“Playboy: The Mansion” is the game I’ve been playing lately. It’s been very entertaining and has served its purpose of keeping me from re-activating my WoW account well. It is very much like the Sims in that you have to maintain relationship levels and keep people happy, but it adds a new element. You are publishing Playboy issues and trying to promote the company. The Sims games on consoles did something similar, you had goals you had to meet and were unable to progress to the next level without completing them; but I think that the Playboy game has actually done a better job at it. Not only do you have the goals they’ve given you to complete but all the time you have to keep pumping out magazines to continue to earn money.
As I’ve progressed the game has gotten a little redundant, but it has still managed to entertain (that might have something to do with the fact that there are topless women everywhere). You spend the majority of your time throwing parties, networking with people, trying to get the next big name to either do a cover shoot or an interview for your magazine.
There are a lot of little details you have to keep under control. If your journalist isn’t happy she might not write a very good article, which is why you need to keep her satisfied *wink wink*. It also pays to get your photographer and your bunnies talking; if he likes her he’ll take better photos. Once again lots of micro-management, just the way I like it.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I would probably rank this a 6. It entertains and keeps you busy, but I feel there was a lot more they could have done. It is over all just a bit too easy and repetitive. Each new mission is almost like the last with just one more extra party you have to throw. There is also a lot of load time, which I guess I shouldn’t complain about because it is just a PS2 game and it’s still not as bad as some other games. I guess I would describe it as a light game to play in between intense high action games.
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