I think I'll just stick with stealing my sister's copy of the Urbz Sims in the City for DS. Not great, but it does suck up a lot of time.
Sims 3: What's the point?
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I think this game will be a great game I will admit it's more of an upgrade but then again that's what a series is each game in a series is just an upgrade. It is a much better looking game then the last one. And the hook is this game isn't based around making them survive you now only have 3 mood meters which now barely drain. This game is more about living your life you can go around town and the game is more customizable. You have more control of what kind of person you are and there are more customizable clothes, houses, etc.........well I'm getting it that's all I know
How many girls have you consulted on that one? Most of the people I know who like the Sims were guys who liked torturing them between rounds of Halo.Altorin said:
As a member of the female gender, I can say I have absolutely no interest in the Sims and never have. You're correct on one point: many women are more invested in character development and storyline and that shoot-em-ups. But I never saw much of either in the Sim games. If I want a game with a good storyline and interesting characters, I'll fire up one of my Bioware RPGs and leave the life simulators for people with too much time on their hands.
They're still trying to do it for Spore, so it's likely they will still do "stuff packs".SimuLord said:
It's more insidious than that, though -- from what I've heard, they're trying to set up a DLC-style shop: you buy a certain amount of "points" with real money and then use up your points buying individual in-game items from an online store. (Although it did sound like they'd have third-party content in the store as well, so you'd probably also be able to get points if you make something that other people want.)
I saw a preview of that video game on X-Play and to be honest, it didn't look that great. Cannot see myself buying that game, sorry Sims!
Wow, I might be the only person on this forum who is actually looking forward to The Sims 3 
Hell... i think it's a good franchise yeeeaaah they're a bit crazy with the expansion packs (so i only buy the once that look really good - Open for Business for the win)
And for the record, yeah, i seriously DO think the open world with no loading is gonna be cool
Hell... i think it's a good franchise
yeeeaaah they're a bit crazy with the expansion packs (so i only buy the once that look really good - Open for Business for the win)And for the record, yeah, i seriously DO think the open world with no loading is gonna be cool
If they do third-party content, like a monetized LittleBigPlanet model, that would actually be really awesome. Even if EA kept the lion's share of the revenue, it'd still mean that people could, if they created good enough content, make at least the price of the game back, which is pretty sweet.Miral said:
I found University, Nightlife, Seasons, and FreeTime to be the "essential" expansions. University for the extra want slots, Seasons for the weather and farming/gardening model, and FreeTime for the vast amount of content the "hobbies" added (and the "lifetime achievement award" of sorts that allowed a path to Platinum aspiration without having to follow the narrow "everything toward one goal" track). OFB, Bon Voyage, and Apartment Life fall under "must-have for the Sims enthusiast" category for me---the businesses, vacations, and the very neat way they handled multi-unit dwellings were all big steps forward. Pets...well, meh in my view. Yes, it's great to have animals around (and I've created some really cool dogs), but it's really an icing-on-the-cake and not much else. If you don't care about having animals around you can completely do without it.Amarok said:Hell... i think it's a good franchise
Ranking them in order of importance I'd say NL/FT/Uni/Sea/OFB/AL/BV/Pets would be my order.
I've given EA a lot of money over the last five years and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. As I said in an earlier post it's a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine as far as games are concerned, and sometimes I don't want to play a game that makes my brain work too hard. I just want to play around with my little on-screen computer people.
It's a mixed bag. If they have an online store without third-party content, then that's bad because it's just more money-grubbing. If they do have third-party content, then that's good because it creates an incentive to create interesting stuff -- but also bad because it'll probably lead to people creating knock-offs for profit, and will be a disincentive to the people who normally would just offer stuff for free.SimuLord said:
The only point it seems to have now is to con 12 year old girls out of £40.
The only people I know who play it are female, and are 12 - 17 years old. I don't know why they like the game so much; you don't even do anything!
There I am, playing some Fallout 3 on my 360, and there is my sister, playing the Sims on her laptop. She asked me what the point of the game was and I said that it was telling a story. She then went on about how it was not as good as the Sims in any way because in the sims... You can customize your character. "You can do that on fallout!" I said, and showed her my character.
She asked me about the plot and I said I left the Vault to go and look for my dad, and she wondered why I would even do that. I then said it was part of the quest so I had to. My sister replied with " Well that's crap, with the Sims, you don't have to do any of that sort of stuff."
I couldn't raise my eyebrow any further without hurting myself. She basically admitted that there is no point to the Sims without even knowing it! There is no plot, there is no skill, there is no... point involved in the Sims.
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I hate the Sims.
The only people I know who play it are female, and are 12 - 17 years old. I don't know why they like the game so much; you don't even do anything!
There I am, playing some Fallout 3 on my 360, and there is my sister, playing the Sims on her laptop. She asked me what the point of the game was and I said that it was telling a story. She then went on about how it was not as good as the Sims in any way because in the sims... You can customize your character. "You can do that on fallout!" I said, and showed her my character.
She asked me about the plot and I said I left the Vault to go and look for my dad, and she wondered why I would even do that. I then said it was part of the quest so I had to. My sister replied with " Well that's crap, with the Sims, you don't have to do any of that sort of stuff."
I couldn't raise my eyebrow any further without hurting myself. She basically admitted that there is no point to the Sims without even knowing it! There is no plot, there is no skill, there is no... point involved in the Sims.
...
I hate the Sims.
Meh, its alright, I don't love the life simulation, but it provides a cheap alternative to more expensive architectural design software.
The point is, it'll be shit, and it SHALL be milked constantly by EA.
I hope it gets pirated to hell.
.....This is exactly why Will Wright cuts himself at night...
I hope it gets pirated to hell.
.....This is exactly why Will Wright cuts himself at night...
Well when it comes to men vs. women your dealing with a rational vs. relational way of thinking. Not that one is nessicarly better than the other. It's not surprising women like The Sims better than say Fallout. Fallout presents clear problems with fairly logical solutions. The Sims on the other hand has everything being relative, there is no right or wrong, or set objective, everything is based on it's relation to everything else and there
is little in the way of solid logic.
Plus when you think about it, what the Sims are is little dolls. Guys run around and play army (Argggh! Death!) girls dress up their dolls, play dress up, and pretend their at social functions. Contrary to the feminism movement this is fairly intristic. While there are exceptions (Tomboys and Girlymen) even when detached from society at early ages kids gravitate in those directions.
THAT said (in response to one of the posts)
I do not find The Sims to be paticularly exciting, but then again I've never much cared for flight simulation games. Strangely I've found a lot of people who hate The Sims love empire management games where there is no real point (oh boy, I've made 50 bajillion dollars!). The Sims seems to be very similar except on a smaller scale.
But hey, I'm into enough wierd/unpopulat stuff where I am more than willing to let the majority have their casual "life simulator". Not my cup of tea, but as long as they leave me alone and I get my RPG games and such, I'll mostly stay off the case of the Sims.
Spore had potential as a concept. They needed to add more depth though, they made it waaay too casual. I coulnt' believe after all that dev time it wasn't a deeper game.
is little in the way of solid logic.
Plus when you think about it, what the Sims are is little dolls. Guys run around and play army (Argggh! Death!) girls dress up their dolls, play dress up, and pretend their at social functions. Contrary to the feminism movement this is fairly intristic. While there are exceptions (Tomboys and Girlymen) even when detached from society at early ages kids gravitate in those directions.
THAT said (in response to one of the posts)
I do not find The Sims to be paticularly exciting, but then again I've never much cared for flight simulation games. Strangely I've found a lot of people who hate The Sims love empire management games where there is no real point (oh boy, I've made 50 bajillion dollars!). The Sims seems to be very similar except on a smaller scale.
But hey, I'm into enough wierd/unpopulat stuff where I am more than willing to let the majority have their casual "life simulator". Not my cup of tea, but as long as they leave me alone and I get my RPG games and such, I'll mostly stay off the case of the Sims.
Spore had potential as a concept. They needed to add more depth though, they made it waaay too casual. I coulnt' believe after all that dev time it wasn't a deeper game.
Me and quite a few of my friends are fans of the Sims franchise. Most are guys also. I personally love the series. I get my entertainment from constructing giant mansions and houses for my Sims, but this new one has me interested in gameplay.