A simpler, more focused MySims experience. Shorter than the original but much nicer to look at, well written and quite funny at times. Who needs the real world? [Christmas 2008, p.50]
I'd definitely suggest MySims Kingdom to the younger gamers out there, and while I don't think that it's going to offer much long-term appeal for the older crowd, young Wii owners will probably enjoy the building mechanics, light questing, and social interactions and links between the characters.
Kingdom is a pleasant evolution from the previous game. It's not so rough on the edges and places the player on a more focused and humorous adventure. The construction system also evolved, and the younger ones will definitely enjoy it.
MySims Kingdom is a safe sequel with just enough improvements to satisfy fans of the first game. While some enhancements have arrived free of sacrifices, others have come with trade-offs.
Kingdom shelves any cleverness, attaching training wheels to your creativity for the first two-thirds of the game. It's not until the last few islands that you're given an invitation to be creative.
A surprisingly good game for many age groups, MySims Kingdom is a combination puzzle and builder game that allows the player to really craft a world to his or her liking. Taking the well-worn "you're the person destined to save our world" approach, Kingdom nevertheless puts a new spin on this old plot, and does well with it. As the player, you will be tasked with the construction of buildings and facilities for the inhabitants of various islands (the game's chapter system), and completing tasks unlocks new islands with new quests. Once the game is 2/3 complete, the existing islands develop a new series of quests, giving second-playthrough fun during the initial playthrough. Even replays of this game don't get old, as there are hundreds of ways to complete various tasks. Among the most entertaining are the mechanical puzzles, requiring the player to build a machine to transfer mechanical or electrical energy from component to component to complete some sort of task (turn a fan, power a computer, what-have-you). Without any elements that would be excessively difficult or troubling for younger audiences, but with complexity enough to entertain older audiences, MySims Kingdom is a surprise winner **** and well worth the purchase price.
This is one of my favorite Wii games, the graphics are great, and the motion controls are spot on, and there's a lot of gameplay here, it took me about 10-11 hours to complete, it's very humorous, although a lot of younger gamers aren't going to get some of the jokes, and after you beat it you get free roam of the islands, with your own island to customize any way you want, and some characters will also have a few new quests, and you can complete unfinished scrolls, and collect the numerous outfit pieces, and finish some side quests, and it's very kid friendly, but older gamers like myself can have a lot of fun with this too, but there are flaws with this game, in order to complete quests you'll have to complete scrolls which require you to hunt down tons of items, some of which are completely frustrating to find, it's highly repetitive, it's the same thing every island talk to some of the locals, build some stuff, and maybe complete a puzzle then off to the next island, and some things in the game some parents might want to look out for, for instance you can perform a seance in order to collect ghosts and voodoo dolls, so watch out parents, but all in all I had a blast playing this game, it was truly a lot of fun, and in my opinion one of the best Wii games out there.
WHY HAS THIS GAME GOT SUCH A HIGH RATING!?
I'm a big fan of The Sims series and just like MySims this game is horrible. The gameplay is really boring and the quests are just build stuff or collect crap and YOU CAN'T LOSE! THERE IS NO CHALLENGE TO THIS GAME!
This game isn't even game it's a massive chore that is absolutely no fun to play.
SummaryKing Roland needs your help to revitalize his kingdom! Join forces with the other MySims to bring it back to its former glory. [Electronic Arts]