The Sims' Weird Console Story Modes - The Golden Bolt

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Between 2003 and 2007, six Sims console games were released across PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and Wii - half of which never made their way back to PC. Even better, four of them owe their existence to The Urbz, the first Sims game designed for console...which ended up releasing third. With console-exclusive features such as direct control of your Sim and entire story campaigns, even "ports" like The Sims 2 are completely unique games built from the ground-up for the home console experience. Let's revisit this weird era of Sims console games, their unique story modes, and more!
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0:00 Intro/Development History
7:22 The Sims Console
18:36 The Sims: Bustin' Out
22:15 The Urbz: Sims in the City
33:16 The Sims 2 Console
40:07 The Sims 2: Pets
40:55 The Sims 2: Castaway
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@TheGoldenBolt Год назад

Update: The Sims has some even stranger handheld games - probably the weirdest games in the series, and that's saying something. Here's my video looking at The Sims 2's _three different games_ released by the same studio in 2005 for the GBA, DS, and PSP! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bbRJv50EThQ.html Original comment: Simscribe. This comment took forty minutes to write, thank you.

@SECONDQUEST Год назад

Thank you Golden Bolt, very cool!

@ARCADE_EXE Год назад

This is great. Thank you

@PuffPuff903 Год назад

Every good RU-vid comment does

@kclink1579 Год назад

Simscribe, toom me 8 seconds, world record holder baby.

@quinnmaillot3882 Год назад

Time well spent.

@TiamatStorm21 Год назад

It surprises me how many people didnt actually like Castaway, i LOVED the game as a kid/teen and still sometimes go back to revisit it now. I guess different people like different things! I certainly did love it though

@johnhanson3944 11 месяцев назад

Was and is by far my favorite Sims game, I like all the RPG mechanics and secrets unlocking plumbob island was so cool. Adventures was kind of fun but man I really wish Castaways got a reboot or homage.

@moodlofiliminal 9 месяцев назад

SAME I Loved Castaway. It was fun being able to survive, forage, and find new inventions.

@kenz4real12 9 месяцев назад

Castaway was my absolute favorite. I would kill to play it again

@knotanotherknitter 8 месяцев назад

it's the only game i 100% finished as a kid

@sugarmayo5333 8 месяцев назад

My brother and i LOOOVED Castaways 2!! All the tiny and huge secrets of the island, the constant grind for materials, befriending chimps!! We were obsessed with it and played it constantly

@Kriseiri Год назад

I've played through The Urbz a disturbing amount of times

@islandboy4445 Год назад

Same

@fauz6239 Год назад

Theme song burned in to my brain

@ItsHappyHourArchived Год назад

Same man. It actually breaks my heart learning that EA considered it a flop. But also learning that sims 2 was basically a reskin of Urbz 2, now it all makes perfect sense to me why 2 was such a GOATED game. Ill always have urbz as my number 1 though

@islandboy4445 Год назад

@@ItsHappyHourArchived Seriously though! The music was all a CERTIFIED BOP, even the awkward black eyed peas simlish stuff, and all of the areas and clothes were just BLEEDING different styles. My favorite thing to do in that game was mix up the clothes and hairstyles I could buy in there. Loved mixing goth clothes and makeup with stuff from Neon east. ❤️ It had such personality, and now it's like this crazy time capsule of things that were popular then. I love it so much.

@kylebe4804 Год назад

Urbz on ds and gba was top tier

@JoaoVictor-hn8ht Год назад

Holy shit, I used to play The Sims 2 on PS2 with my cousin a lot, the soundtrack is engraved on my brain to this day, that Simlish Paramore song is unforgetable.

@band0945 Год назад

yesss omg

@xkristixx Год назад

Literally my first introduction to Paramore and Trivium. 😆🤘

@fckingretards Год назад

Pressure by Paramore in Simlish. I still love that song so much til this day

@josephgallo2091 Год назад

Same but mine was my cousin! Her and I would play for hours!

@yas7689 Год назад

they're my introduction to paramore~

@phoebeluna4427 Год назад

Bustin' Out had a whole subarc in one of its job paths where you become a hitman who kills your boss to become the king of crime, while stating you love watching people burn to death and I just think that's lovely.

@VintageSims Год назад

I’ve never gotten that far and now I want to play again 😅

@phantom_xrd Год назад

Wasn't there a crime tier that was an arsonist? Iirc the description read something along the line that you cried tears of joy and people mistook it as sadism or something. Been a while xD

@xkristixx Год назад

Omg I totally remember those career descriptions. 😆 I remember in one file I went through all 10 levels of each career path to get allllll those little fountain gnomes.

@yourmomsleftcheek1471 Год назад

I was so slow as I kid I never got past the part where you move into the barn😭

@nickolespears Год назад

YESSS!!

@PlaystationSimmer Год назад

Aw man, I adored Urbz. The heavily stylised characters and set designs, the soundtrack (And not just the Black Eyed Peas either), and totally different vibe made this lowkey one of my favourite console Sims games. I know it's not that great when you break it down to the nitty gritty, and I totally get why people would like the other ones more, but Urbz will always have a special place in my heart.

@ItsHappyHourArchived Год назад

Urbz was a great VIDEOGAME, But EA considers it a flop cuz it wasnt a great sims game💯. Urbz will always be 100% my all time favorite, and ive never met a single person who didnt absolutely love it. But as for being a sims game it was admittedly bad due to having such a limited ammount of customization. With most sims games u can spend hundreds of hours just on trinkets and stuff u buy (like all the alien appliances in sims 2) but after maybe the first 3 hours of playing through and unlocking everything in urbz u often get bored with darius penthouse after unlocking the sky golf, then u go back to the rage cages and chop shop and then u spend the of your time making sushi and gaming in little tokyo, (all things i loved and did for THOUSDANDS of hours) but still very limited in terms of sims material. Great game bad sims game😎❤️

@aceman0000099 Год назад

LETS get retaded in here let's get retaded in here

@ProjectRedfoot 8 месяцев назад

I was gonna say! It wasn't THAT bad!

@Cloontange 6 месяцев назад

Urbz was my favorite

@blueblue5752 6 месяцев назад

has the best interations and style

@NivRel Год назад

castaway was extremely intriguing to me i've wished for a new one since then, cause yeah we got tons of survival games, but none with that charm, that mainly are cool to play not beacause you have to fight and on the side you have to fulfill your needs, but beacause the surviving part was the core experience, the most dangerous enemy was starving, or having to sleep under the rain that's a lot of nostalgia talking, i know

@SweetLolita Год назад

If you think about it thats the ultimate survival game. You literally have to eat, sleep, bathe, go to the bathroom on an ISLAND with only drift wood, some rocks, and fish. Such a fun game!

@Mskittenlover12 Год назад

I finally played it this month. Definitely a unique experience and I loved the cut scenes.

@nottoday3561 Год назад

I was OBSESSED with that game and I've been looking for my copy with no luck for years now.

@MistahJay7 Год назад

I spend way to much time playing that game. Lol one of the coolest Sims games ever. The exploration was honestly really good

@jennylynn8417 Год назад

I really feel like castaway was not given the credit it deserves in this video

@atpsoldat6108 Год назад

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the Sims 2 PSP story mode. That story goes places.

@joelreichenbach5466 Год назад

Praise the cow

@zyphon551 Год назад

Absolutely love that game really hope golden bolt comes back around to talk about that one

@TheGoldenBolt Год назад

I'll be totally honest, I just figured that it was a pared back version of the PS2 game! I believe the rest of the PSP ones tend to fall in line, so this is good to know

@maxgray420 Год назад

@@TheGoldenBolt would love to see that game covered, really liked playing that as a kid

@carlosldg Год назад

I hope you end up covering it too! It was such a strange game.

@Ghost_in_the_Rain Год назад

The Urbz will forever have a special place in my heart; my brother and I played it growing up and had a blast with it!

@MaeyiQuinn Год назад

It was a huge part of my childhood!

@cassiebarber4669 Год назад

@@MaeyiQuinn mine too

@ryanmcwilliams8784 Год назад

Urbz with the black eyed peas was absolutely great

@BlueBeetle1939 Год назад

Same I wish I still had my copy for ps2

@wastelandrzyria2869 Год назад

Urbz was my favorite title as a kid and I will forever love it

@LetmeASMRyou Год назад

This was the golden era of the Sims franchise. The Sims 2 on PC was amazing, the spin offs and console ports were fun, weird and they had a clear identify. So much charisma and love put into these games! Especially the GBA versions of The Sims Bustin Out, The Urbz and The Sims 2. They're literally just strange adventure games, and I ate them up.

@DylanScottDavis Год назад

I actually really enjoyed Castaways and I've been itching to play it again. If I recall I played it on the Wii, so I imagine that holds up even better hahaha

@MissSimone02 Год назад

Yes! I played it on PS2 and Wii. I loved this game but I am also very fond of survival type games so 🤷🏾‍♀️ makes sense to me lol

@josephgallo2091 Год назад

I struggled with this one so much idk why..

@MemoxWasHere Год назад

The Sims 2 and The Urbz for PS2 were ridiculously good. Glorious soundtrack also.

@galaxsija4591 Год назад

im just starting the video now but wasnt it the Urbz that had black eyed peas as the basis for the soundtrack? haha what a time to be alive, iconic

@taryn3082 Год назад

@@galaxsija4591 yes!! it was like a weird sims/black eyed peas crossover game. so bizarre but i ate it up as a kid

@misstressfoxtail05 Год назад

I played both games so much growing up! The Sims 2 PS2 is where I was first introduced Paramore.

@olivercharles2930 11 месяцев назад

Get those nostalgia goggles off.

@MemoxWasHere 11 месяцев назад

@@olivercharles2930 Shit tastes and skill issue.

@kermut Год назад

I used to wake up at 5am to play The Sims 2 castaway on my Wii before school. I loooooved that game, great times!

@Humble-iq5ue 9 месяцев назад

I used to do something like that when I was a kid had just gotten a new video game I loved. Wake up extra early just to get some play time in. I wish video games still amused me today at 29/30 yrs old like they did as a child. I'll still hop on my Xbox from time to time but I can't get immersed into the game anymore.

@GameApologist Год назад

This is my exact kink for RU-vid videos.

@KittyKatty999 Год назад

It's Mr Sonic Apologiser! x3

@theshadowdirector Год назад

Ever experienced the MySims games? My memory of them being that they looked like what you would get if the Sims and animal crossing had a baby.

@jensendsflowers Год назад

I loved the Wii version!! Living architect dreams I didn't even know I had.

@theshadowdirector Год назад

@@jensendsflowers millennials and zoomers only get that experience in fiction and dreams.

@igottaberp Год назад

My Sims Kingdom on Wii to this day is one of my favourite games ever!

@jnboulden Год назад

omg the like secret agent one 😮‍💨

@drowningcrown2293 Год назад

I’ve replayed MySims Agents a few times. I adore it. I bought the DS version a couple months ago but I’m stuck on a mini game right before the game gets good.

@Snaaake_Beater Год назад

i loved the urbz sims in the city. childhood classic

@ItsHappyHourArchived Год назад

Urbz in a weird way was wayyy ahead of its time, with all the diffrent things u could do in each diffrent city map. Game was sooo insanely replayable that i must have flipped it a good 2 dozen times. And sims 2 storymode was just straight up great. Ill never forget those times staying up all night with my cousin trying to beat everything. ALSO WHO COULD EVER FORGET ABOUT THE MUSICAL MASTERPIECE THAT IS “LATE AGAIN!!!!”

@JordieCharisma Год назад

You gotta do the DS ports! The Sims 2 on DS has an even weirder story mode!!

@darkhorsedouglas4789 Год назад

the hotel near the alien desert! I was so confused by it not being like sims 3 on the pc (which was my first intro to sims)

@sonicrockz1011 Год назад

I loved the vet idea from the sims 2 pets on ds lol

@annceres1204 Год назад

Yeah, the ds ones were interesting. I had pets and castaways

@wastelandrzyria2869 Год назад

Sims 2 DS feels like a complete fever dream. The secret Rat themed superhero, mobsters making you pee if you try to rob them, aliens you have to spray with waterguns... all while making sure your brochure stand is stocked and dust is swept up lol

@TheSlipperyNUwUdle Год назад

I had the castaways game for DS as a kid. Can’t say I was really a fan tho. 😅 but the past few years I’ve found myself wishing I never gave it away cause I wanna try it again as an adult

@christianmallien3123 Год назад

Urbz was my and my sister’s favorite. We would play it together and thought it was the coolest to be playing the same game but doing completely opposite things

@phen0m207 Год назад

Bustin' Out was my favorite of the lot. I wish EA made more story driven Sims games, or even included the feature in the PC releases. These games are criminally underrated. Thank you for covering them!

@coatimundi69 11 месяцев назад

so glad to see a fellow Bustin' Out loyalist here... sooo many urbz enjoyers but not enough of us

@phen0m207 11 месяцев назад

@@coatimundi69 Bustin' Out is objectively the best. The game had great personality, kickass music, and the premade lots in the story mode were some of the most creative I've seen in the franchise considering its limitations. I also really loved the lighting, as well as the pool water effects. It looked crisp and as close to real life as you can get.

@phen0m207 11 месяцев назад

The only thing I didn't like about the game was the object limiter. That thing was the bane of my existence. I know it was needed because of hardware limitations, but it was not fun to deal with. A home will be at full capacity by the time only half of the home is furnished. It was even worse in the console version of The Sims 3, which made no sense to me because the PS3 was such a different beast. It could play Uncharted 2 at 60 fps no problem but it can't handle some extra clutter in The Sims? Like are you for real?

@coatimundi69 11 месяцев назад

@@phen0m207 you really feel the personality just in the character creator, where the burglar comes in. & i didnt like the clutter limiter it as a practical thing but i loved it as a person who routinely tortured their sims 💀 everything burnt down and killed my guys

@LettucesCreations 10 месяцев назад

Bustin out is my all time favourite followed by sims 2 pc, there is a charm to it I can't get from the others and the music is top tier

@cyrodilicbrandy Год назад

I have very vivid memories of waking up an hour earlier than usual before school to play The Urbz in 2006. We had an Eye Toy so all the billboards were me in my pink hearts dressing gown 😂

@nordinreecendo512 Год назад

Regarding your idea of a Sims Survivor game with the Sims arguing and voting each other out, I recall a "game mode" I played once on The Sims 3 where you start with a ton of money and get a large mansion with like 8 bedrooms. You make 7 random characters, then one "host" character, and at the end of each week, you look at all of the Sims' relationships and opinions of each other. Whoever is disliked the most gets "voted out," and leaves the family. You can only control the Host character. I don't remember all of the rules sadly, but it was a super interesting idea!

@ruthmcnally310 Год назад

I do remember seeing a Let’s Play years ago that had the same idea, but in true Sims fashion, they had the twist that when someone was “voted out”, they were fed to a cowplant, and their life essence went to the most popular member.

@blondiemom99 Год назад

I was obsessed with the Sims ps2 and Bustin Out when I was around 10ish, I remember being scared and confused when I played sims 2 on pc for the first time and there was no story mode lol

@gxrssll Год назад

even now i want a story mode on current Sims games, i just love having goals to hit that im not making myself lol

@seaserenity5971 Год назад

@@gxrssll the story modes is what made console versions superior to me 💯

@mira6395 Год назад

@@gxrssll Btw, you can have a story mode with a mod if you want :)

@whisperinwind87 Год назад

@@gxrssll same

@goldbullet50 8 месяцев назад

Bustin Out is easily my favorite Sims game, mostly because of the atmosphere that no other Sims game have since surpassed. The music, the visual style, furniture design...

@Lishaaaaaaa Год назад

I actually died and came back as a zombie at Mom's House in The Sims. When you're a zombie, your hygiene is always low, so I was subject to endless pop-up textboxes from Mom complaining about how much I reeked. It's hilarious how they make her an utter sweetheart in Bustin' Out.

@Hagashager Год назад

Urbz: Sims in the City was one of the most aggressively 2000s games ever made. It PERFRCTLY captures the superficial, shallowness of media in the Bush Years. You know EXACTLY what kind of world the US looked like when you look back at that game.

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 6 месяцев назад

Alright, if you say so, social expert

@BrinIoca 6 месяцев назад

I’d say “US pop culture”, because holy shit that’s basically what I remember in my junior/high school years. The real world was influenced by it, but a bit more toned down.

@-Patali- 5 месяцев назад

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 They did say so

@failedstateupdate 2 месяца назад

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 he's right, it's an accidental time capsule of how escapist and shallow entertainment got in that era. It's actually a really cool observation.

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 2 месяца назад

@@failedstateupdate As opposed to today?

@Bbhehe Год назад

Fun fact.. I was a child when I played TS2 game and so this is how I learned of Paramore. I grew up around hip hop so I was never exposed to that kind of music. When I became a teenager and I heard the song on the radio I was so confused and excited. I didn't realize it was a real song haha

@dbzluva987654321 Год назад

You should give the DS Sims 2 ports a try. Youre a hotel owner in Strange town in 2, and the story of that game gets insane. In Pets you're a vet. The DS version of Castaway is sort of the same as the rest, but there are other pre made sims that are quest givers and a lot of the food collection stuff have been turned into mini games. I always loved it

@Rachebart 8 месяцев назад

Then he have to do Urbz and Sims Bustin Out on DS too

@ArnoRamone Год назад

The Sims 2 Castaway is still one of my all time favourites!

@SoulforSale Год назад

Now I have to check eBay

@mira6395 Год назад

@@SoulforSale You can play it on an emulator if you want, pcsx2 for computer, and Aethersx2 for Android ;) I play it on Android in 1440p with a ps4 controller, amazing game 🤩

@candypietravels Год назад

Same I love that game I'm mad my game froze in the Middle

@RappingNinja Год назад

The idea that in the Urbz, you become “the coolest person in the city” by just superficially adopting whatever appearance and persona the various cliques want to see you reflect back at them is like… both very accurate to urban clubs (the groups that hangout kind, not the dancing and booze kind) as well as a hell of a social critique.

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 6 месяцев назад

@Kay-cp8tg 6 месяцев назад

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259lemme guess, you’re a minority edge lord and you have a horrible relationship with your mother?

@failedstateupdate 2 месяца назад

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259you really hate the idea that the Urbz had any kind of social critique to offer, I swear you've undercut every comment I've clicked replies on to see if someone mentioned that the original Urbz design was supposed to be more satirical.

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 2 месяца назад

@@failedstateupdate Ehh sort of, I don't really remember. Late nights on RU-vid, gotta love it!

@EuroMIX2 18 дней назад

Interestingly, if you earn enough rep, it's possible to get characters you interact with to autonomously change their style to match yours, including the Black Eyed Peas.

@ejax904 Год назад

Bustin' Out was my absolute jam. It's the main reason I still have a PS2.

@zanewinter777 Год назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one that misses the direct control. I haven't played since because the other games don't have it. Great video as always!

@GrammerPancreas 11 месяцев назад

There are mods that add it for Sims 4

@PhoebeTheFairy56 10 месяцев назад

@@GrammerPancreas and one for sims 3 too

@Azure_Brian 11 месяцев назад

Fun Fact: The Urbz and Sims 2 on PS2 recognized if you had a HDD in the PS2 and could install the games to it to speed up the game's loading time and helps with all that hitching the games had. It really made a difference!

@MrMangumm 8 месяцев назад

that sounds like some next-level shiiii, i thought that only few final fantasy games did use HDD in ps2?

@Roof5tone Год назад

I freaking love the Sims PS2 games. They're such a fever dream. Bustin' Out and The Urbz I probably have a good hundred hours in.

@Neneday2006 Год назад

I love the Urbz because it’s the first sims game I played, and the fashion. I feel like it’s the first game where the npcs had the same fashion style that I wanted, and would later have. Though, I 100% understand why The Urbz isn’t for everyone.

@Sirblueshueify Год назад

I had a weird story with the Sims myself. I was introduced to the series with Urbz at my cousins house when he was playing his copy, I hudred percented that game and continued to try Bustin' Out next and loved it. After that, I tried to go back and play one, only to discover it had an actual end-state aka, you could win. When I found Sims 2 I found my favorite game of all time, and when I went to play castaways, I actually enjoyed the crap out of it. To this day I, in the back of my mind, want to try and make a sims-like game that actually captures the console-era of these beautiful time sinks.

@axongear9650 Год назад

Never in my life did I think I'd see a video essay on Bustin Out, let alone Castaways

@mariwhite3433 Год назад

Bustin' Out was the first Sims game my sister and I played and I have fond memories from it

@nathanielplacide4119 Год назад

I can't believe Urbz was considered a flop, I've played it the most and I was put on the Black Eyed Peas music, it literally worked on me.

@SpiritHunterDSG Год назад

The Urbz on GameCube and Sims 2 on PlayStation 2 were a big part of my childhood. I have almost all characters from both games and their soundtracks in The Sims 4 on PC.

@rickywebb1803 Год назад

The urbz both on ps2/GameCube and also the DS/GBA game was a massive part of my childhood Also love how there were differences between the DS version and the GBA version

@denilsonfallas2829 Год назад

I loved these ports, I grew with them Sims 2, Sims 2 Pets, The Sims Bustin' Out, Sims 2 Castaways, The Urbz, and I even try to go back to these games through emulators, so many good memories and it felt more fulfilling than new games that have no specific objectives

@R4ND0MCR4P123R4ND0MN3SS Год назад

I was honestly really hoping you'd talk about the PSP Sims 2 game. I went back to it recently after remembering it when I was a kid. It was a very cool, interesting and unique Sims experience that I would honestly highly recommend anyone a fan of the series to experience for themselves.

@RegOleMinecrafters Год назад

Castaway was super interesting and had some silly characters in the journals/stories that you find that were fun to follow between the islands and complete their challenges. The items and recipes you could find were fun and neat. The buildings were different and really cool to me from a design standpoint from standard Sims games. Due to the console limitations however, it can be hard to fill the largest templates you're given since the memory can't handle all of the pieces too well. Overall it is a fun experience getting to unlock all of the materials in clothing and building, as well as finding the hidden grottoes with special items within them. My biggest gripe was really that overall, the game is quite small and easy to speed through.

@zombiewarrior225 Год назад

The Sims 2, Sims 2 Pets and Sims 2 Castaways were all so much fun to me. Especially Castaways cause it was such a new spin on the console version of Sims and the monkeys were great.

@belindaluna2067 Год назад

Of the console games, Bustin' Out was my favorite, but the unique style of the Urbz is still engaging and unforgettable.

@logan_cadfgs Год назад

27:54 Whoever decided that rooftop ferret packaging should be in the game (or in anything), I hope they got the treatment they needed

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 6 месяцев назад

What, are you a ferret

@joharakiri Год назад

I'd definitely love to see a video on the handheld versions. Based on the stuff you seemed to enjoy here I think you'd quite like them. Especially Sims 2 and Bustin out for GBA, Urbz for DS and Sims 2 for DS and PSP (two entirely different games). Also there was a Sims 3 for DS but that was basically the PC version, or at least very close considering the hardware limitations.

@UghieYucky 7 месяцев назад

I miss these kind of Sims games. The wacky, pop-culture, teen-rated vibes are what made me fall in love with the franchise, especially Sims 2 and Bustin’ Out. Very good memories! The handhelds were AMAZING and I spent so much of my childhood playing them.

@ras_732 Год назад

Bustin' Out, Castaway and The Sims 2 on PSP were my absolute favourite games in the 00's. I still play Bustin' Out to this day.

@MicheallikeMJ Год назад

Bustin Out was my first Sims game ever. Fantastic game!

@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm Год назад

I still have Sims 2 and Urbz on PS2. The nostalgia I have for these right now.

@NatSpectrum Год назад

8:00 Yeah, the so-called "stable" version of PCSX2 is way outdated, while the nightly builds not only have a nice new interface that makes it much easier to use, but also has significantly better compatibility across the board, so it's totally worth sticking with the nightly builds for now. 👍

@lainnicole5401 Год назад

i’ve been playing the sims for 21 years now, i got the sims bustin out on ps2 when i was 4 years old and it made me fall in love with the series and just gaming in general. i love this franchise because even all this time later, i’m still learning new things about it. it’s so rich with lore and history.

@Dylanjrvs Год назад

I miss these story modes especially the first game. I hated Mom and failed a lot on the first part when I was a kid. But if you just study cooking right away, you aren't entirely screwed. I also found out that if you use the Aroma machine one of the settings gives fun while your sims are sleeping, it really really helps!

@odaphii Год назад

Hey! Just as a heads up, Castaway was based on Castaway Stories, also a standalone PC game :) Not an expansion! But it did use the very same engine as TS2!

@avatar94100 Год назад

I played Sims 2 on PS2 so much with my sister back then, miss those times

@Nina-my5bj Год назад

Aw I can’t believe Sims 2 for Nintendo DS isn’t in this list. That was such a wild freaking game. I hope you cover more versions in the future, would love to see it!

@kinsan89 Год назад

Sims 2 on DS was fucking wild, it's probably why I always think you should shoot aliens with water to beat them lol

@charliestrom7799 Год назад

ive been obsessed with the sims 3 wii release, it had a sort of choose your own adventure style multiplayer option and i loved it so much growing up

@Rinnu500 Год назад

Urbz, Castaway and Bustin' Out were my childhood 😭😭 I didn't have a pc for so long that I didn't get to play the pc sims games until much much later. I would honestly love to see remakes of these games...

@rakansxayah Год назад

The Urbz was the best game in my childhood, my older sister and i played it on our PS2 it was amazing

@eldridgecharles1313 Год назад

I'd say my favorite Sims game of all time has got to be Urbz for the GBA. You mainly control one Sim through a genuinely funny story and extremely memorable characters. Yeah, the annoyance of constantly having to stop activities to fulfill Sim needs was constant, but the game had a lot more to keep me coming back. Lots of customization, funny dialogue, a pretty long story mode, and a light, but fun rpg system. i still boot it up to this day and replay the story form time to time.

@the1ucidone Год назад

If anyone was ever wondering how to beat the tutorial more quickly and how to deal with the insane mother you have. Just call her out to the backyard. Build a small room where you can lock her in until you get things in order. Just remember not to leave her there for long. I can't remember if she can die or not but just to be safe let her out once in a while. :)

@PhantomOfTheHummus 5 месяцев назад

Also pro tip, pause as soon as you wake up and move the tv against the wall so she can’t turn it on. Then you don’t have to fix it.

@jesst7861 Год назад

I was absolutely obsessed with Sims 2 on console. My friends and I would go to each others houses after school and just play Sims 2 for hours. It was so much fun, seeing the intro at the beginning of the video made me so happy.

@martin_crakc786 Год назад

Seeing all the Yakuza/Like a Dragon references in this video is making me wish that there’s gonna be a video about it soon 👀

@EmiCheese Год назад

I LOVED playing Castaway. I ate through that thing so fast it was anamazing experience.

@aliadrift Год назад

I loved the story mode of all these games, except the Urbz, but only because I could never get past the first part. I was terrible at the button-pressing games for whatever reason. I still think Sims Castaway is one of the most fun games I've ever played. I couldn't rush through it and was forced to take my time and enjoy it. I also remember when Sims 2 on Xbox came out. I was so excited for aliens, and I enjoyed the progression of the story. I vaguely remember a Western setting with ghosts and I loved getting to put random ingredients together to see what weird food came out.

@DeltaSmearise Год назад

Man the nostalgia from these games. Bit sad you didn't cover the psp version of the sims 2 though, it's wildly different from what I remember, it had this whole supernatural weird story, I think there was a murder mystery element? Strange game

@azuill1126 Год назад

The Sims 2 console having Paramore's "Pressure" entirely redubbed in simlish was so goated

@Teknikah Год назад

Any of the Sims Bustin' Out and 2 games on consoles were absolutely amazing. I loved my GBA, DS, and PS2 Sims games so so much! I even purchased the old consoles and these games again so I could play them in adulthood.

@mynameisdudge Год назад

I’ve always played The Sims on PC from day one, but Bustin Out was one of my most played games on PS2 growing up.

@alexnolasco1339 Год назад

I loved the portable version of the Urbz. I must've spend hundreds of hours of my childhood replaying it over and over

@mahiru20ten Год назад

Indeed, what I like from the later sixth gen ports of the sims series (2 onwards) is that you can assume direct control on your sim with the analog stick. Truly revolutionary, no more point and clicking to make your sim do things.

@DuskoftheTwilight Год назад

Ah man, Urbz: Sims in the City. That takes me back.

@TahIiax Год назад

i loved the console sims castaway, my mum even got into it with me and i had to explain no other sims games are like that 😂

@consensualduane Год назад

Bustin Out was sooo good man. I remember how on two separate occasions I softlocked my story mode sim into an endless death cycle with badly timed saves

@victorandersen7972 8 месяцев назад

I worked on The Sims 2 Console, Castaway, and all the Sims 2 / 3 Pets console games, including Pets 2 for PSP and Pets 3 for 3DS. I prototyped direct control for TS2C and the crafting UI for Castaway. This is a fun history to re-explore through new eyes. LMK if you have any unanswered questions.

@roonkolos Год назад

Yo, I still have my Castaway game for the PS2. I still crack it out like twice a year. It honest to God is still as fun to me today as it was all those years ago ♡

@crazysim9 Год назад

Same here. It's one of the comfiest games I've ever played

@erinlewis6901 Год назад

Also, in the jungle expasion in Sims 4, you see the area with the broken airplane. I'm not assuming they're the same area, but rather a callback to the sims 2 cataway

@kahlilbt Год назад

My aunt got me Sims Bustin Out on PS2 for Christmas the year it came out. Flew home, popped it in and... Nothing. I kept it for years and the disk never booted a single time. I always wondered what was on there.

@Lex_brooke Год назад

Seeing that wave machine from the Sims 2 hit me like an actual tsunami

@andrewsmatilda99 Год назад

I had both the sims bustin out, castaway on DS and 2 on my ps2. The hours I put into those games is insane

@BringMeSummer Год назад

I really, really loved the console games. Before I played The Sims on PC I got The Sims 1 on console & I had a Nitendo Game Cube ❤😂 …. This really brings back so many memories. I played basically all the console games but eventually I did get to play Sims on PC it’s a completely different experience but, I do miss the days where the console ports were original. Bustin Out & Urbz were definitely standouts for me.

@tylersays- 10 месяцев назад

For real .. I'd give anything for a hard reset back to these times 😪

@MigoKazan Год назад

Even today, Bustin' Out is the best Sims game by so ridiculously far, it's actually mind boggling that it came out before even Sims 2, and the way you could link the (not nearly as good, but still really unique) GBA version to the GC one to unlock some bonus goodies was really neat. Since yer energy, social and hygiene never drop during the tutorial (unless you mess up and sleep, talk to someone and/or wash), whenever I start a new playthrough I usually spend a few hours maxing all of my skills in Mom's house before moving on.. just never ever touch her jukebox or she'll start bothering you nonstop Man, I wish they'd make another actually good Sims game again, with a story mode and unlockable goodies and everything

@denisseredin1397 Год назад

This video is such a pleasant surprise! Do you have any plans on covering the main games in The Sims series?

@toonman5099 Год назад

This was a fun vid to explore, I knew about some of the other versions here, but I was always curious about trying them out or having the ideas brought up in them reused in future titles. Granted the only one I ever played was Sims 2 on PS2 and even then I tended to play a "cheat" version and never did the story mode. Also never played the multiplayer games because I didn't have anyone to play with growing up. Plus I'm kind of fascinated by Sims lore, one game that I always have a fun time playing and wish they continued with was "MySims Agents". It's the closest to a single player Sims game the series has ever really been, it still has Sims aspects like the build aspect but it's a LOT more simple, mostly down to who you put on a floor that you hired in your agency building, what objects are in the room (they effect the stats of what type of interest they specialize in), and what the wallpapers are, otherwise it's a detective game. I recommend it, it's a fun chill time.

@danishdude2191 Год назад

I loved Bustin Out. Especially the part about unlocking ekstra stuff. It gave a reason to keep playing. Like when you play Tekken to unlock all the characters.

@SwampFox178 Год назад

This is amazing! I love the sims games on console because me and my sister grew up with all of them on GameCube or PS2. Urbz is very underrated in my honest opinion but going back now and playing the PC versions I see what all me and my sister missed.

@kaymay1196 Год назад

Really stoked to see more ps2 era content!!

@Zusse Год назад

The sims consoles game are freaking great! I had urbz and jesus it was awesome but when i played it on pc i seen the huge differences

@trunkb73625 Год назад

So many efing memories playing bustin out and sims 2 for ps2. Those are the days I never knew I'd miss when I was an adult❤️

@AleKaiTheGreat Год назад

The Urbz was always my favorite Sms and still is just based off how much fun i remember it provided me.

@kirbythestarwarrior4179 Год назад

Im so happy someone talked about these! i love these games! i still have the games on ps2!

@Tyranniod Год назад

Is it an unpopular opinion to love the urbz because I love the urbz.

@MerlautZone Год назад

I love Urbz. I wish it was ported to PC. I still have my Xbox copy that I play sometimes on the 360.

@Lucifronz 7 месяцев назад

People keep trying to convince me it is, but I see more people who remember it as fondly as I did than people who hated it.

@ozmosis9617 Год назад

The Sims 2 on PS2 is lowkey one of the best ways to play Sims they need to do a retake of the gamestyle nowadays with modern qualities of life etc would be rawwww

@yniekac8851 Год назад

As a Sims 2 Console speedrunner. I want to say. Thanks for mentioning the game. In my opinion the best side game. Such a good game. Have been playing since I was 8.

@PuNkY-fr Год назад

urbz 4 life

@Zer0_Ph34r Год назад

You really manage to make these game discussions very interesting. I have zero interest in The Sims, but this was fun to watch

@Soapy_Papoose Год назад

The "less stable"/nightly/development version of ALL emulators is always the best choice. A lot of the stable/release versions of emulators are years out of date.

@friskybriskyy3997 Год назад

I love survival games, so Sims Castaway was AMAZING to me as a kid. Even now I would say it's one of my favorite games of all time. The story is super easy and fast, but I loved building the big houses and cooking all the different recipes and just making my sims enjoy the island life.