As little as it has to begin with, the game itself has such an impact on a person that it makes it more fun than it really should be. This is what has been known as The Sims and even though it doesn't have the action that fighting games have nor the impact RPGs have, it's a unique feature in its own. You begin stranded on an island and depending on whether or not you had a crew or not to begin with, they will be stranded on the islands with you. Your job is to survive the island, create a tribe and discover the secrets of the islands themselves.

When you first start you won’t be building anything spectacular, in fact that's sort of the hard part. You must find various supplies to help you on your quest to complete the game and by doing so trying to not go insane in the meantime. You must focus on keeping your Sim(s) happy, entertained, and feeling at home, bathed and a few other things. Basically you're babysitting your cousins and you really don't want to, but the money at the end of the night keeps you motivated. That's pretty much how this game is.

Graphically the game is decent. It hasn't upgraded any of the graphics from any other port and it could always improve in this area. It doesn't make it any better when the camera swings into the trees from time to time and you have to shift it out of the way. Though it doesn't interfere with any enemies and attacking since there really isn't any of that in this game, it does get rather old fast.

Sims games never have been big on talk, and as such that annoys me in a game especially nowadays. We have the capabilities to add some voice over and that may detract from the series for some, but I'd much rather have someone say, "I have to take a piss!" over seeing an icon with a toilet on it. It's just common courtesy to do something like this since it's much easier to tell on a small screen like the PSP's when they need something more or even a little bit. It's more annoying than anything else over all in the game though.

There is no replay value in this game in my eyes as once you've finished with it, you really are tired of games like these. Yeah at first it's decent, then you think to yourself, "Where can I find the cheat codes to give me infinite everything so I can complete it faster?" And that's pretty much what I did and had more satisfaction out of creating the better things faster than if I hadn't used any codes.

When you get down to it, this game keeps your attention and it becomes more of an OCD thing where you just HAVE to play it just so you can find out about the secrets of the islands. Then when you realized you wasted all your time at the end of it all you almost feel like punching yourself for it. Do yourself a favor and if you enjoy the series and can tolerate boredom and doing it the straight arrow way, purchase this game. If you're into other games and want to get a feel for this type of game after years of not touching it, go for it to kill time. It'll definitely put you back on the more hardcore games like Resident Evil 5 or Silent Hill Origins.