Urbz: Sims In The City

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Take your Urbz on the job to earn simoleans and gain access to new social interactions
• Your wardrobe says a lot about you -- bounce into a boutique and choose a style, then watch to see how reactions change
• Choose one of 9 districts to live in, each with their own inhabitants and lifestyles
• Featuring all-new graphics with real-time lighting and weather effects
• New audio and music reflects the sounds of the city and the beat of urban life

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002ILSHY
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,922 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

From the Manufacturer

The Sims have moved to the City where action is 24/7 and reputation means everything. Sims who live in the City are known as The Urbz, and they have a bold new look and attitude. Go to work and be challenged by bosses at locations like the Sushi Bar, Chop Shop, or Bootleg Fireworks, Inc. Success at work brings promotions, access to new power socials and gear to influence your new lifestyle. Flaunt your attitude by styling your Urbz using the detailed new character engine; then cross the velvet ropes of an uptown night club or explore the subway to earn new skills and items for your high-rise crib. It's up to you whether your Urbz become big-time players on the street or are lost in the crowd. It's all about reputation as The Urbz are living the dream in a City that never sleeps.

• Reputation (rep): Build your reputation within the world, outside your hood, and through characters youÕll hang with. Your goal is to be the biggest player in the city with ultimate access to the hottest places and people.
• Urban Style: An all-new character engine turns your Urbz into hip city dwellers. Take your Urbz out on the town to swanky new hot spots like the Sushi Bar, VIP Club, or even out to get a tattoo at the Tattoo Parlor.
• New Gameplay Experience: You now control your Urbz 24/7 in the City that never sleeps. You directly control your Urbz on the job to make sushi or strip down motorcycles, etc., to earn Simoleans and gain access to new social interactions! Motive gameplay is more elegant than ever so that you fulfill your motives quicker and even have limited motives to manage in specific situations. You can bounce into a hip boutique and change your look in-game from rasta to rap, affecting how the world perceives you!
• Lifestyles & Districts: Choose to live in one of nine districts (neighborhoods), each with its own unique inhabitants and their lifestyles. Depending on which district you pick your gameplay experience and the way you earn your reputation will be different.
• Next Generation Graphics, UI, and Audio: Featuring all-new graphics, real time lighting and weather effects, the City comes alive. New audio and music reflects the sounds of the city and the beat of urban lifestyles. The brand new in-game UI modeled after the latest PDAs is named the XAM (pronounced ÒzamÓ). The XAM lets you Xchange money & items, access special areas in the city, and message your friends to stay connected 24/7; are you XAMmin' yet?

Product Description

The Sims have moved to the City where action is 24/7 and reputation means everything. Sims who live in the City are known as Urbz, and they have a bold new look and attitude. Go to work and be challenged by bosses at locations like the Sushi Bar, Chop Shop, or Bootleg Fireworks, Inc. Success at work brings promotions, access to new power socials and gear to influence your new lifestyle. Flaunt your attitude by styling your Urbz using the detailed new character engine; then cross the velvet ropes of an uptown night club or explore the subway to earn new skills and items for your high-rise crib. It's up to you whether your Urbz become big-time players on the street or are lost in the crowd. It's all about reputation as The Urbz are living the dream in a City that never sleeps.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its not the Sims...but it is awesome., July 12, 2005

By 

The Teenager - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Urbz: Sims in the City (Video Game)

I am a huge fan of the Sims so i thought i would try out the Urbz. I am glad I did, because it was worth the 50 dollars!!

One thing I like about it is that you are able to go to different neighborhoods. When your Urb gets tired of skating around in Kicktail Park, you can just hop on the subway and go to someplace new(if you have the rep). My favorite part, though, is the addition of style. Each neighborhood has its own style that you need to dress like. In the Sims you have a swimsuit, pajamas, formalwear and that about it. But in Urbz you can have as many different clothes as you want!! Another thing is that the game is easy so you can actually get enough money to furnish your apartment(s) and buy clothes(unlike in the Sims, where sometimes it is hard to get enought money to get a nice house/objects in your house). The graphics are pretty incredible as well.

It isn't all great though, there are some flaws. The load times are slow and sometimes it hard to select objects. Also, some people might not like that the social actions are colorcoded(green for ones that are most likely to work, orange for ones that can go either way, and red for ones that will most likley fail). I don't mind it, but for some people it might take away the fun of not knowing which actions will work the best.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I have a different opinion ..., February 18, 2005

By 

D. Nicolosi - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Urbz: Sims in the City (Video Game)

Right before I bought The Urbz I was playing The Sims Bustin Out. I never played any sims games before. Bustin Out to me was hard to figure out. I had to go online and look in forums to even understand the game. It wasn't very clear as to how to complete the missions. But I did find Bustin Out to be very fun after figuring things out. It took me a couple weeks to finish the game. However, I did not like how often you had to shower and eat and all that stuff.

Now for The Urbz ... much easier in my opinion. Missions are very clear so you know what you have to do ... maybe too easy. However, you don't need to bath or eat etc as much. Also, the sleeping time is much less than in Bustin Out which was nice. I liked how you got to go to work and actually work for your money.

What I didn't like was it was difficult to actually highlight an item, not like Bustin Out. I also just thought it was too easy of a game because I finished it in like 3 days where Bustin Out took me a couple weeks.

I'd say if you like the Sims it's worth a try, but try to buy it cheaper and then sell it when you're done :)

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time! (spolier alert), January 4, 2006

By 

Harley Quinn "Broken Halo" (New York) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Urbz: Sims in the City (Video Game)

If you want to play a good sims game then go buy The sims bustin' out. Do not even bother to rent the urbz it is awful. I thought this game would be similar to the sims 1 and the sims bustin out. Instead they tried to be "hip" and ruined the whole game. The best thing about the game is that it is really short and the black eyed peas did the music.

The loading time is very long,in fact I bet if you added up all the loading time, its longer than the actual gameplay. You carry your furniture around with you and the furniture is different in every district which I thought was annoying.

Every district is different. There are the goths, the artsy people etc.. When you go to different districts you get a job. I thought this was going to be cool because in Bustin' out you didn't get to see your sim at work. But it all turns out to be boring. You press different buttons on your controller in different combinations to perform your tasks. Some of the jobs were cute and funny (like training pet ferrets) but the button pressing was very boring and repetitive. They missed a perfectly good opportunity to be inventive.

Its all about climbing the social ladder, impressing people, and proving how cool you are etc Every night each district has a party at a club but you have to have the right reputation to get into the club and wear the right clothes or you won't be able to get past the bouncer. So for example, when you come back from the artsy district don't think you are going to get into the hip hop club dressed like andy warhol.

Changing your outfit when you go to different districts was very annoying. If you wear the wrong clothes in the wrong district the natives will insult your clothes. But if you have a great rep they will start dressing like you. I thought the whole point of having the different clothes, hairstyles, etc was to be able to make your sim look the way YOU wanted?

At the club a dude dressed like a Run DMC reject will teach you a power social move that will help you impress others and get a reputation faster. But the characters all are exagerated stereotypes with stupid names. The game tries really hard to be funny but its just corny.

Unlike in the other games your character couldn't even get married and have kids which I thought was lame. There were no real goals in the game, its all about fitting in and impressing characters that were irritating. People from different districts don't get along so for example, the goths might want you to pull a prank on the artsies but who cares?

Being from New York I thought The Urbz would be a funny take on the urban inner city. Its just corny, repetitive, and annoying.

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