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Editorial Review:
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 Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Sims 2 Castaway on DS At first this game is great and very fun. I love playing it. Its definetly more suited to children. After a while though it gets very repetitive and its not always easy to make sure your sim gets everything it needs. I like how its set in a forest/jungle though instead of a house. This means more to do e.g. foriging for food, building shelters, building fires, cooking food, and meeting other sims. Its great!
I loved this! This game is good harmless fun and more importantly for me I was able to finish it.
Another great game This game is excellent! It's great to find new things and interact with the other stranded sims on the island. You can find and trade all sorts of items and also grow things, catch, cook and make things! Once completing I replayed it again! It's not something you can put down easily!
Fun but disappointing at the end I really enjoyed this game at the beginning but like other reviewers here, I found it too short and I was really disappointed when the game finished. My husband and I both had to resort to the computer when we got stuck and I couldn't see the point of the game finishing and then allowing you to go back and complete the crafts that had not been finished. There was not a lot of motivation to do this. I would not advise anyone to rush out and buy this.
