Customer Reviews

SimSafari

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I got this game years ago and I still play it sometimes, which is saying a lot! The graphics are fantastic. The sound is great. Gameplay is relatively easy, but you can change settings and add disasters to make it more challenging. When it comes to keeping the campgrounds and the village in check, it is always easy. The safari itself is harder to manage because it's easy for the food web to get out of whack. Things seem to be going great until you notice that your elephants have killed like all of your trees and that one corner of your park is overrun by tons of monitor lizards or something. The game is also fun to watch. You can see the animals eating, chasing each other, and getting into herds. It's one of the best old sim games. It's cheap and its a fun diversion, so if you can get your hands on it, do!

I really enjoy playing Sim Safari. While it's not an action game, it's relaxing to play.
The graphics are pretty nice ,and you actually learn a lot about predator-prey relationships and animal species.
Your mission: a successful safari park and camp. You design your own safari park and put animals, plants, rives, lakes, etc. in it. You also build an attractive camp for the villagers to stay in. Be sure to put in lots of attractions in so you'll have tourists filling it up. You'll also be doing a poor village a favor by hiring the needed amount of villagers to work in your camp. It's really a challenge to make sure that you balance the predator-prey relationships, put in enough plants to both feed herbivores and supply insects for insect-eaters, and be very successful. I currently have a very successful camp and 5-star safari park, so, no, it's not impossible to do. ^^
The missions are fun too and are quite a challenge. This game is worth every penny! I really recommend that you get this game! It's very relaxing and addicting.

I recieved Sim Safari in a Pack. I really enjoyed it! I loved making the camp. I love animals, so this game rocks! If you love animals and Sim games this is definetly a game for you! One reviewer said it is boring, well....... they were wrong.It is fun! I like to make sure my guests are as comfortable as possible. The only thing I DISLIKE is that you run out of money too quick. DEFINETLY BUY THIS GAME!!!!

This game is cute--the graphics are good (better than some Sim games I've played--plenty of nifty animals with nice animated pictures in the information windows) and it's not too challenging. Young gamers will no doubt enjoy it immensely, though I found myself wishing there wasn't so much clicking involved in the statistics interface and that my three "advisors" had something more intelligent to say. It also would've been nice if my jeeps had stuck to those nice dirt roads I dug for them instead of getting marooned in the grass (hmm...no word from my ecologist on how many tourists devoured by lions...) The 4 missions are decently challenging, but more tasks would've made this a better game. Overall, not bad for a sim, but too simple.

This game is fun in setting everything up first. The camp is the most difficult because you have to watch where you place the roads because you have to place the camp trails and the housing too. My suggestion is to place the road going all the way around the edges, then come down the middle.
Anyway, the biggest problem is the staff. If you hire to many, you may end up having to fire some and then they get angry and won't come back to work for you anymore, but then your camp suffers because you don't have enough employees. When you take time away from the animal park to fix these problems, your animal pop. diminishes and you loose safari guests.
My biggest question is where does the game end? I have gotten up to 5 stars several times, but when the animal pop. isn't diverse enough, it drops to 4 stars, then 3 then back up to 4. It never locks in like the other games, ex. Sim Tower. You just toggle back and forth between stars. So, when do you win? HOW do you win? That is the only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. But watching the animals walk around and having so many to choose from is fantastic, and the camp is great to watch the little sims walk around and in and out of their houses.

This game has a simple plot, build a safari resort/lodge capable of bringing in money galore for the village it's next to, make a profit for yourself, and support the vast rolling plains with the diverse animals and plant-life. You make money by building and buying items for the resort, then transoprt the toursits, via trucks you bought, through the savanna to see the vast herds. They then go and spread the safari's pros and cons by word of mouth to their friends who come and so forth. The more amenities you have, the more people you bring in. This game is good for small children in that it poses questions to them regarding actual problems in the rolling plains and the naimal life of Africa. I would especially reccommend it for teachers and the like in that it can be used easily for children since it truly is "fun and educational". It is difficult to balance a profit with bringing in and balancing your ecosphere while keeping the village happy. But that makes it all the more fun. The only reason it gets four stars and not five is that it is too childish. I, being sixteen, feel that I am above such childish programs, but even I have to admit that it is fun. If you're a teacher, tell them it's educational, if you;re a parent, tell them it's fun. Either way, you're telling the truth. This game is one that you definately should buy.

I'm a computer hog. My mom thinks I spend to much time on the computer. When I got Sim Safari it came in a game pack. Suprisingly, I really enjoyed it. You can:

1. check animal pop.
2. build a camp for incoming visitors
3. capture animals if pop. is to high

I gave this 4 stars because the camps barely have any people and the money goes away too fast! For ex. the amphitheater was $15,000! I still like playing the missions, like the one where you try to keep the cheetah pop. up! IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND THE SIMS OR OTHER SIM/TYCOON GAMES YOU WILL LOVE THIS! If not wait till it goes on sale!

I don't have many Sim games, and you're bound to find a problem with all of them. By far, none of them are absoulute perfection. Sim Safari is not perfection, but the graphics are. There really is little to do once you set up your camp, you can maintain by hiring, placing more cars or whatever, but the Safari park is where all your attention will stay.

The animals are great, and I love creating them with the click of a button. I like seeing them herd and eat the grass and the birds fly. Again, the graphics are top notch.

I don't know any cheats, but I'm sure some are out there. I play this game on a flat panel imac G4 in OS 9.2 and it has worked fine for me. No crashes ever.

However, with all the Sim games, we should be able to see a lot more for the prices these games cost. For example, we should be able to see the campers drive through the safari instead of hearing them cheer off screen when you get to five stars. We should be able to zoom in through the camp, we should be able go inside the little houses we build for them, and the Sims should react more realistically. In the camp, most of them just walk back and forth aimlessly. Why don't they carry anything? Talk to each other? Something!

Electronic Arts, Maxis and Microsoft have the technology to give us all of this, especially if they want to charge $50 a game. Please.

I say, with all the Sim games, get them cheap off ebay or somewhere, never buy them brand new because they're not worth it because you do get bored, you just can't help it. That's the only reason I give it 4 stars, because we should be able to control the Sims down to the last detail and watch them anywhere and everywhere. If it's a god game, I want to zoom in and be able to watch them pee, eat and sleep.

Sim games are fantastic, but just get them cheap somewhere else, especially if you're buying for mac, prices for mac games are insane.

Sim Safari is a challenging and engaging game for both young and old. The player has to manage wildlife, resources, workers and tourism to ensure a success. While it sounds complex, it is actually quite easy to perform the tasks (although winning is another story). There are various levels involved, so it continues to challenge players. You can create your own tourist site and safari area from scratch or deal with various scenarios from a high african hare population to poaching problems. The game also includes information about the species used in the game including how they are linked in the food web. I couldn't recommend it more highly, especially to those with children!

I thought this game was really excellent, it was lodas of funand easy to use. An especially fun game for 9 to 13 year olds...