The Sims' Weird Console Story Modes - The Golden Bolt

The Golden Bolt
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Publicado 2023-02-19
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


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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @TheGoldenBolt
    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! https://youtu.be/bbRJv50EThQ Original comment: Simscribe. This comment took forty minutes to write, thank you.
  • @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
  • @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.
  • @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.
  • @Kriseiri
    I've played through The Urbz a disturbing amount of times
  • @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
  • @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.
  • @MemoxWasHere
    The Sims 2 and The Urbz for PS2 were ridiculously good. Glorious soundtrack also.
  • @atpsoldat6108
    I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the Sims 2 PSP story mode. That story goes places.
  • @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!
  • @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.
  • @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
  • @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!
  • @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.
  • @JordieCharisma
    You gotta do the DS ports! The Sims 2 on DS has an even weirder story mode!!
  • @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!
  • @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!!!!”
  • @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!