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Sims 2, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 19 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Maxis
Genre(s): Simulation
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: December 7, 2005
Summary
A world created, customized and controlled by you is in your hands now that the Sims 2 is coming to the PSP! Explore Strangetown and uncover the secrets of this classic Sims destination as you work to build out your mansion. Keep your Sanity Meter high by fulfilling your wants and fears so that you don't have a nervous breakdown. Take advantage of the capabilities of the PSP to participate in the evolution of Reality Gaming. [Electronic Arts]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Computer and Video Games
With a great system of matching symbols in order to chat and flirt and a world in which a different life can be dictated for your Sim each time you start a new game, The Sims 2 is great fun and game that'll last you ages.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
There are things like loading times that can annoy from time to time, and the graphical blurs can be a pain, but the amount of gameplay and content here is fantastic, and to be able to customise your house's interior on the move in full 3D really does appeal.
Read Full Review >Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
Rather than port the PS2 game, The Sims 2 on PSP is a tailor-made experience that hooks you early on and doesn't let go. A superb game. [Jan 2006, p.112]
GameZone
A charming PSP game that doesn’t lack most of the familiar gameplay elements while adding some fresh ones but then again its most troublesome glitches are just too bothersome to ignore.
Read Full Review >PSM Magazine
As enjoyable as it is bizarre, carried off mostly thanks to the patented Sims humor and skewed worldview. [Feb 2006, p.85]
IGN
The addition of perks and secrets, not to mention mini-games and the sanity meter, help keeps things fresh. The coolest change blends a focused, genuinely funny story with the open-ended gameplay that fans have come to love.
Read Full Review >Console Gameworld
If you've played The Sims before, there’s nothing here that will grab you by the short hairs and make you take notice.
Read Full Review >Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
Not really The Sims, more like an RPG with chores. Entertaining nevertheless. [GamesMaster]
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
I can't get over the load times and freeze-ups. Even as good as the graphics are I would take a blue screen background if the damn game would just play for fifteen minutes without a hiccup.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
In terms of gameplay, the game surpasses its console counterpart, but the technical snags drag it back down.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The worst and most obvious problem with the game is the constant loading. Performing just about any action--going indoors or outdoors, playing a minigame, beginning a conversation with someone, ending a conversation with someone--causes the game to load for a good second or two.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
It's fair to say that Sims 2 for the PSP would've been among the best of the console ports, but a couple of glaring issues drag it down. In particular, the load times are a nightmare.
Read Full Review >PALGN
The Sims 2 feels a little scaled back on the PSP and even though there are a few extras added in the experience isn't as free roaming as before. The loading really makes the game hard to recommend as a portable title.
Read Full Review >DarkStation
The Sims has become a huge franchise seemingly overnight, but this simplified PSP port is let down by clunky controls and bare features.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
I've been a big fan of the series' portable outings in the past, but htis is just a big dud. [Feb 2006, p.113]
GamePro
One thing's for sure about The Sims 2 on PSP: when load times comprises 30 to 40 percent of the gameplay experience, it's excruciatingly boring.
Read Full Review >Computer Games Magazine
The PSP version is similarly structured as a set of constrictive quests through three areas that are tied together by a contrived collecting game in which you gather coins, here called “secrets”. [Mar 2006, p.88]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sillie C. gave it a2:
I hate all of the ghost whoever came up with that was stupid. If you had a sims game not based on ghost you would make a better profit, please come up w/ something better
Mat H. gave it a10:
I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME! Even though the loading of this game sucks, I liked playing the mini games for simolines.
Domdom P. gave it a6:
Yes, as you have all heard the loading is terrible. Also i think it is a bit sad that you cant just free play your sims and build your own houses like in the pc version. I think MAXIS should have at least fixed the loading problem before releasing it.
Lara B. gave it a5:
This game could have been AMAZING for all SIMS fans, but the loading time is unacceptable. They NEVER should have released the game without fixing that issue. There is just no excuse for that kind of game flaw.
Mark T. gave it a7:
Yes, the loading is a pain. But I still enjoy playing this for the odd few minutes here or there, because it's funny, and funny is too rare in games.
Jan H. gave it a6:
This could have been an easy 8 or 9. But as you've heard a million times by now, loading times make it virtually unplayable. Don't think that you wil be the one person to find the loading times acceptable =( If there's one positive, it's that this purchase (and subsequent ebay sale) has pushed me to buy the pc version. Oowee.
Sthig S. gave it a1:
gameplay is hindered by the constant reading and writing of data to the game.
