my sims a verey nit bad but not terbilly game

User Rating: 6.5 | MySims DS
By Axel_zerg | Review Date:
MySims for the Nintendo DS is an Animal Crossing knockoff featuring some of the concepts from Electronic Arts' popular sandbox franchise, The Sims. After you create and dress up your own round-headed Sim character, you take up residence in a forgotten tourist Mecca. Then you set to work running errands and beautifying the town to bring the place back to its former glory. As each brief in-game day gradually passes from morning to night, you'll jog around town, talk to people, plant trees, fetch stuff, furnish your house, and perform a dozen other tasks--all at your own pace and choosing. The whole package isn't as varied or as charming as you'd hope for, but there's still enough diversity here to satisfy younger players or anyone who just wants to try the "create a town" genre without devoting months to the endeavor.

You'll spend a fair amount of time furnishing your house, buying outfits to wear, and situating trees or benches in different areas. You'll also find yourself constantly replaying minigame challenges to get the Simoleons and items necessary to keep everyone happy (including yourself). If you visit the tailor's shop, he'll tell you he needs a new pattern to drum up sales. So, you end up scribbling a pattern for him using the touch screen and stylus. The fisherman wants you to bring him different fish to study. To do that, you head down to the beach, cast your rod into the water, and use the stylus to drag the lure past hungry fish. Other minigames involve such tasks as skydiving, making flower leis, snapping photographs, and wagering on fictional casino games. Frequently, the act of talking to people turns out to be a minigame. When you initiate a conversation, you have to tap the appropriate chat commands and fill the other Sim's happiness meter before time runs out.

Axel_Zerg

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