The Bizarre World of The Sims 2: Castaway
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Aho Slightly boomerish of me but this was the first time playing Castaway (by popular demand) but what other Sims titles do you guys want to see?
I genuinely don't know since all I played growing up were the Urbz and the GBA spinoffs (as well as perhaps the unforgettable PSP adventures)
Sims medieval ?
My Sims Kingdom on Wii
Sims 2 DS was a trip
Whatever you want, we will watch 😀
The Sims 2: Castaway walked so that Project Zomboid could run.
No it didn’t
Too bad zomboid is dog-water and the dev team is literal trash. At least this is fun
@@SunflowerDogs What? Are you sure youre playing zomboid?
@@SunflowerDogsbro have u tried it? The best pve zombie game ever
The Zims.
This game was my childhood. Can't believe someone would pick this up again someday.
i have vivid memories of playing this game for hours on a friend's wii. felt so nostalgic seeing it again
Same! It's funny now to think that this game probably started my interest in the survival genre. And now I gleefully see the changes in my environment in planet crafter nearly 20 years later.
Watched my sister play the shit out of this game she had a monkey i thought it was lit
@ddfb494355 Agreed. I couldn't ask for a better game to play back then. It had almost everything I searched for in a game, and all inside a disc playable in our home system. Although I ended pivoting to resource management and 4X games, it left an enormous mark on my brain. Good times.
@@DarkCircuitBreaker played the hell out of it on PS2 when Movie Gallery was still a thing. My mom worked there and when it was going out she snagged me a copy and I played it til the disc gave out.
This game was so ahead of its time, predating the survival game genre. Even as a kid, playing it on the Wii, i couldn't put it down. Years later as an adult, survival games would kick off... And this... is where it all started for me. Trying to scratch... THIS itch specifically
The "survival genre" goes back to DOS if not earlier
I also played it on the Wii when I was like 6 I had completely forgotten about it😊
@@almightyk11 if there are "survival games" on DOS that let you find food, water, build shelter, craft items, and generally have an open ended game play structure with the story being secondary to the game play loop of daily survival, then I don't know of any. But DOS games are extremely niche these days.
@@alexanderrahl7034 would WOLF and LION for dos count? Animal survival I find tends to be an even niche-r genre than typical survival-crafting too so I think it's really cool there were games for that even back then
Gods I remember playing the Gameboy Advance version and having fun with it.
I like to imagine the Xerxes are just one man and his multiple personalities
He's just like me for real 😂
Like because of the trauma of the crash he created multiple personalities to cope and survive or was he like that before he got to the island 🤔
lol I like that idea
@@kasocool2812 yes
Sims Club
One of my favorites, the fact you dont have a normal job and everything is done through materials was really fun Also i remember overbuilding and my house catching fire
oh yeah right i forgot, they stopped you building giant houses by just. setting them on fire if they were too big. kind of weird but i suppose it works
Yeah you had a limit on how big your house could be and extra would just catch fire for some reason. It was a technical limitation. What I really loved about Castaway on console is exactly as you said plus there's direction. There's story to find, stuff to explore, etc. You have to learn how to craft better things. All while you can do all this at your own pace too. If you really want you could just live on the first island for days.
@@Eventide215also you get to be abducted by aliens in a way more complicated way than the og game
You actually got a full house built? Amazing. I could have walls or furniture but not both.
@@heftyhadrosaur8740 There are pre built houses you can just plop down then build and furnish. I never bothered with custom ones lol
This game always felt like a massive monkey and coconut fever dream
Palm fronds 😩
TS2 castaway was the birth child for survival games, the semi in-depth resource collection & crafting, shelter building, clothing damage/crafting, hair growth. It was actually pretty impressive considering the time, I should get the dusty ol' ps2 out to play this again at some point
It's weird to think there was a time you could make games like this and get hundreds of thousands of CDROMs printed. Like, at some point someone had to drive a truck full of The Sims 2: Castaway away from the factory.
Me remembering getting all of the Sims 2 expansion in those way oversized plastic cases they came in, having to install each of them like a separate game, and having to figure out which one I installed last/which was the most recent so I knew which disk I needed to actually start the game. The time before DLC and digital storefronts is wild to think back on.
@@Red-Tower Same same, I even had a bookcase dedicated to my cd's.
I'm not sure if you take suggestions but The Sims 2 DS was the weirdest game. I replay it every few years would absolutely love to see a video on it as nobody really talks about it.
Ah yes an oddly unforgettable title
@ambiguousamphibian are you talking about the DS game my Sims that game was cursed
@ambiguousamphibian It's amazing right until the end almost always get stuck on needing the experience to open the elevator.
@@fairypenguin Aw I loved that one as a kid!! That was the one with the hotel right? I can't remember it very well - Where you could print money, go metal detecting in the desert, and ... Make techno music? Now you've made me want to play it again!!
If he is going to play it he's going to need a "perfectly legal" copy of the game and DS, a DS of any variation with recording software on it is WAAAAAYYYYY too expensive. Not hard to setup that perfectly legal version and get things running but can make bottom screen touch panel access odd. So it's something to consider @ambiguousamphibian
This is my favorite, favorite, favorite sims 2 spinoff. I’ve probably put hundreds of hours into it between childhood and adulthood. I am so excited to watch this. Thank you for playing it.
Honestly? I like this game more than the regular sims. Never could get into the normal sims. Castaway however, I spent an unhealthy amount of time in
@@goldenhate6649 Most of the spinoffs are like that for me. I can't really get into normal Sims (I like building and that's about it usually). The spinoffs though all have story, exploration, etc going on so it's just so much more fun to me. Like Urbz on console and handheld (different games entirely) were great games for me because there was a story happening that I can explore while also taking care of my character's needs and life. Castaway in particular I really love because I enjoy survival games and this gave me Sims with survival and story/goals.
It will never stop suprising me how they used to make basically different games under the same name for different platforms. I used to play castaway on pc and it looks nothing like this.
Okay I thought so! I played PC too and I was so confused
... I was about to shit with pure rage, because I had searched for years, for this game on PC. And i thought you just said you played it on PC. I found what You're talking about though, this version looks better though, I'm sorry to say 😅
Noticed that when he covered Urbz - I played the DS version and it’s a different game. Really bizarre choice to not just call them different things, or just port the same game!
Same happened with Need for Speed. It must've been an EA thing.
Same thing with the Harry Potter games.
"Man, this Sim's name is super hard to say. Well, better name an entire family the same thing and rattle off their names all at once just to punish myself for my sins" - AmbiguousAmphibian, probably
I'm glad to see you just made the Spiffing Brit as a sim and through him on an island to survive
Threw*
just don't let him hold the food
From tickling the Black Eyed Peas to hugging monkeys. I may need to get into the home console Sims universe.
I for one love this bold reimagining of Nigel Thornberry's history
got emotionally attached to them monkeys last time i played lmao
Oh jeezus I miss Bobobo bo bo bobo so much
Fist of the nosehair
@@ambiguousamphibian hell yeah >:•)
Back in the day me, my sister, and mom played this together. Good memories
My father fishing in that game 🤣
I can remember playing this as a kid, I only made one Sim, didn’t realise you could befriend the chimps, and was scared to leave the beach at night. My play through eventually ended with my Sim being super depressed without any entertainment and crying every few steps. I found the radio in the plane and was forced to use that to improve his mood. The last thing I remember is being at the top of the gorge dancing with the radio and crying repeatedly lmao.
With that moustahce and a gold monocle, I would have named him Spiff.
The Spiffing Monkeyslapper
Xerxes looks like a "proper british lad" ready to "civilize" the island.
Oh my god you brought back a memory that I haven't seen or thought about in a long time, also this game was on phone
Thanks Gandalf
BROW, memories unlocked, I remember there was a hidden crystal island if you did like a hieroglyph quest or something like that, also I remember when I found out the secret on fishing, you had to wait the fish animation to jump so you can use the spear, this game is insane, I played it so much
I remember finally beating this a few years ago. I was super sad how easy it was to beat when you actually have gaming know-how. As a kid this was the toughest game for me, but I’m so glad it stood up to the test of time (in my opinion)
1:23 That's a REALLY good edit! Wow!
says he's making a neckbeard, then skips past the fedora and gives him a monacle and no beard.
Oh my God I am so glad to see you finally playing this game. I always felt like Castaways was an amazing but quirky Gem of a game. It lacked a lot of creative options but the game play was pretty solid.
I recommended looking into the pc version its great
Very little to do about anything, but at 5:52 you run by something called a Pokeberry Bush. That is actually a real (but non tropical) plant native to the eastern and southern parts of the US. Unfortunately, the berries and mature leaves are toxic to mammals. You actually can make the leaves edible by repeatedly boiling them (dumping the water each time) to leech out the toxin - you'll know it's safe when the water stays clear when it boils. And the berries make a decent dye. My great grandfather would apparently resort to feeding his family the purified leaves when times were really tough. Birds will happily eat the berries (the toxin has no effect on them). Thank you for coming to my TED talk. ;P
oh fuck yes, this castaway game has always been one of my favorites out of all the sims it's a really damn shame that they never made a modern version of this game
SO glad you're playing this! I really enjoyed Castaway. It was a fun fusion of the two ideas (survival, which hadn't been done to death yet) and the Sims. And, for a PS2 game, I think it did quite a lot with the hardware it had.
I lost audio to my earbuds during the entire time that the screen was panning around Xerxes on his boat. I thought it was some avant-garde comedy decision and I was losing my mind until i realized it was a technical difficulty 😭
I remember seeing a friend playing this game on his TV in his house once. I could never find it again and assumed it was just a fever dream
Having just heard of this I would also assume that 😂
This is the only sims game i ever really understood and knew how to play. Never thought i'd see a video on it after all these years!
He tried to hide it with the hat and facial hair But AA can't hide the fact that Xerxes is just Adam Sandler
dude this is my favorite childhood game, along with friends of mineral town! been playing it recently again too. i always loved castaway aesthetic and the survival that goes with it. wish they made a direct sequel to this game, but i'm glad with the games like this today. thank you so much for covering this deranged little game, man!
Castaway was the bomb back in the day. Keep playing it AA, it'll make good content, and it gets better. The memories I have from that game make me mad that the "Castaway" idea wasn't done with Sims 3 or 4. It's a fun concept, and it's like a casual survival game; which could introduce people to the Survival genre by easing them into that style of game. 10/10 Banger concept and idea.
I must say, sims 2 Castaway was my favourite of all of the spin-offs. And if you think this is bizarre, you should try the DS version. Its an experience.
The aesthetics of game design in this era holds a special place in my heart
I used to play sims 2 castaway on my psp. By far one of my favourite sims ports. At the time I was amazed by the amount of crafting in this game and played it for literal hours.
Man the psp version was amazing a by looking at this video I remember been better than the ps2 version
Damn. Sims was ahead of its time with the survival adventure genre.
This game, MySims racing, MySims Kingdom, and that one Sims Animals game that was based in Africa (I can't remember the exact name) were my childhood! This was so nostalgic. Can't wait to see you work your way through them all. I will also pray for the day you play the Sims 2 on the DS because I could never get enough of that game even though it was wildly unsettling lmao.
The “Sims Animal” game might be Sim Safari? That game was the shit back in the day 😌
@@feelinglostinthepeople you just sent me down a google deep dive and even though i played Sims Safari, the game i was talking about it called SimAnimals Africa! it was on the Wii! so many banger games
Great new name for a new Kenshi Martial arts-only run 😂
I'd love to see you continue this playthrough. Castaway was my favorite sims spinoff as a kid even thought I got stuck a lot.
One week from Monkeyslapper to Monkeyslaver. Progress level: British
That reflect in the mirror at 1:23 was great to see.
God this game. I played so much of it. I feel like I remember things but have no way of knowing if it was real or not. There was a jumpscare noise of I think the volcano rumbling that would freak me out
the sims 2: castaway was probably my favorite game on the ps2, I watched a playthrough not too long ago cuz I wanted a shot of nostalgia and here it is again
I love how the crew is just clones of the same guy... and one woman... named M'Lady. It just cracks me up!
Yesss I HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY MY AMBIGUOUS OVERLORD
I played this so much it nearly broke my PS2, it was so buggy and laggy. Haven't thought about it for over 15 years until it recently came up in a conversation, now you made a video on it. Susss
"Monkeys themselves sort of have neck beards, in a sense." I...I don't think I can argue with that.
Wtf, I was scrolling through the comments and read yours just as he said it Jinx!
Oh my, Ambiguous did the unthinkable... Went outside and found a copy of the Sims 2 on top of a palm tree!
I just emulated this on my computer last week and was shocked by how interesting it was despite being old, compared to the garbage Sims 4 EA has fallen so far 😭
Maxis is also dead.
Loved this game as a kid! Might need to go back to the islands to finally find that last map piece.
“M’lady” 😂 Now I’m cracking up at the thought of all the neckbeards fighting over her in future episodes.
You missed a opportunity to make a dragon ball joke by naming yourself lord frieza and ruling over monkeys LMAO.
Ooga booga
This game has a surprising amount of content. Would love to see more! I remember getting probed by aliens and discovering the llama worshipping cults
I remember seeing my brother obsessively playing this game and inevitable getting stuck at the base of this temple he couldn't climb due to some level of fitness despite him nearly being maxxed out, also didn't help for his case that he could actively see the other sims climbing up and down it on their own volition but couldn't get up or switch to them as it was happening
More of this please! I've never heard of a castaway spinoff of the sims, but it puts a nice and silly spin on the usual sims videos.
I've wanted to replay this game for so long. It's one of the two games that got me into the survival genre, during a time when it wasn't even truly defined.
I was just about to sleep. This is perfect timing. Thank you frog man!
I am so happy that you covered all 3 of the sims games that shaped my childhood. I knew I subbed for a reason. Haha
I fucking LOVE the sims 2 castaway, my absolute childhood. I wanted to play this on an emulator SO bad ever since it came out on PS2, and actually finish it this time, It's SUCH a cute fucking game and the concept it AMAZINGLY interesting to me and many others!! thank you for playing it in 2024 :D
I remember playing a borrowed copy of this game for hours on end. I don't know why, it was so much unending fun for my ten-or-so year-old brain. I hope you'll continue the series.
i love how "fishing" is called "stab fish" as to show the true murderous harshness of survival
This was one of my favorite games growing up. Thank you for covering it 💪
Still my favorite Sims 2 game by far. It was so glitchy but so fun! You'll forever be haunted by the leaf bundles the chimps bring you that get dropped just far enough into the wormholes where you'll never reach them. And if you ever try to romance a character, not only does it take forever to accomplish, but if any of the other sims romance them your active player will somehow know that they've cheated with their sudden psychic powers and perhaps a disturbance in the force and they will be uncontrollably compelled to go yell at their romantic interest for daring to flirt with another. Chaos.
I would love to see more of this adventure continue! From what I've seen of Castaway before, it's a pretty wild take on The Sims. But like others said, Medieval would be fun too!
id love more of this, its a nostalgia trip and one of my fave turtles playing it is a great moment, also good sleep aid XD more sims castawayyyyy...please
I need more of this. So bad. I remember having this as a kid, and getting onto the second island, but then my younger sibbling scratched the hell out of the disk so i could never continue.
Castaways was my jam bro. I love the story-based Sim games. I don’t like how open it is now like Simms busting out was fire. There was an objective passed away same thing.
This was awesome, as always your videos are hilarious. Loved this game back in the day it’s so quirky 😂
You always make me laugh like a kid when i watch your videos keep up the good work!
I’m so excited I couldn’t wait for you to get around to this one!!
I played this game when I was in like 6th or 7th grade? I remember finally making it to the second island and still wondering why I haven’t seen a single other sim because I thought that maybe some would be living there already or there’d be NPCs if you didn’t make a group for the game. Had to start all over and made 6 sims to make it worth it and build up a good survival group. I’ll also never forget the time a hurricane hit and my sim who was still on the first island couldn’t sleep cause he didn’t have a shelter built, so he’d constantly get wet and wake right back up. He was constantly hungry too, and the thunderstorm just kept coming, idk how but I survived long enough to finally get a break in the storm to pass out, wake up, scavenge for food and then finally have a good enough mood to build the roof of the shelter
I just recently asked for more Sims content and there it is it makes me so happy 😊
Sims 2: Castaway was and might still be my favorite sims game growing up. So glad you are giving it a monkey slap!
Damn, that tree trunk had no business being that cheeked up
Still to this day this is one of my favorite Sim games ever, on occasion I bust it out and play through it again. It shaped my hopes for survival games ever since.
1:23 looking respectfully 👀
Nothing disrespectful to look at with a tree :P
yoooooo i've played Castaway back then with my lil bro, you just brought back some memories AA :)
Dat tree bussy @1:23
"admittedly amish" got me good lol
This was the first and only sims game I've played, and I still love it
All I could think when he was making the first Xerxe was "Why's it look like Adam Sandler?"
brings back childhood memories, thank you sir ambiguousamphibian!
This game was my childhood thanks for the memories! Part 2 please!!
This gave me so much nostalgia. Thank you sir 😢
i had this game on my psp as a kid and i never see anyone talk about this one anymore, so glad youre playing it!
That's crazy! Thats where I keep my sims 2 castaway ps2 disc too!
It ain't a Sims game, but I wonder how you'd tell the story of Lost in Blue 1 or 2, for the Nintendo DS. I could picture your narration of events like fighting alligators off with a sharpened stick, weaving ropes from vines, and accidentally including poison mushrooms in your cooked meals.
Honestly, keep going. This game gets way better the further you go into the lore!
This was one of my favorite games growing up. I just replayed it a couple of years ago on an emulator, I was wondering when a big youtuber was gonna make a video about it, thank you.
this was Baby's first survival game for me as a kid, i had to have put hundreds of hours into it. I still have the old disk somewhere, this makes me want to revisit it all over again
Sims 2 castaway was my first interaction with the games! Played it on my psp or My ds if I remember right! Cool to see it shown here, never seen anyone else mention it ever ahahaha
The sqeaky sound during the "music listening" almost made me die of laughter.
One of my first sims games, i played it on the WII. Many cherished memories from my childhood. Thank you AA
This took me back man. I loved this game
This made me remember the times when i rented this game from blockbuster to play on my DS, good times!