The Sims Bustin' Out (console): Difference between revisions

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|releasedrelease = {{vgrelease|JP=January 22, 2004}}{{vgrelease|NA=December 15, 2003}}{{vgrelease|PAL=December 19, 2003}}{{vgrelease|KR=January 27, 2004}} (Xbox & PlayStation 2 only)

'''''The Sims Bustin' Out''''' is the second title in ''[[The Sims (console)|The Sims]]'' console series. This version of ''Bustin' Out'' was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and the N-Gage. As the title suggests, [[Sim]]s can get out of the house to visit other locations such as [[Shiny Things Lab]] or ''[[Caliente Family|Casa Caliente]]'', but only in ''[[Bust Out Mode]], ''also known as ''Continue''. This option is not available in ''Freeplay Mode''. There are two modes. ''[[Bust Out Mode]]'' which has mission based gameplay and ''Freeplay Mode'' which is open-ended gameplay very much like the original ''The Sims'' PC game. The PlayStation 2 version also features the option to play online, though EA no longer supports it as of August 15, 2008.

The player is free to customize any of the houses as they see fit; this has no penalty unless the player's Sim leaves the house with a value less than its value when they got there. For instance, if the player's Sim arrived at a lot that's worth §20,000 and moved out of the house while leaving it with a value of §15,000, the owner of the house will take §5,000 from them as they depart. However, if the player raises the value of a house while the Sim is living there, the owner will give youthem a sum of money when they move out.

Every Sim has eight needs to fill as they progress in the adventure. These are; Hunger, Social, Fun, Comfort, Hygiene, Bladder, Environment and Energy. These affect the player's Sim's mood. If a Sim leaves to work in a good mood their chances of promotion are higher (as long as they have the required skills and friends). If a Sim goes to work in a bad mood they will not get a promotion (even if he/she has all the required skills and friends). Being in a bad mood has other disadvantages, as they will refuse to raise skills and they will not be able to use some of the nicer social interactions (as this depends on how bad their mood really is). Similarly, being in a bad mood when interacting with other Sims enables them to use unfriendly interactions such as "Tease" or "Brag about money". Being in a good mood can be both a bad and good thing. If the Sim, for example, has two lovers and he/she hugs or kisses with one of them then their other lover will throw a fit and go off at the treated lover. But in most cases being in good moods will allow proper romantic interactions such as kissing and doing it in fancy ways like doing it in a French way and doing it romantically. It will increase chances at getting promoted, getting friends easier (regardless of personality), and getting skill points. (Note: the easiest way of keeping sims in good moods is to get the cheat gnome and using the "''Raise all Motives ''cheat) (But this can also be a damper: the player will have to continuously control the simsSims until they have low enough motives to control themselves).

''The Sims Bustin' Out'' contains several unique lots for the player to explore.

The "returning" and new Sims from ''The Sims Bustin' Out''.

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''The Sims Bustin' Out'' has several careers, some are carried over from the previous games, some are left out and some would go on to appear in later games.

*The PlayStation 2 version featured a free online play component called "Online Weekend", which was highly similar to ''[[The Sims Online]]''. It was shut down on August 1, 2008, along with ''The Sims Online''.

*The Xbox version was one of the few games to fully support the Xbox HD Cable. This game's sequel, ''[[The Urbz: Sims in the City]]'', also featured support for this cable, though only the NTSC Xbox can support HD video output.

*''The Sims Bustin' Out'', along with [[The Sims (console)|''The Sims'' for console]], ''[[The Sims 3]]'' and ''[[The Sims 4]]'', are the only games in [[The Sims series|Thethe Simsseries]] games where Sims can get out of a pool without using a ladder, unless there is something surrounding the pool (a rose bush, sofa, light, anything large, etc.)

*In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' is a buy-ablepurchasable video game, which Sims could play.

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*The PlayStation 2 version featured an exclusive Online Play mode that was similar to The Sims Online. It was called "Online Weekend" and ran from 2004 - 2008. It was shut down due to inactivity and is no longer accessible. 

*This game is the first Thegame in the Sims gameseries to not be released on PC. The others are ''The Urbz: Sims in the City'' and ''The Sims 2 Apartment Pets'', which all were console exclusive, as it also released for ''Gameboy Advance.''

*2-Player support was different in this game than in ''The Sims'' and later games after ''The Sims Bustin' Out''. Normally, the player would simply drop in and play on the others. However, in ''The Sims Bustin' Out'', the second player will arrive on a bus from their memory card. A large chest appears outside of the current game lot, and contains all the money from player 2's game. Player 1 can also donate money, and when the player saves, it saves to both cards(unless the Xbox edition is used then it saves to both profiles, also known as "''Sim''") 

**TheHowever, the player can build their own house in Freeplay mode, however.

*During the start of the game, [[Malcolm Landgraab (console)|Malcolm Landgraab]] comes across as a cruel Sim, stealing everybody's possessions. However, it is possible for the player's Sim to get along and befriend him despite all of this. It is also possible for other Sims to like him. It can even be possible to move in with him if the player fails to stick to directly moving in and having him scared off by Mom (the player must visit him in order to do so).

*Most career paths in this game don't appear in any other Sims game. Some examples being [[Gangster]] (similar to [[Criminal]]), [[Paramilitary]] (similar to [[Military]]) and [[Jock (career)|Jock]] (similar to sports).

*There are a total of 10ten ownable cars, andonly noneone of themwhich arereappeared seenin a later game in anythe otherseries—the SpritzenFunken, which appeared in ''The Sims game3'' as the Bwan Speedster YL.

*''The Sims Bustin' Out'' only took an impressive six months to develop.

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