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 The Sims Deluxe Edition, 2008-09-15
It's a fun game and a great way to waste time if that's what you're looking for. :)
 Umm....Get a life....a REAL one, 2008-06-14
This is corny. People...go get some excercise. Talk to REAL people. Visit REAL places. Throw a REAL party. Dont buy this game and then sit around letting the whole REAL world go by. Seriously, if you arent twelve years old with a 7 pm curfew, there is no reason to sit around doing this nonsense all day.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Entertaining and absorbing, but marred by a few flaws, 2008-04-27
Given that most of the people who are actually going to buy the original Sims game are probably nomads in Outer Mongolia who have just gotten a Celeron 500 MHz system, actually reviewing such an old game seems all a bit superfluous. Oh well...anyway...
If you are unaware of The Sims (whu?) then you should be aware that there is no real objective to the game. It's open ended- you alone determine goals. It might be to advance your Sims(s) up the career ladder, it may be to make as much money as possible, it may even to make as (ahem) "romantically fulfilled" as possible. You might want to design a cool looking house, nice landscape- it's all up to you.
The Sims is not really a "simulation" as such. Although your sims have 8 attributes that could find analogy in the real life (Hunger, Hygiene, Comfort, Social interaction, Fun, Energy, "Bladder" (ahem), and Room (how much they like their surroundings) there can be little doubt that when you play The Sims you're playing a *game*. Every second of game time is the same as one minute of game time, giving the absurd situation where greeting someone at the door from your dinner table can take as long as twenty game minutes. The characters although well animated ironically lurch around like Frankensteins monsters, following very obviously a hidden grid system. You can tell that they're moving like chess pieces along rows, columns and diagonals and this rigid movement can be quite annoying and distracting.
However in my view there are two main problems with the original game. Firstly your Sims seem to be plagued by consistently low energy levels. Even with a high activity attribute, and strong espresso machines handy, the best beds and a good nights sleep, your Sim wil return from work with maybe a third of their energy level remaining. Considering that success in the game often depends on inviting other Sims over to your house your Sims have a habit of falling asleep on your feet when talking to someone else. It can be extremely annoying. Secondly there is what I might call "the toilet problem". Although your Sims normally can take care of their bodily functions reasonably well, whenever you invite guests over, they -without fail- will use your toilet. And seeing as the toilet is normally a fairly small room, you often get into the absurd situation where you and your guests spend time in the toilet talking about holidays. And with no ability to squeeze past a guest who's blocking the toilet door your Sim will often spend time stuck in the toilet while your guest chats away with another person. This is what may be referred to as "the toilet trap"
No, there are many things in the game that are not very realistic, but they do make the game, if not a true simulation then at least a strategy game of resource management at it's core.
Above all the Sims is very addictive. Even as a thirty something male with little interest in playing computerised dolls houses I found myself trying my best to look after the welfare of my Sims. In fact I actually disliked the game at first; I found it fiddly, kind of silly, buit within a week had ordered two expansion sets. It does beg the question though; is it *too* addictive? Why spend so much time on something that's not real? Well, that's one for the psychology experts I think.
However the orignal Sims is a rather limited game on it's own. After about week or so of regular play you'll probably have done all the game has to offer, as much as that might be. You can only furnish your virtual Sim home with so many different items, only choose a handful of careers, interact in only so many ways. Thankfully the expansion pack adds more variety to your sims life. Some are largely superficial things like new wallpaper or tiles, but things like the woodwork table, chemistry set and genies lamp give your Sims more things to do. And the electric guitar can be hilarious. But it will be more fun if you experiemted around and discovered what the expansion set has to offer.
Overall, an entertaining if slightly flawed start to a successful franchise.
Tonz of Fun, 2008-03-30
This is the second Sims I have bought, and it is as much fun to play as the original. You can do alot with it and have a blast. But be warned, you will be hooked and spend most of your time on the computer!
Well worth the money.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
surprised, 2008-01-04
I was hesitant to buy this for my 10 year old daughter at first, but after playing it myself I realized that it was great. The only thing that concerned me at first was the people going to the bathroom and taking a bath. All the images are blurred out which was better. I also have a very mature and responsible 10 year old, so I would not recommend this for children who are going to make a big dal out of the blurred images. My daughter could care less, but I would not buy some of the other products due to even more compromising sexual acts. This was the best choice for our family and the most modest from what I have researched. We play this game together alot.
Mom, Florida
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