Say for example I looked through the shoes and didn’t like them or just wanted to check out some other styles. The exchange is a feature that allows you to pick from a database of created things by connecting to the internet. There are two big changes to alter your characters appearance that I noticed. You can pick body type, skin, hair and eye color, gender, and various styles and accessories. Character creation has been improved an ample amount and is generally a very enjoyable and meticulous task. You are dumped right in and things start off the way they always have: by creating your character. The gameplay though is an absolute powerhouse.
Those other elements, with special mention of the music, are all fairly polished and this is something you expect from an EA game. Even many of the licensed tracks are decent with their simlish (the language the Sims speak) incarnations. Cumulatively, the music in the game is really well done. It’s funny though because in the licensed songs, you can hear many instances where it sounds like they’re using English. The voice acting in the game is competent though it’s not as though it matters since the Sims don’t speak English. Of special note, I really enjoyed the electronica offering from deadmau5. For that you turn to a very diverse set of licensed tracks ranging from genres like rap, classical and pop. My only hang up with the soundtrack is that none of it plays while you’re in live mode with your Sims. Most of the music played during loading screens is nice and you can hear real quality in many of the original pieces. Different songs play during building, buying and landscaping. As has always been the case, different sets play depending upon what you are doing. Most original tracks are instrumentals layered with orchestral instruments and soft, bouncy compositions. The music in this game, as it is in most Sims games, is pretty good. That is why I was thrilled after playing for five hours and seeing absolutely nothing that looked like a thrown together, pointless and usually dumb story. It seems like it would be a good idea to smack some kind of story into the mix in an attempt to explain why you’re playing God to a bunch of virtual ordinary people, but in practice I think it kind of breaks the immersion. It seems like they force this ridiculous story upon you and make you complete a variety missions fashioned after furthering this mostly pointless story. Now why I have mostly always enjoyed the Sims games, one thing I never like is the story.
The game functions pretty similarly to past iterations on consoles and if you didn’t have a problem with those, you have nothing to worry about. Not only that but controlling the game is a task that has been greatly simplified for use on consoles.
The console versions of the Sims games have always been far inferior to their PC counterparts, mainly because of how much content and support the PC versions receive post release. Not to imply that new players won’t have an amazing time.Īnd don’t think that I don’t know that this is a port. If you’ve played Sims games through the years, you’ll see what leaps and bound they’ve made in efforts to make this a phenomenal game. They know what we like to do and in this game, you’ll see that very clearly. Read on to find out why this is possibly the best Sims game ever.Īfter all the success The Sims has had as a series, you know without a doubt that its developers know what its fans want. But it’s not always sunshine and smiles in Moonlight Bay. It’s like a giant virtual toy box, in which you can do just about anything most functioning people want to do: get a job earning tons of money, throw the biggest most lavish parties and live in a five hundred thousand dollar house. For those of us who are already Sims fans, this is the game you’ll be playing at least for the rest of the year.ĮA has taken several precise steps to make this game better than all the rest, which isn’t something that seems simple for this kind of game. It is fun, time consuming and addicting a lethal combination that will have you up all night multitasking. With all the time I’ve spent playing The Sims 3 recently, I think that even the most devote Sims-hater would have to change their tune after playing this one. It’s something like fruitcake I suppose, which is festive. From my experience, you either love the game to bits, or you hate it passionately.
The Sims has always been something of a controversial series.