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MySims Kingdom ds Game Reviews
MySims Kingdom
Critic Score
Metascore: 58 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.0 out of 10
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Help King Roland defeat the plans of evil in a far flung corner of the Kingdom. Create new items and rebuild this land to show your worth! [Electronic Arts]

PUBLISHER: Electronic Arts
DEVELOPER: EA Redwood Shores
GENRE(S): Simulation
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2008

What The Critics Said

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79
Official Nintendo Magazine UK
Unlike the Wii game, it's rather slow moving but you'll still find yourself with more tasks than you could possibly do in one day and like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, it will keep you busy for a good while.
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65
Game Chronicles
For the fan of cute sandbox simulations, this game will provide hours of enjoyment. If you’re simply interested in playing mini-games, landscaping, or interior decorating, I’d say you’re better off looking elsewhere.
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62
Cheat Code Central
If you can get past the fairly boxy-looking and unlikeable characters, there is some fun to be had creating objects, playing mini-games, completing the game's story, and customizing the kingdom's appearance. Just don't expect to be wowed by the storyline or to enjoy all of the included mini-games.
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60
Eurogamer Portugal
For a younger player – the target audience of this game- this simplicity could be seen as an advantage. A main feature to point out is the fact that the whole game is located to Portuguese (some translations are dubious but nothing that distorts the sentences or the game) an attitude from Electronic Arts that is worthy of compliments.
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60
GameZone
MySims Kingdom doesn’t do anything objectionably wrong, but neither does it provide any new hook compelling enough to justify a $30 purchase.
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60
PTGamers
Playing it safe, this sequel improves slightly the previous game and mostly offers more of the same for die-hard fans.
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55
GameSpot
This is last year's unremarkable MySims game with a few changes and a new name.
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50
Nintendojo
MySims Kingdom for DS ultimately fails because it never really lends itself to any one solid gameplay philosophy.
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33
1UP
The more leisurely Wii version is designed to the hardware's constraints, condensed into small, manageable lands, but the DS version's spread thin. Traversing the kingdom on foot causes hours of aimless wandering, and with the surprising lack of direction, I quickly became dismayed that I'd never rebuild the Sims' land.
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