Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Maxis
Ship Date: Fall 2004
Category: Simulation/Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation®2/Xbox®/Nintendo GameCube™
Product Description
The Sims have
moved to the City where action is 24/7 and reputation means everything.
Sims who live in the City are known as Urbz, and they have a bold new
look and attitude. Go to work and be challenged by bosses at locations
like the Sushi Bar, Chop Shop, or Bootleg Fireworks, Inc. Success at
work brings promotions, access to new power socials and gear to influence your new
lifestyle. Flaunt your attitude by styling your Urbz using the
detailed new character engine; then cross the velvet ropes of an uptown
night club or explore the subway to earn new skills and items for your
high-rise crib. It's up to you whether your Urbz become big-time
players on the street or are lost in the crowd. It's all about
reputation as The Urbz are living the dream in a City that
never sleeps.
The Game Boy®Advance version also has a brand new city adventure.
Welcome to Miniopolis, a bustling city poised on the brink of ruin.
After getting fired from your job as a window washer, you stumble upon
Daddy BigBucks' devious plot to take over the city. To thwart his evil
schemes you have to get access throughout the city by building up your
reputation to become the biggest "player" in the city; ultimately making
it to that deluxe penthouse in the sky.
Key Features
• Reputation (rep):
Build your reputation
within the world, outside your hood, and through characters you'll
hang with. Your goal is to be the biggest player in the city with ultimate
access to the hottest places and people.
• Urban Style :
An all-new character engine
turns your Urbz into hip city dwellers. Take your Urbz out on the town
to swanky new hot spots like the Sushi Bar, VIP Club, or even out to
get a tattoo at the Tattoo Parlor.
• New Gameplay Experience:
You now control
your Urbz 24/7 in the city that never sleeps. You directly control
your Urbz on the job to make sushi or strip down motorcycles, etc.,
to earn Simoleans and gain access to new social interactions! Motive
gameplay is more elegant than ever so that you fulfill your motives
quicker and even have limited motives to manage in specific situations.
You can bounce into a hip boutique and change your look in-game from
rasta to rap, affecting how the world perceives you!
• Lifestyles & Districts:
Choose
to live in one of nine districts (neighborhoods), each with its own
unique inhabitants and their lifestyles. Depending on which district
you pick your gameplay experience and the way you earn your reputation
will be different.
• Next Generation Graphics, UI, and
Audio:
Featuring all-new graphics, real time lighting and
weather effects, the city comes alive. New audio and music reflects
the sounds of the city and the beat of urban lifestyles. The brand
new in-game UI modeled after the latest PDAs is named the XAM (pronounced "zam").The
XAM lets you Xchange money & items, Access special areas in the
city, and message your friends to stay connected 24/7; are
you XAM min' yet?
• EyeToy™ Support for the PlayStation
2 console:
Get your face in the game! Once you earn a reputation
worthy of bill boards, you'll see your face (or your Urbz face without
EyeToy) appear on signs, billboards, and bus ads all around the city.
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