The Sims 2: Castaway (Nintendo DS)

The Sims 2: Castaway (Nintendo DS)
With still not a peep out of The Sims 3 on PC, Electronic Arts are certainly keen to keep reinventing the franchise on consoles. This all new game is not for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and, as you might guess from the name, involves you being shipwrecked on a desert island. The concept is basically the same as Konami’s Stranded Kids/Lost in Blue series although you start off completely alone with each of the different sims you create washed up on a different part of the island. Obviously your first task is to find something to eat and drink and a place to sleep, with the initial parts of the game recalling the early episodes of Lost (except without the smoke monster).
Soon enough you’re fashioning fish harpooning spears out of bits of bamboo, planting edible plants, weaving your own clothes and making giant tree houses and huts that would shame the average holiday camp. Most importantly you can train your very own monkey butlers to perform your every menial task for you (up to a point). Soon enough your fellow strandees turn up and the game’s more traditional social elements come into play as it becomes less Lost and more Survivor. Once you’re living in some degree of comfort you can then venture out and explore the island and try and find a way back to civilisation (or stay where you are - the game leaves it up to you). In fact it’s probably the most interesting thing to happen to The Sims in years.
Harrison Dent
Customer Review: Great game
I bought this game because it looked very similar to ‘Lost in Blue’ and ‘Lost in Blue 2′. To be honest it was MORE than similar…. some of the actions and ideas seem to have been taken straight from the ‘Lost in Blue’ titles. Although this game was a lot easier (and no matter what you do, you can’t seem to die!) I have to admit that I found it a sort of poor relation to the ‘Lost in Blue’ series.
Customer Review: Very good, but will eventually being tiresome.
This is a good game, and provides many many hours of gameplay (I have played for 15 hours and have completed 75%), more than a lot of other games I have. It is fairly easy, but not so that you feel you are wasting your time. The challenge comes not in perfecting skills at fishing or bug catching, but being patient and waiting for what feels like hours until you have found that one rare item that will allow you to make that tool that will allow you to make this item to trade with this person, to allow you to continue with the game. It is an inventive game, and is set so you play it at your own pace, and there is no time restriction on any of it, although time does come into play, as there is day and night, where different things happen. Overall a very fun game, but you will eventually tire of it. However easy for children, and will provide many hours of fun.
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Customer Review: Best game system in the world? Could be.
The Nintendo DS doesn’t need reviews. It’s the biggest selling game system in the world right now and is number 1 in every global marketing territory. It was the first games console to successfully appeal to children, parents, grand parents AND gamers. I’ve owned a lot of hand helds and home consoles and whilst I still feel a bizarre emotional attachment to the GBA SP I have to concede that this is probably the best console I have ever owned. The touch screen just works as a control system and it’s the key to the machines cross-generational appeal. Even my own reluctant Games Widow enjoys Brain Training, the new Tetris and Wario Ware. She said she likes that she doesn’t have to learn what the buttons do if she wants to play on the DS: it’s instinctive. For gamers there are some absolute classic titles available. The DS entries into the Zelda and Mario Kart franchises are among the best both series have ever offered. Sonic and Bleach are much better on the DS then their home console equivalents and Elite Beat Agents is possibly the best music game yet released. Also the DS is the only handheld system currently on the market with a battery life that will see you through a transatlantic flight. My DS also holds a charge much better then my PSP. After a month without touching it my DS still had several hours of power but my PSP runs flat when left alone for a few days. The DS is quite possibly the best system Nintendo have ever made. It certainly has an excellent library of games that will provide years worth of fun for kids and adults alike. I recommend it over any other game system currently available.
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