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Still fun after all these years! (long review)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

[Start]
I remember when I first received Sims Deluxe Edition years ago when it was first released. I got the game from a friend and started playing it and it soon became a "smash hit," for my computer. A year or so later I received The Sims Unleashed. But I never went out and spent loads of money of buying and installing the other expansion packs the game soon fell out of being fun and I went on to better things.
A year ago I decided, after trying to replay my old Sims games, I asked for The Sims Complete Collection. I than got to re-visit with some of the old things I remembered from Sims Deluxe Edition and The Sims Unleashed. But than I got to explore and interact with new surroundings, new items, and new skins! Loads of fun! You have more jobs to choose from and more ways to buy, interact with other Sims.

The Sims (where it all started).
The Sims (Mac) is the start of it all! You are introduced into a tiny neighborhood if you are only playing on this game (the neighborhood I'm talking about is the one located on the upper right-hand corner of the screen) and only offers about seven lots, not much play fun if you wish for more neighbors to interact with. You have fewer items to buy, skins to choose from, and things to do.
But The Sims pact the punch with some other treats, such as The Burglar (a thief that comes to your house at night sometime during the game and steals random items from your home). The way around this is to either install a Burglar Alarm or call for the Police if your home. I once shall the Burglar steal (not the prized TV) but a rug, a wine glass ceiling hanger, and a chair.
Not only do you have to worry about Police, but fires. Your Sim can either be sitting by a cozy fireplace or making grub on the stove when a fire can break out. This is due to happen if you Sims cooking skills are low or if a couch or plant is set close to the fireplace. To battle this, get a fire alarm, have your Sim call a Fire Fighter, or put out the flames her/himself, but they can get engulfed and die quickly. Sims have a knack for panicking out of control at the fire, waving their arms and screaming. But besides all the "bad," of this game you can hire a gardener to take care of your plants for you or hire a maid, but this cost money.
Speaking of money, you get money from your job just like in real life. But just like in real life, you have to pay the bills and if you don't, more and higher priced bills arrive and eventually you lose the house and you lose the game. You also have to worry about having money to fill your fridge and cook meals to keep your Sim alive. To keep your Sims happy and paying attention to his "Mood," bars. Bladder is also important, which can lead to Sims feeling down or disturbed by wetting the carpet.
Appliances have to be kept up-to-date, if a Sims just happens to break the shower or a cooking stove due to lack of skill, they have to repair it. They can either hire somebody for this job, or do it themselves. But if they, once again, are not up to skill with repairing mechanics, they can die. To skill-up your Sims, have them read a book on mechainics or cooking, there are more items for your Sims to up there skills.
Sims can have babies, or adopt them. Which is a pain at when the baby is young, but than the baby eventually grows into a full-fledged kid, whom has to go to school and keep his grades up. If not, he is taken away by Child Care and you are left without one.
Another fun feature is a rather sad, classic character who will make your Sims absolutely miserable! His name is Sunny The Tragic Clown! You can be visited by him if you buy his picture and if you Sims moods decrease, he shows up to make it worse. To get rid of him, either destroy his picture or get your Sim's moods back up to full-fledged green!
Santa Claus can come visit your home if you place out cookies, a Christmas Tree and a fireplace in the same room. Make sure your Sims get to bed so he can arrive! Santa places presents out about the room and than disappears the way he came in, which is buy a red ringed vortex.
And the last fellow character is the most horrifying of all, The Grim Reaper. He only visits if you or a fellow Sim has died and you have to play rock-paper-scissors to get them alive again. The result? They come back to life, go ghost, or stay dead. The later is a grave will pop-up (if its outside) or a mourning ashes jar. You Sims can mourn at it over their loss of a fellow spouse or family member.

Sims Creator!
You can now design your own outfits and even re-do or make your own Sim skins! You can even make Sims that look like you or your family/friends. I even made all the band members from Green Day on SC.

The Sims Livin' Large!
This expansion pack offers more things to do, and especially more items to buy! Loads of fun! You can also get more Sims skins!

The Sims House Party!
This was especially fun to play! You can gather all the needs for a party, such as a dance floor, a cage to dance in, plenty of more items to buy and of course more skins. You are able to invite the neighborhood over and party out! Hire some help like a Canter to take care of re-filling the snacks! If you're party is awesome enough, you can be visited by a famous Caleb (that is, if you have Sims Super Star) but otherwise, you are visited by Ze Mine, who will make your House Party a drool.

The Sims Hot Date!
Your Sims can now go on a date! You are now introduced to Downtown where, of course, you can buy new items. You also get more skins to choose from, new stuff in Build Mode and much more! To get to Downtown, you have to phone in for a cab, which whisk you to the meeting spot wherever you picked from. You can flirt with that special someone by eating dinner and playing footsie in a booth, cuddling, making-out. But if your Sims moods aren't green enough or their relationship up, you might see your Sim get slapped or pushed away.

The Sims Vacation!
Now your family can go on a vacation, either to a beach resort, a forest to camp out or a snow wonderland! But doesn't pack that punch the others had, for things can get boring after playing for a long time. You Sims can buy things, play archer, volleyball, look for treasure, build sand castle, snowboard on a ramp, flirt in a hot tub, and send mail back to a fellow Sim! You have more skins to choose from, more items to buy and more interactions to enjoy!

The Sims Unleashed!

You can now buy pets! Choose from a dog, a cat, parrots, turtles, hamsters and fish by going to Old Town to your local pet shop! You can buy items for your pets, and interact with them by playing fetch, ect... But beware, for your pets are a lot like people, and need special edition to keep them home. If not, they become strays or are taken away. You pets can also have puppies/kittens which appear in the dog house or a basket. Its your responsibility to care for them until you can sell them, or keep them if you wish. Also, you can take your pets to shows and win awards. But before that, you have to train them, and that is extremely hard since they not exactly like people. You can't control them really, except make them walk here or there.
You can also be visited by fellow pest, such as strays who seek unwanted attention, roaches, mice, rabbits, gophers and raccoons! But your pets can take care of this problem (if they feel like it) by attacking and destroying the pesty animal. Your pets can also die, so make sure to feed them and take care of their bladder. You can also buy them treats, scratching post, beds and toys.

The Sims Superstar!
Yes folks, you can now be a superstar! But at what? You can be a famous rock star, a fashionist, or movie actress or a performer! But this you have to work at, which is far more engrossing than having a regular job/career. You have to have lots of friends, of course, your skills must be up to the max to succeed, and you have to have lots and lots of famous friends! This is tough, for if you don't have enough "Star Power," (how high you are up on the Hot List) than the rich and famous will ignore you. Battle this buy obtaining Sims friends that are as low as you are but have a bit of star power. Eventually you will get higher friends and keep at it in Studio Town by either performing at the karaoke or acting out a script. If you work at it enough, you can become a Super Star!
Another feature in this is a few other things. You can now hire a butler, an are harassed by Obsessed Fans that follow you everywhere you go, even to your house! To battle this, you can download an Odd Body Guard that beams them down and makes their life a living hell!

The Sims Makin' Magic!
In Makin' Magic your Sims can now be fellow witches and wizards! Perform magic, buy magical items and of course, get more stuff to interact with! You receive a box from the Mysterious Man that drops it off at your house, he knocks on your door, drops the package and leaves without a word. You can open the box and receive magical items to make your magic, such as a spell book, a A Spellbound Wand Charge and a EverAfter Crafter. You can also buy a hole that is an instant ticket to Magic Town where you buy all your ingredients and do quest to gain rare magical items. You also are able to bake your own ingredients, have more skins and items to choose from. And can even buy yourself a dragon egg! But the dragon egg has to be cared for constantly unless you want a hatchling to flame your house down upon hatching!
Besides getting regular Sim money, you get Magic Coins which can be exchanged for goods. If you save up enough, you can buy a creepy, haunted house located in Magic Town.
This is my favorite Sim game out of all of them.

[Fun Extras]

Download Extras?
Yes, you can download other goods for your game for free at certain sites which I will list below. Once you find something you want, you save it in a folder you make in My Documents. Once the file is saved, go to it and right click it and choose: Extract All... If you have WindowsXP, you should have this feature. Once in Extraction Wizard, you click on Next, than Browse. Browse for My Computer, can make your way to your Sims game. Once in, if you are download an item go to Downloads and make yourself a new file. Save that extracted file in there and it will appear on the game. If you are saving a Skin, a new Roof, Floors, a new House, ect... you instead go to GameData and save it in whichever folder is required. I have had loads of fun with all these new items I downloaded, including new stuff for my kitchen, new chairs, new living room sets, ect. The catch is that your game will take longer to load and might lag if you have loads of stuff saved on it, this can be a real pain. Also, once you saved all the new stuff you want, you have to exit your Sim game (if you are still logged in), pop the disc out and pop it back in for all that new stuff to load. But trust me, it is well worth it once you grow tired of all the old stuff you already have! You can also find stuff from Sims Online, like a typewriter that you can write a story on and make money at home (around $10) or buy special computers with a webcam, a drawing tablet and more!

1. http://www.aroundthesims.com/index.html
2. http://inner-moppet.net/sims/index.html
3. http://thesimsresource.com/intro/?sims1
4. http://www.thesimszone.co.uk/files/index.php?Section=33
5. http://www.welldressedsim.com/sims.php?version=1&type=c&sort=new
6. http://enchanted.web2.jp/enc_link/enchantedlink2.html
7. http://www.simslice.com/downloads.htm#ts1
8. http://www.oddsim.com/
I have tried just about everything you can download, and it all works fine.

Installing Music, Pictures?
Fish around online to find out how you can add your favorite tunes to your Sims stereo, or new pictures for his/her computer or TV!

Cheats!
More MONEY!
To gain more money (only do this if you have played the game long enough without it, for it takes away some of the fun of the game) press: Shift+Ctrl+C. A gray bar will show up in the upper left-hand corner. You than type in: rosebud, than hit Enter. Money will be added. If you want even more, bring up the gray bar again and type in: !;!;!;!; and you will get even more! The more you type in, the more you get.

Green up your Health!
Save first, than bring up the gray bar and type in: move_objects on, than press ENTER. Once this is done, you can pick up just about anything and move it anywhere. Select your Sim in Buy Mode and simply press DELETE. You Sim will be gone and an red zodiac sign will be over your Sims button. Click on the Sim button to bring them back, and there mood will be fully green. This is helpful for getting higher up in career, making friends, ect...

[Finish]
I hope you have found the following review helpful (if not time consuming). Definitely buy this game for your children or for yourself! I have spent hours on this game and find it very satisfying!

SIMS COMPLETE

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Awesome...lots of fun. You can get lost in this game....end up missing work.. LOL :)

The Sims Complete collection rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This sims is the greatest game of all time and having all of its expansion packs is absolutly fabulous.Item is very resonobly priced for al that it has to offer. For many years I had been playing the version on the PS2 and I finally decided to get this one. There is a lot of furniture for your sims. The entire idea of the game is great and keeps me playing for hours. The graphics are completly awful but If you care the much about graphics go visit an art museam. Being able to control virtuaal people and giving their life a certain path is fun and keeps you ocupied. To me the expansion packs that are included all on one disc arn't that great but they are just extra for the reasonable price.

The complete package

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well, first I bought The Sims Deluxe with 1 expansion and that got old after a while but now that I have this with all the expansions I dont know if it could get boring. There is so much to do now like adopting pets and going downtown. The possibilities are endless!

Some good, some bad

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Many things in this game get a five-star. But just as many get one star, so the average comes out to three.

Things that were awesome...

-All expansions within one. This game is so full compared to the original Sims, though it can be overwhelming at times.
-You play God. You can even kill your Sims, or have them go into gay relationships.
-Building houses is a real kick. I have one house that is Goth-style, one that is a villa, etc etc.
-I love the pet option that comes with Unleashed. Spells are fun to cast (Makin' Magic) and it's fun to go on Vacation. I haven't really done much in the Superstar area though.
-The clothes! Oh, the fashions that I can put my Sims in! (and this Complete collection has a program that lets you create your own fashions as well) As each expansion came out, more outrageous and wild fashions were available, so this collection has them all and then some. Thus, you could make a house AND a family that fit together, though the kids could have used a few more clothing options.

Bad things?
-Some of the 'rules' of the game are annoying... having to make a certain amount of friends to advance the job ladder. It was so time-consuming to keep Relationships and make them just so I could get a better-paying job.
-One thing that pisses me off is the Beanstalk in Making Magic. I desperately want a magic beanstalk but keep getting crappy things like the geraniums or the stupid Root. I got ONE crystal (out of seven possible ones), and several ordinary beanstalks. I have no patience to keep buying magic ingredients to make spells in the HOPE of getting a magic beanstalk, or more kinds of crystals. Shame on the creators of this game for the convoluted rules.
-Unrealistic time. It takes so many Sim-minutes to do simple things such as getting out of bed.
-The bills that the Sims have to pay just for the stuff that they already paid for. Seriously.
-I already had the Sims and four of its expansions before I bought the Sims Complete Collection. This was just a big money-making scheme (fortunately, I sold my single Sims games on eBay to recoup some of my money) I might buy Sims 2, but only when they stop making the expansions for Sims 2 and make a Complete Collection like they did for this one.

So, overall, 3/5 (or 6/10 stars) No wonder so many people used cheats, or hacked game objects for easier use or download.

BIG WARNING

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 17
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you have played sims2 before, DON'T buy this game!!! This happened to me and I'm gonna have to get rid of it.

Something for everyone, addictive, plays on and on!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is by FAR my favorite game. My kids' favorite as well as far as pc games. I could go on and on about The Sims but will try to sum it up.

THIS is the collection you want if you don't want to go to Sims 2 yet. The graphics are older on this, you don't get closeups like on 2 (where you can zoom in and see what's inside the grocery store shelves, for example) but it's soooooo fun! Great for kids, adults, grandparents!

There are easy 'cheat codes' you can punch in so you don't need to work every day. You can spend the entire game shopping. I have built a house to look like a cabin we used to visit as kids, a house like on The Waltons lol All kinds of houses! Love to shop? Do you watch shopping channels all day or spend too much at the real stores? Sims will kick that habit as you can move into a ready made mansion or build from the foundation up! SUPER EASY to start, lots to master. Put up the lighting you like, the flowers you choose, everything!

**This game is perfect for someone who wants to design a real house by the way. Use The Sims to do it all, you can save a ton just using this game to do your floorplan, colors everything.

This great set has all the additional expansions as well. I never use Magic but it's here if you want to use it, or just don't! Then you have all kinds of other choices...get a pet! Don't forget to feed it or you WILL be sad when it dies and it's little headstone is outside your Sim house! Go on vacation! Fall in love...or don't! Read books to learn how to cook! Just so much fun.

Hint...not a cheat...get an alarm system for your house or people will steal your stuff :) and put a fire alarm in near the stove and fireplace or look out!!

Okay, I promised not to go on and on. If you have never played the Sims, this is the game for you. Until you are ready to move on to Sims 2, this is all you need in one box.

Bad Sims

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 42
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you had a choice to go to prison, or play the game, you would probably have more fun in prison and the game has bad graphics. If you want to try the free trial on Sims Online, you will wait all night for the download and then it won't even work. It wont Be Fun at all. After you read this, you might want to think of a different game to buy and never buy sims.

great, but what a hassle with Vista

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have always been a Simphile and had to upgrade this when I bought a new computer. But running this with Vista is a pain! Here are some tips if you do: open through start menu, select sims, choose size and right click and run as Administrator. And save often....it still likes to crash.

couldn't wait

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm 9 and I LOVE the game! It was difficult at first. In Magic Town there are fun duels, but if your guy is angry he/she won't do the duel. Also, you can build your own house. When you put wallpaper on, click on the wall and hit the shift button and unclick. BYE!!

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