Sims 3 (Plus Expansions)

Game: Sims 3 including expansions
Developer: EA
Platform: PC
Score: 5/5

Ok So I got some time before I check out some friends doing a Live Stream of the game RaiderZ. I thought Id catch everyone up on what Ive started playing. So yes I know its a few years old but they keep making more expansions and I just got a new PC so its like playing a brand new game. I was able to play all of them up until Pets came out and as of right now I have the base game, pets and seasons installed. I must say Pets is a huge upgrade over the Sims 2 version and so is Seasons. There is just so much more to do with your pet and during the different times of the year. I may do another quick post once I get showtime and have played that for a little bit. The rest of the expansions that have came out over the past year are "stuff" expansions.

Visuals: A

Alright so updated computer makes a huge difference. My video card is still a few years old but 8GB's of RAM helps out a lot. I am playing with the settings turned all the way up on everthing and the game is amazing for the style of game this is. Its got everything from the football game (Madden) on the TV playing, the water reflections, the entire room showing up in the mirror, and my favorite is the shaddow moving as the day progress when you speed up time. Sadly with it not being an action game it does lack some visuals that the consoles are doing with sports and action games these days.

 

Controls: A+
Its 99% of the mouse so if yours is wireless get the batteries because your gonna need them. Its a simple click an object i.e. fridge, then what you want to eat. I only use my keyboard to speed up or slow down time with the number pad but you can do this by just clicking on the icons on the game panel. You rotate with a simple click and hold of the mouse and rotate away and zoom is all with the mouse wheel.

Audio: A+
If you havent played a Sims game before whoa are you missing out on the great language that is Simish. Its actually very funny sometimes the sounds that they make. The music is absolutely brilliant in the menue screens. With pets you can change the dogs bark and my dog was in the room and would keep cocking her head everytime I would try out a different dog. You are able to go into the files and add your own music to play in game under a custom station when you have the radio playing but if you dont want to deal with the hassel the music is still pretty good. It may not be playing a "real" song but the melody is pretty distinct in some and ill catch myself singing as my sim is dancing away.

 

Game play: A+

Its the Sims, ive never played a bad one yet. Yes there are some crappy expansions but the base game is awesome. You wanna be the president with a bunch of girlfriends? Thats fine you can. You wanna be a lonner rockstar that is a vampire? Go for it. Wanna be a bum? Sure. The game gives you an unlimited amount of possibilites.

Replay Value: A+
You can do what you want and then turn around and mix it up the next time around. You can play the same game for years because it doesnt suck and they keep coming out with new expansions to keep things interesting.