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The Sims 2 (PSP)
- PSP
- Price: $49.95
- Genre: Simulation
Common Sense Media says
Bad behavior, long loads -- patient teens only.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this portable installment features much of the same subject matter as its PC and console cousins. Players have to balance short-term needs with long-term goals to advance the story. Sims make barely obscured visits to the bathroom, which feature pixilated naked bathing bodies and toilet sounds. Flirting results in suggestive kissing and even a passionate cloud of love dust.
What's it about?
THE SIMS 2 FOR PSP strands you in Strangetown, a desert city populated with ghosts, aliens, psychics, and mad scientists. When your car (and the auto shop it was in) suddenly disappears, you're forced to wander Strangetown's five neighborhoods in search of secrets and clues about what's really going on in this curious city -- and then get back on the road. Players customize their avatar, designing his or her face, hair, clothing, and aspirations before setting them loose to interact with Strangetown's bizarre residents. This version of The Sims 2 changes the social game: You build your relationship with other Sims -- and increase your influence over them -- by quickly matching an icon with one that represents your counterpart's conversation, maybe even getting them to share a secret.
Is it any good?
What the portable Sims trades in freedom (there are no jobs or families, no ability to write your own back story or let your Sim wander on its own) it makes up for in story. Strangetown is built on an amalgam of paranormal myths and feels like a lighthearted X-Files. Settings and graphics are nice enough, and the sound does an excellent job of setting the mood -- something along the lines of a campy 1950s B-movie.
The Sims 2 loads game features on an ongoing basis -- players spend as much time waiting for something to happen as they do playing. On top of that, success in the social game -- and in various Mini games -- comes down to well-timed button pushing. When the game hangs for several seconds as data loads, timing gets thrown off, Mini games are lost, and frustration ensues.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about how a successful franchise is leveraged from one system to another. Is the success of The Sims 2 on the PC being used to motivate fans to buy a PSP? Families can also analyze the social tools at their disposal and discuss situations when chatting, flirting, and intimidation come into play. Do people use these tactics in real life to get what they want from others?
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Good for kids over 10
There are some mild suggestive themes but nothing big.. I let my 9 year old child play and there is no problem. Violence and crude humor not an issue.
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Kid, 10 years old
October 29, 2011
AGE
Good Game
I just got the game. The problem is, it ALWAYS loads. Their is some sexual content, such as choosing to flirt, kissing and "love clouds". The girl sims often show a little bit of clevage. Other than that, its a good game!
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This game is actually better than you may think. It's not near as bad as some of the other Sims games. It lets you take resposability of a person and you can make a house, get a job, and just about anything. I really like The Sims 2!
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Kid, 12 years old
March 12, 2011
AGE
Ok for tweens ;)
I like it and I dont do anything sexual on it. I just use it to raise kids (adopted or made first). It is really fun if you just do that! I recoment it to kids 11 and up and tell your kids not to do anything sexual. It is fun and teaches you to be careful with your money! :)
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AGE
Well this game does have some sexual content u can hav az many kids as u want and have sex whenever u want! but this game u can create your own sim and
do anything there is to do!!! the only reason I suggest this should be rated between t and m is only because of the sex but other than that it is a great game!!!
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Kid, 12 years old
June 11, 2010
AGE
Let's see.
I'll try.
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| Platforms: | PSP |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Simulation |
| Developer: | Electronic Arts |
| Release date: | November 16, 2005 |
| Price: | $49.95 |
| ESRB rating: | T for Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence |
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