The Sims 3

I remember one of the first PC games I ever played was Sim City - in black and white if you can remember those days.

I was addicted to the game and I remember sneaking into my dads office and booting up his old PC just to get a few hours of gameplay in. Loved the idea of building a virtual world and making all of the inhabitants happy and functional!

I had a big lull in terms of "Sims" game time until my daughter got The Sims 2 for her birthday and some of the old memories came flooding back. It has something addictive about it.

The latest installment is the Sims 3 and if you've been following our Best-sellers list, you will see that the game is on top of a number of the rankings.

In this day where decent kids games - which don't involve gratuitous violence are few and far between - I reckon if the Sims franchise carries on ticking over, we will be on to a good thing.

I haven't played it myself but I thought it would be a nice "post" for users to give some feedback on the game and some of the functionality - is it as good as people say it is?

Synopsis from online retailer Loot (see banner left - note free delivery option):

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In The Sims 3, Sims can go beyond the boundaries of their home lot, and immerse themselves in an open, living neighborhood, interacting with other Sims using the new deeper personality system. In addition the new goals and rewards systems will give players of all kinds from core gamers to storytellers ability to enjoy long-term gameplay.

New Seamless, Open Neighborhood
Explore the neighborhood freely and take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors’ homes, converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard and more. Who knows what might happen?

New Create A Sim
Create any sim you can imagine with easy-to-use design tools that allow for unlimited customization of facial features, hair color, eye color, and more. Fine tune your Sims’ body shape from thin to curvy to muscular.

New Realistic Personalities
Create over a million different personalities with traits such as evil, insane, kleptomaniac, romantic, and more. Influence the behaviors of your Sims with the traits you’ve chosen. Will you create a neurotic romantic with a heart of gold, or a geeky super-genius with an evil streak?

New Unlimited Customization
Everyone can customize everything - design and build your dream house and decorate it to fit your Sims’ personalities.

New Gameplay That’s Rewarding and Quick
Face short and long-term challenges and reap the rewards as your Sims can pursue random opportunities to get fast cash, get ahead, get even, and more.
Choose whether, or not, to fulfill your Sims’ destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be thieves, rock stars, world leaders? The choice is yours.