I played all the GBA games as a kid because I was dumb and thought it would be somewhat similar to the PC release. I still had a lot of fun with them. I really enjoy the quirkiness of them.
If I had to rate them it would be
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Urbz
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Bustin Out
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The Sims 2
I played a bit of Urbz for the GameCube and I feel like it has to be the worst of all Sims console ports.
- PS2: Bustin Out, Urbz, Sims 2, Sims 2 pets
- PS3: Sims 3 Pets
- GBA: Sims 2 Pets (as a kid, but I don’t own it anymore).
- 3DS: Sims 3 Pets
Of these The Urbz was most fun to me, Sims 3 Pets the best for PC-like experience, both on 3DS and PS3. But I haven’t played TS4 on console as I only use older consoles or PC, it seems that those would obvious be better.
Resently been feeling like playing GBA games again, so got the GBA Bustin Out coming in the mail. Should arrive today really. Urbz and Sims 2 are still on the wishlist, but I wanna play them chronological. I love their weirdness!
Make sure to keep an eye out for the ninja if you are playing Bustin Out!
I have played the PS2 one (or one of them; I don’t remember it’s full name) and the GBA one when they were new and I didn’t really care for them. My best friend, though, loved the PS2 one. But then, it was literally the only Sims game he owned then; I had 1 and 2 and all the expansions at the time for PC.
I have also played 4 on console more recently, and it’s exactly the same as the PC version… Except the controls are absolutely terrible.
The unique ones like Busting Out and Urbz just never got me because 90% of what I do in the main games is build. The console games back in the day were more focused on social interactions and a sort of puzzle like gameplay (for lack of a better descriptor). Controlling the sims was not what I played The Sims for, and that’s what those console games seemed entirely focused on.
The sims 2 on the ps2 was the first sims i played way back when and i loved it. It wasnt till way after (2016) I played sims 3 on pc and realized that sims 2 was not a standard sims experience
