The Sims: Bustin' Out is the second title in The Sims console series. Bustin' Out was released for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage in the fourth quarter of 2003. As the title suggests, Sims can get out of the house to visit other locations such as Shiny Things Lab or Casa Caliente. There are two modes. Bustin' Out Mode which has mission based gameplay and Freeplay Mode which is open-ended gameplay very much like the original The Sims PC game.

The story

Malcom Langraab has "had it with the whole town" and is rampaging about the neighbourhood stealing people's property for reasons unknown. Your task is to complete each career track and move into the Mansion.

The locations

There are various locations you can visit throughout the course of the game. As you advance through the game clearing the house objectives, you will unlock new locations to visit, as well as new objects and social interactions.

Gameboy Locations

Different locations are used in Gameboy Advance. These are: Uncle Haystack's House, The Barn, the Clock Tower, the Waterfront Villa, Imperial Estates, and the secret Paradise Island.

Mom's House

You start your life at Mom's House where you live with Mom. The tasks at this house are simple, and are all about filling your motive bars from red to green and finding your first job. The rewards for clearing the objectives are money and your scooter so you can move into either Mimi's Place or Dudley's Trailer depending on the career track you have selected. If you befriend Mom, you will receive the interaction "Nag About House".

Mimi's Place

Mimi's Place is much larger than her brother's, Dudley's Trailer. You will move here if you take up Counter Culture , Movie Star or Fashion Victim career tracks. The main tasks here are to fix her coffee machine, earn cookery skills, befriend Mimi and gain 2 Promotions . When you have been promoted twice, depending on your career track you are on, can take you to Goth Manor or Studio 8.

Dudley's Trailer

The main tasks for this residence are to tidy up the house mess, befriend Dudley and earn promotions. Dudley's trailer is much smaller than his sister's house. You move in here from Mom's House if you are in Mad Scientist, Paramilitary, Jock or Gangster career tracks. When you earn 2 promotions here in your designated career track, you can move in to The Gym or Goth Manor depending on the career track you are on.

Goth Manor

Something is not quite right at the rather mysterious and mystical Goth Manor. Home of the Bella and Mortimer Goth. In this location, you will dveleop your career track further as a Mad Scientist or as a Movie Star .You must perform a seance in this level to banish the ghosts that haunt the Goths. From here you will trek to Club Rubb or ShinyThings: Lab to further develop your career position.

See also

• The Sims
• The Urbz: Sims in the City