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The Sims 3 review: It Sucks 65

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I went and bought The Sims 3 and it sucks. Wow you can make really cool people, but that's it...what about different lots where you can build your own houses? All this game is...is boring. I am a huge Sims fan, but Sims 2 was way better than this crap. All the game does is load really f***ing slow, or freeze. There are soo many problems with this game that you can't even save anything...the game will freeze and delete everything you just did, so you have to do it all over again.
I just bought the game 2 days ago, and I have had to rebuild and re-do everything over 6 times...it's ridiculous. It's not my computer, because I deleted everything and had my computer checked for viruses before hand just so it wouldn't mess up...but it did. If you like the Sims, stick to the old versions...Because this one is f***ing lame and boring and there is not one thing fun about it. Thank you for your time!

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rinchan
, DE
Jul 26, 2009 5:30 pm EDT

I haven't even gotten around to playing the stupid game yet. First it was the stupid SP2 thing, and I get that, It was on the box saying that you need it. two weeks later I get the stupid lap top I have hooked up the internet, and download the Sp2. And then I try to play it again, and it says I'm missing Shafer Model 2. I'm like WTF. The box said nothing about it. it never said that we would need a new card for the computer. I mean this is a new laptop. there should be nothing wrong with it. it should work. NEW LAPTOP! I'm so pissed, I think I might just pawn it and go get the Sims 2 it was the same price, I just decided that the newer version might be better. But NO, I just had to get the Sims 3. What type of idiot doesn't mention that something is needed on the box, that way we can get the whole thing at once, instead of waiting a couple months till I get home to see if it works there. If not, I just wasted half of my pay-check!

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silvy22
Philadelphia, US
Jul 23, 2009 9:28 pm EDT

I agree wit evry one ...this ###ing game took 10 steps back instead of forward...the sims in the sims 3 look worse than ever... sims 2 had more realistic looking sims than this ###! i thought they would look like they do on the website... much more realistic. dont know if its my computer but they look worse than the sims 2..how da ### can that be..i think ill go back to playing sims 2..this game is garbage!

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thefmx001
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Jul 20, 2009 3:37 pm EDT

I licke the game, hate the bugs, the rabit hole effect and the sims 3 store .

PS. I HATE TE STORE

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onewayoranother1991
, HK
Jul 16, 2009 7:18 am EDT

The sims in Sims 3 look like freakin chubby habbo creations! Sims 2 had more realistic and engaging looking sims...why would EA want to take it down a notch?! I have spent hours manipulating the facial characteristics of my sims in Sims 3 but they always end up looking bloated in the face. Im gonna need a lot of custom content from modthesims to fix this hot mess...

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demon9675
, US
Jul 15, 2009 12:04 am EDT

they added customization of objects/wallpaper/floors, open neighborhoods, 45 degree angled furniture without cheats, the ability to crowd more objects on tables, and the ability to move objects half a square.
those would all be real nice if they didnt take out 5 things for each thing they added and improved the graphics much more. add those things to the sims 2 and its the perfect sims game. play the sims 3 and its a major step BACKWARDS. they are so incredibly greedy, they just make an incomplete game to force you to buy expansions and too many random objects online. $3.50 for six pieces of virtual furniture? whoever designed the sims 3 store deserves a punch in the balls.
do not buy this game, stick with the sims 2.
it is 6 years older and much, much better.

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Aspartame
, US
Jul 10, 2009 8:15 pm EDT

i was gonna buy this but then i read all these comments... oh well, i'll just wait for the sims 4 if theres even gonna be one...

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ktjo1p169
, US
Jul 09, 2009 12:39 pm EDT

I spent $50 and I am mad now. You can only play one family in a neighborhood. The people look fake as ever and the graphics will suck unless you have a brand new computer. I think they need to combine the sims 2 characters and how you can play mutliple families in a neighborhood and keep the sims 3 way of no loading, just go to wherever you want to go.

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shenekou
Bay City, US
Jul 06, 2009 3:18 pm EDT

IT EFFING BLOWS! i want my Sims 2

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Pabs
Houston, US
Jul 05, 2009 4:54 pm EDT

Grrrrr! I was so excited to play this game, when I installed it it said I needed to update my video card so I went to the store and got a new video card, installed it, played the game and guess what? It stinks. The graphics are horrible, it is very slow, all the sims are chubby no matter what you do, the choices of hair styles are really bad and not that many at all, the new way to move with the mouse is really stupid, you can't use a bunch of families, there are so many things i hate about this game I can't even describe it. I went to yahoo.com and read what people were saying about it and they all have the same complaints as I do about the graphics and pretty much everything else, one thing that somebody said though was not true about you being able to return it to the store as long as you had your receipt, actually you have to return it un-opened, if it's opened, they will not refund your money, trust me, I tried about 5 walmarts and even got it receiled and they still didn't take it back. What a waste of money! Seriously! I wish I hand't bought this game! It is such a step back to the sims 2. They should have incorporated the cools things they had on the sims 3 into the sims 2 like the different voices, the personality traits, the buy mode, the new jobs and the new clothes, that's it because everything else blows. I'm not looking forward to a Sims 4 and I hope these guys make a better game next time.

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Simgirl
Burbank, US
Jul 02, 2009 7:58 pm EDT

I totally agree, feed your minds this, Sims 1 was the s*** we could control people actual little computer people. I played it one time and was hooked, so I eagerly awaited each new expansion pack and Bam! I knew EA would be getting a lot more of my money. Then something amazing happened EA blasted me out of my comfort and back into my excitement mode with Sim (way) 2 (awesome) so I began collecting those as well. I'm a very advanced Sims player been at this since 01! So when I heard all the "hype" on Sims 3 my heart fluttered! Then I finally get my hands on a copy after reading the Sims 3 site for days and damnnn, What a let down! My first complaint is why do my sims look like hobbits, and why was the hair so much more awesome on Sims 2? Also those loading screens did start to Peeve me off but playing with an entire town is flat out ridiculous, I dont tackle the whole town I create and dictate. I play with families one by one but with one then some random old man whose on my lawn which the lots suck so much now because I'm stuck with this suck a d*** camera mode. Not to mention the clock that runs in real time with no way of speeding it up. I guess the good thing is I can now leave my house and return several hours later to hopefully find my sim awake and energized. Plus Cheats don't work as well and its soo hard to navigate this game. &&& Can someone tell me wtf TILT is for? In conclusion EA needs to take this back to the drawing broad because this is the worst installment in the series and I'm sure its leaving millions of devoted Sims fans to think twice about dropping another dime on EA in the future.

-A concerned player

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Lawren A King
, US
Jun 30, 2009 4:56 am EDT

I FREAKIN AGREE, MAN THIS IS CRAP, YOU CANT SEE THE INSIDE OF PLACES, AND YOU CANT BUILD LOTS, THE GRAPHICS AINT ALL THAT BUT THEY OKAY, I MEAN, I WANT MY FREAKIN MONEY BACK

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sweeneytoddlover
, AU
Jun 29, 2009 9:58 pm EDT

I agree 150%. No matter how hard I try to design my sims to look beautiful, they are always stuck with this kind-of-double chin & fat neck. The sims look like wax models. I hate them! Sims 2 FTW! EA GAMES, maxis, you had 6 years to make a better sims game and you give us this ###? Stuck with one family per neighborhood WTF?
Like after the sims 1 came out I was ecstatic about the sims 2 and then when sims 2 did come out I totally freaked out, it was SOO friggin awesome but now that the sims 3 came out, I'd really wished that I hadn't wasted my money.

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Not So Happy about Sims 3
Los Angeles, US
Jun 16, 2009 9:02 am EDT

Well my Sims3 don't freeze, but don't like the camera action to where you have the mouse in your right hand and using the up and down, arrows with your left. The graphics are great, but has I follow my Sims to the bistro, I could not go into the building, was not excited about that. So I play my Sims2 more than ever now. The ladies hair dos are awful. Coloring the hair don't help either.

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Gilgamish
, AU
Jun 12, 2009 10:47 pm EDT

lol I do agree, is this game litrally stupid? you cant change family or stuff will be gone, the grahpic is worse, you cant see interactions in community buildings etc lol... i got all the legitimate expansions and the game on the sims 2 while many others torrent the game, i should have done that huh?

The global aging.. OK.. so everyone in the city will age as you do so its GLOBAL, but the jobs that you do is not global! i changed families to play and i saw a Rockstar of mine was working as an mechanic and zapped himself to death.. lol wheres the global in that?

The fashion, hairstyle is disaster lol they seriously need a body shop for ppl to create or alter their lowly fashion sense.

Overall, i enjoyed Sims 1, Sims 2 (the best) and Sims 3 is just a big FAIL.
Regret getting collectors edition for $115 if i knew the game was so stuffed up, if not get it at all. Replaying sims 2 would prob make me feel better until they fix this stupid sims 3. And what the hell is it about paying real money for more contents, instead they could have release a body shop?

I always thought EA was good, changed my persepctive here.

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detandpep
Pleasanton, US
Jun 12, 2009 2:39 am EDT

agreed, i'm really disappointed with this game. I'm also really disappointed with EA, because as an earlier poster said, they probably are already planning expansions so we can see the inside of buildings when they could had just added that in the first place. I mean, this is the Sims 3, and it feels like a gigantic step backwords from the Sims 2. There are barely any items in the game compared to the earlier versions, and now if I want more, I have to go buy them? It's unbelievable.. If I didn't know anything about either of the games, I would think the Sims 2 is the latest version..

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whomeohno
Petersburg, US
Jun 10, 2009 8:21 pm EDT

GRRRRRRRRR I know I'm so pissed off I could have bought something else cause I'd rather play sims 2 than this crap al least with two u can go inside restaurants and interact I want a refund fugg this now watch how many expansion pack come out so you will be able to see inside the hospital and other spots I hate when companies are greedy and short change consumers i was so excited I could have downloaded the torrent of this crap like my co workers did but nooooooooooooo I had to make an *** out myself trying to play this crap while others downloaded it

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sugartits
West Chester, US
Jun 10, 2009 1:03 pm EDT

MAN i was sooo excited about playing this game for the longest time and im soo dissapointed! maybe its my computer or graphics card or whatever but its not working for ###! And its soo slow! I havnt given up yet though being the fan that i am.. ill wait till i have a new computer and see what happens but until then The Sims 2 is looking pretty good

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nikibbby
xcxcxcxc, CA
Jun 09, 2009 8:33 pm EDT

I hate how you cant change families because their wishes will b deleted, like wtf?

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quin26071
Conyers, US
Jun 09, 2009 1:51 am EDT

I disagree complelty
It sounds to me like your computer is not good enough to play it. Its not just viruses. You need a good graphics card, RAM, Proccessors. What the hell, do you think it will run on the same specs as sims 1 and 2. It runs absolutley flawless on my computer it is the best game ever made. SO YOU CAN KISS MY SIMS 3 LOVIN' A**!

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Butterfly
philedelphia, US
Jun 08, 2009 7:29 pm EDT

I agree! I eman the game cuts off like at a certain amount of period in the game and its not fair becuause I have to star over and the hair is so crappy

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spunkie_912
Panama City, US
Jun 08, 2009 11:34 am EDT

Im with You this game sucks A**! I went out and bought a DVD drive and two gigs of RAM and i dont feel like paying any money for a new video card, so in all of this what i did notice is, with the 2 gigs of RAm my sims 2 game started loading faster so Hey i started back playing my sims 2 again and the flame got re- kindled!

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Heather
Middle of Nowhere, US
Jun 06, 2009 7:59 pm EDT

I couldn't agree more.

And what's this crap about giving you barely anything in the game you buy and you have to pay for more stuff for your game!?! It's just a load of garbage!