One of the greatest implementations in The Sims 3 has to be the fact that it no longer revolves around a single household as did the previous games. Will Wright’s genius idea of having players virtually live a life beyond their realistic means is probably one of the most greatest gaming moments this generation. And the only thing there to stop you is a little something called power outage. You can’t throw a baby in the pool and get away with it. Having a real life baby has its problems. The thought of having control over someone’s life at your hands with complete control of just about everything, aside from “natural” occurrences, forms a smile on your face. But as you play it, whatever ego or pride you had five minutes prior just goes out the window with the little dignity you had left. At first glance, I was a bit skeptical of the game. I have to thank Joel for introducing me to the franchise. About the same time it was released, I would say. The Sims first entered my life a decade ago. Some folks prefer World of Warcraft, others prefer Call of Duty 4, and some just like to play The Sims. It’s a virtual world that allows players to escape. Either way, The Sims is a franchise that lets the player immerse themselves in a second life and live how they would like to live minus the Simlish language that no one will ever learn even if Rosetta Stone tried to teach it to you. For the guys, it’s probably more of a “how many women can I bang before I die” kind of thing.
You know, the whole “I’ll make her fall in love with him, he leaves his girlfriend to make babies with me, and we live happily ever after in a huge house with tons of money” scenario. It’s people like our girlfriends, little sisters and brothers, adults who aren’t into shooting aliens in the face – the non-traditional gaming folk – that play the thing religiously.įor our female counterparts, it might feel like playing a virtual Barbie game.
But it’s not the hardcore gamer keeping The Sims franchise as the highest selling PC game of all time. It’s one of those games that hardcore gamers first glance at in disgust but, at the same time, subconsciously wish they can play it but are afraid to because of the oh so many homosexual terms their friends would spew at them. For the past decade, The Sims franchise has been taking over the casual PC gaming genre.