If you've never played The Sims before, you may find your sims' social interactions and independent behavior interesting, just as you may find their shortcomings frustrating. The GameCube game makes solid additions and a few improvements to The Sims' basic gameplay-but that gameplay has aged. The Sims are now starring on the GameCube.
The GameCube version is virtually identical to the PlayStation 2 version, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, considering that the PS2 game actually made some interesting additions to the popular PC game.
Earlier this year, The Sims made the jump from computers to the PlayStation 2, complete with a new 3D engine and new single-player and multiplayer modes, and the game has since made its way to the Nintendo GameCube.
The open-ended game let players create entire families of people, or "sims," and take control of their lives or simply sit back and watch them interact with each other. Maxis' innovative game about controlling the lives of little computer people took everyone by surprise because it was so very different from everything else at the time. By now, The Sims doesn't need much of an introduction, especially considering the fact that since its original release in 2000 for the PC, it has reportedly become the best-selling computer game in history.