MySims

MySims is a brand new game for the Wii the just released on September 18th. I have spent a good 5-6 hours playing it now and I wanted to give a mini review. For one thing, the game is CUTE. It will appeal to kids and women, but also everyone that loves cute cute things. I think it will be fun for a few hours for most people, but in my opinion, the real fan base will be super creative people. I always liked Sims and Sims 2, but after I could afford to make the house I wanted, I lost interest. This game cures all of my boredom with the Sims franchise. Mostly this is because the game is 99% building furniture and decorating other little Sims houses. Since that is my favorite aspect of the game, there is no doubt about why I love it so much. However, I could see this getting way too reptitive for most people. You don't really make "Best friends" with people or get to know them much at all. Once you have done all of the tasks for one sim, another will come along and you will make a whole line of products for them as well.

I feel the need to compare this game to a VERY similiar looking game produced by Nintendo, Animal Crossing for the game cube and DS. Animal Crossing also let you trade items with real people in the outside world by exchanging codes. You got a code, then gave that code to your friend by email for instance. As long as they have the game, they can talk to a town person and enter the code. They would get the item and even know who is was from. I like the Animal Crossing feel of MySims but I do kind of miss the friendship aspect. With Animal Crossing, I always had favorite neighbors in town, for example. In MySims, I don't really have a favorite, the neighbors are all nice to me, and I give them what they ask for. Then they are pretty much done with me. That's no fun. :(

I do like that you do not have to watch your hygiene, or go to the bathroom, etc (like in other Sikms games). I am very interested to see what happens once I reach a "5-Star town". I am now at 1 star, and you start off with 0 stars. The town used to be a great town, but over the years people moved out, so the point of the story is to make a 5-star town again and it's a fun idea. I highly recommend the game to creative people that love drawing, painting, and building new designs. There are a ton of possibilities and it is always fun to see how the finished product looks. At the end, you will see that you have pretty much created the whole town from scratch, from the buildings themselevs to almost every piece of furniture. How rewarding is that? Well, I say very!

If you are interested in how to build, and other options, please check out this review.