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COOL BEANS!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! I recieved it for Christmas and I haven't stopped playing yet! Although the graphics and sound quality aren't all that great, it is such a fun game! Some of the music is realy cool! And, the best part is, it isn't that hard to learn how to play! I believe people aged 6 to 106 would enjoy playing this game!

Worth

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I thought that this is a game that has pretty good graphics, and is a good stategy game that is diferent each time you play it. It also has sevral variations of the game already in it. It's fairly easy to play but it isn't boring. I suggest it for 10 and above for them to thourghly understand it but i'm sure younger kids would get a kick out of it too.

Satisfies one's love for digging

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 21
Date: February 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the ultimate ant farm for those who can't afford one. You get an ant and you dig a nest. You bring green food to feed your queen. You avoid the spider. You repeat. You can while away hours and hours with this game, digging away happily, but then you will suddenly realize that you were digging for naught. Why?

- When you switch between yard quadrants, all you work is replaced with a randomly-generated nest.

- The "warp spot" is always in the same place.

- The ants do just as well with your control as they do without such.

- The ultimate secret - tell to no one: you can win the game by setting it to max speed and just waiting. The ants will oust the reds, the humans, the dog and the lawnmower completel without your supervision.

This game gives you the illusion of being an ant. It also gives you the feeling of how worthless a single ant is. Try this game. It grows onto you.

Not for Bug-Phobics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: April 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You first buy SimAnt. Your first task: avoid a large spider and grab green food (placed next to the spider). Though my concern could very well be limited to me, if you have any fear of spiders, you will probably not enjoy being eaten by one.

Though I have a problem with the giant spider (I'm exaggerating), the game is excellent. If you have decided you don't mind the giant spider, then you'll adore this game.

Not the Run-of-the-Mill Ant Farm

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 17 / 18
Date: May 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As a child, many of us have had ant farms, well, did you ever wonder what it would be like to be in one? Here's your chance. This game is cheap and simple to learn. Pros:

--It has a simple to learn interface and everything is self-explanatory

--Controlling your growing ant empire is a cinch, click there, the ant goes there, push that, yougo to the corresponding screen. Everything flows.

--It has very few system requirements. A Mac Classic with a CD drive could practically run it!

It's cheap!

Cons: --It is too simple, all you need do is sit and wait. the computer who controls your empire in all the different sections of the yard will slowly oust the bad ants until you win.

--Has little replay value. Once you win it, all the other games are the same.

Overall, I would reccommend this game, just for the fun of it. But if you want a game to get addicted to, one that you can play over and over again with a challenge, you should consider looking somewhere else.

It's better than Solitaire at least.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: May 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This isn't a bad game, actually. It's a great time killer and it is fun at some spots. The graphics are not good, obviously, but for the time it was made they are not that bad, especially the rain graphics. Do not buy this game if you are looking for an engaging game that will addict you though. This is a game that you will come back to every now and then and it will probably stay on your system for a while. One more thing: Don't buy this if you are afraid of bugs!

good fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: July 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is really cool! i have a lot of fun controlling the ant and killing those disgusting red things [ants]. i also like exchanging into the spider.

Little Strategy, Little Entertainment

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 26 / 30
Date: July 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You'll like this game when you play it one or two times, but then it'll be down to a science. The other Sim games add a little surprise to each game, but SimAnt is a pretty much one time deal.

Good Things - SimAnt does provide an enemy, though it is easy to over rule. It lets you switch to a different body in the game (spider, red ant, or black ant), which allows you to see the game from a different point of view. SimAnt also provides a experiment section where you can create weird and interesting habitats for the bugs.

Bad Things - Like I said before, its a game that is to be played once. More play action will result in endless boredom. And though it does provide an enemy, it is not that hard to overcome. You will learn very quickly that the same formula can/ has to be used for each game. Even in the different sceneries (a sink, stove, dirt, steps) there is no difference in the game play except the backround. The graphics do not live up to the Sim standards and are not that interesting to look at.

Unless you get this in a value pack (SimMania, etc.) I don't think that this game is worth your time.

I am a tester for maxis and EA

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun for the whole family with easy learning for the kids and adults but this game could have been better at the start it is very hard to get use to but in the end it is very fun but after about a 2 month period it can get boring if you like simulated games go check out SIM CITY 3000 and THE SIMS they are great games!!! PoPkOrN

Strategic, Involved, and Easy-to-Beat

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: January 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

SimAnt is an excellent simulation of ant battle, but is easy to beat and the sound and graphic quality is poor. Basically, you're an ant in a colony trying to destroy the red ants. A spider (which somehow shoots lasers occasionally, don't ask me) and ant lions are among the existing perils. It's pretty involved, with mating, behavior control, and foraging. These can be left alone (except the first), but it can be tougher without them. The full-game mode, the only one that I find worthwile, is too easy to beat and involves a simple strategy. I recommend this primarily for people who like strategy games.

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