The more I play the more I love it.
Gameplay: 8.5
Let's get something straight. This is NOT a survival game. This is a Sims game with hints of survival. But its done with flare. Instead of going to work, your sims have jobs around the island that they leave to do and come back from. Instead of earning money to BUY new things, you gather and find supplies to BUILD new things. You have all the motives from the PC game, with clever ways to complete them. To fill hunger, you find or catch food (like fish, chickens, and coconuts) and then eat them on the spot or cook them over a firepit to fill your sim up better. To bathe, take a swim! Going to the bathroom is very funny. Your sim pulls out toilet paper and a curtain out of nowhere goes up around them. There are also many island clothes to craft and choose from, which can be quite fun.
Sound: 8
There's a lot of new sim music with a tropical twist to it.
Graphics: 7
The graphics are the worst part of this game. Not totally hideous, but not beautiful either. Very blocky. But sims and animals still move fluidly and with the realism of the PC game.
Fun: 9
An acquired taste. Like I said before, it grows on you. If your looking for a quick diversion from a hardcore game or just really like sims, you'll fall in love with Castaway.
Replayability:
I can't see myself playing this more than once, MAYBE twice.
Overall: 8.5