New Sims spin-off graces the Google Play Store in the form of The Sims Labs: Urban Stories. Although the game is playable, according to recent reports, it is still in the testing phase. Although the game is betting on the branding of the popular life simulator, the game will focus more on building, managing and improving the entire city, rather than on a single family. Its gameplay is more like MySims and not the highway Sims games. The Sims Labs: Urban Stories there are also compromises in some of the customization options, judging by the playtest.
The Sims Labs: Urban Stories does not appear The Sims' first foray into mobile gaming. It is launched The Sims FreePlay in 2011 for iOS, Android, Blackberry 10 and Windows Phone. There are also The Sims Mobilea Sims 4-a game for iOS and Andriod that was launched back in 2018. Despite the dislike of microtransactions in both games from critics and audiences, they received generally positive reviews. Urban stories will enter a different niche with its city-building gameplay, but it has a lot to fill.

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Bella Goth and other familiar faces return
The Sims Labs: Urban Stories returns to its roots with some returning characters, but with more focused development and a distinctive art style. This game features characters from the previous ones Sims primary and secondary titles which include:
- Bella Goth: This fan-favorite character seems to be the ultimate mascot The Sims Labs: Urban Stories. She and another one are pre-made Sims the character Bob is the players' college roommates. Bella is known for her love of the paranormal and the strange story throughout the franchise. Aliens kidnapped Bella during The Sims 2and she made a career as a secret agent in the The Sims 4. She repeatedly performed in Sims games wearing her signature red dress and long black hair. She returned to her young man The Sims Labs: Urban Storiesbefore she had a family with Mortimer.
- Bob Pancakes: This finished character was introduced in the The Sims 4 as an uninteresting loser and a loser husband with aspirations of becoming a master chef. Players can see his love of cooking in the game's promotional materials. He also seems to have turned into a young adult version of himself, sleeping with Bella while he gets his life together.
- Ms. Nicole Waugh: This fashion expert, clothing business owner and model made her debut in MySims (first released in 2007), a city-building game with similar gameplay The Sims Labs: Urban Stories. She returned to her role as a young aspiring designer during the events of this new game.
- Toradora: This is a Kingdom of MySims a character who has made a career as a carpenter who can build any house if he has a plan to do so. He is a young and hot-tempered recluse The Sims Labs: Urban Storiesand the player is likely to help him break out of his shell and reach his full potential.
- New character – Gizmo Cogspin: This character seems made for this new title. He is described as an eccentric inventor whose creations often fail.
Limited but varied character customization
Those who run The Sims Labs: Urban Stories» playtest can see that it starts with the character selection screen. Here, players can choose from a variety of pre-created characters with different appearances, clothing, body types, and traits. They can also choose from a list of first and last names. Despitelimited customization options, the game does give the player a racially diverse set of characters to choose from and even the ability to choose They/Them as their pronouns. The game also promises full customization in the future.
More linear but familiar gameplay
The Sims Labs: Urban Stories also has a simpler gameplay with ready-made house layouts and limited exterior colors. However, the player is also responsible for each new character's routines and furniture placement, which are almost as extensive and customizable as the main ones. Sims games. Early Access gameplay also features SimCash as a quest reward, so players can count on premium content transactions like The Sims Mobileas soon as the game is released.