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sabin23
- Jan 18, 2006
Be Hugh Hefner!Strengths: Playboy license, be Hugh Hufner, custom soundtracks, lots of content to unlock, T&A! Weakness: Nowhere near as deep as the Sims, good but not great graphics, buggy. Let's face it, almost all men (and maybe some women) have wanted to be Hugh Hefner at one point or another. This game lets you be him. Too bad it's not as fulfilling as it probably is in real life. Basically you're Hugh and put in charge of running the empire from the ground up. You build the business and deck out your crib with a bunch of swag. Of course at the centerpiece is the magazine, where you have to hire staff to write the articles and you are in charge of photo shoots. You get to throw parties and socialize. It's kind of like The Sims but nowhere near as deep. And that's where the game is a let down because basically there's only a finite number of options in front of you - so you can basically dictate everything and there's no real challenge involved. While it's fun to do a lot of these gameplay activities and social interactions, they are not fulfilling as they should be. The sexual content is rather tame but if you're into this sort of thing, it's a nice change of pace from the average FPS or kiddie game from Nintendo. 0% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
testseek.com - Nov 6, 2008
Playboy: The Mansion
Testseek.com has collected 3 expert reviews for Playboy: The Mansion and the average expert rating is 63 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Testseek.com to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions. Top
TopTenREVIEWS.com - Mar 17, 2008
Playboy: The Mansion
Playboy: The Mansion receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 2.58 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #4,819 game of all time, #130 game of 2005 for the Xbox and #588 Xbox game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 61 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games ranked, click on the... Top
GameZone - Feb 3, 2005
Playboy: The Mansion
Having skimmed through a few issues of Playboy in my time (for the articles, yeah, that’s it), I couldn’t help but wonder what publisher/hero Hugh Hefner’s life was really like and what it took to build a multi-million dollar publishing empire. That would make a great game, I thought, playing as Hef as he tries to juggle magazine deadlines, out-of-control celebrity friends and his... Top
GamePro.com - Feb 2, 2005
Playboy: The Mansion
Just like The Sims, except without that annoying pixilation in the way...and, hey, you're Hef! Top
IGN.com - Jan 21, 2005
Playboy Mansion
Live the life of Hugh Hefner. That's what Playboy: The Mansion promises. It invites you to walk the halls of the infamous Playboy Mansion, a wildly hot babe on each arm, and erect a publishing empire second to none. As Hugh, you'll throw nightly parties full of socialites and topless women, form million-dollar contracts and rub shoulders with some of America's biggest characters. As Hugh, you'll... Top
games.net - Jan 1, 2000
Playboy: The Mansion
Playboy: The Mansion blends state-of-the-art social simulation with traditional role-playing and empire-building gameplay. As Hugh Hefner, you build the Playboy mansion and magazine into a dynamic cultural icon and powerful brand. Rub shoulders with stunning women and stimulating celebrities as you pursue the ultimate Playboy lifestyle. Grow famous and gain exclusive access to the Playboy... Top 
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Playboy Mansion
Strengths: None
Weakness: All
Game is a joke. It was seriously one of the most ridiculous things I've ever played. The graphics were good...I guess. But that's all it had going for it, I was bored from the moment I picked it up, until I put it down.
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