Playboy: The Mansion
Sam lures celebrities to his 'grotto'... (call the police)
Porn, eh? Practically since the first time man discovered he could dab a mixture of soot and blood onto the wall of a cave and make a lasting image of something, he has been feverishly occupied with capturing images of man and woman 'doing it'. And as soon as man invented the home computer he has endeavoured to find ways of digitising porn. From the frankly laughable attempts of the 8-bit era through the lurid world of the 90's FMV craze we have reached an era where porn is unrestrained in its scope on the internet yet curiously sanitised in games. Game makers have been remarkably reticent to show people's bits in games, leaving it up to the homebrew crowd to let us ogle at Lara's titties or spy on our Sims taking a shower. Ubisoft's recent effort allows us to watch our virtual representations going at it hammer and tongs and even permits us to see some virtual voluptuousness in all its glory. But is there enough of a game lurking behind the bush to keep our attention?
In essence, Playboy: The Mansion is The Sims with tits'n'ass. The gameplay is centred on the idea of building up associations between people so as to advance both their personal relationships and their career abilities. But where the Sims was rather open ended and freeform, giving you a set of tools to fashion a virtual life for yourself, Playboy is an altogether more focused affair. Not only is the game composed of specific missions, each of which is broken down into a spread of interconnected goals, but the player also has to build up and run a successful publishing business. Taking the roll of an ever-youthful Hugh Hefner, the player must sort out the various articles and photoshoots that go into making each month's Playboy magazine. The first few missions act as a rolling tutorial, charging you with hiring on some staff and throwing a party or two to attract interesting celebrities. While the Playmates that go into the centrefolds of each issue are, like the writers and photographers, hired directly by Hugh, the celebrities who will adorn the cover and provide articles and essays must be wooed by throwing lavish house parties at the mansion. You can throw parties during the day or night and in any part of the main house. The dresscode is also up to you, although if you find all the mass-socialising a bit tedious one of your minions can take care of the guest list for you.
Both at parties and during the normal working day your prime occupation is people management. Each character has their own wants and needs, represented by the obligatory collection of bars at the bottom of the screen. These needs should be attended to if you want to get the best results from your employees. For example, if you want a particularly good interview it's wise to make sure that the bars of both your writer and the interview subject are all maxed out. It's also prudent to have previously built up some sort of relationship between the two. Hugh has near absolute controls over his employees, so it's rather simple to get your writer to start chatting romantically with their subject. Once everything is in the green, order your minion to carry out the work. Repeat this for the other elements that make up each issue and then you are ready to go to press. If you fill your magazine with the kind of subjects that are in the greatest demand according to the market graph then you can sit back and count the cash as it rolls in. This cash can be used to hire more famous and competent employees as well as to purchase the various improvements to the mansion which can make it an even more inviting place for celebrities to break free of their inhibitions.
Adding items to the mansion or even a complete redesign is a surprisingly simple task. You can add in all kinds of objects, from soft furnishings to entertainment products. It's also possible to totally demolish rooms and areas and start afresh. The tools are easy enough to learn and quick to use. They even show the Sims a trick or two, like painting an entire room in a chosen colour rather than having to apply it to each wall section individually. Any effort you put into improving the look of the house tends to be worth your while as the engine is both fluid and visually pleasing while retaining an ease of use that makes it feel right at home on the console. There may be a few too many screens to navigate through to select household items and there are too many button presses required to escape menus and get back into the gameworld, but for the most part Playboy both looks and runs like a Californian babe rather than a housewife from Scunthorpe.
The characters in Playboy have a strong cartoony look about them, especially when observing the menagerie of huge tits that grace the front of every woman like components in some super-expensive Bang & Olufsen speaker. This being Playboy, I was never expecting anything resembling a realistic female body yet I was disappointed that for a game which takes its inspiration from the adoration of fantasy women that the animation for bouncing breasts is so comically awful. These things bounce up and down at the slightest provocation as if they aren't restrained by the same gravitational force as the rest of the planet. So it's a double shame that they reminded me more of a running dog's balls than of the finest masses of female mammaries constructed by man. If I am going to ogle at virtual women I don't want to be reminded of Old Yeller while I do it. At least the rest of the models are okay and being a bloke I did find that the conjunction of my imagination and all this titillation made for a different feeling of contentment then that experienced while I was playing The Sims 2.
Comments
nice but i want to know were i can get the playboy masion saved games or info on how to psdd the 4 rth midion
Yeah... i wanna know where i can get the saved game???? plz
good game, but not the best. Others were better. But good game!
o jogo da play boy é d+!!!!!!!!11
eu quero codicos da playboy the masion
eu quero codicos da playboy the masion
miro vc tem o codico do play boy na mansin c tive responda porai mesmo
daa :-D
MANGA DE HIJOS DE PUTA
i wanna a translation in english
i think playboy is not good for kids under (10)ten is a young age to be liking at sex
i think playboy is not good for kids under (10)ten is a young age to be liking at sex
todos mamen verga
tits a good game for me
cooooooomo
i want chaet the blay boy masion for ps2
i need it
SUPER
wow looks sorta funny. I think the game wood give me a boner
I got the german version, but I need the english version, is there any way to change the language over? like a dialogue file or something? If ya guys could help it would be great.
some1 tell me how 2 pass da 4 mission
how coan you get 2 gurls to have sex. is there any cheat for that. i'd luv it if i could get 2girls to play. thanks babes. i'd love to have sex with any girls reading this. i'm experienced so i'd luv to lick you like a lollipop i'd love to rub your hot wet silky thighs. would you like that baby? i know i would love it. i'd luv to kiss you all over. i just wish i could undress you and lick your breast. well i've gotta go. bye bye baby
i own the mansion lol :D
me also got the german version.. is there any way to change it to english?
i like you
Yes, I am in need of a german to english version as well.
i want to play it on the comp how do i do it
i got the german version
how to change the language lol??
não mostra as bucetas
como baxa o jogo da play boy??... onde vcs baxaram??
o jogo da playboy e o melhor jogo ja enventado eu e minha amiga estavamos aqui em casajoganu e graças ao jogo eu tracei a minha amiga
nasil yuklenecek yaaw
Slow loading??? It takes about 2 seconds in my PC. Are you running the game in a Pentium I??? lol
quien me pudiera explicar como se juega play boy mansion
want a free download
Does anyone know if their is a new playbow mansion coming out?
the girls that do this a tramps and tarts and they are so chap for a woman
i agre with tibie beacuse they are s low as a woman and they are so cheap they go on television naked doing sex
M GuStArIa q pUsIeRaN + fOtOs eN El aLbUm
M GuStArIa q pUsIeRaN + fOtOs eN El aLbUm
eu quero codico do dinhero
eu quero codico do dinheiro