My Thoughts On The Sims 3

GEPOSTET AM 04.06.2009 19:42

The game overall really is a great sequel and has tremendous potential.  I\'ve played for plenty of hours and I\'ve had lots of fun.  I have yet to play Riverview but I saw the families there (without saving the game) and they seem very interesting.  Wow, the Broke family has turned into trash, as you cannot get any trashier than them.  But I can\'t wait to play them because trashy families are so much more fun to play with since you don\'t have to worry about perfecting their lives as much. 

What I love: seamless town; traits; powerful CAS and CAST in general; everyone aging at once so you won\'t have to go back and age up a family that\'s been left behind; different lifespan options; different levels of free will; career improvements; opportunities; collecting; many things from the Sims 2 and EP\'s added to the base game; and the list goes on.  I am happy to be able to play at a very fast speed with all settings maxed out, thanks to my powerful PC.  Now I just need an even better graphics to make it even faster and better.

What I strongly dislike: \"story progression off\" not working; no sliders for under the chin to reduce the fatness for skinny Sims and no slider for eyebrow thickness (I like a specific eyebrow style to be thickened or thinned); extreme lack of hairstyles and clothes (Sims 2 base game had more hairstyles, and even more for children); no way to stop non-stereo music from playing in the game options; and I think that might be it for now... or at least I can\'t think of anymore.  But other than that, it\'s a great game.  There is no reason to bash it and I\'m not regretting having paid for my copy.  I\'m sure patches will fix at least the \"story progression off\" bug, which is really the main concern, as the others are just more personal nuissances. 

As for the premade families, I enjoy playing with Ms. Crumplebottom the most so far.  I had her write tons of novels and she had about 25 bestsellers or so.  I had yet to find love for her the last time I played with her but I also had aging off, so she will definitely have time for that.  I even completed all three writing skill challenges.  She became the best writer of Sunset Valley.  The only cheat I used (which I probably will stop using very soon because it takes the fun away from the game) was the debug mode version of \"maxmotives\" where you can click and drag the motives to fill them up separately.  That is why she wrote that many books.  I guess I just wanted to get the feel of the writing career before playing the \"right\" way.

Anyhow, thanks for reading and until next time... Happy Simming!

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GEPOSTET AM 01.06.2009 08:05

I use my Facebook blog for everything but I will use this one for anything Sims-related.\u00A0 Until next time and Happy Simming!