The bestselling PC game of all time is finally making its console debut as The Sims arrives on PS2, allowing console gamers to create and control their own little computer people with new level-based gameplay and swankier 3-D graphics.

Many would have assumed that The Sims could never work on a console but one look at the work that has already gone into the PS2 version will easily prove them wrong. In fact, without the temptation to fall back on a mountain of confusing mouse-operated icons and online patches this could well end up being the definitive version. For starters, the graphics now look much better than before, being in full 3-D instead of just isometric 2-D. This not only looks better but it allows you to zoom in and out on the action and feels a lot less sterile than the original. Things are still as customisable as ever too, especially via the Create-A-Sim option.

Perhaps the biggest change to how the game plays is the PS2's new level-based missions. The PC original had no real goal; you just designed a family and let them get on with it, interfering with their virtual life as much or as little as you wanted. The PS2 version adds some goals and rewards to the gameplay, which should help to attract the more attention-deficient among console owners. There's even a rather odd two-player mode, which, even if it seems a little pointless, is yet more proof that EA are really trying to make this a proper worthwhile console experience and not just the cheap cash-in many would've expected.

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