While the overall quality isn't there, this is one of the better hand held Sims games, and can be highly addicting. If you've tried the other game boy advance sim games and liked them this one will be a treat for you, but don't expect this to be anything like the PC games. There is no real living mode, and the majority of the game is task oriented going from one task to the next. The mini-games are simplistic and don't really add much depth to the game, but they do break up the pace. This game is for a specific type of personality and if you don't enjoy it within the first ten minutes you are probably not going to like it later on. Not to spoil the game but there is a glitch you need to know about to complete a later mission, after about thirty in game days recyclable trash will glitch and stop appearing, for a later mission you need to have 100 piece of trash, collect as much as you can early on so that you don't need to restart a new game later. Other then this the game does not really have any other bad glitches that I know of. Most of the game is pretty straightforward and an excellent time waster for those who want something casual and light.