Post by ryanosaur on Sept 11, 2005 9:11:32 GMT -5
Urbz: Sims in the City takes a new approach to the sims interface we're all used to. For those of you who haven't played the sims, I'd suggest you start there. If you have and didn't really catch on to it, then don't take a stab at Urbz.
Urbz is basically the "hipster" version of the sims. Instead of just living in one house, and getting a job during the day, and coming home and buying shit, and trying to keep yourself entertained and living the life of an actual person (i.e. using the washroom, eating and showering) You get to actually travel places. The point of the game is to become more and more popular around the city, and make lots and lots of friends and be able to be the most popular person in the city. This isn't really a difficult task, as to become popular all you have to do is talk to people. A lot. Also, you need to have style, so getting a job makes sense.
However, the odd part about this game, is that you can basically live anywhere. Any part of town you go to has beds, candy machines (or fridges), washrooms, sinks, and things to entertain you. Not only that, but when you buy stuff, you can put it IN the actual part of town. So, if you want to buy a shower, you can. And you place it in the subway station if you like. This is a pretty cool aspect, I think.
The game also offers a multiplayer option of two people, but, this is hard, because whenever something happens to one player, it ruins whatever the other player is going, as they both go places together and together only.
The jobs are... different. It's a mixmatch of pressing buttons to create things, but also making sure you're hygenic and have energy. As you get higher up in your jobs you need more skills, so, you need to buy machines to build these skills. Also, you need to pay more attention to the social aspects of the people around you, by going and talking to them.
The game has a lot to do with the Black Eyes Peas. All of the people from the band are in the game itself, as regular sims, and the music played in the game is all B.E.P. stuff. I guess it's an interesting concept, but, it never really meant anything special to me, considering I'm not a giant B.E.P. fan or anything.
Also, A big part of the game revolves around your Cell Phone. That's where you get messages, and that's where basically your options and all your info and inventory are, in your phone.
The fact of the matter in this game is: If you're looking to get attached like you did to the first sims, or sims 2, you're probabaly not in luck. Although this game is like a "hipster" version of the game, you have a lot less control over everything you do. You basically have to dress to impress what part of the city you're in, and you have to socialize so much just so you can go to a party you don't really want to go to in the first place. You get bored a little bit by the repetition, and there are a lot of people in town who ask you to do things to certain people, and if you don't remember what people, or if you don't write it down, then you just forget.
I played for a solid 3 hours straight before I got really bored and just turned it off without saving.
I'd wait until you can find this game in a bargain bin, before I'd buy it.
Urbz is basically the "hipster" version of the sims. Instead of just living in one house, and getting a job during the day, and coming home and buying shit, and trying to keep yourself entertained and living the life of an actual person (i.e. using the washroom, eating and showering) You get to actually travel places. The point of the game is to become more and more popular around the city, and make lots and lots of friends and be able to be the most popular person in the city. This isn't really a difficult task, as to become popular all you have to do is talk to people. A lot. Also, you need to have style, so getting a job makes sense.
However, the odd part about this game, is that you can basically live anywhere. Any part of town you go to has beds, candy machines (or fridges), washrooms, sinks, and things to entertain you. Not only that, but when you buy stuff, you can put it IN the actual part of town. So, if you want to buy a shower, you can. And you place it in the subway station if you like. This is a pretty cool aspect, I think.
The game also offers a multiplayer option of two people, but, this is hard, because whenever something happens to one player, it ruins whatever the other player is going, as they both go places together and together only.
The jobs are... different. It's a mixmatch of pressing buttons to create things, but also making sure you're hygenic and have energy. As you get higher up in your jobs you need more skills, so, you need to buy machines to build these skills. Also, you need to pay more attention to the social aspects of the people around you, by going and talking to them.
The game has a lot to do with the Black Eyes Peas. All of the people from the band are in the game itself, as regular sims, and the music played in the game is all B.E.P. stuff. I guess it's an interesting concept, but, it never really meant anything special to me, considering I'm not a giant B.E.P. fan or anything.
Also, A big part of the game revolves around your Cell Phone. That's where you get messages, and that's where basically your options and all your info and inventory are, in your phone.
The fact of the matter in this game is: If you're looking to get attached like you did to the first sims, or sims 2, you're probabaly not in luck. Although this game is like a "hipster" version of the game, you have a lot less control over everything you do. You basically have to dress to impress what part of the city you're in, and you have to socialize so much just so you can go to a party you don't really want to go to in the first place. You get bored a little bit by the repetition, and there are a lot of people in town who ask you to do things to certain people, and if you don't remember what people, or if you don't write it down, then you just forget.
I played for a solid 3 hours straight before I got really bored and just turned it off without saving.
I'd wait until you can find this game in a bargain bin, before I'd buy it.