as a sims game it’s probably not the best or most loved but this will always be my favorite one ! so many childhood summers spent playing with my best friend on split screen
Idk why but the sims games in the early 2000 always had different story lines or games if it’s on a different game console. Sims 2 on the pc was your classic start a family build a home plot, on Playstation 2 it was an actual story line where you complete missions and travel to different places, and then sims 2 on the DS was an even different storyline with missions lol idk why they did it like this but hey 🤷🏽♀️
@@Kayla-hs9rt I read somewhere it’s because they were all developed by different teams. Like basically the title was handed off to whatever team worked in that console and I guess they weren’t worried about a standard gaming experience. But like!! Could have saved me all the disappointments of buying DS Games that were nothing like the cool console games I saw videos of 😭
I used to play this with my mom on our gamecube ALL the time. It is one of my core memories because she would make me appetizers and we would just play this all night. SO SO fun.
As a kid, I was so confused as to why I couldnt just do whatever I want... like, I kept interacting with people hoping to romance them and marry them lol
I’m so shocked your videos aren’t crazy popular, I mean you got good production, they’re entertaining, professional looking but still fun and relaxed, like come on!!
15:31 "I decided to change my style so I don't make a fool of myself in front of her, and pretty much JACKED HER WHOLE LOOK. But I can't get into their party?!" Girl you literally showed up as Fergie's creepy doppelganger 😂😂😂
Played the hell out of this, after I got the penthouse I turned it into a restaurant of sorts. You can't actually run a restaurant, but I would use the money printer to pretend the people coming were paying lol.
I'm really enjoying your reviews of these Sims spin-offs! They deserve so much more love. I wish they would make console versions of the sim games again, they are so unique!
@@SilkyLew Yes, but they don't really feel like console, if that makes sense? It's more like a copy & paste PC version now. I miss when they would make it a different "story mode" type game that's adapted to console
I remember playing this in middle school with my friends. It was so cool to see which districts we liked best. I always chose Neon East, my friend Skyline Beach.
It's funny the last Sims video I watched slightly mocked this game for being too basic and a weird and clunky spin off with not enough "Sims"... But for me, as a kid, this game was awesome. I loved this one and I think I came back to this Sims on PS2 more than the others at the time... I have no idea what it was, but I feel the slight storyline style and more focus made me enjoy it. Plus the fact you feel like you're building yourself up and becoming a famous badass... Not the best Sims, sure... But a great spin-off...
i swear, you have uncanny timing, i was literally JUST about to boot up my ps2 to play this again right before you uploaded, and i was playing sims 2: castaway when you uploaded that! thank you for giving attention and tribute to my childhood games. i really like ur channel. i remember i used to play this like, religiously every day because it was the only sims game my family could afford (i couldn't get the PC sims 2 game, which was really fancy at the time to me). one day the disk got scratched and it broke my little heart. i still play this so much to this day and it means so much to me! ALSO, i obviously didn't realize some of the double innuendos/meanings behind some of the slang and culture because i was just a little kid lmao so coming back to it was certainly an experience
This was one of my favorite games, but the DS version is by far my favorite one. Though I do wonder how that meeting at Maxis went down. "You know what The Sims has been missing this whole time? The freakin' Black Eyed Peas."
Yessss omg Im brazilian and I remember playing urbz everyday with my bestie when we were around 9, the game wasnt translated to portuguese so every progress we made was based on intuition (talking to other sims). We had no idea about the machines and the skills and the list of objectives so we basically came to a point where we were both level 500 and the game was levelling us DOWN purposefully because we wouldnt do nothing other than socializing 😂 we never beat the game
omg, this is such a throwback. i remembered playing this on ps2. it would be the best sims game if not for the long loading screen when you play it on ps2 back then. now looking back after seeing this, aren't this actually the first ever sims with pets in it?
Dude learning as an adult this era where thered be a console and handheld game with the SAME name that played SO dif. Cause i def played the Urbz on a gameboy and now i wanna replay it to see how dif it is
i am enjoying liss' reviews of games. i like the aspect that she just plays and reviews the games that she enjoys, not chasing the game of the week. also her hairstyle at the beginning of the video is stylish and beautiful. keep it up on the great reviews!
It's honestly so refreshing to have someone make a video who enjoyed this as much as I did growing up. So many people I've seen play this game just end up in a position of "I don't know what I'm supposed to do" and it saddens me because they end up hating it. After watching this, and several other of your Sims spinoff games, I'm excited to sub and see what you have in store next!
Found your channel last week and looked through your backlog for this game. So glad to see it uploaded so quickly after my search! I started to think this game wasnt real as no one i knew remembered or owned it before other than myself.
the flash from the past this video just gave me... I played this game NONSTOP every time I'd visit one of my best friends in the 7th grade making sushi in Neon East unlocked so many memories
love this game, never played it as a kid and discovered later, its weirdly expensive on to get an old copy for every console other than the OG xbox, just wish it had the option to control our sim directly like the sims 2 and sims 2 castaway console versions
New to the channel as I was searching for some Sims content. And it was awesome to see Urbz be discussed. I don't see it talked about very much anymore. Kind of a forgotten gem it seems. But, I thought the video was very charming and made me decide to pick up my ps2 again to give it another playthrough so thanks haha. You inspired me to relive one of my favorite childhood memories. This and Sims 2 were my first 2 videogames I had ever played so this game being brought back into my heart made me super emotional. Glad I found your channel.
The nostalgia this video gave me damn. This was the first Sims game I ever played because my dad liked Black Eyed Peas lol. I played it so much that I learned the simlish lyrics for Let's Get It Started.
I have such a nostalgic soft spot in my heart for The Urbz and think of it often; however, watching you play through, shows me that I had no idea how to play and probably made no success in the game 😆 I just remember that I liked starting in the neon area best and would make new character after new character. Now, I want to play it again EVEN MORE and feel more OP than I'll ever feel in any game again lol
this is so nostalgic, I used to play this on multiplayer with my cousin when it first came out. I completed the game but I don't remember every detail of the game because I know I started in an entirely different district( the modeling academy?). Good playthrough though, this brings back alot of memories.
The urban my favorite game of all time.I played that game so much that when I heard the Black Eyed Peas songs on the radio I was like oh my God they made a song out of the Sims soundtrack. My first has been said I was an idiot.
I found your videos on the sims videos and I just love your videos and your personality watching is a breathe of fresh air and I wish the algorithm would boost you up and make you more seem you very underrated! ❤
Ah, I'm so happy you made an Urbz video! I saw your Breaking Out video the other day and LOVED IT! I never managed to finish Urbz bc it was too repetitive for me, so thank you! :)) can't wait to see your future videos
I’ve always started at skyline Beach when I’ve played and I think that’s where the game wants you to start because that’s where the Physical machine is and they have a bed at that district too so you can immediately raise your energy level fast.
i pretty much never visited my first apartment. if you just keep your fridge/shower/etc on your person, you can take them with you to each district and maintain your needs that way.
I loved this game as a young kid. Its not a traditional Sims game but it was still really fun in its own right. It added some depth to The Sims while keeping the same basic concept. Tbh, I think they made this game to expand their future audience. The older we got, the more we wanted to just play the traditional style Sims game and build houses and make money. This game has a few more elements geared towards kids which was very smart on EAs part. They did a good job though and locked me in for life because now as an adult, I enjoy the current style of Sims. Even if it generally catches some hate, it had its place and did a good job of what it set out to do.
Easily one of the most iconic games in the series. It's so wild and unique.
facts
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Right, i spent hours a day playing it
Yet the majority of Sims fans seem to disregard this game as well as Sims Bustin Out. I thoroughly enjoyed both.
I love how the rise on those jeans just got lower and lower as you progressed. Truly a product of the time.
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as a sims game it’s probably not the best or most loved but this will always be my favorite one ! so many childhood summers spent playing with my best friend on split screen
I would come home once summer started and grab a Costco size bag of white cheddar smartfood popcorn and play for HOURS every day
The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
It’s crazy to me that Urbz on Gameboy is a COMPLETELY different game. Different characters, plot, gameplay style.
Yeah it's basically a sequel to Bustin Out in GBA
Idk why but the sims games in the early 2000 always had different story lines or games if it’s on a different game console. Sims 2 on the pc was your classic start a family build a home plot, on Playstation 2 it was an actual story line where you complete missions and travel to different places, and then sims 2 on the DS was an even different storyline with missions lol idk why they did it like this but hey 🤷🏽♀️
@@Kayla-hs9rt I read somewhere it’s because they were all developed by different teams. Like basically the title was handed off to whatever team worked in that console and I guess they weren’t worried about a standard gaming experience. But like!! Could have saved me all the disappointments of buying DS Games that were nothing like the cool console games I saw videos of 😭
@dd4850 that’s the only one I played as a kid! So Sims was the exception to disappointing handheld ports!
I used to play this with my mom on our gamecube ALL the time. It is one of my core memories because she would make me appetizers and we would just play this all night. SO SO fun.
My mom was so good at smashing the buttons she was on skill upgrading duty when I was a kid 😂
this is so sweet 🥺
As a kid, I was so confused as to why I couldnt just do whatever I want... like, I kept interacting with people hoping to romance them and marry them lol
lol right! I was terrible at this game, couldn’t understand it. Had to get my older sister to help beat the levels
I’m so shocked your videos aren’t crazy popular, I mean you got good production, they’re entertaining, professional looking but still fun and relaxed, like come on!!
fr she’s so underrated
She just recently started showing up on my youtube home page so i think she´ll gain alot more subs soon
Agree 100000%
Also worth mentioning is the BEAST AF OST. The music for the Goth and Neon places are ingrained into my brain.
Melinka for the win
My personal fave is one from Diamond Heights
that song is amazing i even sampled it lol@@ramiel007
I remember playing this with my brother when we were way too young to understand what was going on.
Also the model work was BROKEN
me too
15:31 "I decided to change my style so I don't make a fool of myself in front of her, and pretty much JACKED HER WHOLE LOOK. But I can't get into their party?!"
Girl you literally showed up as Fergie's creepy doppelganger 😂😂😂
Always loved that the billboards change to your face when you’re famous enough!
I wish they'd do something similar like this for console again!!
Played the hell out of this, after I got the penthouse I turned it into a restaurant of sorts.
You can't actually run a restaurant, but I would use the money printer to pretend the people coming were paying lol.
I'm really enjoying your reviews of these Sims spin-offs! They deserve so much more love. I wish they would make console versions of the sim games again, they are so unique!
Are they all not on console? Or was?
@@SilkyLew Yes, but they don't really feel like console, if that makes sense? It's more like a copy & paste PC version now. I miss when they would make it a different "story mode" type game that's adapted to console
@MadRayne Oh see what you're saying. I'm nee to PC gaming so I'm kinda green lol
If you haven’t, you should cover the GBA version. It was such an iconic game in my childhood.
Yess that one was so good, I hope she tries it! And so different from the console version. Loved both
I play it every year or so I love it so much
Oh my god or the breaking out one on GBA!! I vividly remember that shit
had both still own my ps2 copy but my DS/GBA one is gone :(
Was gonna comment this, spent so much time playing this but the ds vers
I remember playing this in middle school with my friends. It was so cool to see which districts we liked best. I always chose Neon East, my friend Skyline Beach.
The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
I would love a reference or revival of Urbzville as a neighborhood. The shine of San Myshuno ain't cutting it without the ghettos.
The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
i miss sims spin offs 😭 these are the “girls games” i’m looking for ❤❤❤
YES! My sister and youngest son were all about these! We played this game so much I miss it
yukiko fan! based
There really aren't any story-focused Sims games anymore outside of maybe some Sims 4 DLC lol
@@NerevarineKing The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
It's funny the last Sims video I watched slightly mocked this game for being too basic and a weird and clunky spin off with not enough "Sims"... But for me, as a kid, this game was awesome. I loved this one and I think I came back to this Sims on PS2 more than the others at the time... I have no idea what it was, but I feel the slight storyline style and more focus made me enjoy it. Plus the fact you feel like you're building yourself up and becoming a famous badass... Not the best Sims, sure... But a great spin-off...
i swear, you have uncanny timing, i was literally JUST about to boot up my ps2 to play this again right before you uploaded, and i was playing sims 2: castaway when you uploaded that! thank you for giving attention and tribute to my childhood games. i really like ur channel. i remember i used to play this like, religiously every day because it was the only sims game my family could afford (i couldn't get the PC sims 2 game, which was really fancy at the time to me). one day the disk got scratched and it broke my little heart. i still play this so much to this day and it means so much to me! ALSO, i obviously didn't realize some of the double innuendos/meanings behind some of the slang and culture because i was just a little kid lmao so coming back to it was certainly an experience
i owned the DS version of this game as a kid, and ive gotta say its probably the most fun ive ever had with any Sims game in the entire series
I was always team Diamond Heights, Kicktail Park, and Neon East! The soundtrack to this game is the absolute best compared to the other sims games.
This was one of my favorite games, but the DS version is by far my favorite one. Though I do wonder how that meeting at Maxis went down.
"You know what The Sims has been missing this whole time? The freakin' Black Eyed Peas."
growing up on sims games i always LOVED the concept, i just never knew how to progress
I also loved the concept but never got far playing as a child. Still very fond memories tho.
Yessss omg Im brazilian and I remember playing urbz everyday with my bestie when we were around 9, the game wasnt translated to portuguese so every progress we made was based on intuition (talking to other sims). We had no idea about the machines and the skills and the list of objectives so we basically came to a point where we were both level 500 and the game was levelling us DOWN purposefully because we wouldnt do nothing other than socializing 😂 we never beat the game
omg, this is such a throwback. i remembered playing this on ps2. it would be the best sims game if not for the long loading screen when you play it on ps2 back then. now looking back after seeing this, aren't this actually the first ever sims with pets in it?
I believe the animals had already appeared in The Sims 1 Unleashed expansion.
However, Urbz was the first game in The Sims franchise to have weather.
Dude learning as an adult this era where thered be a console and handheld game with the SAME name that played SO dif. Cause i def played the Urbz on a gameboy and now i wanna replay it to see how dif it is
This is actually hilariously accurate to living in NYC as a young gay
i never played this version but I'm STILL in love with the Sims Urbz DS. the music is amazing and the whole OST is on youtube.❤
I've been thinking about buying a PS2 just so I can replay this over and over again. I LOOOOVED THIS GAME!
Urbz is one of my favorite GameCube games of all time! The world building is top tier
i was obsessed with this game. one of my favorites as a kid
I LOVE that I get to experience these games I missed out on by watching your videos! :D
You really do gotta play the handheld version. It is my absolute favorite game of all time. This is awesome nonetheless!
I LOVED this game and im so glad you're reviewing all of these 🤩
“that’s my boy”
is later forced to abandon son
Dude! I've been wondering if you would play Urbz for the longest time. So many weird memories with this game. Great stuff Liss!
The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
Urbz is the most underrated game ever. Me and a friend replayed it so many times
I miss this, I would play it a lot with my mom.
Saaaaame 🫶
i am enjoying liss' reviews of games. i like the aspect that she just plays and reviews the games that she enjoys, not chasing the game of the week. also her hairstyle at the beginning of the video is stylish and beautiful. keep it up on the great reviews!
It's honestly so refreshing to have someone make a video who enjoyed this as much as I did growing up. So many people I've seen play this game just end up in a position of "I don't know what I'm supposed to do" and it saddens me because they end up hating it. After watching this, and several other of your Sims spinoff games, I'm excited to sub and see what you have in store next!
Found your channel last week and looked through your backlog for this game. So glad to see it uploaded so quickly after my search!
I started to think this game wasnt real as no one i knew remembered or owned it before other than myself.
4:50 To be fair the Urbz spin off of sims that came out even before sims 2, whether intentionally or not implies the existence of gentrification
the flash from the past this video just gave me... I played this game NONSTOP every time I'd visit one of my best friends in the 7th grade
making sushi in Neon East unlocked so many memories
NEON EAST!!
The music goes so hard here.
Was very fun as a multiplayer game with my sister as a kid. Neon had to be our favorite area.
love this game, never played it as a kid and discovered later, its weirdly expensive on to get an old copy for every console other than the OG xbox, just wish it had the option to control our sim directly like the sims 2 and sims 2 castaway console versions
I remember putting showers in each of the districts so basically I would never go back home. 😂
New to the channel as I was searching for some Sims content. And it was awesome to see Urbz be discussed. I don't see it talked about very much anymore. Kind of a forgotten gem it seems. But, I thought the video was very charming and made me decide to pick up my ps2 again to give it another playthrough so thanks haha. You inspired me to relive one of my favorite childhood memories. This and Sims 2 were my first 2 videogames I had ever played so this game being brought back into my heart made me super emotional. Glad I found your channel.
babe wake up new liss the lass video
I always feel so calm watching ur videos, its so comforting, pls never stop posting!! 🩷
Oh my god, you brought me back to my childhood with this video. Love your commentary as always!
omg the NOSTALGIA, old sims games were so so good
and a lot better than ts4
The Urbz for Gameboy advanced was AMAZING! I remember playing it at night under my covers on school nights and the music has such amazing vibes.
I still to this day play Urbz: Sims in The City on DS !! One of my favorite games ever 😋
The nostalgia! This was my favorite.
The nostalgia this video gave me damn. This was the first Sims game I ever played because my dad liked Black Eyed Peas lol. I played it so much that I learned the simlish lyrics for Let's Get It Started.
I have such a nostalgic soft spot in my heart for The Urbz and think of it often; however, watching you play through, shows me that I had no idea how to play and probably made no success in the game 😆 I just remember that I liked starting in the neon area best and would make new character after new character. Now, I want to play it again EVEN MORE and feel more OP than I'll ever feel in any game again lol
I remember playing this on my old fat OG xbox, hundreds upon hundreds of hours....nostalgia hits hard with this one...
this is so nostalgic, I used to play this on multiplayer with my cousin when it first came out. I completed the game but I don't remember every detail of the game because I know I started in an entirely different district( the modeling academy?). Good playthrough though, this brings back alot of memories.
Omg. Finally someone else who actually LIKED this game!
lis, i really needed one of your videos right now, thank you ❤😭
I was too young to play this game properly so thank you for showing me the end of the game! It was such a cool, fun game.
22:15 idk if you already knew but you can dumpster dive for the items for the power socials 👍
I love the urbz. I dumped hours into this game back then. I should play it again
LOVE this game!!! it has so much character
Loving these videos and that they are all of older games!!! Keep it up
The urban my favorite game of all time.I played that game so much that when I heard the Black Eyed Peas songs on the radio I was like oh my God they made a song out of the Sims soundtrack. My first has been said I was an idiot.
Loved this!!! You do such a good job of conveying your experience in a way that makes us viewers wanna try the games for ourselves 😮😮 what a slay
I found your videos on the sims videos and I just love your videos and your personality watching is a breathe of fresh air and I wish the algorithm would boost you up and make you more seem you very underrated! ❤
YES BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!! 🥳🤞
I will defend Urbz until my dying breath.
The Urbz on nintendo DS was a moment though.
Oh it sure was
I literally randomly had your farming game review pop up on my feed and have been watching you since
me and my sister used to LOVE playing this game as a kid. the best game ever. I hope EA make a new version on pc soon
The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
Thank you for making this video! I got SO MUCH nostalgia
iconic game. instant like 🤩🤩
YES I WAS WAITING 4 THIS
On Spotify
The song is called
Ga Ra Ta Da
So canonically, in the sims universe, the clean version never released.
Ah, I'm so happy you made an Urbz video! I saw your Breaking Out video the other day and LOVED IT! I never managed to finish Urbz bc it was too repetitive for me, so thank you! :)) can't wait to see your future videos
the GAME I GREW UP ON IGH i can’t say enough of about this game. Neon East was always my starting place haha
i loved this game on the xbox, had so much fun with it
I’ve always started at skyline Beach when I’ve played and I think that’s where the game wants you to start because that’s where the Physical machine is and they have a bed at that district too so you can immediately raise your energy level fast.
I’m so happy you did this I waited for it !
i pretty much never visited my first apartment. if you just keep your fridge/shower/etc on your person, you can take them with you to each district and maintain your needs that way.
I have been dreaming about this game recently, I NEED HER BACK
I loved this game! The gamecube wardrobe tho 😍
Old sims games were great bro. Even the ones on Gameboy were awesome. Each one was unique in its own way
TEAA PERIODT BOOOOTSS ITS A LISS DAY BABYYY
Wooow I remember playing this game !! It was one of my favorites
I absolutely loved this one 😂 By far my favorite!
I forgot this game existed, so many hours played in my childhood. What a trip down memory lane.
Sims urbz is still the best sims game ever made I loved this game. Skyline beach and central station where always my favorite
I loved this game as a young kid. Its not a traditional Sims game but it was still really fun in its own right. It added some depth to The Sims while keeping the same basic concept. Tbh, I think they made this game to expand their future audience. The older we got, the more we wanted to just play the traditional style Sims game and build houses and make money. This game has a few more elements geared towards kids which was very smart on EAs part. They did a good job though and locked me in for life because now as an adult, I enjoy the current style of Sims. Even if it generally catches some hate, it had its place and did a good job of what it set out to do.
Urbz on handheld is a on a whole other level. Such a fun game
When I played this game as a kid I could never mash fast enough on the skill machines, ended up just housing in the districts to dodge rent.
Dude this is one of my fav sims games I still play ti this DAY I am watching asap when I get home
Great watch! Thanks for awesome sims-related content. I love learning about console games bc I grew up only with PC!
i used to play this game a lot when i was younger 🥺 i still have it and i love love love it!
I played this game for so many hours when I was younger. This game is pure unhinged fun!
The Sims 4: City Living seriously needed to be like this.
I love your sims final fit. I was like you making your own style from all the districts.