My Sims Nintendo DS > Reviews > Mysims, Boring or Fun?

Author's product rating:   

Playability & Enjoyment	OK -
Addictiveness	Not exactly addictive but certainly playable
Graphics	Good
Difficulty & Complexity	Very simple
Value for money	Limited value

Advantages:	simple, easy to understand
Disadvantages:	repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive, repetitive .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Sims 2 etc.. are deffinatly my fave ever games so naturally when the game came out i thought it would be great, know i am not too sure. see what you think..

At the beginning you design your character - gender, hair, skin, eyes, clothes - not a great selection but you collect more as you go along, hats, etc..

Then the real game begins,
you go on a boat and talk to the captain and he asks where you are a-going so you name your town.

On your way there you find this boy (Tim) who is wearing some kind of mascot uniform (dogs head) then you follow him and he leads you to the town mayer, Helen - she is very busy and can't show you around
but she seems upset about Tim (Mascot dog head) who seems to have disapeared. she directs you to the racketball court were you have to cheer him up by choosing one of 3 emotions - when you pick one a new one pops up. alltogether there are 7 different emotions - speak, listen , cry, comfort, laugh, encourege and shout. there is a happyness meter above his head - that will be there whenever you talk to someone who needs cheering up i.e tourists. you need to pick the right emotions so he gets happy again you are also timed by the bar at the bottom of the screen. when he is happy again he will go back to his granny ( town mayer Helen.)

When all this is done you get the chance to name your sim ( finally)
she also explains to you why she didnt give you a very warm welcome:
their town is in trouble, as a tourist resort there is clothes shop and a police station they need more tourests and they need your help to get them. (thats why tim is wearing a mascot dog head thing - to raise the towns spirit)
you do this by:
planting flowers
purchasing from the shops
completing little tasks set as you go along
becoming good at an activity
purchasing from the shops
gaining the trust of the other townspeople
and talking to tourists - after you cheer them up they reward you!

There are more areas to explore - the forest, the highlands, the port and your own little house, you need to make them all more appealing to tourests and as you go along if you make friends with the right people they will unlock new areas to explore

To get to these areas you walk, to start with!!! eventully the trolly opens up and you can ride it for a small fee to were ever you want to go.

In some of the areas you can unlock cool little mini games which you play for money - racketball, lei making, scuba diving and paragliding are just a few of them. you can acheve bronze, silver or gold for each of the game and when you get all the bronzes for example on one of the games lei making for example you get the bronze trophy, same for the silver and gold.

The more you do in your town the happyer the peole get - buy loads from the shops = happy shopkeepers and new items - give items to the tourest = more and happyer tourests.

There are 5 levels of play represented by stars at the top of your screen.

In the bottom left corner is a little square if you click it the top screen changes to a big rambow like clock with 4 different time periods - moring, midday , evening, night, peoples moods change acourding to the time so make sure you are out no matter what time.

In the bottom right of your screen there is a icon with lots of dots if you click it a new screen with:
your items (portable)
a larger map
trophies
fish
people
your furniture
and camera
you have to unlock them as you go along

My opinion is that it is VERY similar to animal crossings but simpler.
it is very easy to understand even though it gets repetatively boring.
i am young adult and the game is obviosly aimed at younger children.
i personaly love the graphics - the big bright coloured characters etc..

So overall a lovely game, fun colourful, easy to understand, but after a while it gets very repetetive and boring.