We're tackling the bizarre and quirky world of The Sims 2 console spinoff today, one of the wackiest games to grace my Xbox. Still so many questions to answer...
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Sims Soundtracks Used (Maxis and Griptonite and EA):
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Sims 2 (GBA, DS, PC, console)
The Sims Bustin Out
Urbz: Sims in the City
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Decided to revisit a game that still haunts me to this day to celebrate this Thanksgiving holiday: The Sims 2 for console. Hope you all have a good holiday! (And even if you're not American, why not just have a big dinner?)
This is my all-time favourite Sims game and I am so glad you made a video of it.
tell us what happened to sonny you ambiguous amphibian
Has anyone else played Sims 2 for the Nintendo DS
Thanks for making this great videos!
Easiest way to make friends in Sims two (or Sims busting out on the game cube) is trap everybody in a hotub together. They're forced to socialize with each other until you release them.
Every different console/handheld Sims game from the Sims 2 era is absolutely fascinating to me. Sims 2 on DS was a hotel management game, while on PSP it was a supernatural mystery RPG
I was just about to say this. I have a plethora of memories involving the DS Sims and constantly being like "what the actual hell is happening."
The ds game was amazing, I played keelhaulin alone for 100 hrs at least.
I hope AA plays this, and I definitely hope he covers what happens when you turn the time back on your DS.
i remember sims medieval and sims 2 castaway for the psp vita. absolute mad games, i never finished them even close, when i way 13/14
@user-he6dz6qu5b I still play the sims medieval, I really wish sims castaway was available on pc! (It is but apparently its not the same as the console version or something?)
You HAVE to play the DS version of the sims 2, there's the Italian mafia, a cult, a murderous robot, alien invasions and nuclear rods lying around it's MAD
This is correct
It also has some great mini games, I spent alot of time in the casino playing that pirate card game.
@@WhiteKnightmare14 i liked those too! And the monkey one. I also spent so much time making songs
This game was genuinely scary to me as a child
@@jonbadguy5919 same, this is giving me nostalgia and fear at the same time
The joy of The Sims 2 is where you can actually control your characters. Not just commanding them
UGH SO TRUE!! THIS WAS THE ONE THINGG I ALWAYS GOT SO FRUSTRATED OVER..LIKE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT EXCEPT FOR THAT!!
@@shadyfan4500 no
I always used to play Sims 2 on console only and I loved it. It took me many MANY years to get into the "real" PC version because I just couldn't befriend the command feature. I wanna control my characters directly, not point and click at obejcts haha
It might be worth a visit to The Sims 2: Castaway. You might enjoy that one.
The only sims game I truly enjoyed and "finished". Pretty sure this game is what sparked my interest in survivalism, survival games, and primitive living/craft, despite being an outrageously unrealistic depiction of the reality of survival. Would be cool to see him experience it.
Oh my gods I had that on my DS, I entirely forgot about that, it was everything to me
@@gonkdroid9325 Sims 2: Castaway was the reason why I love survival games! I wish they make more of em in the future
Man, I loved that game growing up!
Psp version is bomb
6:50 "I was actually able to feel like I was making a difference at the next location. Unfortunately it was a very BAD difference". Once upon a time I played Sims to escape reality... not any more I guess.
Yo I'm gonna need you to bring it down a few notches. You're at like a 9 and I'm gonna need you to go down to a 5.
Aww, this game is so nostalgic for me. When I was a kid I had Lyme disease (I was able to almost fully recover, thankfully!) and me and my mom played this in the two-player mode to keep me entertained. For a long time we would replay it once a year just for fun, until we moved and lost track of the PS2. Most of my best Sims memories come from this game. She also found out at some point when we were playing again in my late teens that the game doesn't have any mechanic to prevent you from marrying LITERALLY EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME and decided that was the best way to keep friends for promotions because spouses can't lose relationship points with you. We would laugh so hard when Noel was married to 12 people at the same time and every person he passed was blowing him kisses as he ran to work.
If you ever want to revisit the experience, you could look into emulation :D
@@pkyy9269 I don’t think they can emulate Lyme disease yet
@@cardioandfriends you’d be surprised!
Wait, you can do that in this game? Granted I got the GameCube version, so I don't know if it differs from the others. I played this for years and I'm still learning new things about this game.
Thank you so much for the marriage/not losing friendship tip! It nowhere to be found on tips guides!
I really loved how you could use controllers and actually control your sim. I wish they would bring that back :(
At least in sims 3 theres the Victor Andrade first person! Check it out!
Same! First person for Sims 4 was such a let down. Just lemme walk around damn
I was convinced this was going to be the standard with future Sims titles on consoles after i played this game. Needless to say i was disappointed when i played Sims 3 on the 360 😢
As someone who basically one played sims 2 on console, I'm SHOCKED to learn that this was not the case. Wtf? They really dropped the ball on this series lol.
Ah, the nostalgia... My siblings and I played this in Swedish since our native language wasn't an option, and the two words I remember learning were "örfila" = to slap somebody (with a fish), and "kräkas" = to throw up. What beautiful childhood memories!
Thanks for sharing, for those two words are now the only Swedish words I've learned now 😆 God bless u
Xbox Sims 2 was lit, you could play local two-player as two sims living in the same house. Good times :)
Thanks for the reminder! I'd get mad at my step-brothers for flirting with the wrong neighbor or trying to tell my sim jokes all day 😂
Was it splitscreen?
@@bench-xpre55 yeah, it was amazing, had a great time with my sister back then on the ps2, and there was also the Pets version that changed a lot of stuff too
Why they got rid of local co-op is beyond me. (then again, EA is good at killing great titles)
It's so heartwarming to see the console version of Sims 2 being remembered; I feel like it gets overlooked a lot when people talk about The Sims. I was also one of those that grew up playing the console versions since I wouldn't have a computer capable of consistently running games until I was off to college, and while the PC games may be more robust overall, there were aspects of console Sims 2 that were just so unique. I liked the goal-based gameplay and seeing what new area I'd be off to next, and I especially loved the experimental nature of cooking and how you could combine different ingredients to get all sorts of different effects. Sure, the controls were a little clunky sometimes, and I spent SO MUCH TIME in the Bio-Dome thanks to the 12 friend goal, but man, was the game a trip.
_The Sims 2™_ and _The Urbz: Sims in the City™_ before it were absolutely top tier for Sims console gaming. The Urbz was definitely lowkey in that it seems like a lot of people don't remember it or simply never knew it existed, but i'd love to see something like that again.
I'm replying late (sorry), but I played Urbz too! The soundtrack was so good, and I loved how much personality the game had. I only know one other person who played it.
Despite their limitations the console sims games before 3 had a special charm about them especially bustin out and urbz and one thing I miss that 2 had which should've been added to 3 and 4 is being able to have direct control of a sim it's just really nice being able to walk a sim without pressing a tile for them to go
You could control your sim directly on the wii version but that's all that I know of
I remember playing this when I was a teen! This game introduced me to Paramore lol
omg me too. The Paramore song that was all mixed up
Playing this co-op was an absolute trip growing up The stupid shenanigans that could and most certainly *did* ensue
This game was such a fever dream. I played it religiously as a kid and loved every second of it. Thanks for the bizarre walk down memory lane!
My Childhood! I couldn't finish it, no matter how long I tried. Having to have 30-20 friends was really hard
I have terrible insomnia and have struggled to sleep even more than usual lately. However, I discovered that listening to your videos and VODs at night really helped calm my mind, and I have finally been getting some proper sleep & relief. I have been an AA fan for a long time, but wanted to thank you for everything you do - we are all lucky to have you 🙏
I also fall asleep to his voice! Him and Kevin make me relax and I also suffer from insomnia
For sleeping I use Mandalore (I'm a big fan of his channel) but AA also has such a soothing voice!
I remember as a kid I had this for PlayStation 2 and for PC, And they where both so much fun, I would say that the sims 2 era is by far the best time for sims.
Ahh, the memories of this game. Playing this on the PS2 together was one of the few moments where my sister and I weren't scratching each others eyes out. Or slapping each other with fish, if you will.
Literally described my childhood
I LOVED this game. I had it for the GameCube because I also didn’t have a PC to play the original and I spent so much time playing it. I’d stay up so many late summer nights when I was younger with the windows open while Pressure by Paramore played over and over again in simlish. This may honestly be my favorite Sims game.
I remember an exploit in this game that if you relax in a double bed with another Sim, your relationship points with that Sim skyrocket.
Yeah the best exploit in my opinion is similar. When you wanna finish job carreers you have to have a specific amount of friends (up to 14 or 15 I believe?) but you can always only have 7 people max on your lot (including roommates) and keeping friends was hard because once they leave the lot, the relationship level starts sinking and it's hard to keep up. So what I always do is buying the pool, placing 5 sims into it, and then an object right behind them, so they can't get out. That way they stay forever there and when Sims are in a pool together, their relationship level will ALWAYS rise. And that's how you can make like 5 friends in Sims at once.
I remember slapping someone with a fish in this game. I laughed hysterically when they pulled a fish out and slapped me with it. I guess every Sim carries a fish with them.
You know it is a good video when you feels like 2-3 minutes short video but actually 10 minutes.
I had a summer crush in 2005 I'd talk to on the phone all the time and she'd play this with her sister on the PS2. Obviously I told her to make the recipes that instakilled whoever ate them. Good memories of console Sims 2.
Played the PS2 version. Had an absoulte blast along with Sims Bustin Out.
Bustin' Out was so much fun lol.
The PS2 version had my favourite version of the music as well, I believe the creation music is slightly different on PS2 for Sims 2
It's amazing how well the ultra realistic stories of this game hold up to this day.
All The Sims games before were actually really well written
This was my very first sims game and I loved everything about it.
I remember being so bummed out when I played the Sims for Playstation 2 and finding out you couldn't build a second floor... sooooooo disappointing.
and the worst thing, having that house limit where you had the money but couldn't buy the item otherwise your house would "burn", I guess what was about to burn was the ps2 right hahahah
Soul crushing disappointment
Oh man sims 2 came out just when I had my first job, and I was over the moon with excitement for all the possibilities in a new sims game. It barely ran on the family PC, and load times took minutes for everything. Stuttering and lag was normal for me, and I could barely manage more than one sim at a time, my sistem just couldn't handle it. But it didn't really matter to me, I loved that game.
ambiguousamphibian's voice is like a hot cup of cocoa on a cold and frosty morning :)
his vocabulary are the best of any youtuber
Especially when he says *voluptuous.*
Totally missed Mesa Gallery, Andromeda Arms, Jugen House lol. But seriously, this is one of my favourite Sims games, in all versions I've played. I never really had a pc of my own until college, so even just playing Sims 3 was difficult unless I could borrow my dad's laptop lol. But the console and handheld versions of the Sims games were some of the most memorable ways I've experienced the series.
I had this game for my playstation 2 growing up, absolute fond memories with it.
Love all the chaos of early Sims. I just wish there was a playlist of your Sims videos so I could easly find them all.
When I was growing up this was my FAVORITE way to play The Sims 2. The direct controls, the cooking mechanics, the music, the places you can go. I loved tearing down as much of a property down as possible and completely remodeling it. I found myself frustrated I ran out of room and couldn't build 2nd story floors.
omg i've played this game and the other ps2 games SO MUCH but never realized you couldn't build 2nd floors LOL
I remember playing loads of the Sims 2 and loving it growing up, but this video has made me realise I was stuck on the first lot for my entire career.
0:44 You have a "bold and brash" taste in art Mr. Amphibian.
Nothing screams superiority and dominance faster than balancing a vacuum on your head before assaulting your fellow man with fish.
I remember this as a fever dream game. Going to the library downtown to play it and read a book for x amount of time to play.
This game was the central pillar of faith for my siblings and me growing up.
I hope you continue to review Sims games. These videos are the highlight of my day.
This was my childhood easily in my top 10 video games
Same
When I subscribed to Ambiguousamphibian he was playing Project Zomboid with some hardcore challenge twists. Today, he produced this masterpiece. I'm not complaining... The internet is a wonderful place.
I used to play this thing a lot on my ps2 i never knew there was a way to progress!! I ended up marrying the tutorial lady
I could watch these sims videos all day I NEED MOAR FEED ME MOOAARR
I cant believe you got CallMeKevin to be on your channel :D Edit: I found out Jim Pickens negotiated this by locking amphibian in the basement all praise the dear leader
our Dear Leader ❤️
@@kaylahaas uwu :3
I have always known CallMe (kool with a k) Kevin was an alien in disguise. Its really the only logical explanation for his entire personality. I dont know what Jim Pickens may be though, but i know better that to question him.
I played all of those levels for ages, and it was always sad to move away. I couldn't really read any English then, but I loved it all.
the co-op was what made this version one of the best sims games ever. so many good memories playing this game with my childhood friend every weekend
The Sims 2 for console is one I wish we could see rereleased (or at least given a spiritual sequel). I miss the ability to customize what you cook, and the variety of 'quests' & goals you fulfilled as you continued through. The Bustin' out, The Urbz, & Sims Medieval are in the same vein, but none of them quite compare to how well Sims 2 managed it (curse the data overload the game had, making the game eventually lock itself up).
"This guy is totally a crazy conspiracy theorist" *Guy is literally kidnapped and brainwashed by the people he was theorising about*
As a kid I could never make it to the Alien household! Also as a wanna-be goth kid I thought that black and purple ruffle skirt was the peak of fashion.
The Sims 2: Bustin out on PS2 was a fever dream and a half
Would love to see you complete sims castaway! I remember that game giving me a hard time when i was younger and i wonder if it would still be challenging. A completely different sims to any other.
This game was me and my friends jam when we were kids. We played this so much in co-op.
I loved the Sims 2 man, PS2 days were the best
It had the most fun split screen multiplayer that was so great.
What got me into the Sims was the Gamecube version of the Sims 2. After that I played sims 3 on the Wii and later played it on PC. Odd way to get into the series, but effective.
I have fond childhood memories of the My Sims games- I'd love to see how you interpret them in your distinctive style. Some of that stuff is *Weird*, even before you get into every one of those games using the same cast in similar roles.
My favourite sims 2 game was sims 2 castaway. Specifically the wii version. I enjoyed living simply, crafting items, exploring secrets, and being able to build shelters and homes.
I tried playing this all the time as a kid and never made it past the 2nd or 3rd house lol. I had no idea what I was doing and just liked customizing the characters. I do miss how weird the vibes were in Sims 2, Sims 3 and 4 feel too sterile in comparison
So many childhood memories with this game!, love that you're making videos on the sims!
I grew up with The Sims Bustin' Out on PS2 and even a little of the GBA version (which starts on a farm I think???). It was definitely an experience to be had.
bustin out on GBA was genuinely fun as hell. so much content in that damn game idek how they managed to fit it all on that small ass cartridge
"distrust of the government, and any and every possible organized institution" Hard to go wrong with that mantra.
I was just looking for something to watch and I saw you uploaded 2 seconds ago, I'm blessed!
Sims 2 on console was my first exposure to the series. Always played it with a friend. It was such a fever dream. Especially at that age. I think I always played as an alien and remodeled every house as much as I could. My friend, his sister and I even made up our own stories.
this was exactly how i played it too! me my sister and my friends would kick out all of the residents and make our own characters and create our own dramas. most of my house renovations were awful and disastrous, i used to put so many wall lamps in the houses that it'd singlehandedly push the lots into the fire hazard zone 😭
Wait... Did you guys know at the time that there's a freeplay mode in the game? You didn't really need to kick out the sims from their homes, you could just make your own from the ground up lol.
Why am I seeing like a 100 comments with fever dream
Maaaaan, that threw me back a LOT of years, I like this more than the pc version at the time because I liked to control them with the joystick. Can't wait for your video about the the Sims castaway, I tried, it was a disaster
Same!, the joystick controls made me feel like I was actually exploring my houses
Sims console games FTW. Absolutely would love to see a video on the PSP or DS, heck even maybe the GBA ports of this game. They're all absolutely insane and lovely in their own ways. I truly miss old Sims console ports 😭
I love your use of the Urbz music. Such an incredibly nostalgic game for me. I always hoped that there was a "full" PC counterpart (if that makes sense) since I grew up on the PC games... Sad to learn there wasn't.
Yesss Sims 2 console! It is so goofy and fun! I've downloaded some of the songs from it and put them into my Sims 2 game cuz they're just so good and I miss them.
I love these sims videos! Currently feeling unwell so this video will make me feel 10x better! 😊
I agree! Hope you get well soon!
What I loved about Sims2 on console, as well as Sims Urbz was that it had multiplayer. Was always fun playing it with my friend after school back in the day.
Would love to see you play the sims 2 for PSP, was one of my favourites back in the day. Such a beautifully, strange world and pretty adventure driven too. Tons of cool little quests and secrets to uncover. Hype to see more zomboid on the second channel too
sims 2 castaways was so good. i wore the disc out on ps2
Sims 2 for the PSP is my favourite. Had a cool plot and good mini games.
This game socialize mechanic was stressful, especially when your friends starts to leaving you
I’ve been waiting for this video, this one is engrained in my memory along with Sims 2 on DS
Funny story about me as a kid playing this game. Whenever I played story mode I was ALWAYS stuck on the 2nd location and it was cus of the last quest you had to do. Ya see when I was young I was about ehhh 9-10 when I played this game. I could read but I didnt know a lot. So the last quest is to beat the asshole of the game at FOOSball. I thought it said FOOTball. I was always upset I couldn't progress further.
I have a memory of playing what had to be the Sims 2 on console. It's my child brain with no concept of regular employment getting my sim fired for not showing up for work 3 days in a row due to forgetting jobs are an everyday thing and forcing my sim to faff about instead
I'm pretty sure that Sims 2/Sims 2 Pets on consoles were the ONLY Sims games where you can control your sim with the analog stick lol (There's actually a mod for Sims 3 on PC, where you can move your sim freely with the keyboard or controller)
The Sims 3 on the wii also allowed you to use the analog stick, the game was alright imo.
Please never stop making Sims videos. They make my day! ❤️
You’ve probably gotten this before but your dialect is so Romy from romy and Michelle’s high school reunion. I mean this as a big compliment
This is my first Sims game. Really takes me back. I made a lot of bad decisions.
Loved this game, it had some great locations, characters and music. That hippy desert location was so atmospheric. Real nice to see it get the amphibious treatment.
Oh my gosh thank you for doing a video on this game!! It's one of my all time favorites
I'm enjoying your revisiting of the Sims series
I finally got it. Your voice sounds so dang familiar to me, and it's been bugging me for a while that I couldn't figure out who you reminded me of. Now I have it. You sound like Jeffrey Combs. Not all the time, but a lot of the time.
I love so much how these various console versions of sims are so different. I grew up playing this one too although I’m now realizing I never played the story mode lol. You should absolutely do a vid on sims 2 castaway console version!
AA videos get a like before the ads even finish ❤️ wishing you a very happy holiday season!
In a few generations, Sims 8 or something will make us pay 14.99 for every pixel on the screen.
the sims 12 will be VR and we get to live a whole new life
@@ttvj4myee Not if you don't pay by the minute, you filthy little piggy-bank.
Big buff green men? Seems like I will only be holding my phone with one hand today.
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i played this game soo much as a kid. i always found it kind of relaxing (especially with the rain effect). that was until i found a recipe by mixing random ingredients (i think one of them was motor oil) that would kill everyone i served it to
i can appreciate the continued use of lemon jelly's nightlife remixes in these
Say what you will about sims console games but the soundtracks still go hard af
Sim 2 was amazing. More 2 player. Yes
This was so nostalgic to watch. And I loved the background music! 😍
i love that people are still making videos about this game!
This is how I was introduced to the series ❤️ thank gosh my babysitter’s kids had a GameCube
What a delight! I hope you do a video on The Sims 2: Castaway, The Sims: Bustin' Out for console, or The Sims for console. The Sims on console is such a weird little niche, I love it! Thanks. I didn't know much about this game. Seems excellent to me!
Yess! So glad you got round to this one!
.... How else does one spell "Kevin"??
I know he said “Kevin with a K” I was like “…wat” 😂