The Sims' Console Story Modes - The Golden Bolt

Between 2003 and 2007, six Sims console games were released across PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and Wii - half of which never made their way back to PC. Even better, four of them owe their existence to The Urbz, the first Sims game designed for console...which ended up releasing third. With console-exclusive features such as direct control of your Sim and entire story campaigns, even "ports" like The Sims 2 are completely unique games built from the ground-up for the home console experience. Let's revisit this weird era of Sims console games, their unique story modes, and more!

0:00 Intro/Development History
7:22 The Sims Console
18:36 The Sims: Bustin' Out
22:15 The Urbz: Sims in the City
33:16 The Sims 2 Console
40:07 The Sims 2: Pets
40:55 The Sims 2: Castaway

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[TheGoldenBolt]

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[TiamatStorm]

It surprises me how many people didnt actually like Castaway, i LOVED the game as a kid/teen and still sometimes go back to revisit it now. I guess different people like different things! I certainly did love it though

[JoaoVictor-hnht]

Holy shit, I used to play The Sims 2 on PS2 with my cousin a lot, the soundtrack is engraved on my brain to this day, that Simlish Paramore song is unforgetable.

[phoebeluna]

Bustin' Out had a whole subarc in one of its job paths where you become a hitman who kills your boss to become the king of crime, while stating you love watching people burn to death and I just think that's lovely.

[Kriseiri]

I've played through The Urbz a disturbing amount of times

[victorandersen]

I worked on The Sims 2 Console, Castaway, and all the Sims 2 / 3 Pets console games, including Pets 2 for PSP and Pets 3 for 3DS. I prototyped direct control for TS2C and the crafting UI for Castaway. This is a fun history to re-explore through new eyes. LMK if you have any unanswered questions.

[PlaystationSimmer]

Aw man, I adored Urbz. The heavily stylised characters and set designs, the soundtrack (And not just the Black Eyed Peas either), and totally different vibe made this lowkey one of my favourite console Sims games. I know it's not that great when you break it down to the nitty gritty, and I totally get why people would like the other ones more, but Urbz will always have a special place in my heart.

[Ghost_in_the_Rain]

The Urbz will forever have a special place in my heart; my brother and I played it growing up and had a blast with it!

[LetmeASMRyou]

This was the golden era of the Sims franchise. The Sims 2 on PC was amazing, the spin offs and console ports were fun, weird and they had a clear identify. So much charisma and love put into these games! Especially the GBA versions of The Sims Bustin Out, The Urbz and The Sims 2. They're literally just strange adventure games, and I ate them up.

[GulagPapiArchives]

Urbz in a weird way was wayyy ahead of its time, with all the diffrent things u could do in each diffrent city map. Game was sooo insanely replayable that i must have flipped it a good 2 dozen times. And sims 2 storymode was just straight up great. Ill never forget those times staying up all night with my cousin trying to beat everything. ALSO WHO COULD EVER FORGET ABOUT THE MUSICAL MASTERPIECE THAT IS “LATE AGAIN!!!!”

[DylanScottDavis]

I actually really enjoyed Castaways and I've been itching to play it again. If I recall I played it on the Wii, so I imagine that holds up even better hahaha

[kermut]

I used to wake up at 5am to play The Sims 2 castaway on my Wii before school. I that game, great times!

[theshadowdirector]

Ever experienced the MySims games? My memory of them being that they looked like what you would get if the Sims and animal crossing had a baby.

[phenm]

Bustin' Out was my favorite of the lot. I wish EA made more story driven Sims games, or even included the feature in the PC releases. These games are criminally underrated. Thank you for covering them!

[cyrodilicbrandy]

I have very vivid memories of waking up an hour earlier than usual before school to play The Urbz in 2006. We had an Eye Toy so all the billboards were me in my pink hearts dressing gown 😂

[christianmallien]

Urbz was my and my sister’s favorite. We would play it together and thought it was the coolest to be playing the same game but doing completely opposite things

[Sneaky_racoon_sly]

i loved the urbz sims in the city. childhood classic

[RappingNinja]

The idea that in the Urbz, you become “the coolest person in the city” by just superficially adopting whatever appearance and persona the various cliques want to see you reflect back at them is like… both very accurate to urban clubs (the groups that hangout kind, not the dancing and booze kind) as well as a hell of a social critique.

[nordinreecendo]

Regarding your idea of a Sims Survivor game with the Sims arguing and voting each other out, I recall a "game mode" I played once on The Sims 3 where you start with a ton of money and get a large mansion with like 8 bedrooms. You make 7 random characters, then one "host" character, and at the end of each week, you look at all of the Sims' relationships and opinions of each other. Whoever is disliked the most gets "voted out, " and leaves the family. You can only control the Host character. I don't remember all of the rules sadly, but it was a super interesting idea!

[Hagashager]

Urbz: Sims in the City was one of the most aggressively 2000s games ever made. It PERFRCTLY captures the superficial, shallowness of media in the Bush Years. You know EXACTLY what kind of world the US looked like when you look back at that game.