Author Topic: The Sims 3 (Read 9920 times)

MysterD · « **on:** Wednesday, March 05, 2008, 02:37:10 PM »

NEW - 11-27-2016:
Rock Paper Shotgun - "Have You Played...The Sims 3?" Sims 3 Restrospective + Recommendation from RPS.

OLD:
OWNet -> MyD's post on a bunch of BF Friday -> Cyber Monday sale on Sims related stuff.Well, TheSims3.ea.com is an actual website, w/ a small teaser for....you guessed it, The Sims 3.
And more info will be coming on March 19, 2008 on this game.

K-man · « **Reply #1 on:** Wednesday, March 05, 2008, 03:24:46 PM »

They could phone this in and still make millions.

MysterD · « **Reply #2 on:** Wednesday, March 05, 2008, 03:52:52 PM »

All I wonder is when Sims 2 will stop having expansions and fully support only Sims 3?
And when will Sims 2: Complete Collection come out so I can gobble that up?

Ghandi · « **Reply #3 on:** Wednesday, March 05, 2008, 04:58:21 PM »

I'll wait for Que's response, since it will probably be close to my sentiments.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #4 on:** Thursday, March 06, 2008, 12:47:37 AM »

OH JOY! THE HEAVENS HAVE SMILED ON MY MOST SECRET DESIRES.

... something like that, Ghandi?

Xessive · « **Reply #5 on:** Thursday, March 06, 2008, 01:34:11 AM »

I'll only express any interest in the vanilla Sims 3 and none of its subsequent expansions.

Ghandi · « **Reply #6 on:** Thursday, March 06, 2008, 01:45:49 PM »

Quote from: Quemaqua on Thursday, March 06, 2008, 12:47:37 AM

OH JOY! THE HEAVENS HAVE SMILED ON MY MOST SECRET DESIRES.

... something like that, Ghandi?

That made my day.

MysterD · « **Reply #7 on:** Thursday, March 13, 2008, 02:29:38 PM »

I got the new issue of GFW previewing Sims 3 info and whatnot.

Here's some things to note from it.

1. The focus is more on a WHOLE COMMUNITY than say one household.
Example:
--You can ruin your Sims' working career if you go out Downtown and say run into your boss, but embarrass yourself in public

2. ALL Sims in an entire community ALL age at the same time

3. Attribute bars been chopped down from EIGHT to now THREE.

4. Expect "less grinding"
Note: So, there will be less cleaning-up after yourself, less bathroom usage, less sleeping, etc etc.

5. Personality sliders are replaced w/ around 80 "traits" to choose from to give your character their own "personality."
Note: "Traits" are a lot like "perks" from the "SPECIAL" system in Fallout or what is used in the GURPS system.

6. Your starting area is Pleasant Valley, a huge ever-changing town.
Some locations here -- a park, science lab, bookstore, bistro, clothing stores, etc etc.

7. A little more control at work, even though you really don't do the work portion of the game.
New options: you can make your character leave early, work late/do overtime, etc etc.

8. More options w/ social chatter w/ Sims.
Meaning -- you have two different menus, so you can pursue a Sim for "just friendship" or for "more than friendship." (unlike Sims 2, where the more you talk, you can only open up "flirty dialogue.")

9. More depth to the "painting feature" (that was in Sims 2).

Quemaqua · « **Reply #8 on:** Thursday, March 13, 2008, 05:59:25 PM »

I honestly doubt that I'll ever care. I think I'm pretty much done with this series forever, no matter what innovations they make.

Xessive · « **Reply #9 on:** Friday, March 14, 2008, 05:19:57 AM »

I think the only thing that might revive my interest in something like The Sims is if I can play it like NWN.. Namely, if I can attack things and complete quests.

Pugnate · « **Reply #10 on:** Friday, March 14, 2008, 07:26:11 AM »

The Sims : Serial Killer expansion.

Quote from: MysterD on Thursday, March 13, 2008, 02:29:38 PM

I got the new issue of GFW previewing Sims 3 info and whatnot.

Here's some things to note from it.

1. The focus is more on a WHOLE COMMUNITY than say one household.
Example:
--You can ruin your Sims' working career if you go out Downtown and say run into your boss, but embarrass yourself in public

2. ALL Sims in an entire community ALL age at the same time

3. Attribute bars been chopped down from EIGHT to now THREE.

4. Expect "less grinding"
Note: So, there will be less cleaning-up after yourself, less bathroom usage, less sleeping, etc etc.

5. Personality sliders are replaced w/ around 80 "traits" to choose from to give your character their own "personality."
Note: "Traits" are a lot like "perks" from the "SPECIAL" system in Fallout or what is used in the GURPS system.

6. Your starting area is Pleasant Valley, a huge ever-changing town.
Some locations here -- a park, science lab, bookstore, bistro, clothing stores, etc etc.

7. A little more control at work, even though you really don't do the work portion of the game.
New options: you can make your character leave early, work late/do overtime, etc etc.

8. More options w/ social chatter w/ Sims.
Meaning -- you have two different menus, so you can pursue a Sim for "just friendship" or for "more than friendship." (unlike Sims 2, where the more you talk, you can only open up "flirty dialogue.")

9. More depth to the "painting feature" (that was in Sims 2).

And thus the game loses any of the hardcore RTS attributes that Will Wright designed, and slowly inches towards becoming more of a Barbie simulator.

Here are my predictions for the best selling PC games of all of 2009, from the NPD.

1. The Sims 3
2. The Sims 3: Expansion 4
3. The Sims 3: Expansion 3
4. The Sims 2: Expansion 25
5. The Sims 2: Expansion 24
6. The Sims 2: Collection
7. The Sims Collection
8. The Sims 3: Expansion 2
9. The Sims 3: Expansion 1
10. Duke Nukem Forever

Ghandi · « **Reply #11 on:** Friday, March 14, 2008, 08:17:38 AM »

Quote from: MysterD on Thursday, March 13, 2008, 02:29:38 PM

I got the new issue of GFW previewing Sims 3 info and whatnot.

Here's some things to note from it.

1. The focus is more on a WHOLE COMMUNITY than say one household.
Example:
--You can ruin your Sims' working career if you go out Downtown and say run into your boss, but embarrass yourself in public

2. ALL Sims in an entire community ALL age at the same time

3. Attribute bars been chopped down from EIGHT to now THREE.

4. Expect "less grinding"
Note: So, there will be less cleaning-up after yourself, less bathroom usage, less sleeping, etc etc.

5. Personality sliders are replaced w/ around 80 "traits" to choose from to give your character their own "personality."
Note: "Traits" are a lot like "perks" from the "SPECIAL" system in Fallout or what is used in the GURPS system.

6. Your starting area is Pleasant Valley, a huge ever-changing town.
Some locations here -- a park, science lab, bookstore, bistro, clothing stores, etc etc.

7. A little more control at work, even though you really don't do the work portion of the game.
New options: you can make your character leave early, work late/do overtime, etc etc.

8. More options w/ social chatter w/ Sims.
Meaning -- you have two different menus, so you can pursue a Sim for "just friendship" or for "more than friendship." (unlike Sims 2, where the more you talk, you can only open up "flirty dialogue.")

9. More depth to the "painting feature" (that was in Sims 2).

10. It's The Sims and it costs money.

MysterD · « **Reply #12 on:** Friday, March 14, 2008, 01:36:34 PM »

Quote from: Pugnate on Friday, March 14, 2008, 07:26:11 AM

The Sims : Serial Killer expansion.

And thus the game loses any of the hardcore RTS attributes that Will Wright designed, and slowly inches towards becoming more of a Barbie simulator.

Here are my predictions for the best selling PC games of all of 2009, from the NPD.

1. The Sims 3
2. The Sims 3: Expansion 4
3. The Sims 3: Expansion 3
4. The Sims 2: Expansion 25
5. The Sims 2: Expansion 24
6. The Sims 2: Collection
7. The Sims Collection
8. The Sims 3: Expansion 2
9. The Sims 3: Expansion 1
10. Duke Nukem Forever

That's if they don't switch Duke Nukem Forever over to the upcoming Unreal Engine 4.

MysterD · « **Reply #13 on:** Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 02:05:34 PM »

Sims 3 is supposed to be planned for release in Feb. 2009

PyroMenace · « **Reply #14 on:** Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 11:34:55 PM »

This thread is tainting this board. It must be cleansed.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #15 on:** Thursday, August 21, 2008, 01:01:00 AM »

I concur. I'll bring the kindling.

MysterD · « **Reply #16 on:** Monday, December 22, 2008, 03:54:02 PM »

New info from Gameinfowire.com

MysterD · « **Reply #17 on:** Friday, May 08, 2009, 02:40:00 PM »

GOLDEN.
Coming out June 2nd to PC and Mac.

Pugnate · « **Reply #18 on:** Friday, May 08, 2009, 10:14:33 PM »

My sister will be happy. I'll play till the first expansion probably.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #19 on:** Friday, May 08, 2009, 10:27:01 PM »

After 3 or 4 hours of the 2nd game, I realized I was done with these forever.

Xessive · « **Reply #20 on:** Saturday, May 09, 2009, 12:37:23 AM »

It's a funky series of games but I think I'm done with The Sims.

Pugnate · « **Reply #21 on:** Saturday, May 09, 2009, 01:01:18 AM »

I really wish they'd develop an old-school style SimCity game. I loved those games.

Ghandi · « **Reply #22 on:** Saturday, May 09, 2009, 06:59:33 AM »

The only thing I remember about The Sims is putting my little peons in a pool, taking out the ladders and watching them drown. I'm pretty sure that's all I ever did.

MysterD · « **Reply #23 on:** Saturday, May 09, 2009, 07:00:59 AM »

Quote from: Pugnate on Friday, March 14, 2008, 07:26:11 AM

The Sims : Serial Killer expansion.

And thus the game loses any of the hardcore RTS attributes that Will Wright designed, and slowly inches towards becoming more of a Barbie simulator.

Here are my predictions for the best selling PC games of all of 2009, from the NPD.

1. The Sims 3
2. The Sims 3: Expansion 4
3. The Sims 3: Expansion 3
4. The Sims 2: Expansion 25
5. The Sims 2: Expansion 24
6. The Sims 2: Collection
7. The Sims Collection
8. The Sims 3: Expansion 2
9. The Sims 3: Expansion 1
10. Duke Nukem Forever

So much for #10 happening, Pug.

MysterD · « **Reply #24 on:** Monday, May 18, 2009, 02:04:08 PM »

Well, THIS didn't take long to take place, now did it?

Pugnate · « **Reply #25 on:** Monday, May 18, 2009, 02:09:24 PM »

Wow that fucking sucks. The game will still sell, but it will mean a lot of lost day 1 sales. Those TPB guys are in jail, but I can't believe that website is still running.

MysterD · « **Reply #26 on:** Thursday, May 28, 2009, 06:39:34 PM »

Sims 3 has so far been downloaded over 180,000 b/t May 18th and 21st alone!
Right now at that rate, it's ready to out-pace Spore.

Quote

Sims 3 Already Downloaded 180,000 Times
Piracy of half-finished, "buggy" version outpacing Spore.
By Kat Bailey, 05/28/2009

Pirates are getting an early jump on Sims 3. With several days still to go before the title hits retailers, Bloomberg (via GameDaily) is reporting that it's been downloaded 180,000 times between May 18 and 21. And it's it not even the finished version.

"The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game," said Electronic Arts representative Holly Rockwood. "It's not the full game. Half the world -- an entire city -- is missing from the pirated copy."

These numbers come courtesy of BigChampagne, a company that monitors file sharing. They outpace even Spore, which was downloaded 400,000 times over the course of three weeks and eventually went on to be the most pirated game of 2008. The high download numbers were attributed to Spore's digital rights management software, which is absent in Sims 3.

"That's the nature of the business these days," said Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson. "PC games are available before they are released. That's an issue they have been dealing with for some time."

The final version of Sims 3 is due June 2. We'll see if the high piracy rate continues after that.

W7RE · « **Reply #27 on:** Thursday, May 28, 2009, 06:49:54 PM »

It really sucks that it's being pirated so much. I sort of hoped that even with the leak it wouldn't be as bad as Spore, just so EA would see that heavy DRM pisses off and drives away some legitimate customers.

What would be interesting is to find out how many people who are downloading it illegally are planning on purchasing a legit copy, but "just couldn't wait."

Quemaqua · « **Reply #28 on:** Friday, May 29, 2009, 08:26:39 PM »

A lot of it may also have to do with the fact that it's a throwaway game for a lot of people. Many are probably curious to tinker with it for an hour or two but no longer, and they aren't going to pay for the privilege. Then there are others who hate how EA pumps out expansion after expansion, sucking them dry. Some people have abandoned them entirely because of that behavior, or simply begun pirating the games because they're tired of paying out the ass to get a complete experience.

I'm pretty indifferent. 2 didn't interest me in the least after playing with it for an hour or so (waste of money), and I haven't looked at a single Sims product since. In fact, my level of respect for Will Wright has kind of gone way down in the last while. I think we may have fooled ourselves into thinking that he was more of a genius than he really is.

Ghandi · « **Reply #29 on:** Friday, May 29, 2009, 08:32:53 PM »

I fully expect the number of illegal downloads to increase over previous years given the economy. People just don't have the money that they used to.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #30 on:** Friday, May 29, 2009, 08:45:42 PM »

That's true too. Speaking as a member of a potentially affected workforce, I can say that spending copious amounts of money right now doesn't feel too good. I picked up inFAMOUS today and it kind of... hurt.

MysterD · « **Reply #31 on:** Saturday, May 30, 2009, 06:11:38 PM »

The Sims 3 gets an Unofficial Uncensored Patch before the game is actually even released...

Pugnate · « **Reply #32 on:** Monday, June 01, 2009, 01:10:35 PM »

It doesn't matter what excuses we come up with, but PC games will always get pirated because they are so easy to pirate. DRM, no DRM, EA, no EA... it really doesn't matter if it is a more business minded company like EA, or a more customer oriented like Stardock. People will pirate PC games because they can. The only games that sell more copies consistently are games that that require some sort of persistent internet connection like MMOs or L4D.

Hell, a game that kinda tanked on sales like Demigod (went from 3 to out of the top 10 in a week) was pirated up to its ass, so imagine what a more popular franchise like The Sims has to deal with.

Most core gamers just pirate anyway, and it is the more casual crowd that are intimidated by torrenting, that make games like The Sims a success. I mean really, how many guys who surf the internets for gaming news are actually interested in buying The Sims?

Anyway, I saw the video review at IGN for The Sims 3, and it does look quite nice.

MysterD · « **Reply #33 on:** Tuesday, June 09, 2009, 04:50:55 PM »

Over 1.4 million sold in 7 days for EA with Sims 3.
New record for a EA PC game in its first week.

MysterD · « **Reply #34 on:** Monday, August 03, 2009, 02:32:33 PM »

Sims 3: World Adventures (Expansion Pack #1) announced for week of November 16th.

K-man · « **Reply #35 on:** Monday, August 03, 2009, 02:36:31 PM »

I regret ever buying my wife this game. The computer used to be available any time I wanted it.

MysterD · « **Reply #36 on:** Monday, August 03, 2009, 02:38:17 PM »

Quote from: K-MaN on Monday, August 03, 2009, 02:36:31 PM

I regret ever buying my wife this game. The computer used to be available any time I wanted it.

LOL @ that.
Awwww, man.

You miss all that hardcore PC gaming time, eh?

K-man · « **Reply #37 on:** Monday, August 03, 2009, 02:57:59 PM »

Man I hate to say it but I don't really do a ton of gaming on the PC any more. A game of Civ IV every now and then but it's mostly console and handhelds right now.

But it's like...if i want to check a gamefaq, facebook, e-mail, look up info on a game, etc etc i've got to either wait or ask her nicely. Sometimes asking nicely works hehe.

Ghandi · « **Reply #38 on:** Monday, August 03, 2009, 03:28:14 PM »

You could just take the computer out of the kitchen. Then she would never use it.

MysterD · « **Reply #39 on:** Saturday, November 27, 2010, 08:25:52 AM »

Black Friday to Cyber Monday Deals

EA.com - PC Downloads
All Sims 3 games (except Sims 3: Late Night expansion) and also Spore are 50% off to download.
All Sims 2 games are also on sale at 50% off, as well.

The Sims 3 = $14.97
The Sims 3: Ambitions [expansion] = $12.47
The Sims 3: World Adventures [expansion] = $12.47
The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff = $7.47
The Sims 3: High End Loft Stuff = $7.47

Best Buy - Retail Box
The Sims 3: Gaming Bundle is $34.99 at Best Buy - includes Sims 3 (Vanilla) for PC, PS3, and IPhone in one box.

Amazon.com - PC, Retail Boxes
The Sims 3 (Vanilla) = $19.99
The Sims 3: Late Night [Expansion] = $29.96
The Sims 3: High End Loft Stuff = $14.99
The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff = $14.99

GameStop - PC, Retail Box
The Sims 3 = $19.99
The Sims 3: Late Night [Expansion] = $29.99

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