Sims 2 Castaway review for Nintendo DS

Sims fans will be going tropical this month, with the release of the new Sims 2: Castaway, which finds the mini-mes washed up on a desert island after a shipwreck. If you're a veteran of the many incarnations of the Sims, you'll be familiar with the basic structure of the game. You start from scratch, building yourself a home, then build up social networks and give your tiny alter-ego's life some meaning. The Sims 2: Castaway all takes place by necessity in a much narrower world however, so will it be the all-encompassing, totally absorbing experience that we have come to expect from the Sims? Read our Sims 2: Castaway review to find out what we think of the game now!

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Sims 2 Castaway review for Nintendo DS
Some people seem to think that being washed up on a desert island could be a pleasant experience. We're inclined to believe it would be more similar to how Tom Hanks portrayed it in the film Cast Away, and that we'd turn into a scrawny, bearded nut-case that talks to a ball in a matter of days. Unsurprisingly, The Sims 2: Castaway is much more focused on the fun side of being one of the few survivors of a cruise ship disaster. That's the bits that involve decorating your camp with shells and squashing bugs to make dyes out of for colourful new clothes. Following the gameplay curve of countless Sims games before it, your experience starts out as an upward struggle comprised of gathering wood to build a shelter out of, some vines to fashion a rope from and a bush to squat behind to do ‘your business'.