Ok I know many of you are way cooler gamers than I, with your FPS and awesome hand/eye co-ordination, but I have a small God-complex and the Sims feeds that very nicely! And I know there are at least a few other SimRulers around here--I'm recycling my perspective of Sims3 from my Star Wars (I told you I was a geek!) Forum because I'm too lazy to edit it to fit here.
http://www.thesims3.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Qq0xBvl20
Can't get the stupid video to embed-- so there's the link
OMGOMG!! I've gotten quite a few hours logged on Sims3 now, and lovelovelove it!
Sim creation is phenominal. No more just mashing various features together, and of course like Sims2 you can set your hair & accessories for each outfit. Building homes are a lot more fun and creative now as you are not only allowed to build on the diagonal-but you can decorate on the diagonal too! I've had a blast setting my televison diagonally into a corner and setting my chairs and sofas diagonally for better viewing pleasure!
But what I've been messing with alot is the customizer tools. You know when you get tired of the same old brown chair and washed out wallpaper, You can change the color-to WHATEVER you want, think the Microsoft custom color wheel- got a certain color or pattern you like? Hit save and it's there forever!
Still getting used to the traits, skills and job promotion-as it's not entirely clear what you need to perform to get your promotions at work (though my Sim with the "ambitious" trait and has steadily been promoted with no real effort at skill building on my part. In previous Sims, mood was important for life rewards and to get your Sim motivated, it still is; however, the modifiers for mood are more clear and easier to achieve and maintain-for instance- Sims enjoy pretty homes/rooms (recall Sims2 'environment' need) make the lot pretty, or put up some nice paintings and your Sim recieves a + mood modifier, leave dirty dishes or garbage laying around and you'll recieve a negative mood modifier.
Getting around town-VERY nice! I hated taking Sims2 sims anywhere due to the long and annoying load screens; Now it's instantaneous! When you choose to have your Sim leave their lot, they will choose the best way to get to their destination, whether it's walking/running, riding a bicycle, driving their own car, or taking the ever reliable taxi. Around town you can go to City Hall, Library, Bookstore, Supermarket, Parks and much much more. Remember the annoying surfing the web/searching the newspaper to find your Sim's dream job? Search NO more! You can go directly to the building and "get career" want to be a Mad Scientist? Go on over to the Science Reasearch Facility and apply! Also, if your Sim wants to have babies, there is no more dropping it right there in front of everybody-Mommies to be now have the "Go to Hospital" option. If your Mommy to be decides to go to the hospital, the Daddy to be drops everything and races to be by her side (as long as you have a babysitter for any other Sim children at home)
I mentioned Lifetime Rewards earlier, the set up isn't as easy to use as it was in Sims2, however you get more selection, including a few options to change your Lifetime Acheivement (maybe you really didn't want to be a mad scientist afterall) as well as the usual 'comfort' reductions like reducing the need to pee or eat so much, and a few really neat ones like "discount entertainment" or "complimentary dining" which are as they say, you can go to concerts, movies and ball games for less, and dine out for free.
Overall, I am having a blast with this new rendition of Sims, the game is awesome as is, but I'm certain there are tons of expansions in the future, and I for one, am looking forward to them!
http://www.thesims3.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Qq0xBvl20
Can't get the stupid video to embed-- so there's the link
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