The building interface can be challenging while providing endless creative opportunities. Producers take the guesswork out of completing an assigned task with a checkmark icon and prompting sound when you meet the minimal requirements (stars designate spaces that must be filled). Some visual aids (e.g. yellow arrows lining up doors with sidewalks) may elude younger and/or less experienced players. Working from the bottom to the top helps.
The small pieces can also be challenging. For example, this reviewer could place the top piece of a chair, which became an errant piece lying on the ground. Luckily, this gaffe didn’t really impede any game play, but overall, these My Sims reveal any inaccessible items, especially when they’re not interacting or near other characters. Want to move a misplaced item? Just move previous placed items during the next item delivery.
Players can crank out a full and fast production based on helpful templates or freestyle creations, which expand as you increase your range of social interactions (good and bad). Completed items are stored in one very useful and magical backpack. Players can also interact with these new masterpieces once placed in the desired setting.
The main character does the work/building and has the power to move people in (check the hotel for newbies) from a large interchangeable set of townsfolk, who can be removed - without killing them (remember this one’s rated E). Each character gets a specific sound theme and gives instant gratification, indifference or disdain when receiving items from you. Be sure to store valuable work and/or reclaim essences before evicting unwanted townsfolk.
Some notable town attractions include the costume shop, haunted house, museum, disco, library and movie theater plus two important sites - town hall and the hotel, where you find new characters to move in. The town population can grow to about two dozen people (from an extensive cache of about 80), plus you can expand the town after unlocking different areas (e.g. desert, forest) using special tools.
Article comments
1 - Abbas
Both Wii and DS version of My Sims are Great! I have fully enjoyed playing it and I cant leave it. This is a must buy game for all ds and wii lovers out there... 10/10
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2 - CJ
Having problems, tried to ask someone to move in to replace a previously asked person, now it wont delete the first person and can not move anyone in at all. Any ideas?