The Sims 2 On Nintendo DS Is Haunted

The hand-held Sims video games on Nintendo DS are implausible and very, very bizarre. In case you’ve hung round Kotaku lengthy sufficient, you will have seen me claiming The Sims 2 on DS is my favorite sport of all time, and whereas not everybody will agree on the standard and technical prowess of the title, there’s one factor we will all admit: the sport is creepy as hell.

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A Reddit thread detailing this skin-crawling horror has been steadily constructing during the last yr, with dozens of Sims followers taking to the discussion board to share their experiences of terror throughout the sport.

See, whereas The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS seems to be a easy resort simulator, it’s truly a lot deeper than it first appears.

When you do undergo the motions of checking in friends and taking good care of your wants within the typical Sims method, issues get bizarre quick within the sport. As in, throughout the first 5 minutes of gameplay your loyal companion Tristan begins moaning about his girlfriend being carried away by a pack of scorpions, and the way he caught a meteor in his naked fingers to recover from the ache.

Then, a wealthy mob boss arrives and threatens to interrupt your kneecaps. However what’s weirder is the cow cult that follows after, and that you should defeat them by summoning an historical mummy often called Horus Menhoset IX. Oh, and let’s not neglect the alien emperor trying to take over the resort, or the killer robotic that takes up residence in your penthouse.

It’s not precisely a standard sport, and the vibes it provides off has given folks the heebie-jeebies.

“There was undoubtedly one thing eerie about that sport,” wrote Redditor LazerGuidedMelody within the thread. “There was one thing nearly post-apocalypse about it… Regardless of there being folks across the resort, the saloon, the road, it at all times feels so empty.”

“One of many first levels of the sport you needed to do jobs for Frankie Fusilli who was like a mobster, who made you try to blow up the mayor,” wrote Lucaienn. “Later he would make you bury a wriggling suitcase within the desert and after that the mayor was no the place to be discovered.”

“The half that may make me begin a brand new sport fully could be when the alien invasion occurred with ‘the music’,” Ginkos-lover wrote. “It could have me so shook that I might begin an entire new save and ensure I by no means acquired to that time.”

The aura of the sport was an excessive amount of for Redditor Vio-lex. “I’d say I’m fairly fascinated with bizarre and creepy stuff, however Sims 2 on DS was too on the market for me as a child,” they wrote within the thread. “Strangetown regarded abandoned and it had a very derelict, deserted ambiance… The cult plot was particularly creepy for me once I was youthful and nonetheless is.”

But it surely’s not simply the characters and plot that’ve freaked out Redditors, it’s the complete aura of the sport. From the blocky graphics to the empty streets and the music, it appears the sport was inherently designed to be creepy.

Let’s hear in to some key bites from the sport’s soundtrack:

I don’t find out about you, however that’s sufficient to provide me the shivers — and I really like the sport.

The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS stays considered one of my favorite video games of all time, however it’s exhausting to disclaim simply how spooky it truly is. From its alien dissections to its unusual, desert cults, it’s no marvel gamers had nightmares in regards to the sport. Nonetheless, it’s at all times good to see folks speaking about this underrated gem — even whether it is to speak about how haunted it feels.

The sport is a wonderful reminder of simply how unusual and fantastic The Sims might be.

You’ll be able to view the complete Reddit thread right here, and share your individual experiences in the event you’ve ever performed this bizarre little sport.