The Sims' Weird Console Story Modes - The Golden Bolt

Between 2003 and 2007, six Sims console games were released across PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and Wii - half of which never made their way back to PC. Even better, four of them owe their existence to The Urbz, the first Sims game designed for console...which ended up releasing third. With console-exclusive features such as direct control of your Sim and entire story campaigns, even "ports" like The Sims 2 are completely unique games built from the ground-up for the home console experience. Let's revisit this weird era of Sims console games, their unique story modes, and more!
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0:00 Intro/Development History
7:22 The Sims Console
18:36 The Sims: Bustin' Out
22:15 The Urbz: Sims in the City
33:16 The Sims 2 Console
40:07 The Sims 2: Pets
40:55 The Sims 2: Castaway
"The Golden Bolt Theme" composed by AllHailBuckets. Show him some love on Spotify or your music service of choice! open.spotify.com/artist/2dWDm...
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Update: The Sims has some even stranger handheld games - probably the weirdest games in the series, and that's saying something. Here's my video looking at The Sims 2's _three different games_ released by the same studio in 2005 for the GBA, DS, and PSP! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJO1e6lrZaqHnrM Original comment: Simscribe. This comment took forty minutes to write, thank you.

[@SECONDQUEST]

Thank you Golden Bolt, very cool!

[@ARCADE_EXE]

This is great. Thank you

[@PuffPuff903]

Every good KZbin comment does

[@kclink1579]

Simscribe, toom me 8 seconds, world record holder baby.

[@quinnmaillot3882]

Time well spent.

[@Kriseiri]

I've played through The Urbz a disturbing amount of times

[@islandboy4445]

Same

[@fauz6239]

Theme song burned in to my brain

[@ItsHappyHourArchived]

Same man. It actually breaks my heart learning that EA considered it a flop. But also learning that sims 2 was basically a reskin of Urbz 2, now it all makes perfect sense to me why 2 was such a GOATED game. Ill always have urbz as my number 1 though

[@islandboy4445]

@@ItsHappyHourArchived Seriously though! The music was all a CERTIFIED BOP, even the awkward black eyed peas simlish stuff, and all of the areas and clothes were just BLEEDING different styles. My favorite thing to do in that game was mix up the clothes and hairstyles I could buy in there. Loved mixing goth clothes and makeup with stuff from Neon east. ❤️ It had such personality, and now it's like this crazy time capsule of things that were popular then. I love it so much.

[@kylebe4804]

Urbz on ds and gba was top tier

[@TiamatStorm21]

It surprises me how many people didnt actually like Castaway, i LOVED the game as a kid/teen and still sometimes go back to revisit it now. I guess different people like different things! I certainly did love it though

[@johnhanson3944]

Was and is by far my favorite Sims game, I like all the RPG mechanics and secrets unlocking plumbob island was so cool. Adventures was kind of fun but man I really wish Castaways got a reboot or homage.

[@moodlofiliminal]

SAME I Loved Castaway. It was fun being able to survive, forage, and find new inventions.

[@kenz4real12]

Castaway was my absolute favorite. I would kill to play it again

[@knotanotherknitter]

it's the only game i 100% finished as a kid

[@sugarmayo5333]

My brother and i LOOOVED Castaways 2!! All the tiny and huge secrets of the island, the constant grind for materials, befriending chimps!! We were obsessed with it and played it constantly

[@JoaoVictor-hn8ht]

Holy shit, I used to play The Sims 2 on PS2 with my cousin a lot, the soundtrack is engraved on my brain to this day, that Simlish Paramore song is unforgetable.

[@band0945]

yesss omg

[@xkristixx]

Literally my first introduction to Paramore and Trivium. 😆🤘

[@fckingretards]

Pressure by Paramore in Simlish. I still love that song so much til this day

[@josephgallo2091]

Same but mine was my cousin! Her and I would play for hours!

[@yas7689]

they're my introduction to paramore~

[@phoebeluna4427]

Bustin' Out had a whole subarc in one of its job paths where you become a hitman who kills your boss to become the king of crime, while stating you love watching people burn to death and I just think that's lovely.

[@VintageSims]

I’ve never gotten that far and now I want to play again 😅

[@phantom_xrd]

Wasn't there a crime tier that was an arsonist? Iirc the description read something along the line that you cried tears of joy and people mistook it as sadism or something. Been a while xD

[@xkristixx]

Omg I totally remember those career descriptions. 😆 I remember in one file I went through all 10 levels of each career path to get allllll those little fountain gnomes.

[@yourmomsleftcheek1471]

I was so slow as I kid I never got past the part where you move into the barn😭

[@nickolespears]

YESSS!!

[@atpsoldat6108]

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the Sims 2 PSP story mode. That story goes places.

[@joelreichenbach5466]

Praise the cow

[@zyphon551]

Absolutely love that game really hope golden bolt comes back around to talk about that one

[@TheGoldenBolt]

I'll be totally honest, I just figured that it was a pared back version of the PS2 game! I believe the rest of the PSP ones tend to fall in line, so this is good to know

[@maxgray420]

@@TheGoldenBolt would love to see that game covered, really liked playing that as a kid

[@carlosldg]

I hope you end up covering it too! It was such a strange game.

[@PlaystationSimmer]

Aw man, I adored Urbz. The heavily stylised characters and set designs, the soundtrack (And not just the Black Eyed Peas either), and totally different vibe made this lowkey one of my favourite console Sims games. I know it's not that great when you break it down to the nitty gritty, and I totally get why people would like the other ones more, but Urbz will always have a special place in my heart.

[@ItsHappyHourArchived]

Urbz was a great VIDEOGAME, But EA considers it a flop cuz it wasnt a great sims game💯. Urbz will always be 100% my all time favorite, and ive never met a single person who didnt absolutely love it. But as for being a sims game it was admittedly bad due to having such a limited ammount of customization. With most sims games u can spend hundreds of hours just on trinkets and stuff u buy (like all the alien appliances in sims 2) but after maybe the first 3 hours of playing through and unlocking everything in urbz u often get bored with darius penthouse after unlocking the sky golf, then u go back to the rage cages and chop shop and then u spend the of your time making sushi and gaming in little tokyo, (all things i loved and did for THOUSDANDS of hours) but still very limited in terms of sims material. Great game bad sims game😎❤️

[@aceman0000099]

LETS get retaded in here let's get retaded in here

[@ProjectRedfoot]

I was gonna say! It wasn't THAT bad!

[@Cloontange]

Urbz was my favorite

[@blueblue5752]

has the best interations and style

[@NivRel]

castaway was extremely intriguing to me i've wished for a new one since then, cause yeah we got tons of survival games, but none with that charm, that mainly are cool to play not beacause you have to fight and on the side you have to fulfill your needs, but beacause the surviving part was the core experience, the most dangerous enemy was starving, or having to sleep under the rain that's a lot of nostalgia talking, i know

[@SweetLolita]

If you think about it thats the ultimate survival game. You literally have to eat, sleep, bathe, go to the bathroom on an ISLAND with only drift wood, some rocks, and fish. Such a fun game!

[@Mskittenlover12]

I finally played it this month. Definitely a unique experience and I loved the cut scenes.

[@nottoday3561]

I was OBSESSED with that game and I've been looking for my copy with no luck for years now.

[@MistahJay7]

I spend way to much time playing that game. Lol one of the coolest Sims games ever. The exploration was honestly really good

[@jennylynn8417]

I really feel like castaway was not given the credit it deserves in this video

[@GameApologist]

This is my exact kink for KZbin videos.

[@KittyKatty999]

It's Mr Sonic Apologiser! x3

[@MemoxWasHere]

The Sims 2 and The Urbz for PS2 were ridiculously good. Glorious soundtrack also.

[@galaxsija4591]

im just starting the video now but wasnt it the Urbz that had black eyed peas as the basis for the soundtrack? haha what a time to be alive, iconic

[@taryn3082]

@@galaxsija4591 yes!! it was like a weird sims/black eyed peas crossover game. so bizarre but i ate it up as a kid

[@misstressfoxtail05]

I played both games so much growing up! The Sims 2 PS2 is where I was first introduced Paramore.

[@olivercharles2930]

Get those nostalgia goggles off.

[@MemoxWasHere]

@@olivercharles2930 Shit tastes and skill issue.

[@Ghost_in_the_Rain]

The Urbz will forever have a special place in my heart; my brother and I played it growing up and had a blast with it!

[@MaeyiQuinn]

It was a huge part of my childhood!

[@cassiebarber4669]

@@MaeyiQuinn mine too

[@ryanmcwilliams8784]

Urbz with the black eyed peas was absolutely great

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Same I wish I still had my copy for ps2

[@wastelandrzyria2869]

Urbz was my favorite title as a kid and I will forever love it

[@theshadowdirector]

Ever experienced the MySims games? My memory of them being that they looked like what you would get if the Sims and animal crossing had a baby.

[@jensendsflowers]

I loved the Wii version!! Living architect dreams I didn't even know I had.

[@theshadowdirector]

@@jensendsflowers millennials and zoomers only get that experience in fiction and dreams.

[@igottaberp]

My Sims Kingdom on Wii to this day is one of my favourite games ever!

[@jnboulden]

omg the like secret agent one 😮‍💨

[@drowningcrown2293]

I’ve replayed MySims Agents a few times. I adore it. I bought the DS version a couple months ago but I’m stuck on a mini game right before the game gets good.

[@kermut]

I used to wake up at 5am to play The Sims 2 castaway on my Wii before school. I loooooved that game, great times!

[@Humble-iq5ue]

I used to do something like that when I was a kid had just gotten a new video game I loved. Wake up extra early just to get some play time in. I wish video games still amused me today at 29/30 yrs old like they did as a child. I'll still hop on my Xbox from time to time but I can't get immersed into the game anymore.

[@LetmeASMRyou]

This was the golden era of the Sims franchise. The Sims 2 on PC was amazing, the spin offs and console ports were fun, weird and they had a clear identify. So much charisma and love put into these games! Especially the GBA versions of The Sims Bustin Out, The Urbz and The Sims 2. They're literally just strange adventure games, and I ate them up.

[@JordieCharisma]

You gotta do the DS ports! The Sims 2 on DS has an even weirder story mode!!

[@darkhorsedouglas4789]

the hotel near the alien desert! I was so confused by it not being like sims 3 on the pc (which was my first intro to sims)

[@sonicrockz1011]

I loved the vet idea from the sims 2 pets on ds lol

[@annceres1204]

Yeah, the ds ones were interesting. I had pets and castaways

[@wastelandrzyria2869]

Sims 2 DS feels like a complete fever dream. The secret Rat themed superhero, mobsters making you pee if you try to rob them, aliens you have to spray with waterguns... all while making sure your brochure stand is stocked and dust is swept up lol

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

I had the castaways game for DS as a kid. Can’t say I was really a fan tho. 😅 but the past few years I’ve found myself wishing I never gave it away cause I wanna try it again as an adult

[@DylanScottDavis]

I actually really enjoyed Castaways and I've been itching to play it again. If I recall I played it on the Wii, so I imagine that holds up even better hahaha

[@MissSimone02]

Yes! I played it on PS2 and Wii. I loved this game but I am also very fond of survival type games so 🤷🏾‍♀️ makes sense to me lol

[@josephgallo2091]

I struggled with this one so much idk why..

[@ItsHappyHourArchived]

Urbz in a weird way was wayyy ahead of its time, with all the diffrent things u could do in each diffrent city map. Game was sooo insanely replayable that i must have flipped it a good 2 dozen times. And sims 2 storymode was just straight up great. Ill never forget those times staying up all night with my cousin trying to beat everything. ALSO WHO COULD EVER FORGET ABOUT THE MUSICAL MASTERPIECE THAT IS “LATE AGAIN!!!!”

[@Snaaake_Beater]

i loved the urbz sims in the city. childhood classic

[@cyrodilicbrandy]

I have very vivid memories of waking up an hour earlier than usual before school to play The Urbz in 2006. We had an Eye Toy so all the billboards were me in my pink hearts dressing gown 😂

[@phen0m207]

Bustin' Out was my favorite of the lot. I wish EA made more story driven Sims games, or even included the feature in the PC releases. These games are criminally underrated. Thank you for covering them!

[@coatimundi69]

so glad to see a fellow Bustin' Out loyalist here... sooo many urbz enjoyers but not enough of us

[@phen0m207]

@@coatimundi69 Bustin' Out is objectively the best. The game had great personality, kickass music, and the premade lots in the story mode were some of the most creative I've seen in the franchise considering its limitations. I also really loved the lighting, as well as the pool water effects. It looked crisp and as close to real life as you can get.

[@phen0m207]

The only thing I didn't like about the game was the object limiter. That thing was the bane of my existence. I know it was needed because of hardware limitations, but it was not fun to deal with. A home will be at full capacity by the time only half of the home is furnished. It was even worse in the console version of The Sims 3, which made no sense to me because the PS3 was such a different beast. It could play Uncharted 2 at 60 fps no problem but it can't handle some extra clutter in The Sims? Like are you for real?

[@coatimundi69]

@@phen0m207 you really feel the personality just in the character creator, where the burglar comes in. & i didnt like the clutter limiter it as a practical thing but i loved it as a person who routinely tortured their sims 💀 everything burnt down and killed my guys

[@LettucesCreations]

Bustin out is my all time favourite followed by sims 2 pc, there is a charm to it I can't get from the others and the music is top tier

[@christianmallien3123]

Urbz was my and my sister’s favorite. We would play it together and thought it was the coolest to be playing the same game but doing completely opposite things

[@nordinreecendo512]

Regarding your idea of a Sims Survivor game with the Sims arguing and voting each other out, I recall a "game mode" I played once on The Sims 3 where you start with a ton of money and get a large mansion with like 8 bedrooms. You make 7 random characters, then one "host" character, and at the end of each week, you look at all of the Sims' relationships and opinions of each other. Whoever is disliked the most gets "voted out," and leaves the family. You can only control the Host character. I don't remember all of the rules sadly, but it was a super interesting idea!

[@ruthmcnally310]

I do remember seeing a Let’s Play years ago that had the same idea, but in true Sims fashion, they had the twist that when someone was “voted out”, they were fed to a cowplant, and their life essence went to the most popular member.

[@Hagashager]

Urbz: Sims in the City was one of the most aggressively 2000s games ever made. It PERFRCTLY captures the superficial, shallowness of media in the Bush Years. You know EXACTLY what kind of world the US looked like when you look back at that game.

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

Alright, if you say so, social expert

[@BrinIoca]

I’d say “US pop culture”, because holy shit that’s basically what I remember in my junior/high school years. The real world was influenced by it, but a bit more toned down.

[@Palendrome]

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 They did say so

[@failedstateupdate]

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 he's right, it's an accidental time capsule of how escapist and shallow entertainment got in that era. It's actually a really cool observation.

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

@@failedstateupdate As opposed to today?

[@Lishaaaaaaa]

I actually died and came back as a zombie at Mom's House in The Sims. When you're a zombie, your hygiene is always low, so I was subject to endless pop-up textboxes from Mom complaining about how much I reeked. It's hilarious how they make her an utter sweetheart in Bustin' Out.

[@blondiemom99]

I was obsessed with the Sims ps2 and Bustin Out when I was around 10ish, I remember being scared and confused when I played sims 2 on pc for the first time and there was no story mode lol

[@gxrssll]

even now i want a story mode on current Sims games, i just love having goals to hit that im not making myself lol

[@seaserenity5971]

@@gxrssll the story modes is what made console versions superior to me 💯

[@mira6395]

@@gxrssll Btw, you can have a story mode with a mod if you want :)

[@whisperinwind87]

@@gxrssll same

[@goldbullet50]

Bustin Out is easily my favorite Sims game, mostly because of the atmosphere that no other Sims game have since surpassed. The music, the visual style, furniture design...

[@RappingNinja]

The idea that in the Urbz, you become “the coolest person in the city” by just superficially adopting whatever appearance and persona the various cliques want to see you reflect back at them is like… both very accurate to urban clubs (the groups that hangout kind, not the dancing and booze kind) as well as a hell of a social critique.

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

Ok

[@Kay-cp8tg]

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259lemme guess, you’re a minority edge lord and you have a horrible relationship with your mother?

[@failedstateupdate]

​@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259you really hate the idea that the Urbz had any kind of social critique to offer, I swear you've undercut every comment I've clicked replies on to see if someone mentioned that the original Urbz design was supposed to be more satirical.

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

@@failedstateupdate Ehh sort of, I don't really remember. Late nights on KZbin, gotta love it!

[@EuroMIX2]

Interestingly, if you earn enough rep, it's possible to get characters you interact with to autonomously change their style to match yours, including the Black Eyed Peas.

[@ArnoRamone]

The Sims 2 Castaway is still one of my all time favourites!

[@SoulforSale]

Now I have to check eBay

[@mira6395]

@@SoulforSale You can play it on an emulator if you want, pcsx2 for computer, and Aethersx2 for Android ;) I play it on Android in 1440p with a ps4 controller, amazing game 🤩

[@candypietravels]

Same I love that game I'm mad my game froze in the Middle

[@ejax904]

Bustin' Out was my absolute jam. It's the main reason I still have a PS2.

[@Bbhehe]

Fun fact.. I was a child when I played TS2 game and so this is how I learned of Paramore. I grew up around hip hop so I was never exposed to that kind of music. When I became a teenager and I heard the song on the radio I was so confused and excited. I didn't realize it was a real song haha

[@dbzluva987654321]

You should give the DS Sims 2 ports a try. Youre a hotel owner in Strange town in 2, and the story of that game gets insane. In Pets you're a vet. The DS version of Castaway is sort of the same as the rest, but there are other pre made sims that are quest givers and a lot of the food collection stuff have been turned into mini games. I always loved it

[@Rachebart]

Then he have to do Urbz and Sims Bustin Out on DS too

[@zanewinter777]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that misses the direct control. I haven't played since because the other games don't have it. Great video as always!

[@GrammerPancreas]

There are mods that add it for Sims 4

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

@@GrammerPancreas and one for sims 3 too

[@Roof5tone]

I freaking love the Sims PS2 games. They're such a fever dream. Bustin' Out and The Urbz I probably have a good hundred hours in.

[@Azure_Brian]

Fun Fact: The Urbz and Sims 2 on PS2 recognized if you had a HDD in the PS2 and could install the games to it to speed up the game's loading time and helps with all that hitching the games had. It really made a difference!

[@MrMangumm]

that sounds like some next-level shiiii, i thought that only few final fantasy games did use HDD in ps2?

[@REB_reb]

I love the Urbz because it’s the first sims game I played, and the fashion. I feel like it’s the first game where the npcs had the same fashion style that I wanted, and would later have. Though, I 100% understand why The Urbz isn’t for everyone.

[@axongear9650]

Never in my life did I think I'd see a video essay on Bustin Out, let alone Castaways

[@Sirblueshueify]

I had a weird story with the Sims myself. I was introduced to the series with Urbz at my cousins house when he was playing his copy, I hudred percented that game and continued to try Bustin' Out next and loved it. After that, I tried to go back and play one, only to discover it had an actual end-state aka, you could win. When I found Sims 2 I found my favorite game of all time, and when I went to play castaways, I actually enjoyed the crap out of it. To this day I, in the back of my mind, want to try and make a sims-like game that actually captures the console-era of these beautiful time sinks.

[@nathanielplacide4119]

I can't believe Urbz was considered a flop, I've played it the most and I was put on the Black Eyed Peas music, it literally worked on me.

[@mariwhite3433]

Bustin' Out was the first Sims game my sister and I played and I have fond memories from it

[@SpiritHunterDSG]

The Urbz on GameCube and Sims 2 on PlayStation 2 were a big part of my childhood. I have almost all characters from both games and their soundtracks in The Sims 4 on PC.

[@R4ND0MCR4P123R4ND0MN3SS]

I was honestly really hoping you'd talk about the PSP Sims 2 game. I went back to it recently after remembering it when I was a kid. It was a very cool, interesting and unique Sims experience that I would honestly highly recommend anyone a fan of the series to experience for themselves.

[@denilsonfallas2829]

I loved these ports, I grew with them Sims 2, Sims 2 Pets, The Sims Bustin' Out, Sims 2 Castaways, The Urbz, and I even try to go back to these games through emulators, so many good memories and it felt more fulfilling than new games that have no specific objectives

[@rickywebb1803]

The urbz both on ps2/GameCube and also the DS/GBA game was a massive part of my childhood Also love how there were differences between the DS version and the GBA version

[@logan_cadfgs]

27:54 Whoever decided that rooftop ferret packaging should be in the game (or in anything), I hope they got the treatment they needed

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

What, are you a ferret

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

Ah man, Urbz: Sims in the City. That takes me back.

[@zombiewarrior225]

The Sims 2, Sims 2 Pets and Sims 2 Castaways were all so much fun to me. Especially Castaways cause it was such a new spin on the console version of Sims and the monkeys were great.

[@joharakiri]

I'd definitely love to see a video on the handheld versions. Based on the stuff you seemed to enjoy here I think you'd quite like them. Especially Sims 2 and Bustin out for GBA, Urbz for DS and Sims 2 for DS and PSP (two entirely different games). Also there was a Sims 3 for DS but that was basically the PC version, or at least very close considering the hardware limitations.

[@PowerRangersLostGalaxyFanFilm]

I still have Sims 2 and Urbz on PS2. The nostalgia I have for these right now.

[@RegOleMinecrafters]

Castaway was super interesting and had some silly characters in the journals/stories that you find that were fun to follow between the islands and complete their challenges. The items and recipes you could find were fun and neat. The buildings were different and really cool to me from a design standpoint from standard Sims games. Due to the console limitations however, it can be hard to fill the largest templates you're given since the memory can't handle all of the pieces too well. Overall it is a fun experience getting to unlock all of the materials in clothing and building, as well as finding the hidden grottoes with special items within them. My biggest gripe was really that overall, the game is quite small and easy to speed through.

[@ras_732]

Bustin' Out, Castaway and The Sims 2 on PSP were my absolute favourite games in the 00's. I still play Bustin' Out to this day.

[@belindaluna2067]

Of the console games, Bustin' Out was my favorite, but the unique style of the Urbz is still engaging and unforgettable.

[@kinsan89]

Sims 2 on DS was fucking wild, it's probably why I always think you should shoot aliens with water to beat them lol

[@UghieYucky]

I miss these kind of Sims games. The wacky, pop-culture, teen-rated vibes are what made me fall in love with the franchise, especially Sims 2 and Bustin’ Out. Very good memories! The handhelds were AMAZING and I spent so much of my childhood playing them.

[@MicheallikeMJ]

Bustin Out was my first Sims game ever. Fantastic game!

[@denisseredin1397]

This video is such a pleasant surprise! Do you have any plans on covering the main games in The Sims series?

[@charliestrom7799]

ive been obsessed with the sims 3 wii release, it had a sort of choose your own adventure style multiplayer option and i loved it so much growing up

[@lunoryoko8699]

Loved it, I love these old games and also wish we could get games akin to it. These games carried my childhood even though I didn't have bustin' out but I have vivid memories of each and still emulate 1, bustin' out, urbz, and 2 to this day! Wish there was more good youtubers like you and a couple others covering them despite the age of the games

[@Nina-my5bj]

Aw I can’t believe Sims 2 for Nintendo DS isn’t in this list. That was such a wild freaking game. I hope you cover more versions in the future, would love to see it!

[@NatSpectrum]

8:00 Yeah, the so-called "stable" version of PCSX2 is way outdated, while the nightly builds not only have a nice new interface that makes it much easier to use, but also has significantly better compatibility across the board, so it's totally worth sticking with the nightly builds for now. 👍

[@avatar94100]

I played Sims 2 on PS2 so much with my sister back then, miss those times

[@lainnicole5401]

i’ve been playing the sims for 21 years now, i got the sims bustin out on ps2 when i was 4 years old and it made me fall in love with the series and just gaming in general. i love this franchise because even all this time later, i’m still learning new things about it. it’s so rich with lore and history.

[@aerosyourhaze]

Nice work, I've been super hyperfixated on the sims lately and loved hearing this insanity. Also, That was the smoothest transition into an ad Ive seen.

[@azuill1126]

The Sims 2 console having Paramore's "Pressure" entirely redubbed in simlish was so goated

[@odaphii]

Hey! Just as a heads up, Castaway was based on Castaway Stories, also a standalone PC game :) Not an expansion! But it did use the very same engine as TS2!

[@ihatethis665]

Bustin Out and Urbz were sims games I grew up on and seeing someone make a video of this quality is truly awesome to see!

[@jesst7861]

I was absolutely obsessed with Sims 2 on console. My friends and I would go to each others houses after school and just play Sims 2 for hours. It was so much fun, seeing the intro at the beginning of the video made me so happy.

[@Dylanjrvs]

I miss these story modes especially the first game. I hated Mom and failed a lot on the first part when I was a kid. But if you just study cooking right away, you aren't entirely screwed. I also found out that if you use the Aroma machine one of the settings gives fun while your sims are sleeping, it really really helps!

[@rakansxayah]

The Urbz was the best game in my childhood, my older sister and i played it on our PS2 it was amazing

[@blkz123]

Great vid! this open a pandora box in my brain of the many hours i spend playing urbz and this sims

[@Rinnu500]

Urbz, Castaway and Bustin' Out were my childhood 😭😭 I didn't have a pc for so long that I didn't get to play the pc sims games until much much later. I would honestly love to see remakes of these games...

[@toonman5099]

This was a fun vid to explore, I knew about some of the other versions here, but I was always curious about trying them out or having the ideas brought up in them reused in future titles. Granted the only one I ever played was Sims 2 on PS2 and even then I tended to play a "cheat" version and never did the story mode. Also never played the multiplayer games because I didn't have anyone to play with growing up. Plus I'm kind of fascinated by Sims lore, one game that I always have a fun time playing and wish they continued with was "MySims Agents". It's the closest to a single player Sims game the series has ever really been, it still has Sims aspects like the build aspect but it's a LOT more simple, mostly down to who you put on a floor that you hired in your agency building, what objects are in the room (they effect the stats of what type of interest they specialize in), and what the wallpapers are, otherwise it's a detective game. I recommend it, it's a fun chill time.

[@martin_crakc786]

Seeing all the Yakuza/Like a Dragon references in this video is making me wish that there’s gonna be a video about it soon 👀

[@SwampFox178]

This is amazing! I love the sims games on console because me and my sister grew up with all of them on GameCube or PS2. Urbz is very underrated in my honest opinion but going back now and playing the PC versions I see what all me and my sister missed.

[@aliadrift]

I loved the story mode of all these games, except the Urbz, but only because I could never get past the first part. I was terrible at the button-pressing games for whatever reason. I still think Sims Castaway is one of the most fun games I've ever played. I couldn't rush through it and was forced to take my time and enjoy it. I also remember when Sims 2 on Xbox came out. I was so excited for aliens, and I enjoyed the progression of the story. I vaguely remember a Western setting with ghosts and I loved getting to put random ingredients together to see what weird food came out.

[@EmiCheese]

I LOVED playing Castaway. I ate through that thing so fast it was anamazing experience.

[@kaymay1196]

Really stoked to see more ps2 era content!!

[@MarkGrouch]

I have been looking for a video that covered exactly this. Thank you.

[@aluwu6599]

One of my favorite games was the Sims 2 castaway, for ds! So much that I bought a used copy recently to play it again. It's fun seeing how different the other one looks

[@the1ucidone]

If anyone was ever wondering how to beat the tutorial more quickly and how to deal with the insane mother you have. Just call her out to the backyard. Build a small room where you can lock her in until you get things in order. Just remember not to leave her there for long. I can't remember if she can die or not but just to be safe let her out once in a while. :)

[@PhantomOfTheHummus]

Also pro tip, pause as soon as you wake up and move the tv against the wall so she can’t turn it on. Then you don’t have to fix it.

[@eldridgecharles1313]

I'd say my favorite Sims game of all time has got to be Urbz for the GBA. You mainly control one Sim through a genuinely funny story and extremely memorable characters. Yeah, the annoyance of constantly having to stop activities to fulfill Sim needs was constant, but the game had a lot more to keep me coming back. Lots of customization, funny dialogue, a pretty long story mode, and a light, but fun rpg system. i still boot it up to this day and replay the story form time to time.

[@nedflanders5690]

Class video mate, proper enjoyed it, had some mad flashbacks to playing my sisters sims 2 game, loved it

[@alexnolasco1339]

I loved the portable version of the Urbz. I must've spend hundreds of hours of my childhood replaying it over and over

[@Teknikah]

Any of the Sims Bustin' Out and 2 games on consoles were absolutely amazing. I loved my GBA, DS, and PS2 Sims games so so much! I even purchased the old consoles and these games again so I could play them in adulthood.

[@TahIiax]

i loved the console sims castaway, my mum even got into it with me and i had to explain no other sims games are like that 😂

[@erinlewis6901]

Also, in the jungle expasion in Sims 4, you see the area with the broken airplane. I'm not assuming they're the same area, but rather a callback to the sims 2 cataway

[@DeltaSmearise]

Man the nostalgia from these games. Bit sad you didn't cover the psp version of the sims 2 though, it's wildly different from what I remember, it had this whole supernatural weird story, I think there was a murder mystery element? Strange game

[@kirbythestarwarrior4179]

Im so happy someone talked about these! i love these games! i still have the games on ps2!

[@mynameisdudge]

I’ve always played The Sims on PC from day one, but Bustin Out was one of my most played games on PS2 growing up.

[@consensualduane]

Bustin Out was sooo good man. I remember how on two separate occasions I softlocked my story mode sim into an endless death cycle with badly timed saves

[@mahiru20ten]

Indeed, what I like from the later sixth gen ports of the sims series (2 onwards) is that you can assume direct control on your sim with the analog stick. Truly revolutionary, no more point and clicking to make your sim do things.

[@Lex_brooke]

Seeing that wave machine from the Sims 2 hit me like an actual tsunami

[@BringMeSummer]

I really, really loved the console games. Before I played The Sims on PC I got The Sims 1 on console & I had a Nitendo Game Cube ❤😂 …. This really brings back so many memories. I played basically all the console games but eventually I did get to play Sims on PC it’s a completely different experience but, I do miss the days where the console ports were original. Bustin Out & Urbz were definitely standouts for me.

[@tylersays-]

For real .. I'd give anything for a hard reset back to these times 😪

[@Soapy_Papoose]

The "less stable"/nightly/development version of ALL emulators is always the best choice. A lot of the stable/release versions of emulators are years out of date.

[@roonkolos]

Yo, I still have my Castaway game for the PS2. I still crack it out like twice a year. It honest to God is still as fun to me today as it was all those years ago ♡

[@crazysim9]

Same here. It's one of the comfiest games I've ever played

[@victorandersen7972]

I worked on The Sims 2 Console, Castaway, and all the Sims 2 / 3 Pets console games, including Pets 2 for PSP and Pets 3 for 3DS. I prototyped direct control for TS2C and the crafting UI for Castaway. This is a fun history to re-explore through new eyes. LMK if you have any unanswered questions.

[@CAJames902]

I've been waiting for someone to do a good breakdown on the entire series!! Great video. :) The weird input delay on those Urbz jobs- that's a problem on console too. It's like if too much is going on around you, sometimes the game starts to put delay on your inputs. This happens with the Power Socials as well (much worse when it happens on those). Urbz actually had a planned PC release, but it was canned and nothing of it has been found. TECHNICALLY, you said the storylines are reserved to the console-era of games.. But as you mentioned in Castaway, there was the "Sims Stories" series on PC, for people who you whom enjoyed the storylines :) BTW at 30:08 YOU were the emulator. Nice to see you break the matrix.

[@aurum7695]

I just caught up yesterday, hyped for a new upload to watch

[@andrewsmatilda99]

I had both the sims bustin out, castaway on DS and 2 on my ps2. The hours I put into those games is insane

[@Zusse]

The sims consoles game are freaking great! I had urbz and jesus it was awesome but when i played it on pc i seen the huge differences

[@trunkb73625]

So many efing memories playing bustin out and sims 2 for ps2. Those are the days I never knew I'd miss when I was an adult❤️

[@JuliaGhostX3]

I played Bustin’ Out and Urbz on GBA growing up. I love the story based sims games sooo much! My sister and cousins and I bonded over these games, we all loved them. I actually bought a used GBA SP just to play these two games again. (And Hamtato Ham Ham Heartbreak lol.)