The Sims 2: Castaway, the weird Sims survival game

[@rileysie]

My mom randomly got me this, introducing me to the sims franchise. Imagine my confusion when I played the sims 3

[@mikadukireads]

Lmao, I can just picture you sitting there, ‘Wow they finally got off the island, but how?’ 😭

[@cherrycokeandlemonade]

omg i played Sims Medieval before any other Sims games and was trying to find the quests for days!

[@bretwhitten7038]

literally same@ellalagames

[@bantubrat343]

It was such a gem I truly didn’t appreciate it when I had a chance

[@mikaylagamble8586]

I played the Sims 2 DS version for my first sims game and had the same experience because castaway was my second sims game. I still don’t think I’ve played a normal sims game besides the mobile game tbh

[@yopi_yopi]

Traumatized by this game because I built the hardest mansion you could make once, it took forever, and it burned entirely the same day. Never touched it again.

[@xelias9281]

Ohhh noooo so sad😭😭😭 bless uuu ❤

[@GeneTonics]

Yo that's fucking soul crushing fuck... I'm sorry for your loss

[@ricardolopes8945]

Yea, the fact that the game had a memory limit per lot, and if you got over it something would spontaneoustly catch fire was bad. Did the same thing has you did, but then had to make my sims sleep on the floor brcause I couldn't put enouth beds.

[@lisalarsen2384]

Iconic

[@stushk9]

I'm traumatized for you 😢😂

[@EBean55]

The fact this one game has more gameplay than the entire sims 4 franchise…

[@suzys937]

💀 😂 👏🏼👏🏼

[@jessicaabaker]

sims 4 is such a joke

[@friskybriskyy3997]

LITERALLY

[@thomascolucci4815]

@@friskybriskyy3997 life bye me for the win in the future )

[@MackManus-uk4co]

Hahaha true

[@fayewebsterstan]

The sims 2 castaway game is unironically one of my favourite childhood games

[@greenbanana1001]

Yes this and sims 2 on Nintendo ds

[@vanessac3003]

omfg same i miss it so much. i played it on ps2

[@Mike-or2cv]

SAME!!!

[@Rowankeenanx3]

@@greenbanana1001sims 2 DS games was crazy, the music walking into a room with aliens or robots used to terrify me

[@simplyjay69]

im so glad other people fully appreciate this iconique game 😭😭😭

[@vexilyn]

this is legit one of the best games ever im so sad its not on pc

[@ryptoky]

@@vexilynthere’s always emulators if u wants to! That’s how I got to play again lol

[@meigamilindri]

Honestly these spin off were GOLDEN like I don't understand why they did stop creating them??? I love them so much. Sims urbz was my fave for sure.

[@Ingridfire]

Omg yes Sims Urbz I completely forgotten about that one! I also loved the medieval one

[@nathanmo1]

Urbz and The sims 2 castaway (console version) were my favorite Sims games.

[@hop7882]

they used to be so goooodddd

[@wildernessisland2573]

I really hope that project rene ends up being a spinoff game, i miss those

[@meigamilindri]

@@wildernessisland2573 what is that??

[@nikfiendluvr666]

I played this game religiously as a kid and I still had no idea about the crystal island and contacting the aliens! Early sims games had unmatched amounts of content

[@lulukulu5489]

​@@LostSoulchild89and not even good DLCs 😂😂

[@cruelcimmcia859]

Micro transactions are the worst.

[@Baccagaii]

@@cruelcimmcia859you call them micro?

[@julian.6251]

I would love to see you play the sims 2 ds!! its such a weird game; defeating aliens while running a hotel and doing dubious chores

[@l.arabella105]

I was just about to comment this!!! Would love to see you play this 😁

[@aliceb-t232]

Yessss! was there a rat moment too or was that a fever dream ??

[@julian.6251]

@@aliceb-t232 yea!!! you had to wear a rat suit to defeat the „enemies“ 😭😭

[@moons_9876]

This comment unlocked a deep memory lmao

[@molliee5183]

yessssss I remember building something in this game but it would take real life hours to be done, so I reset my DS time to a few hours ahead. When I opened the game they put my sim in JAIL for cheating 😭 I remember being so scared 😂

[@ite9013]

after a decade of having it, althought i only played like 15hours, i discovered that you can’t find other sims on the islands if you only made one sim, YOU HAD TO MAKE THEM!

[@ruok-l5t]

This game unknowingly was the granddaddy of survival games. Many of the mechanics in this game became staple in survival craft games we have now.

[@lissthelass]

Really?! That’s so interesting wow!

[@hatad321]

Maybe for 3D survival games, Unreal World came out in the 90's and has all the mechanics you expect from a "survival" title but it's just not in 3D.

[@Andrea-rc1gz]

Sims 2 and 3 were such gems !!!I’m so sad EA is slowly ruining their most popular franchise

[@MadRayne]

Omg I loved this game as a kid!! I still enjoy playing Castaway as an adult to this day. I love the added survival, exploration and crafting that they did. I could only dream that they'd make another like this! The sims console/handheld games in general are just the best

[@iFlutterbye]

This being the Vampire Diaries cast is what actually makes this your best video yet, Liss. oMg how are the monkeys not fun?! Even in the Sims, Stephan and Elena are and OTP… 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@sweeenchants6053]

I love how half into the video she said “I don’t know why no one wants to romance me” like she doesn’t even notice her sim stinks and that’s probably why lmaoo

[@inacatt]

I'd love to see you play The Sims: Midevil! It was the only spin-off my mom had and, even though it was too complicated for me, I loved the silly vibes

[@mike-m123]

Medieval

[@yuanyi2077]

this game is literally one of my iconic childhood memories!!! reliving the absolute best times through this

[@4eva123]

Sims 2: castaways is my roman empire. Also, Urbz: sims in the city was the BEST sims game and I think they should re-do it as an adult game

[@Sofisasam]

oh my gosh i remember playing this game as a kid! :D Its so weird to think about it, i bought it randomly for 2€ on a market and was so confused the whole time

[@victoria-sb2xp]

This is probably one of my favorite childhood games. I’ve been playing it since i was 7 and im 20 now, I was OBSESSED. it’s a very niche sims game that not many people know about? it’s amazing .

[@SkyeCook-v3h]

I used to play this game on my 2ds, always got stuck at the bridge and would COMPLETELY restart.

[@xxjordyn2215xx]

Me too 😂😂 I never had any idea what to do!!

[@kendalroyco]

HELP I COULD NEVER PROGRESS PAST THE BRIDGE EITHER I NEVER KNEW WHERE TO GET I THINK THE LEAVES (vividly remember a monkey once bringing me one and i thought thats the only way to get them but it was so rare i never acc got to the point of collecting enough)

[@mdavis2271]

The Sims Medieval! You can really stir up some drama and it’s more of a storyline but you definitely have more autonomy to pick and choose which direction to take!

[@galacticnightsky]

Random question, I love how in the sims 2 castaway, their hair (and beard) grows depending on how long the sims have been on the island, which brings me to ask one thing. If the creators knew how to do long hair in the games, why couldn't they make really long hair for each Sims generation? And not just waist-length hair.

[@Tesrob]

Interestingly most human hair tops off at 3 ft in real life

[@B34rHands]

they also progressively got tanner over time too!! such a cute detail ;3;

[@MsChifran]

It's not that they couldn't, theyre just slacking and lazy unfortunately.

[@galacticnightsky]

@@MsChifran That's true, which can be seen in the Sims 4 even.

[@manyyoumas]

its the same reason why we don't have little animations in the sims 4 like opening the kitchen cabinets to take out a spoon, like there are in the sims 2 even though thats nearly a 20yr old game. they're lazy. when ea bought out maxis, the quality of the series went down the drain because at the end of the day they really only care about profit. will wright + maxis made the sims special. nowadays the sims 4 "team" just hires a constant stream of freelancers to come in, do the work as quickly and cheaply as possibly, and then be dismissed while another team is brought on. so essentially this way there's never any "core" team or real improvement/structure. its just become a vapid money making system. also why the EPs in the sims 4 in recent years have been so terrible, but they don't care bc ppl keep buying them.

[@Thinkblockade]

Anyone remembers Sims Urbz in the cuty for nintendo DS? Man, that was soooo good!

[@Miranda-ml6ud]

So happy youre doing this one! I have such fun memories of playing this at my friends house, both of us having no idea what we were doing but having fun anyway!

[@axiniaquinones7140]

My mom got me hooked on this game and I was obsessed she even taught me how to use the cheats for it

[@mmomsterr]

this unlocked a core memory i didnt even know i had?? i LOVED the editing in this vid btw!!!

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

Got this after The Sims 2 on console and it was.. weird. It felt like a fever dream, one that both intrigued and confused me. And yet I had so much FUN with it. I distinctly remembe rmaking my 'real' home camp in the area where the plane wreck was, since there was lots of food, materials and water for you to both bathe in and fish from. Good times. Good times indeed. I also liked how it semi-eased you into the game by unlocking your needs/motives over time, so you weren't overwhelmed by them immediatly.

[@Favtsahik]

I was OBSESSED with this spin-off. It was the first game i've ever played on my ps2 thanks to my dad who introduced me to it. I had problems with bullies and sleeping at night and i swear it helped me going through everything. I used to spend so much time playing this game that i memorized every single song that you can hear from the airplane radio. I will always love llamas island🥺❤️

[@JianimalGaming]

Hope your life is free of bullies and full of kind people now Alice🫂

[@Favtsahik]

@@JianimalGamingoh yes it is, thanks❤️

[@JianimalGaming]

@@Favtsahik Happy to hear!! 😊

[@lenamariejackson]

i remember the earthquakes used to scare me so bad as a kid! 😭 i’m not sure i knew exactly what they were and i was terrified my sim would die lmao

[@lesdore]

Thank you for sharing this video. I have played the Nintendo DS version and it is so different and I found it to be a bit short the game. But this is up my alley I’ll definitely be checking it out.

[@LOL25431]

I only playe it on the es and now I see what I missed by only playing it on that console

[@chrisandthebellz]

this game is imprinted deeply into my brain because when i was seven years old, my family went to the philippines to see family for a month and they let me bring my psp. and the only game on my psp was the sims 2: castaway. so whenever i had nothing better to do while staying at my grandparents house (which was often, with me being 7 years old in a foreign country) i would do nothing but play the sims 2: castaway over. and over. and over again. this is a formitive memory for me

[@PWNED1NINJA1]

Please do all the different console spin offs. They were my favourite things as a kid and it's so much fun showing them to people. The Sims 2 ds and psp versions are my fav. The plotlines are so insane and wacky, from the ds one where you fight aliens with water guns and can play a space invaders mini game to win biiig money and having to work for a mob boss then the sims 2 psp where you uncover the mystery of the occult and have fourth wall breaking conversations with the antagonist and the connections to the families in the mainline sims pc games is so good!!

[@ninonprt3610]

i used to be OBSESSED with this game on ds... its like probably my first game i actually played truly. JUST TOO GOOD

[@skygrazerrose1776]

This was my first sims game on Playstation 2, I was young but my sims game started here

[@JulieP-m4t]

Had this on ps2. Sooo many hours spent building little shacks. I always built my huts in the caves because they didn’t degrade over time.

[@raspburied]

all of the spinoff sims games are so good in completely different ways its crazy

[@lidac.wurschmidt8955]

I absolutely love that it ends with that screenshot of your sims back home gasping because of bills, it’s like yes girl, me too. This franchise was so unserious.

[@Gargarothhhh63]

With ps2 emulator on pc you can hype up the graphics crazy if you know the settings. You can literally play it 1440p if you wanted to

[@emilymalinowski5027]

I love how this one was voiced with two words in mind: enjoyable disdain

[@aliencreative9360]

"isnt the toilet paper wet?" as a sims castaway supporter, the less you question it, the more sense it makes.

[@fathimamardiah5124]

I used to play this but I remember being frustrated when my sims girl kept rejecting my boy sims from getting married. So, I just left her and escape alone😂

[@MichaelReddick-rw7fu]

When I played this I made six sims. Three dudes and three dudettes. I only remember two of them, a dude named Beau who didn’t talk to the others much but did all the building. And another dude named Eddie who was a ginger. Pretty much everyone but Beau kinda chilled and partied while Beau did his thing. Eddie disappeared while swimming somewhere. I thought he died and I couldn’t find his grave. And a few days later another dude died. Anyway eventually Beau finishes building the boat to take them all home. Eddie was in the ending slides tho so I guess he didn’t die? Idk where he went tho

[@f1shbon3iez]

i got this from a block buster so long agooo 😭 still one of my favs

[@ahmadsyafiq7476]

Sims Castaway and Sims Medieval is among my most favourite game ever. It's unique and still have the sims quirk that we love

[@HerpDerpnessing]

Sims bustin out is STILL on of my favourites of the spin off it’s so fun I can’t wait for you to play it!

[@andreargente7474]

Have u ever tried "The Urbz: sims in the city"? It's a sims weird but cool story mode game

[@mirablossom2672]

I remember I played through this right when it came out, and I rented it from Family Video until I beat it (probably took 12 years old me 3-4 days). Simpler times 😭

[@killallfascists]

I relate to this so much, only difference is I bought it from my neighbor who used to burn games for us hahaha

[@elissadeannashorts]

This was the game that got me into survival games.

[@yer_grrl]

If you haven’t you HAVE to play Sims Urbz for the DS specifically (the PS2 and GBA games are both different), the DS one is such a fever dream

[@yer_grrl]

Like will be so sad if you play Urbz for the GBA and PS2 and not the DS bc the DS game is the ONE

[@PrettyBugsBunny]

this was my first Sims game and I was absolutely OBSESSED

[@grlyeetswrld]

I bought castaway on wii and that is the ONE game i couldn't beat to save my life but I. LOVED. IT. the survival aspect is what i needed!! the monkeys were my favorite part about it

[@Nicoliolioli]

their best game, someone needs to make another game like this fr

[@zoeylouise1992]

It was actually like watching the vampire diaries 😂 she did meet Damon first 🥺

[@ariehouston7209]

FINALLY someone is talking about this. Everyone always thinks I’m talking about castaway stories but this was its own amazing beast that I adored. I still have my copy and plan to replay it sometime.

[@milkaboom]

I have such fond memories of playing this game as a child even though I SUCKED 😂 every playthrough I got stuck, apparently very early on, where you had to build a bridge and I just never figured out how. Haven't thought about this in years. Don't even know there were multiple Sims ... since I never got so far lol

[@Meowlo]

was not expecting this to be a plot accurate vampire diaries sims castaway au but i'm not mad about it.

[@yukikomatsuri]

This game was SOOO fun even though it took 20 minutes to load into each zone 😂

[@beapizav]

One of my fave games of all time is Sims Bustin Out. You should play it! It was made for the GB advance but can be played on a simulator

[@rachelmaddison3681]

I had this on ps2, I loved it.

[@kosmic100]

the gba ports were some of my favorite games

[@paneth8466]

That moment when you are trying to put the moves on someone and some wild pig has beef with you. Mood.

[@bloxxybaddie]

omg i have core memories of playing this or something like it on DS as a little kid and i could never get past the freaking peppers part of the tutorial 😭

[@ricardolopes8945]

For those who migth be interested, there is a brazilian youtuber caller "BeJota Produções" who has been for quite a while now working on a remaster of this game

[@jasminewood-miller4599]

I had this for the PS2 and me and my mom played it all the time. Those are some of the best memories when I was little of me and my mom and she recently made a save on my PS2 💜

[@killallfascists]

that's so wholesome

[@natncat]

OOOO YES! liss, been here since ACNH 2.0 and im really loving the videos youre making now! tysm

[@itsmehamm]

This game was my childhood, but I was never able to make it to the third island! Thank you for satisfying my curiosity ❤

[@random40s]

I LOVE that game! Was probably my favorite Sims ever!

[@nothingmancer1607]

"I decided to make the Vampire Diaries crew" Oh Im in. Old Sims + VD peak nostalgia

[@merlefi6162]

This game was my childhood! I played the PSP version and it was also my first Sims game. Back then I didn't have a computer that can handle games well so I got to play Sims games on the PSP only. This game also got me into the survival games genre. My PSP doesn't work anymore and I lost my save file for this, but I still remember how my main Sim looked, so I just made her in Sims 4 and am doing an Off the Grid and Simple Living challenge with her instead.

[@CarlosTeixeiraCosta]

This video give me so most nostalgia 😢

[@thenicflynn]

Had this on PSP and loved it haha

[@zhk6819]

Omg I remember fishing in this game, old memories 😂 I also liked playing sims 3 Medieval, wish sims series gave us more stuff like this to make our game more versatile

[@RainbowBiriyani]

THE NOSTALGIA!!!! OMGGG!!!! You're a G for playing this classic title Liss!! I remember rage quitting because I couldn't find my fourth crew member. good times

[@kayleighf3766]

my first sims game was literally mysims and it changed me as a human

[@FireFoxDOPE]

I originally played it on the ps2 and I was obsESSed with this game. As a kid, I would make my family and friends as sims.

[@chibha96]

A well explained walkthrough. Now I'm playing TS game again to as study domain for interaction design & HCI. I played TS2 story mode game long time back when I was in teens/school years - I had a man and woman character but neither had a long life. I think the tropical island landscape seems to be a good alternate concept apart from the conventional American suburban life of TS2 story mode. The UI of TS2 Castaway seems to be better designed and easy to grasp since I got confused with TS2 story mode mechanics. I can see quite a lot of contrast with daily activities, especially the washroom @ 3:55 timestamp (It's the pixel-blur in the cozy suburban bathroom for TS2 story mode but here on the tropical island, they go for a closed portable tent)🤣

[@Blueberry-1563]

This is the game that introduced me to the sims franchise, i remember having ideas on how to get out of the first island on my sleep because i was a very dumb child.

[@OpossoumBard]

I played it on the PS2. A friend of mine and me once spent over 24 hours playing it. We for to the point of fixing the radio, but didn't call anyone becuase we wanted to do more. We even built the biggest house possible. It was so much fun. Sims 2 Castaway is my favorite sims game.

[@avawalz5780]

they need to bring back these games; specifically sims medieval and castaway. they're so fun!

[@kikipeachie]

When i played this i thought it was REVOLUTIONARY that their hair and beards actually grew , and their clothes got messed up over time. I thought this was SO COOL

[@runpandarun09]

Gosh, i played this on the PS2 and before watching this, i would remember (but not fully) of a Sims game where I was trapped on an island but could never remember the name. It honestly felt like a fever dream but it was a great game! Brings back old memories

[@kvstraley]

This is probably one of my favorite games of all time

[@rowanofftherails]

the ds version is a fever dream that i replay to this day 💀

[@denisekeybe9293]

This is by far my most liked game in my childhood

[@AbbyLaneGreen]

My sister and I used to rent this game for the PS2 ALLL THE TIMEEE it was our favourite! I Loved watching you play. Thanks for the throwback!

[@beriyong4586]

i only played castaway on my psp bc that was the only game i had for it LMAO it was so good i loved it! i hadnt really experienced regular sims games either so that was something

[@bbyymegss]

I never got anything in this game , like I literally didn’t even know how to build a shelter 😂 and occasionally go and talk to the monkeys . My sim would just catch fish and burn a fire but for some reason as a kid it was so fun . I genuinely don’t think I was aware you could do anything with it

[@itsmebree100]

SIMS MEDIEVAL!!!! I was so obsessed with that game.

[@itsLucipie]

This unlocked a core memory, I've been trying to find the name of this for YEARS. You've answered a lifelong question

[@Alejaccx]

I just played yesterday the Castaway Stories... let me tell you, I've been playing The Sims for the last 18 years, yesterday I COULDN'T PUT THE LAPTOP DOWN, I was SO into the game and accomplishing the objectives, I had the time of my life, I LOVE IT.

[@aaaAndreaG1]

This game atmosphere is simply amazing

[@flrzm]

we got this disk from a thrift shop a few years ago. i remember playing it with my sister every after school. we never got to finish it so i just watched the endings here on youtube, but ut was so fun! i recently started playing sims 4 (due to it being made free) and oh my gosh, i remember how confused i got when i found out it was so different lololol.

[@ichbinben.]

I had the DS version of this, I got it together with Sims 2 Apartment Pets (also DS) for christmas, I must have been around ten at the time. Those two games were my first Sims games, and I loved them. I bought Sims 2 for pc not long afterwards, and eventually Sims 3, Sims Medieval, and Sims 4. I wish they made another spin-off like castaway or medieval, those two were so much fun!

[@BizarreWrld]

Loving these sims series. I forgot how ahead of it's time the sims was. Lots of great memories playing these.

[@ToxicMothBoi]

Sims 2 castaway was a banger. I remember my cousin showing me this game and i was completly amazed at how much these characters could do

[@hindelaouani7089]

omg this is one of the only games that i vividly remember playing as a child so ik it lwft an impact

[@pmac5445]

Sims 3 castaway is my absolute fave game hahaha loved it so much! Wish they’d bring this back!

[@catelynh1020]

I loved this game so much that it was part of the reason i got a reverse compatible ps3. I continued to play it until probably 2015 or so, where i'd played so much that the loading screens weren't worth it anymore. Something then happened to the disc and i couldn't play it at all anymore. I think i also had it for gba or maybe ds, i can't remember now, but the gameplay was different enough i didn't enjoy it as much. In college, i did end up purchasing a copy of castaway stories for the pc but i was unable to get it to work properly and eventually broke my external disc reader so gave up on that, too. This video is a huge nostalgia hit.

[@Candinm12]

This is bringing back memories of all the types of sims I played on ds, Wii, Xbox, pc 😭 I feel so old

[@alexispennington7952]

This was my introduction to the sims and honestly I miss it every day, it was the best game I’ve ever played

[@aliencreative9360]

that game is still the best game ive ever played. it was so much fun!

[@MixxGoe]

This was the start of my love for survival crafting games I guess. So good!