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Sims 3 is good, not quite great.

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I love this game, but it has a few problems. Besides the glitchy community site and shop, just random issues you may or may not hit in the game. Nothing to make it unplayable though. Just trying sometimes.

Fun game but bad bugs

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This is a really fun game when it works well and it can keep you entertained for hours on end. In the interest of not being long winded I have to say that it does have some serious bugs, sadly. For example; I've had problems where I try to move my Sims to a different house and the whole game just locks up and the only way to get out is to turn off my computer (not a good thing) and reboot. Not even Ctrl+Alt+Del works to get out of that fiasco. Second thing is something I can only think might be related to getting far in the game. I had a game where my Sims owned most of the town and I went in to play the game only to be greeted with an overhead map of the game but I could not do anything. I tried everything and browsed the support boards but finally I gave up and started a new game. I played the new game to a point where my Sims owned most of the town and next time I went in to the saved game it did it again. Twice in a row that apparently getting really far in the game causes it to get screwed up. I don't know what the problem might be and if finding the solution requires the player to scrub the boards more than I already have then there is something wrong. Other than that though, it really is a fun game and the graphics are excellent.

Very Excitedwith the new Sims 3!

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I have played all the Sims games up to this one and loved them all. This one is a step beyond and I love all the effects that it has. I would highly recommend this game to all Sims gamers.

more than expected

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it make me save my favorite word "TITS" cause thats how cool this game is to me i havent payed it sense back in the day....which was a wednesday by the way! so you should get the game!

Sims fan since 2001 is not impressed... (waste of money)

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Now I know why Will Wright decided to leave Maxis...

With the failure of success from SimCity Societies, SimAnimals and SPORE, It's not a surprise that The Sims 3 isn't selling as much as EA thought.

At the same time it is a surprise for me. If you're a hardcore Maxis fan like me, you know that you would never think a day like this would come. An ending to The Sims franchise. Although it hasn't been said yet, I'm pretty sure the lack of sales from this sequel will cause the downfall of Maxis which means "no more sims".

But, hopefully a miracle happens and the original developers save the day. *sigh*

Now, I don't think The Sims 3 is absolutely HORRIBLE, but at the same time, this being a 2nd sequel out of a 10 year franchise, you kind of expect a monstrous improvement. Games are becoming more fun and graphics are becoming more realistic. The Sims 3 has the "realistic" part down. The neighborhood looks real, but the sims are just DULL. Other than their voices and interests, their personalities don't really come out. I'd hate to compare it with The Sims 2, but that sequel, although the sims were too "cartoonish", their personalities really made an impact on what kind of friends they made. I also think the "cartoonish" effect in that sequel is what made it sell the most. Cartoons = humor. People love to laugh!

Which leads to my conclusion, I think people loved the Sims because they got a good laugh from the simulator. We connected with them as if WE were the sim. I don't get that feeling when I play The Sims 3. I get more of a "click here, click there and the game controls the rest" feeling. It feels limited & the sims lack a "soul". Which is NOT expected considering we spend 8 years buying expansion packs, so why is it that this sequel is starting over as well? Where's the clubs? Where's the colleges? Where's the pets? We can't keep repeating this cycle of expansion packs. If we do that, there won't be room for NEW, FRESH ideas. And that, in my opinion, is what happened to The Sims 3. It caused the franchise to lose its true "mission" in game development.

I am definitely disappointed, but maybe you won't. Either way, I do NOT think this sequel is worth paying 50 BUCKS + shipping & handling + delivery time for. Wait a few years, find it for a good deal then if you really want to play, if you feel you can't wait, try and see if you can get it from a friend. All I'll say is, do not waste YOUR money on this mediocre revision of a sequel.