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Unfair

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 43
Date: September 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't think it's fair that the gamers who have been loyal to teh sims and already have all of the expansion packs are getting left out, while the brand new gamers get a special edition including cool new stuff. Very uncool.

Dont waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: August 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First, Let me say, the reason I gave this a 1 star rating isnt the game itself, I havent gotten to play it yet! Not from this disc. I ordered it brand new, it was delivered, I unwrapped it, and tried to install it. The serial # EA GAMES printed on it (which you have to have to install it on your computer), is invalid!!!! And, I cant get an answer from their tech support/customer service on this. I have found others who have bought this version with the exact same problem. If you can get this in a jewel case, good. It seems when they come in the case shown on this page, the serial #'s wont work, and you have to go through a huge hassel to get it fixed. ***This is not an amazon problem, it is an EA GAMES problem

Knew it!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 32
Date: September 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I jut knew this was going to happen! There's a huge craze and everyone buys it, then they come out with a better version. Might as well say "No one buy this it will come out again better!" It's a total rip! : -(

A bunch of boring nonsense

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 39
Date: May 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I HATE ALL SIMS GAMES!!!! Listen ppl!! The game is just incredibly boring! Whoop de doo da.. I'm having so much fun watching my Sim stare at a TV screen with a still picture on it!! O JOY!!! Get with it.. the game is plain bogus ok..if u wanna play god..I suggest another game... Trust me I've [bought] 2 expansion packs and the original Sims (and I'm 13 so u can guess that took away pretty much my whole fortune).

Like other reviewers said, there is always something missing in the Sims...something that makes it just not worth your money... and no matter how many new objects, or pets, or downtown areas Maxis is gonna come up with, there will always be a hole in the Sims. And that hole won't ever be filled. Why?? Because it doesnt have an ending. It has absolutely no point whatsoever! ...I assure u you'll be ticked off at the huge amount of memory it takes up.

To sum it all up..It's expensive, takes up too much space, fries ur brain, gets annoying, has no point, and is an overrated...

Boooooooooorrrrrrrrring!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 24
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've heard so many people rave about the Sims over the past couple of years that I finally decided to break down and buy it. This is one of the few times that I have to say I honestly have no idea what the big deal is all about.

The Sim is a "people simulator". You create little people, plop them down in a house and control thier lives. You buy them clothes, furniture, make them meet people. Just about everything real people do. And that's basically the problem.

The thing I that I found least entertaining about the Sims is that the whole game revolves around what I call "micro-managment". Every last little detail you have to scrutinize. Though some might find this appealing, I found it tedious and boring. It makes me feel less like I'm playing a game and more like an accountant. The game is also quite slow paced. Even if you speed up time, the game can move too fast and then you can really lose control over the game.

The gameplay consists of a "point, click, and watch" formula for gameplay. You click on an object, your Sim person will walk to it, use it, and then go back to being idle. After time if you develop a pattern the Sim person will do things on his own, but that takes a while. After endlessly pointing and clicking and watching, I started to do things like try to set my Sim person on fire, or not have him go to the bathroom for a while. It is rather fun to torture your Sim person but it wears thin after a while.

The graphics are good. The Sims speak in some kind of jibberish. And there's lots of Sim skins available for download on the internet.

All in all I'd have to say that I really don't get this game. Maybe it's because I'm more used to games like Metal Gear Solid and SOCOM that I have trouble playing a game of this type. I tend to like having more direct control over the outcome of a game. The Sims made me feel like I'm a spectator. I'd have to say pick this up only you find a really good deal. Otherwise it's best to take the $20 you were going to spend and pick up something else. Sorry, but this is one I can't recomend.

Too overrated

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: February 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game thinking it would be fun, I'm glad I waited for the price to go down before buying this. I didn't know there was time, a 24 hour day, was used in the game. The problem with this, at least for me, is 1) the time passes too quickly and I have to rush all the time to get things done, and 2) no strategy in the game, everything is linear in our goals. One Sim hour equals one minute in real time, and we can't set the speed slower. There's no adventure, no exploration in The Sims. What we do throughout the game is run our Sims around trying to keep our various moods in the up side of the scale. This quickly becomes routine and boring. I'd rather be playing a 3D action game for two hours straight rather then sending Sims to bed and to work and siting at the table eating over and over.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 33
Date: December 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Giving this one star is much more than it deserves!! We purchased this game for Christmas for our 12 yr. old son...Call me old-fashioned but this certainly does not represent what we want our child to play. Ex: marry more than 1 sim (polygamy)just try another marriage without divorce, move in with same sex sim, sleep with whomever (child/adult), love triangle etc. I encourage parents to monitor this type of junk being sold to our impressionable children. Please read the instruction booklet,especially pages 31-35 and then decide if you want your child playing this type of trash...

TOTALLY unfair

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: September 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think Maxis was being VERY unfair to their loyal customers who have bought all their products. They should have made a game like this when they first developed the sims. I will be sure to NOT ENCOURAGE people to buy this expansion pack. If I could, I would rate this expansion pack zero stars. >:(

Wow, what a wonderful game. NOT!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 25
Date: January 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well, after a great start, the game decided to crash on me, completely negating everything i did in the game which took a good 6 or 7 hours of non-stop playing. But that's just the beginning. When i decided that it was futile to try to continue, i did what anyone else would and attempted to uninstall and reinstall the game. First i had to reboot my system 3 times in order to get it to reinstall, then when it did get finished, it wouldn't start up. To add insult to injury, the "Hot Date" expansion pack did not want to install either. Folks, if y'all have a lot of time on your hands and want to do something fun, get the heck off the bandwagon and watch some paint dry. It may be boring, but paint is reliable enough to dry. I wouldn't waste the money for this game, but unfortunately i already have. It gets boring quick and only works when it wants to.

thank you

Installation

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: December 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Met all the system requirements to install this game but needless to say, was unable to open. Tried 3 separate times to install. The first time I gave the serial number on back of plastic container and it started to install but took FOREVER. Got frustrated and backed out. Tried again this morning and couldn't even get THAT FAR. What's the problem?
Patricia

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