
Sims 2 Pet Stories: A little bang for your buck.

'The Sims 2: Pet Stories' is a fantastic upgrade to 'Life Stories'; the earlier game in the series. The writing is better, the scenarios more polished, and the characters more well rounded. Where 'Life Stories' reads like a bad tween-made fan-fiction, 'Pet Stories' is much more interesting, less schmaltzy, and actually has the player make a few decisions in the end, unlike its predecessor.
The thing I disliked about 'Life Stories' was the way the game lead you along, irrespective of your personal choice in the matter. In this way, 'Pet Stories' is not as bad, there are certain decisions you can make, (especially in the Midnight Masquerade plot), and the decisions are less forced. I felt less like I were moving along a pre-set storyline, and more like I were interacting with an existing storyline.
That said, As a big fan of 'the Sims Busting Out' on Playstation 2, as well as 'the Urbz' -- neither of the 'Stories' games compare to that, mostly due to the limited game mechanic of the Sims 2, however I feel 'Pet Stories' definitely comes close. There were some fun cut-scenes and the game took me a little bit longer to finish compared to the first one, for me-- around two days.
I think Sims 2 fans would not be bored with this one, I enjoyed it enough that I have changed my opinion regarding getting the third game in the series, 'Castaway Stories'
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