Sims Bustin Out - Gamecube Game

The Sims are making a big return to the console and this time they are bustin' out of the house and exploring all-new locations around town. Play, work, and socialize with a cast of over 25 new outrageous characters. Choose from a dozen new careers and take your Sim out on the town to meet over 25 outrageous new friends. Two-player and online ability allows for you and a friend to Sim as friends or enemies. Dive into The Sims Bustin' Out, and live life with your wildest imagination!

Product Details

UPC: 014633147254
Condition: Used
Genre: Other
Platform: Nintendo Gamecube
Region: NTSC (N. America)
ESRB: Teen
SKU: GC_SIMS_BUSTIN_OUT

This game is fully clean, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs. This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.

The Sims Bustin' Out

The Sims Bustin' Out is a video game that was release in 2003/2004 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, & N-Gage. It is the second title in The Sims console series and the first The Sims title not release on Windows PC. It feature the same 3D environment and engine the past game did.

However adds several features from The Sims expansion packs: Livin' Large, House Party, Hot Date and Superstar. As the title suggests, Sims can get out of the house to visit other locations such as Shiny Things Lab or Casa Caliente. Also there are two modes: Bust Out Mode, which has mission-base gameplay and Freeplay Mode, which is open-end gameplay very much like the original The Sims PC game. The PlayStation 2 version once feature the option to play online. However, it was shut down on August 1, 2008 (the same day The Sims Online shut down).

Gameplay

In the console version, Malcolm Landgraab is going around his neighborhood, stealing items in return for unpaid rent. The player's objective is to complete each career track, unlock and buy back everyone's many possessions, and become rich enough to evict Malcolm from his mansion and move their own Sim in. Furnishing items are unlock through the completion of different objectives. Aside from the objectives, gameplay is similar to previous Sims titles.

However, the Game Boy Advance and N-Gage version puts the player's Sim in "SimValley" for a summer holiday. Like the console version, GBA/N-Gage version gameplay is objective-base. And every time the player completes a series of tasks, the game progresses. In this game, there are no furnishing objects to unlock. Instead, the player must complete all tasks to unlock new houses.

Moreover, deviating from the "point-and-click" selection process use in every previous Sims title, this version allows the user to control their Sim directly, using the GBA's directional pad. In these versions, new mini-games (jobs for the Sims) are unlock progressively when certain tasks are done. The GBA and N-Gage versions are largely the same, but the N-Gage version has an exclusive feature that allows Sims to collect three cartridges from various locations and play classic games such as Snake on the Sims' mobile phone.

However, in both versions, there are various locations that Sims may visit throughout the course of the game. As Sims advance through the game, new areas become accessible.

Online play

Exclusive to the PlayStation 2 version was a free online play call "Online Weekend" which was very similar to The Sims Online. And this mode allow players to participate in both freeplay and storymode with each other and chat using the USB keyboard on the PlayStation 2. But the server for the game shut down on August 1, 2008, the same day The Sims Online was shut down, rendering the game impossible to play online.