The Sims 2 Castaway

Huichuan suggested that we (me and yuwei) can buy Wii so we can exercise while gaming, since all we do is game muhahaha. Ok we'll do it, when we get that desparate.. I'll jus stick to psp for now. My HotBod plan will never come true boo hoo hoo..

I've always enjoyed controling pple's life and dictating wat shld/shld not be done. and hence Sims has always been one of my favourite games. Played a little of Sims Pets but not very fun. So moved on to Sims 2 Castaway =) The basic principle of the game is that you are castaway on an island. You'll have to try to discover the other islands arnd, so that you can escape and tell the story of your amazing adventures.

The game starts with creating the characters/crew on board; as usual, it's pretty bland choosing hairstyle, clothes (which they are going to lose soon), names (the same old Newbie or Goth) etc. The adventure begins on a very simply named beach called First Beach, and you know the meaning behind it. In fact, every single part of the maps has a dead simple reason connected to it. The game has a basic story, to survive, and the books provide more of one, but how you play the game is up to you. Your first step away from the beach is in the brambles towards the forest, which rips you clothes, and the tears look incredible, along with hair miracously growing while going through brambles. Sims pick many berries/veges/fruits to live, as well as gather many many drift/hard/soft wood for shelter. Befriending the chimps on the islands increases social rating fly and speeds up gathering process. Don't try to look for the rest of the crewmate on the first island, i tried, but to no avail. (probably because I only have 2 other crew mates =\) There is an incredible amount of stuff to do on the islands (three islands in all), such as building rafts or canoes to get to all islands. And you can flick back to any island as easy as a boat. Neither storm nor fire will destroy you boat, which is very good if you don’t want to waste resources re-building them though. And to increase mechanical skill (the most tedious part), you will have to craft many many things and light the fire many many times. It will be good to start your Sim as a doctor or mechanic..

The biggest difference between this and other Sims games is that players have to construct everything their Sims desire or need. Money is nonexistent in the game, forcing players to search for and gather the actual materials that are needed to make everything. If you want a bed or a shower, you had better be ready to chop down some bamboo, trees, vines, and everything else you might need in real life. There are no frame rate issues; it isn’t the fastest frame rate of the Sims games yet, although it is a very steady one. The load times are very short and decorative as well, no loading time apart from start up times, should last more than 15 seconds.

The biggest complaint with the game is how boring and repetitive the Sims' action animations can be. We will have to wait while your Sims perform each of their given tasks before moving on to assign another task. Watching your Sims construct an item or hack a tree has a certain novelty to it the first time you see it, but becomes tedious as you do it over and over. Ohwells, there are always pros and cons to everything.

If you need a game walkthrough or strategy guide, it's here.

Jiakai's leaving for Paris in 3 days' time! Met up many many many times with her over the week, since we're common frens in different cliques hah. Dear khaiqing is already in Bristol and dear gracie macie already in somewhere in Sweden (i forgot where exactly, opsy). Yup, both nicely settled. I miss my frens! they're so far away frm me. not that we meet up very often, but the feeling of them being far away for SOOooo long (6 mths is long k).. wierd =\ Anyway i have clocks to track the their timezone! Everyone can go checkout clocklink.com, they have really cool designs..

Have fun and be well, friends! =)