The Urbz: Sims in the City

"A New Look and Style for the Sims"

From its beginnings, the Sims series has been all about building a home, growing up, getting a job, and starting a virtual little family. But then, the Urbz: Sims in the City comes along, and changes things up a bit. Now, it is all about popularity and glamour, which is a new and refreshing shake up from its deep roots.

Graphics: Eh, not that great, but not bad. A lot of times, the lights from around the virtual cities and apartments "drag" and flush up the screen, making it very bright and hard to see, but adds a somewhat urban feel to the game. A lot of the areas you visit and stay at look really good, even if your sim sometimes glitches up some of the features. Even the sims from the area dress and look as their "area" suggests.

Sound: This game features music performed by the Black Eyed Peas, simmed up of course, and other songs by various artists. You still hear the sim language as you socialize with the various sims of the city. Notices from your phone (At least I think it's a phone :p)are accompanied by a little jingle that is changeable, eventually.

Gameplay: I had fun with this game, and I'm sure a lot of other people would too. Basically, you start off as a single sim, unless you have other friends playing or have made more than a single sim, who just moved out from their mom's house and into a small apartment. You travel around the various sections of the city, meeting new people and socializing, you get "mini-missions" from many members of the area, and raise your fame. As you grow more famous every day, you are invited to the clubs of the areas and eventually move into better apartments. Each area has a job for you to work so that you may buy better things for your apartments. You main goal is to defeat a rich, snobby sim and acquire his "secret machine" part from each area of the city. From there, well, you'll have to play to find out. :P

And that is about all I have to say about this game. I think it's a fun game that almost everyone would enjoy playing. Hope you can try it out, and if so, have fun and best wishes to you!

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 06/29/06