The Sims 3

10 Review to this product

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  alexandra
  August 16th, 2010 on 10:14 pm

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  If you like simulation games, then The Sims 3 is perfect for you! It will keep you entertained (probably longer than you intended to be) much longer than the original sims, although I haven’t played the Sims 2 so I can’t really compare it to that. However, I can say that a few things I love about this game are: the Create a Sim screen, where virutally anything (within reason) is possible in terms of physical appearance; quirky little traits that Sims can possess ranging from kleptomaniac to flirtatious to never nude (an Arrested Development reference). Even without an expansion pack, this game is complex and entertaining enough to keep you working at it. Instead of monotonous living, the Sims 3 game’s “objective” (one of many possible objectives that you can choose to work toward) includes choosing a lifetime goal, which is often based on the personality traits that you choose for your Sim. Other ways of keeping your Sims happy include fulfilling their daily wishes, which can range from simply cleaning the dishes if they are neat, to becoming best friends with someone they met and hit it off with. Aging is also another option that is included in the Sims 3, which i know is also available in the Sims 2, but if you want to keep your Sims young, then it is possible to turn it off under Game Options. Children are absolutely fun to play with, as well. There are more available options, as well as outcomes, when it comes to “raising” the children. There are three stages: baby, toddler, and child. During the baby and toddler stages, it is important to keep them well fed and teach them necessary skills, or when they “age up”, undesirable consquences in personality may result.
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  W. Dodd
  August 16th, 2010 on 11:24 pm

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  At first I wanted to slam this game – Ultra speed is too slow, no ‘expansion’ stuff like pets, appartments, seasons, and other goodies from Sims 2…I was extremely dissapointed.

  I gave it a second go the following day, created a big family, built my own house and started utilizing some of the new features and I couldn’t stop playing. The seamless neighborhood which I thought was stupid is actually pretty sweet after all. You can come and go as you please, there’s people everwhere in town and there’s some new interaction stuff with the personality types and special personality traits that make the relationship aspect of the game a little more meaningful than previous versions. Perhaps my favorite thing about this game is that you don’t need meaningless relationships anymore to advance your careers, a HUGE improvement in my opinion…no more tedium. Let me clarify – The whole ‘have 5 friends, now 8 friends, now 10….’ was the most useless and most tedious part of Sims 2…no mas. You don’t have to spend 90% of your time getting people to come over and then spamming chat/hug/play to advance in the game!!! Career advancement is improved so that your job performance, which may include your relationship with your boss, certain skill advancements, and your mood, is what drives your career.

  There is a much improved random-factor as well, you constantly get little side quests (even if you’re a child) that can improve your job/school performance, help you learn cooking recipes/skills, help build relationships, or make you some side money. Add the short term and long term wishes that your Sims have and you have an RPGish thing going on which adds a lot of depth to the game.

  Other things that are deeper are the inventory system, careers and schooling are deeper because you get to choose how you want to behave while on the job/at school (you can work in a normal mode you can choose to get to know people at work/school, you can work extra hard which will increase performance but add stress), and there’s also career paths within each career as well. You have moodlets which add temporary benefits/curses that effect your mood (ie. fatigued -20 mood for 4hrs and you can’t excercise, or ‘having a blast’ +40 mood for 10hrs etc etc). You can also choose how hard you want to work out, the size of the painting you want to create, you can tweak recipes, you can even modify your toilet to be self cleaning, if you have the skill…all these little things make the game deeper, in my opinion.

  Building is also streamlined a bit, you can place bought items diagonallly, you can create your own patterns etc. There are, collectively, less items, which is understandable considering all the expansions that will surely be released, but this version of the Sims is less about sitting in your pad and playing with all your new stuff and constantly buying new stuff, and more about going out there and utilizing other features of the game.

  I think people are initially slamming the game since we’re all in ‘expansion mode’, having lived through a dozen Sims 2 expansions, and we collectively expected an expansion of Sims 2 with a few new features and a ton of items, but this game is different and is not an expansion. Not having hot tubs, not seeing people open doors to get into cars, not having the crazy woohoo animations is NOT A BAD THING. It’s a much deeper game, regardless of what people say, you just have to use the features to enjoy it.
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  MW
  August 17th, 2010 on 5:51 am

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  I’ve been playing Sims3 for a weekend, and so far I’m pretty happy. My first impression was that the male sims are less attractive, with chubby faces and goofy haircuts, but that’s only in the creation page. They look a bit more normal in the game. *Sigh* I guess nobody looks their best in a dressing-room.

  These Sims require far less micromanangement than the previous Sims, which is great. No more having to help your adult Sims to the toilet so they don’t make a puddle on the carpet. No more throwing out a full platter of food because your Sims spent too much time cooking and don’t have time to eat. (Leftovers can be stored in the frig for days.) Also, the AI and game logic is better. You pick five adjectives to define your character and they behave accordingly. My “absentminded” “loner” criminal-track sim gets arrested and has to spend a lot of time in the pokie. His wife is “flirty” so her default work behavior involves a lot of kissing up.

  Right now I’m having fun discovering all of the cool little things that the new Sims can do, such as write the great American novel on their laptop, give it a title, collect royalties, then go to the library and see it on the stacks. (It’s pretty exciting if you’re a budding novelist.)

  So far my biggest letdown is that there seems to be less surprise and screwball comedy than the previous versions. I have fond memories of one of my Sims getting booted out of a photobooth by a friend who wanted to keep the friendship platonic. Another tried to seduce her husband in the hottub, only to have him slap her away and crawl into bed with their male roommate. (The roommate awoke, screamed, and fled the room.) But I’m still new to the game, and have yet to see a sim abducted by aliens, so I’m sure that there are ways to mix things up a little. I may try creating some randomized sims, so that they’re a bit more unpredicatable in their patterns.
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  Nini09
  August 18th, 2010 on 4:52 am

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  The best sims game ever created, everything and i mean everything can be customized! Its perfect and i recommend it for all sims loving people.
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  Lisa
  August 19th, 2010 on 12:24 am

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  The Sims has always been a fun game. With Sims 3 you have more free range, you don’t have to wait on load screens, you can go anywhere in the city/neighborhood. Visit neighbors, friends, go to work, library, park, fishing, grocery, etc either by walking, jogging, bicycle, car or taxi. Yes you can take your children with you, except for work of course. A few things I miss from The Sims 2, a changing table for the baby, going to the icebox to get a baby bottle, the length of pregnancy is short, like 3 sim days. Once your ready to have the baby you can have the baby either at home or at the hospital. The one thing I don’t like about the Sims 3, is when you go into a building, grocery store, book store, hospital etc you don’t get to see the inside or whats going on. Once your sim goes inside they just kinda of fade away. Same with kids at school. Yes I know I am picky, or nosey but I like to see whats going on. The one thing I wish The Sims 3 had was where you can sit down with your kids. rock your babies that kind of thing. Other than what I wish for. The game itself is super fun to play, its highly addictive, but what Sim game isn’t? I like how you don’t have to go shopping for clothes, you can just simply click on a dresser and click on plan outfit. It’s just that easy. There are so many improvements and its just an open fun game. I do wish they would get rid of the censor. Come on they go to the bathroom with their clothes on. When in shower they look like barbie dolls, please tell me who hasn’t seen naked barbies? I just think it’s annoying. This only proves adults should have games just for adults…. Bottom line if you like The Sims and all EP’s. Your going to loooooooooooove The Sims 3!
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  mea23611
  August 20th, 2010 on 2:41 am

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  I’ve been playing The Sims 2 for years, and loved it. When The Sims 3 came out, I wasn’t planning to buy it. But I’m so glad that I did! So much has been added to the game. The open neighborhood is great — my Sims actually go places, instead of staying cooped up in their houses because I don’t want to wait for community lots to load. They meet Sims outside of school and work. I love the new wants system, which I think is a vast improvement on the old one — I like that the wants are tailored to the personality of your Sim, and that his/her personality is more than just “family” or “romance.” I love that you don’t have to buy clothes, even with the hacked coathook for The Sims 2 that was a pain. Overall it’s a great game. I’m really enjoying exploring the town, playing the different premade families and a few of my own. It’s interesting to check in on various pre-made families after a couple of generations and see what’s happened to them.

  Two cons: For some reason the game occasionally doesn’t work if I have iTunes open. This only happens sometimes — and not after I’ve had an iPod or something plugged in, like the FAQ suggests. But it’s easy enough to fix. Closing iTunes and rebooting gets rid of the disc error, and then you can just put it into windowed mode quickly and reopen iTunes. Secondly, I’m using a Mac, and installing custom content is quite a production. They made it pretty much impossible (unless of course you buy from their overpriced store, which I’m not inclined to do). I don’t use much CC, since I can recolor things on my own, but it would be nice if that were easier.
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  serious gammer
  August 21st, 2010 on 7:01 am

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  it took a few days to get use to the changes,but after i did it became just as addicting as the others.i have double deluxe and fun with pets,with several exspansion packs and am totaly addicted to them.after about 3 or 4 days of sims 3 i was just as addicted to it.if your serious about the sims games you wont be disappointed in your purchase of sims 3.
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  GRACE
  August 21st, 2010 on 11:44 am

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  This is possibly the best computer game ever. I love it so very much. I play it daily. It is super fun to play with friends. The only downside to this game is that you may become addicted to it!
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  C. R. Laird
  August 22nd, 2010 on 8:39 am

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  Well, I had some reservations when I ordered this game, but I’m such a sims addict that I took the chance.

  The graphics –
  
  Good – They are better than the sims 2 and feel like an improvement to me, especially in the surroundings.
  
  Bad – While playing sims 3 my laptop will overheat and crash sometimes, but it does that with World of Warcraft also, so it is not the game.

  Open Neighborhood –
  
  Good – I love having no loading screens, I always played sims 2 with a book that I would read while I loaded.
  
  Bad – When I move from sim to sim sometimes it comes in at a weird camera angle and I have to adjust.

  Traits –
  
  Good – The sims are definently more individualized, I don’t fell like they’re carbon copies of each other.
  
  Bad – I miss the likes and dislikes, I feel like I’m starting over again by not being able to have my sim scope a room, so finding someone to love is harder.

  Timing –
  
  Good – You can adjust the lifespans of your sims quite easily.
  
  Bad – Speed 3 is not nearly as fast in TS3 as it was in TS2.

  Objects –
  
  Despite the complaints I feel that the amount of objects in TS3 is the same if not more than it was in TS2 before all of the expansions. Because of this I will be anticipating expansions that expand the content and objects, just like in TS2.

  Sim Store -
  
  The only stuff pack I ever bought was on clerance (celebration pack), I played this game with only the basics and the expansions and enjoyed it quite a bit. If people are whinning about the store they should grow up, just because it’s there doesn’t mean they have to buy it.

  Internet -
  
  I bought the game through Amazon on a disc and I am able to play while disconnected from the internet quite easily.

  Securom –
  
  If it is here than it has caused me no problems in the week I’ve had the game. My cd/dvd player is still playing cds and dvds. I’m having no system problems.

  This game is completely addicting and I find it just as engaging, if not more so than TS2. The family I’m playing right now don’t have jobs, they just garden, paint, and write books. The books and royalties are quite amazing and truly make having a family survive without jobs quite easy. Yet I’ve also had a sim that is working her up through the athletic career, I enjoyed the new choices at work and the fact that I didn’t have to get 8 friends or something to succeed.
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  S. Castillo
  August 23rd, 2010 on 9:32 am

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  I am a really huge fan of the sims, and the sims 3 is just better in a lot ways than the sims 2, and I dont believe that the people doesnt like it; and my reasons are:

  1. The sims 3 is a town, is more big, complex, there a lot more of interactions with the neighbors, co-workers, you can meet anyone, you can go to their houses and have plenty of fun inside (this mode in the sims 2 doesnt exist), you can go to the bookshop, library, groceries store, to see a movie, eat at the Bistro restaurant, to the beach, diferents types of lakes, the graveyard (explore the catacombs is a lot of fun), stonehenge, mine,etc. For this reason I will never play the sims 2 again, is a lot better, thats all. YOU CAN EAT FREE IN THE MAIN STREET, READ BOOKS FOR LEARNING SKILLS FREE IN THE LIBRARY, MAKE A GRILL IN THE MAIN STREET, YOU CAN INVITE ANYONE YOU HAD MEET TO ANY PLACE IN ALL THE TOWN, YOU CAN GO TO THE GYM TO EXCERCISE, SWIM IN THE COMMUNITY POOL, ETC..

  2. When you make a sim, I love it; because you can do it the way you like it, there is pleny of tools to make it perfect. The traits (30 or more) you have to choose it carefully, for example i love angler, thumb green, loves outdoors, ambitious, natural cook, etc. That will make you perfect in fishing, gardening and cooking.. And my wife is charismatic that has 70 friendships, and is the governor of the town.. And is more and more; the sims 2 cant never reach it…..

  3. The lifetime points is similar to the sims 2, but is better too. You have to make your sims to get all your wishes possible, to reach the highest lifetime wishes.

  4. In the sims 3; you can collect gems, rocks, butterflies, space rocks, and it has their proper value, and this is very fun to play.

  5. Fishing, gardening, writing are perfect… You write a book and it is a best seller you can see your own novel in the shop book.. Fishing you will see your sim catching a tragic clown fish, swordfish, angelfish; etc.. Gardening you can look for seeds, there is a lot of types of plants, trees, etc to produce..

  6. All your family will grow with the members of the town at same time, if you dont want to grow up you have to eat ambrosia, or go to options and dont age, ok.. I accept is more difficult with children because you have to care about them, take care of friendships, the garden, work, etc. I prefer to play with 4 or 5 members at max, because more is very exhausted…

  7. There a lot of carreers and each one has its own opportunities, and at the highest position of each job you get a special reward, it is very fun.

  8. Ok.. All of this you can play without problems if you have a good video card, memory, proccesor to play; because this game is much, much bigger than the sims 2, so you can imagine, if you have 4 members of your family in different places, the camara switch from one place to another if you want to see whats is going with the other sim, and without a good computer it will take time, and I hate that!! And remember to play in more than 19″ LCD monitor, it is better…

  9. THE ONLY THING I DONT LIKE IS THAT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING NEW FOR THE GAME (FURNITURE, ETC) YOU HAVE TO BUY IT, AND IT MAKES VERY DISSAPOINTING WHEN YOU KNOW THAT ELECTRONICS ARTS HAS A LOT OF MONEY SELLING ALL THEIR STUFF, SO WHY?????

  10. For the new players is better to play sims 2 first to know how to play and later go to the sims 3…