Somethin' about this game awakened me as a child. This game's got style, baybee.

It's a spin on The Sims series with a serious dose of funk. I really love this era of console Sims where they broke formula and gave you different game mechanics to navigate through various campaigns. They'll never be better than the mainline series, but they're fun in their own right and this is one of the better spin-offs for me.

The story here isn't anything that'll wow you, and it's technically never ending, but it's still fun nonetheless. It can feel repetitive after a while, but it's relatively short. You'll start off as a complete nobody, traversing the urban landscape and meeting different cliques full of their own personalities and style of clothing. The different music for each location gives each area it's own vibe. It's an idea that I wish they would have tried again, or at least expanded on. It would be fantastic to see all these styles blended together with the tools we have today and with more options.

The only weird thing to me is that once you achieve greatness, styling yourself using different clothes from different areas for some reason makes you a pariah from the other Sims. I feel like if I become cool enough to obtain a luxurious party pad apartment, I should be able to dress how I want.

This game is also the closest you will ever be to The Black Eyed Peas. I guess, unless you actually like their music enough to see them live. WELL, they're in this game and so is their music (In Simlish). Do with that what you will.

Reviewed on Aug 25, 2023


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