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i do not like playing the sims on console but i will happily play bustin out.

The level of improvement and increase in graphical fidelity from the first 3D Sims game is kind of staggering. I've spent many hours on this game as a youth.

It's more or less a remake of the first game but with more polish. It's fun, goofy, and entertaining from start to finish.

This was one of the games I was never allowed to get at Blockbuster as a kid. I wish I was still allowed to not get it as an adult.

cutesy & fun but controlling sims is incredibly boring. i wish you could go to all the jobs with them, sitting in front of your console while your singular sim is sleeping or at work is very boring. less lag than the urbz on ps2 though!


a minha porta de entrada pra minha série de joojs favorita de todos.

nostalgia so strong it could kill you. i never beat this game

Essa versão de the sims é bem bacana, tinha algumas coisas que n tinha no the sims 2 de ps2 ent por isso joguei mt tbm.

>> Prós
• MULTIPLAYER LOCAL.
• FILHO : Outro spin-off de The Sims com um elemento único pra plataforma da época, a possibilidade de ter filhos no game é leg.

>> Contras
• TELA MULTIPLAYER : A tela multiplayer do The Sims 2 no PS2 era melhor, a do Sims Bustin' Out deixa cortado na diagonal.

A goofy ass game for very unserious people. The plot in this one is quite simple; couch surf until you reach the highest success while helping your neighbors KILL their landlord. It's awesome.

I like the Sims spin-offs so much and this one is also a groovy time, but I found it lacking it's own unique style in comparison to The Urbz. (Aside from the music, that part slaps.)

The short campaign is fun to get through once but I wouldn't dabble past that unless you care to have all of the reward furniture for Freeplay. It gets quite repetitive afterwards, and if I'm being honest, I don't particularly care for Freeplay Sims in a console game. If I wanted to play Freeplay Sims, I'd just do it on the mainline PC games. I just like that the campaigns in these games give us something different from Freeplay.

My only real complaint is that it's incredibly annoying to maintain friendships in this game because it seems like almost everyone is just enraged at all times. Lack of friendships affects your ability to get promoted and it's a pain in the ass. It's also a random story beat that your Sim gets married and has a child, but they offer nothing other than just being more characters to take care of while you're already tearing your hair out trying to keep your Sim in a good enough mood to keep their job they work at 7 DAYS A WEEK, God bless their soul.

The papergirl whistle is stuck in my head ‘till this day.

It’s a zaniest version of the sims. You get rewards by completely tasks (which take a little bit) and all the rewards feel worth it. All the Sims are expressive and goofy.

You can take those rewards to free play for a more traditional free play.

Btw, Mimi is your stepsister. Almost all of us unknowingly romanced her before (;

You had babies by kissing. Finally a game that is accurate to real life.

I loved this as a teenager and picked it up again out of curiosity (and as the completion screen would always crash when I got to the end). The voice acting and ideas are so funny and top notch but its pretty flawed, tasks take too long to complete and it gets frustrating (these days)!

In my opinion, this is the quintessential Sims game, back when EA wasnt afraid to get zany and weird. Remember kids: put a security alarm near every entrance and know that its not murder if your spouse caused the fire themselves.

My introduction to The Sims. Good old days.

My favourite The Sims game, and it's not even nostalgia because I replayed it recently and loved it. It has structure like an RPG rather than a sandbox game.

I played SO much of this game growing up. Having a list of objectives helps keep someone invested and helps them understand what they may need to do to make progress, which could be considered antithetical to a simulation game like this. I personally think that isn't the case and that Bustin Out benefits from the objective system. Even so, you also have the more open experience as an option, so the game has something for everyone.

its goofy as fuck and kinda charming, but a huge pain in the ASS

Una verdadera revolución, puesto que fue el primer Sims que pudimos salir de nuestra casa e ir a otro lugar. Es cierto que en este juego era todo lineal y no podías elegir donde ir, pero aun así, ver al Sims salir y coger la moto era toda una novedad.

not as good as the Urbz but close

This is one of those sequels that feels like an expansion pack to the Sims console game. It has more costumes, more options, and even a co-op mode. There are some let downs, like the huge differences between story mode and free play (in terms of characters, neighbors, and house customization), but overall it's a fun game if you like the genre.

Fiquei viciado, joguei por 23 horas seguidas, esse é muito bom.

A much better console Sims game than the first one or the Urbz.


The best Sims game I have ever played. :)

Fantastic nostalgia hit but when you really deep dive, there's a few issues.

I used to play this game a lot and I still will occasionally play it. But back in the day, I'd play with cheats. As I got older though, I liked to try play without and get a "clean win." But with that, came the realization that this game isn't as forgiving as the others.

Getting the skills isn't too difficult, in fact nothing is really difficult. It's more the timing, like going to work, trying to be happy and make friends while you're couch surfing up to Malcolm's mansion. Sometimes when you get promoted, you come home from work, but your starting time is only two hours away, so you go to work and waste some time because you don't meet the prerequisites for another promotion and find yourself waiting about.

Great nostalgia hit with some really memorable Sims, places and music. It oozes charm, but the gameplay certainly is dated. I might finish it with cheats.