MySims™

This game is just a port of the original MySims PC with much needed added quality of life features such as; HD textures, added NPCs, and my personnel favorite the ability to move sims into the Gardens! I recommend this game for anyone that wants a cozy experience with a lot of replayability. One downside is the grinding for essences, which can be tedious and sometimes even feel like a chore. One thing to note is that the multiplayer features from the original MySims on PC are not in this version and unfortunately the developpers have said that they won't be implementing them.

A fun little nostalgia trip! I still love these games dearly, particularly the original MySims. Used to spend hours playing both titles on the Wii. Nostalgia goggles or no, they do have some turn offs, though. So for those unaware, both games in this little bundle are essentially The Sims, but super simplified and toned down for kids. So there's no super meaningful way to communicate with the NPCs; just a be nice option to improve your relationship with them, a be mean option to make your relationship worse, and a general talk option which does nothing to your relationship and instead gives you a little bit of info on what the character likes or dislikes, or some little backstory nibbles. Kingdom's story and character writing in particular also annoys me now, as an adult, because of how the characters were made to become even worse exaggerated trope charicatures... so the dialogue kinda grated on my nerves enough that I started skipping it on some of the islands. Especially since some returning characters were never that bad/irritating originally, and actually had a smidge of nuance, in the original MySims. Anyhow, the real draw of these games is the decoration aspect. The OG MySims has a suprisingly robust creation system for decorations that allows you to tailor anything you have a blueprint for however you see fit. So long as you get the blocks you use within the required areas so they can function as the item you're creating (fridge, pipe organ, etc), you can make things as cool or crazy as you desire. The essences you collect can be used as paints with some neat patterns, and also work as replacements for the aforementioned building blocks. So combos like a table with a tiger stripe tabletop with a literal thorn as its base are possible. Kingdom nixes that feature entirely, as well as using essences as paints, but gives nicer looking decorations, a wider selection of blocks for the buildings to choose from, and more "grounded/IRL-based" paint types for walls, floors, AND some parts of decorations. The caveat is that you need to spend mana to be able to use them; not enough mana means no item placement/texture repainting until you gather more. Essences in Kingdom instead get used to fullfil scroll blueprints for new items to use. You can still place them into the world, however! Kingdom also added further complexity factor with the ability to use machinery, which is neat! As you progress the story, you can gain the ability to use gears, electricity and water pipes to power some contraptions. I was delighted to discover that the OG MySims in this bundle includes the personal garden area — as well as all the characters locked behind that version — which I never got to experience as a kid because it was apparently exclusive to the DS. This means more space for characters to move in, as well as a ton of new essences to find and use. I have, however, noticed that the stone rings of the tree planters float. So there's a little optimisation that needs to happen on that front... Ofc these games are great for their intended audience of young kids, but they're also super relaxing and stress-free games to play for older audiences. I can't speak for the keyboard and mouse controls brcause I'm almost exclusively a controller play girlie, but controller controls (lol) are a little weird to get used to at first, since they're adapted from the Wiimote controller and nunchuck style. Though after that initial learning curve, it's smooth sailing.

fun nostalgia! Hoping they remaster more of the mysims games

They put an alice the returns costume dress for me. Somebody in EA in the design section is one of us. I love them. I forgive them for everything. 10/10. Still ass tho

I played this game and the Kingdom version on the Wii. It was my absolute childhood that I probably spent thousands of hours on, so this brought heavy nostalgia. It was my escape. People may think that these games are just kid versions of the main Sims franchise, which is true to an extent, but it is also so much more than that. Just give it a chance. HOWEVER Achievements? :c Gutted that there are none!

childhood game :D i wish it was like nitendo ds version, but it's somehow different Q-Q but i still love sims

I played both MySims and MySims Kingdom on my Wii every chance I got as a kid! Still has the same charm now as it did back then!

MySims предоставляет игроку достаточно простой, но длительный и уютный геймплейный цикл: – Встреть нового гостя своего городка в отеле; – Построй для него домик; – Возьми у него задание на крафт мебели; – Собери необходимые эссенции, добывая их из растений, выкапывая из-под земли, ловя в воде или взаимодействуя с жителями; – Создай запрошенную мебель и покрась её с помощью собранных эссенций; – Вернись в домик к гостю и размести там созданную мебель; – Повторяй до тех пор, пока у этого персонажа не закончатся задания, после чего получишь доступ к новым чертежам мебели, а в отель прибудет следующий гость – и всё начнётся сначала. Чем больше заданий выполняет игрок, тем выше становится уровень счастья жителей и тем больше звёзд получает городок. Собственно, в какой-то момент все жители станут счастливы, все звёзды будут собраны, и игру можно будет считать пройденной. Да, в ней есть косяки – это далеко не идеальный ремастер. Я бы мог придраться к качеству звука и неудобному управлению, огромной задержке ввода при включении Vsync в настройках игры, прогнанным через нейронку заставкам и отсутствию ачивок в релизе 2024 года, но скатываться в крайности и говорить, что это плохая игра, я точно не стану. Если MySims подходит под ваш текущий вайбик, если вам нравится проектировать мебель и домики из деталей разной формы и если вас увлекает подобный геймплейный цикл, техническая сторона вопроса становится совершенно неважной. Лично мне в MySims понравились визуальный стиль и клишированные, гипертрофированные чиби-персонажи. А вот цена на эту игру за то качество геймплея, которое она предоставляет, совершенно неоправданно завышена. Благо, я потрогал её по подписке EA Play, чего и вам рекомендую. P.S. У меня, кстати, есть карик с портом этой игры для Nintendo DS https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3784888087

One of my favourite Wii games, it works really well for a Wii port (as far as I've played). Building everyone in town custom furniture is way more of a time sink that I remembered though.