The Sims

"Very nice game"

This is a very well thought out game. if I could only buy one game this year, this would not be it. But it is still really good!

Game play: 9/10 This is one of the most addictive games. Controlling someone’s life is fun beyond words. You tell your Sims to eat, sleep, find a job, fall in love, ect. There is just so much to do you wont get board very fast. The only down side is when your Sims start getting freewill. Then it starts to become more frustrating than fun. But that takes awhile to start happening. Another thing that makes the game play fun is that the Sim world is so much like the real one. Its kind of scary. If you don not stay in touch with friends, they will start to slip away. If you don not get to work on time, you will lose your job. If you don’t use the toilet, you will have “accidents”.

Sound: 8/10 This is another one of the game’s strong points. Each item has its own unique sound that nothing else has. The Sim’s voices also range from person to person. The only thing that would have made it better was if they actually spoke in English, not gibberish. The music is ok. Its just some form of light rock. When I play the game though, the music does not even play until I am an hour into the game. There are other times where it never plays. But most of you will not notice or care because your so into the game play, that the music does not make any difference.

Story: I can not rate this. There is no real story, unless you consider the stress and activities of everyday live to be a story.

Replay 10/10 There is an infant amount of replay value. You will never have the same game twice. You might have the same house a couple of times, but almost never the same friends, job, money, or partners. Every time you play you will have a new adventures while trying to bring in meat.

Overall: 9/10 Well what can I say this one heck of a game. Once you figure out the controls, you will have hours of fun playing other people’s lives. Although after awhile it gets a bit repetitive. If your looking for a game to burn a lot of time with, and happen to have fifty dollars to spend, this is the one you have been looking for.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 12/28/00, Updated 12/28/00