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Sims 2, The

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6.5 User Score:

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Based on 17 critic reviews
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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

Not really The Sims, more like an RPG with chores. Entertaining nevertheless. [GamesMaster]

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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.

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Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

In terms of gameplay, the game surpasses its console counterpart, but the technical snags drag it back down.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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DarkStation

The Sims has become a huge franchise seemingly overnight, but this simplified PSP port is let down by clunky controls and bare features.

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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.

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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.

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