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The Sims 2: Castaway | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $9.98
You Save: $10.01 (50%)
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 1196
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: Simulation Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15735
Model: 15735
UPC: 014633157352
EAN: 0014633157352
ASIN: B000QAVV6Q
Release Date: October 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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Product Description
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 ultimate survivors 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 diverse jungle environment filled with plants, fruits, and even wildlife. Your Sims change as they take on the challenges of island life and learn to survive in style. Create a new life for your Sims on an uncharted island in The Sim 2 Castaway.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Learning to Survive October 25, 2008
C. Finley (Conway, SC)
I've been enjoying playing The Sims 2: Castaway game. I have a lot to learn and at the moment I haven't found any of my fellow castaways.
You have to work for any advancement in the game, but I don't want a game that is too easy. It is fun exploring the island and interacting with the monkees. Hopefully soon I will get enough supplies together to build a raft and head to other territories.
If you like Survivor and want to experience some of that atmosphere this game is for you.
 Very cool game! October 14, 2008
Pixie Panda (NH)
I'm not too far into the game yet, but so far it is very cool and pretty fun! The graphics are very good, in my opinion. I loved how my sims clothing got dirty and torn from walking in the jungle; it was a very cool effect to have in the game. I loved being able to name the chimps and have them gather different resources so my sim didn't need to spend a couple sim hours gathering what she needed for a few sim days; I also loved how they got excited seeing her and always wanted to hug my sim! It almost teaches it's players certain things when it comes to being stranded on an island; how to build decent shelter, how to get fish or any kind of edible item, and how to stay sane enough. I know there's plenty of mysteries I haven't gotten to, but I love what I've been doing so far. I would also like to add that the water looks beautiful! The waves, the sun shining down on it, the fish swimming around in it! I would recommend this game to anyone of any age. It's a good break from the PC versions and usual family, work, build a house routine.
This is not your child's videogame! September 15, 2008
Doodlesweaver (Charleston, WV United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is by far the best videogame I have ever played. Your sim gets stranded on a deserted island and you must gather resources and skills to progress and keep yourself alive. The fun meter is off the scale! I like all the "work" you have to put into gathering resources, learning how to fish, surviving rainstorms, etc. Also, if you don't sleep or eat - you die! So there's a constant tension to stay on your toes.
Sims 2 Castaway has a tiny bit of a "Myst" quality to it, as well. You have to find all these clues to solve the puzzle - which I still haven't solved yet. I would like to see more of a merging of the "Myst" puzzle games with the "Sims" concept in the future.
Adult videogamers who aren't into blood, guts and gore, sports or Nascar, but still find a good video game intoxicating can sure use more games like this one!
Highly recommended!!!
 Love it June 2, 2008
P. Sliger (USA)
The Sims 2 Castaway is a fantastic game. It's really fun. The only issue I have with the game is that your main Sim's social bar goes down very quickly, and it's hard to get it back up again when you can only interact with monkeys. Other than that, it's definitely worth your time. The monkeys are hilarious, by the way.
Its an ok game May 19, 2008
Sandie Grilli Beauvais (montreal, Qc)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well i am a big SIMS 2 fan and since i already had the other games for ps2 well i decided to try the sims 2 cast away!
What i loved about this game is that you can actually see your clothes getting dirty and old! see your hair getting longer and the menu to interact with other or decide what to do with, well is similar to the one in the pc game. You can talk to monkeys and name them once your relationship with them is strong and you can actually ask them to bring stuff for you... As the game goes on, you have to explore the islands in search of your crew ( if you have one maximum of 6) and as you climb or swim or build things you build up your skills.
What i didnt like is that it takes forever to actually recognize all the fruits and plants on the island, that it takes a lot of material to build walls and everything else and if you want to destroy a wall or move it somewhere else you cant recuperate the material you used so it goes to waste. Sometimes you cant release all the passages in the game right away until you actually accomplish all the tasks in your book.
There s a pretty big choice of furniture and all but i find that after a while, you just get bored of it or you re just tired of being lost on an island... i seriously prefer the sims 2 on ps2 than cast away. Dont get me wrong it is interesting for the fact that its an original game but you just get bored fast! Plus the graphics arent so great! It would of been even more interesting if you could of populate the island and make the island at the end a resort but i guess this is not a pc game and you have to save everything in a memory card so it needs a limit...
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