- Stay Alive! – Help your Sim meet basic needs to survive
- Discover Diverse Islands – Explore a variety of new environments; beaches, caves, lagoons, jungle, plains and volcanic mountains
- Craft Everything – Create a new life from scratch. Develop tools, build shelter, craft furniture, create clothing, and make art and entertainment
- Gather and Collect – Gather fish, trap animals, raise plants, collect shells, scavenge and decode treasure maps
- Flourish or Escape – Build a life comfort on the isalnd or find a way to escape back to civilization
Product Description
The Sims 2: Castaway PS2 Help your Sims survive and thrive on an uncharted island! Help your Sims build a life from scratch after washing ashore on a deserted tropical island. Overcome the forces of nature to help them become the ultimatesurvivors and thrive in this undiscovered paradise while unearthing clues that will lead them back to civilization. Build shelters, craft unique items, and discover many useful treasures and ancient mysteries hidden deep within a di… More >>
This is the first Sims that I have bought for the Play Station 2. Our PC’s can’t hold anymore Sim expansions without over loading our computers. We are avid Sims players in our house and have loved the game since it first came out in the first format. We love Sims 2. The game play for the Play Station Platform is Fabulous. You can’t go and create a new game for someone once you start though – you need separate memory cards. If someone comes a long and wants to play and create a new Sim, your old game will be erased – so make sure you get a card or two to go with it.
Game play is very cool. It’s fun to explore the different areas of the island. You can build up your talents and inventory to be able to make rafts, shelters, and find new foods to cook over your fire. There are lots of things to unlock and lots of treasures to find. I love finding the message in a bottle.
If you create a crew, eventually you start to find your crew mates and that’s cool too.
We got this for an early Christmas present to be able to play through the holidays and don’t regret it! Super Fun – be prepared to loose a few hours with this enchanting game.
Rating: 5 / 5
I must admit this game is actually good. The onli problem I have is that it does not allow any others to join in, however you can create a crew of up to 6 people. The are various places to exlpore, new fashions to discover, and a journey to embark on. My favorite part is being able to make your clothes out of different tree leaves, vines, shells, and flowers. You can even create your own dye. Another fun part is going around “identifying” plants and trees. So far I have collected mangoes, blackberries, pineapples, starfruit, and a bunch of other items too. You can even get to build a sandbuddy to talk to to increase the stauts of your social bar, and if thats not good enuff why not talk to a monkey. But there is one thing that scares me, theres always this red parrot watching me while i sleep. lol CREEPY!
I highly reccommend this game. I evn got a migraine from playing it 3 days straight. Well I dont wanna give to much away, buy it and see for yourself, if you loved the classic Sims, you’ll definatley enjoy this one.
Rating: 4 / 5
this is an excellent sims game (and I am amazed I am saying this) most of the sims games have not enthused me with their gameplay
however we have a whole new game here and I have to say it’s fun, it’s a blast to play (although the repeated monkey hugging is a little….Odd) you can cusomize just about everything on your sim from glasses and watches to clothing, pants, shirt, and shoes. it is quite impressive but more impressive is how the game comes together and delivers a very fun experience.
Truly it’s a blast when you Finally build your dwelling and have your fire going and truly anything can happen
(my 1st time in my sim caused a fire and after his bed burned up he went quite mad and would not listen it was hilarious!)
this is a game like simcity that I am sure many others will return to over and over.
Graphics: very good 4 stars
Sound: excellent 5 stars
gameplay: A Blast 5 stars!
Overall 5 stars because this is a brilliant game that anyone be they a fan or newcomer to the series can get into with a simple learning curve for non sims players entering for the first time. and more then enough for veterans of the series. truly a fun game.
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The Sims 2: Castaway
**Playstation 2 review only.**
Rating: 5 / 5
I am a newcomer in the world of Sims. Many years ago I tried Sim City on my old PC and was not impressed with it and haven’t tried a Sims game since, until now… I just purchased a new Playstation 3. Game selections are minimal for PS3 as of yet however if you get the newest one with the largest harddrive, you’ll have one that will also allow you to play PS2 games. So I thought I would give this game a try. OH MY!
From the moment I put this game in my system, I was addicted. This game is wonderful from beginning to end. The best game I have ever played. From creating your Sims, (I created all six) to escaping from the island and there are actually several ways to escape the island. I have escaped twice already and went back to live on the island because I wanted to complete all the tasks, which I have now done and continue to live on the island because well heck.. I just love living on the island and I don’t want this wonderful adventure to be over with. This game is jam packed with adventure, treasure hunting, building skills, and survival skills. And if you think you might go to bed..lo and behold.. you find yet another entrance to another place to travel and explore. I love it so much that I have ordered every Sims game that I can find. I would highly recommend this game but be prepared to lose a lot of real life time. A few thoughts that may be helpful.. I have read some reviews about the fact that you have to use several memory cards to save this game, if it’s possible for you to upgrade to the newest PS3, you can save the game on the harddrive and no memory cards are needed and your gameplay is endless. Not sure but you may be able to save more than one game so others can start new games without you losing yours. My biggest disappointment with the game is the limit on things that you can build in one location and the fires, I have learned how to deal with the fires though, simply build an outhouse and get rid of the firepit, that cuts way down on the number of fires that get started.
I personally recommend this game for ages 13+.
Graphics – 4 stars
Sound – 5 stars
Gameplay – 5 stars
Hope you find this helpful.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have never had so much fun playing a video game! You earn skills in new and unique ways and you learn to survive. I got lost in playing on the first day–I played for over an hour!! I also have the strategy guide to go with it, so I have a guide to help me when I get stuck! The graphics are amazing–I don’t know where people get off saying that they are not good…This is one game that I am not sorry that I purchased!
Rating: 5 / 5