, but if you're looking for the authentic Sims experience then you'll have to stick with the PC version.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
The content that's there can occasionally be fun, but there just wasn't enough of it to keep me engaged. [Feb 2006, p.112]
Deeko
The mundane is an integral part of any Sims game but so is having control over your character. In this title, that vital ingredient is absent and the game suffers, lacking fun and purpose.
Read Full Review >eToychest
It is absolutely impossible to recommend this game to anyone, and indeed adherents to the Sims franchise will probably like it less than the average joe for its cavalier disregard for franchise staples.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
A great curiosity for a day, but it's not a place you'd want to stay. [Jan 2006, p.114]
Boomtown
I believe EA could have created a very nice 2D/Top down view version of the game to suit the DS but instead it thought that a liner mission based structure would be more fun for the player and in my opinion they could not have been more wrong.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Macaela W. gave it an8:
Well, this game is quite fun, actually, i think its quite amuzing. but, however, there are some things, that dissapoint me. The fact that it is too short, in 4 weeks im on the very last level. there is nothing to do in some places, they should make it more interesting. and the fact that when you talk to somebody you do what THEY want you to do. after you have bought all the places, whats the city hall for? nothing ! the saloon, BORRRING!! i think its great that they added places like, the gym and the casino is quite amuzing. tho, it could use ALOT of work! and i mean alot! this game is really fun, and i recomend it.
James C. gave it a7:
This game (although I did not complete it all the way through) is very fun and addictive, the missions although a bit odd make you feel happy and accomplished upon finishing them despite replacing the basic needs (hunger, bladder etc.) with a sanity bar? It is quite a good adaption of the sims 2 for a handheld console that you can't seem to put down.
Ahmed G. gave it a0:
The game is completely rubbish it is VERY hard to control and why do you want to watch people walk around reading newspapers.
Claire D. gave it a6:
Disappointing game. It's just way too short - you're finished before you know it. A few of the locations in the game are hardly used and could have been made more interesting. Nothing happens in City Hall aside from asking to build rooms or going to the toilet. More fun features could have been added all over the place.
Shauna G. gave it a9:
it is a good game i mean it is way better on the nintendo DS beacause you could play on it where when ever you want ! There should be more games that are only for game cube, xbox, ps2..... that should have the same game on the nintendo DS!
