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Great Bargain

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 36 / 37
Date: July 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If for some reason you don't own The Sims, now's your time to buy it. The Sims Deluxe, includes The Sims and three expansion packs - Livin' Large, House Party, and Hot Date. This is an excellent bargain because for about the same price two years ago, you could only buy The Sims. It's definitely worth the money and you should get a lot of fun out of this game like I did.

In case you didn't know, The Sims is a real-life simulator where you have the ability to create and run your own family of Sims and build and furnish the houses they live in. This game is a lot of fun because the gameplay is virtually limitness - you can do pretty much whatever you want with your Sims - you can give them a great job with tons of money, you can marry your neighbour and start a family, or you could purposely set your house on fire! Anything's possible on The Sims. The object of the game is to keep your Sims' happy, while entertaining yourself as well. There are many household items that you can buy and your Sims can interact with these in their house. Some items, such as refridgerators, showers, beds, and toilets, fill Sims' needs so that they can be in the best mood possible. Your Sims can work and bring home the bacon to buy new things for their home, or they can slack off and watch the unpaid bills roll in!

The expansion packs are as follows:

Livin' Large - The first ever Sims expansion comes with many new items, many decor styles, new skins for your Sims, new career possibilities and a whole lot more. This one's a must for any Sims player.

House Party - Your Sims have the ability to throw parties! Along with many cool new items and skins, your Sims can throw parties that can balloon, or bust, depending or what kind of a good host your Sim is! If your party is good enough, you might get a celebrity over to your Sims' house...

Hot Date - Your sims can finally leave their homes! The new "Downtown" area is a place where Sims can take their dates, eat, shop, or just chill.

All the expansion packs are highly worthwhile, and will extend the amount of things to do on The Sims. The only complaints I have are minor ones - The isometric graphics are a little outdated after 4 years, but they still provide the same fun experience. The sounds remain pretty much the same, except for some new music in House Party and Hot Date (The sim-language rap from House Party is great! (kind of...)

Although this game might not be for everyone, I still highly recommend that you try it out, who knows, it might be for you, it might not be for you, but if it is for you, you'll probably spend a lot of waking hours playing this! You can thank me later.

Q&A

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: September 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i love sims and right now im going to answer all your sim quations!

Q:is sims deluxe fun?
A:yes it totally is because you get to control someones life and have so many options.like who to date or what to wear or go on a vacation and get married or have kids and flirt and make friends and enemies!

Q:is sim deluxe worth the money?
A:yah it is because you need an original sim to work an expantion and with this deluxe you have the original sim and 2 expantions to play with.

Q:what age is it for?
A:this game is for any age who wants to try out sims. it has nothing bad or sexuall just kisses and if their is something sexuall they wont show it! RELAX its for kids too and for adults.

Q:are the graphics good?
A:the graphics are not great but i dont care and when you play it youll see that there not bad but there not great either!

hope i helped and have a great life! :-)

How can you not like The Sims?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: August 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Sims Mega Deluxe is a great deal. Four great games for fourty dollars! The Sims is a real-life simulator that is very addictive and fun! The gameplay controls are simple. The graphics aren't that great, but does it matter? Their voices are very funny, and the music isn't bad. You get to guide your Sims through their life. Start out by making Sims. You can choose what they look like and their personality. Then, move them to a suitable place in the neighborhood and build their house! You put up walls, decorate them, make a floor, roof, and build a second story if you want. Then you buy the objects they need (and want). You can find them a job and they will get picked up and brought to work. And with the Sims Mega Deluxe you have the following great expansion packs:
The Sims Livin' Large- there are more objects to buy and new characters such as the clown (you'll find out about him) and new skins to make your Sim out of.
The Sims House Party- you can now throw a party! invite sims over to a house party and furnish your house with these great new party objects plus more!
The Sims Hot Date- now you can go downtown! take other sims on a date to build your relationship. there are also many new objects to buy.
These games are great! Please buy it for your own good and have fun!

This is the best Sims pack yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: May 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For only 40 bucks, this game is a steal! It's the best Sims pack yet and it lets you do all this great stuff. Each expansion pack is like $25, and this has three AND the orignal "Sims" to boot. If you want a good game, this is the one. If you're a sims fan, this is for you. I have the Sims 2 also, but this game is still worth it.

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: November 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As some others have said before, and I must sadly repeat, The Sims 2 that just came out is awesome. But, I think this is a better option for people (like me) that their computer cannot afford to dish out 3.5GB of space on a time killer.

This game is probably all you'll ever need of The Sims, but Unleashed and the other expansions make nice additions to the set. Also, as you may have noticed, you do not need to saturate (sp?) your computer with information with this version of the Sims.

While I have never owned The Sims Hot Date or The Sims House Party, I have heard lots of good critique about it. Mostly the add-ons for this package include more items (Thank you, Livin' Large), the ability to throw parties along with special items for that (Thank you, House Party), and the ability to go Downtown to meet new Sims (Thank you, Hot Date).

This makes a great Christmas gift...although if you ask me, the sooner the better. The Sims is an awesome boredom killer that will provide endless hours of your mother, father, or siblings asking, "Can I use the computer yet?". I've certainly heard it more than enough times.

I really do reccomend this version for those who are devoted Sim fans (like me since I was 9) and that either cannot afford The Sims 2, or do not have enough space to install it.

This game is rated T for some kissing the Sims may do, but relax. Your parents will be hooked up with this game soon enough anyways, and they will pay no notice. Now, I have to get off...my brother is screaming at me that what did I do to his family.

Heh. I can't tell him that I made Angela marry Bob Newbie, can I?

- KarlaBob

Its simulation time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This sims has been one of my favourite games for the Pc. And the sims Mega Deluxe has proven to be extreemly cost efficient.The new objects alow you 2 build houses you never dreamed of. And more than ever there are differnt actions for the sims. You can customize everyaspect of the game from the characters to the houses. Its brilliant. From cockroaches, to cuddling, The sims mega delux is the Smart buy for any Sims fan. For those not acquainted for the sims some things should be noted.
1. The game requires a lot or Memory, as such it may tend to freeze or crash randomly. However dont neglect the game for this small reason. I myself went searching The sims as well as Maxis' website in search of a remedy. Simply ensure that it is not running with other programs. Also click Ctrl Alt Delete and and click Processes, Then click username. You can delete all the prossesses under the name user EXCEPT EXPLORER, RUNDLL and TASKMGR. This gets rid of tasks ur computer is performing.
2. Also keep in mind that the sims' relationships have gone under a major reboot since the Sims. With Hot Date it is more difficult to fall in love and this requires a bit of dating downtown.

For those who love building an imaginative world and watching its characters fall in or out of love...

Entertaining but becomes boring and/or frustrating quickly

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: July 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Sims - more of the same with each expansion pack: Pick an individual or a group of individuals, move them into a house, get them some very basic furniture, send them to work, buy more furniture, try to keep them entertained, make them study cooking and/or other subjects, make sure they make friends with their neighbors so that they get promoted and earn more money so that can improve their house... and so on, and so on.

I admit that I have never managed to make my Sims happy without using cheat codes. They don't start with enough money ("Simoleons") to buy quality furniture, which means they don't get enough rest, entertainment, nourishment, etc. That leaves them depressed and tired, which in turn keeps them from studying and/or exercising, which means that they don't get promoted and don't earn enough money to buy better furniture.

Then there is the issue of friends: your Sims need friends in order to be happy and also to get promoted. Once your Sim has made friends with someone, the relationship needs nurturing, otherwise your Sim loses friendship points and eventually the relationship itself. Making friends isn't hard, but keeping the relationship going is - especially if your Sim has to work. There are only so many hours in a Sim's day, and especially in the beginning, those hours are spent working, studying, preparing meals, sleeping, etc.

My main criticism, however, is that their children never grow up. How boring! The game would be much more interesting if they became teenagers and wreaked havoc on the neigborhood!

better than the gamecube version

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: September 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is awsome and its exatly like having a totally new life! the controls are easy and building the houses is fun and easy too. so mostly all is left is to have fun with cool features! i love it because right after you install the deluxe you can start on the expantions witch are best part of this pack. dont worry about the t rating its totally safe because mostly kids play and daydream about a boyfriend and to have popular friends and wear whatever they want! cool game and better than the gamecube because the gamecube sims is so hard to control and so hard to figure out! i am a gamecube fan but they should not make a sims game for it. this one rocks and the price is great but i got a long time ago so i got for 40 dollars flat! get it now and start livin'!!!!!

EXCELLENT value!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: June 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I purchased the Double Deluxe version and thought I was getting a great deal. I should have waited for THIS one! It's got the best expansion packs you'll ever want. Superstar, Unleashed, Makin' Magic, they're all according to taste, but this is a definitive set for TheSims. If you want to play TheSims, this is the package to buy. It's not 3D graphics, but it plays beautifully and is a FUN way to kill time. Two thumbs up from me!

Wow

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Very very cool game and too addictive. Make sure you have plenty of time when you start any of the Sims from this Mega Deluxe package.

Enjoy

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