0 The Urbz: Sims in the City Here comes the neighborhood. By Carrie Shepherd, 01/31/2005 at 00:00 Developer Maxis did a brace of things right, but some others complete wrong. The automatic motives are a amazing beforehand in abating tedium??”so why the heck is the accomplishment beforehand so painful? Button-tapping on the job is bad enough, but architectonics abilities requires the affliction affectionate of button- mashing imaginable. And even admitting it's over-the-top, Urbz lacks the wackiness of antecedent Sims games. I about capital to abdicate amphitheatre altogether. Almost, because admitting its faults, there's still something acute about council your adapt ego to success. Read the abounding The Urbz: Sims in the City 0 The Urbz: Sims in the City Here comes the neighborhood. , 01/31/2005 at 00:00 My Urb (don't alarm 'em Sims, now they're Urbz) is acutely on drugs. The little babe sleeps about two hours a night and spends the draft of her time dancing and authoritative out with accidental people. Guys, gals, if it walks and talks??”Simlish, of course, the Sims' torn Charlie Brown-teacher language??”she'll aberration it. Urbz takes The Sims' burghal dollhouse activity and bliss it flush and outside. Discount accepting a homebody; Urbz hop on the subway, go to work, party, gamble...and sometimes don't beddy-bye in their own beds for days. It's abundant easier to accumulate your Urbz happy; their motive confined abatement added arid and bushing faster, so you'll absorb below time charwoman the kitchen and added time accomplishing fun stuff. Or at diminutive accepting that's declared to be fun: While the jobs??”little, complete minigames??”are a abundant idea, they're all the aforementioned button-tapping exercise at heart. Lazy. Urbz in actuality takes some risks, and not everyone's traveling to acknowledge the changes (see: Nich), but if you still ambition to absorb hours acrimonious out wallpaper and end tables, you can. My Urb'll be at the bar. Read the abounding The Urbz: Sims in the City