The Sims 3

Product Description

The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief. Create millions of unique Sims and control their lives. Customize their appearances and personalities. Build their homes - design everything from exquisitely furnished dream homes to quaint cottages. Then, send your Sims out to explore their ever-changing neighborhood and to meet other Sims in the town center. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not) to fulfill your Sims' destinies and make their wishes come true.

Create like never before.

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New create a Sim and personalities. View larger.

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• New Seamless, Living Neighborhood
• Explore the ever-changing neighborhood—and take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors’ homes, converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard and more. Who knows what might happen?
• Admire the natural beauty of the beach, the mountains, and more.
• New Create a Sim Functionality
• Create any Sim you can imagine with easy-to-use design tools that allow for unlimited customization of facial features, hair color, eye color, and more.
• Fine tune your Sims’ body shape from thin to curvy to muscular.
• New Personality Traits
• Create over a million different personalities with traits such as evil, insane, kleptomaniac, romantic, and more.
• Influence the behaviors of your Sims with the traits you’ve chosen. Will you create a neurotic romantic with a heart of gold, or a geeky super-genius with an evil streak?
• New Unlimited Customization
• Everyone can customize everything—design and build your dream house and decorate it to fit your Sims’ personalities.
• Customize everything from floors to décor, shirts to sofas, wallpaper to window shades.
• New Gameplay That’s Rewarding and Quick
• Face short and long-term challenges and reap the rewards.
• Your Sims can pursue random opportunities to get fast cash, get ahead, get even, and more.
• Choose whether, or not, to fulfill your Sims’ destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be thieves, rock stars, world leaders? The choice is yours.
• Get Connected and Share Your Creations with The Sims 3 Online Community
• Get free bonus content—download Sims, outfits, furnishings, houses and more.
• Create and Share Sims, houses, movies and more with anyone.
• Join The Sims 3 community to share ideas with fans of The Sims from around the world.

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Product Details

• New Seamless, Open NeighborhoodExplore the neighborhood freely.
• New Create A Sim Create any Sim you can imagine.
• New Realistic PersonalitiesEvery Sim is a unique person, with a distinct personality.
• New Unlimited CustomizationEveryone can customize everything!
• The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

Customer Reviews

Impressed

Review Date: June 3, 2009

Reviewer: Jessica Cave, Seattle, Wa

No one can deny how hyped up this game was. After all, it was moved back from a February launch to a June launch for more marketing. Maybe it was just a ploy to get us riled up and to make us want it more, but I'm sure it worked. I've noticed from trolling the forums for the last hour or so that a lot of people are simply complaining about the game. I don't think there's enough to really complain about and I think that there should be more praise for EA for coming out with a dang good game. I've compiled a list of the good things and the bad things that I've noticed in a day's worth of playing. Here's a few highlights and lowlights: Cons: 1. Timing is off. This seems like more of an overlook to me - the 2nd and 3rd fast forward buttons don't really make it jump forward very fast. It takes about 3 to 5 real minutes to make a Sim sleep through the night. This is easily fixable with a patch. 2. Small object variety. EA seems to be trying to market the Sims3 Store more than ever. In reality, the game probably has close to the equivalent of objects that the Sims2 base game shipped with. We're just used to a ton more thanks to custom content, expansion packs, and stuff packs. There are lots of customizable options which are nice, but the game could definitely handle more objects. 3. High Spec Requirements. This limits playing on even slightly older machines in a huge way. My laptop, which easily ran The Sims 2, is only 3 years old and was top-of-the-line when I purchased it, cannot run the game. My brother's $500 laptop purchased ready-made from Best Buy can, however, which is how I'm playing it now. Until I can get a new one, I'm out of luck. Pros: 1. Moodlets. These are fabulous additions to the game. They remind me heavily of the Sims 2 Vacation perks, but more common and more easily achieved. 2. Wishes. These are a big easier to manage than Wants and seem to fit more with a Sim's personality. If my Sim is big into gardening, she'll get wishes to plant or find a seed or learn more about gardening. It makes much more sense now. 3. Clothing options. I've heard people complaining about this, but I found myself quite happy with the options that were there. There were plenty of choices and unlimited design options. 4. The world itself. I love being able to just walk around the neighborhood, searching for rocks and bugs and seeds. I like walking to the bookstore and buying something new. I like taking cooking classes at the diner. It brings a whole new level to the gaming. 5. Traits. Sims seem so much more customizable. Traits allow us to make them into their own people. The optinos are excellent and give us far more options than before. Choosing favorites is fun, but essentially unimportant. 6. Interactions. Traits deal heavily into the interactions that are available between Sims. If your Sim is a Hopeless Romantic, you'll have more options in the Romance category. If your Sim is a Natural Cook, you'll have the option to talk about cooking, enthuse about cooking, etc. Overall, I'm pleased with the game. I was looking forward to it and I'm not let down whatsoever. There are things that could be made better and it is sad that EA is so determined to make us spend money, but the core game is pretty dang good. Thanks, EA, for making a great game!

So much fun!

Review Date: June 18, 2010

Reviewer: Video Card Idiot, Tallahassee, FL USA

As an avid Sim player, when I finally got a computer that would handle Sims 3, I was overjoyed. The game is simply awesome and REAL LIFE! There are so many more controls for the player to use so your Sim can enjoy and happy and healthy life. The employment opportunities abound in the game, as well as new hobbies. Your Sim will sure to be kept busy. Great game!

Next great edition of The Sims

Review Date: June 17, 2010

Reviewer: A. Hatman, Kentucky

I've played The Sims since version 1 came out, and am pleased with the improvements and new ideas found in The Sims 3. I especially love the seamless neighborhoods, gardening and fishing, and the traits. There are traits for every type of Sim imaginable. Another great feature new to the Sims 3 that I really like is the option to change the design, color, and every other aspect of decorating furniture, walls, items. A few things that need improvement. More traits! There are several traits, but some of them I would never use. I'd like to see more traits added with the expansion packs. I also wish there were more pre-made houses to choose from to move in a newly created Sim. Overall I LOVE this game and recommend it to anyone.

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