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By: Omnibus: March 16th - 22nd | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi?

Omnibus: March 16th - 22nd | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi? — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:53:56 +0000

[...] gasps. Peter Molyneux teases us. About Syndicate sequel. Jim gets cross. What a child he is. The Sims 3 is coming. Open world, but no co-op. Grid trailer. More realistic than reality. Sins sells loads. Good work, [...]

By: Gobliiins 4 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi?

Gobliiins 4 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi? — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:13:28 +0000

[...] regular fixtures on my PC for a couple of years. It was my self-indulgent use of that triple i in a recent post title that caused reader Pod to refresh his own Gobliiins memory, clocking a mention on its Wikipedia [...]

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:51:32 +0000

If you play a game on PC you are by definition a PC gamer. I don’t think there’s any more credibility in terms of input as the true voice of gaming between someone who sinks 30 hours a week into Counter strike, Vs 30 hours of World of Warcraft Vs 30 hours of sims 2. (I’m a far more avid Clan CS player than I am a Sims 2 player if the truth be known).

I’ve bought all the Sims 2 expansions principally because I’ve wanted to see what they add to the game play, and although some of the additions haven’t been mind bending I wouldn’t say I rue buying them. Computer games are in terms of cost Vs pleasure derived in hours occupied, pretty good value for money compared to most other media, especially at the simulation/RPG end of the market (less so the FPS end save for MP).

The Sims is not a game experience that caters towards the goal orientated gamer, despite it’s outward appearances. Getting your Sims to fulfill their lifetime aspirations may appear to be the ‘goal’ but it’s how you go about it, and the situations that arise that is the actual game experience. It’s all about the play, not about the winning.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:36:25 +0000

I get a little annoyed by all The Sims criticism, I mean yes they’re milking it for all it’s worth – but the first game was hyped massively, recieved pretty good reviews and like many people I bought it on release and played non-stop for a week and then got bored. A lot of the reviews said the same thing: good concept but just not enough to do.

7 expansions later and you can have pets, go on dates, holidays, throw parties, become celebrities and..err.. be witches. Of course, it took 3.5 years for those to all come out, and they were drip-fed. I never played a single one as I was bored and uninstalled it by the time the first one was released. But I maintain that, had the original Sims game been released with all the expansion content at launch, it’d been getting 90% scores and ‘best game every’ accolades and all sorts. Probably why it still sells today.
Of course, for all the real PC gamers amongst, we were bored of the first one quite quickly and that coloured everything else.

By: Frosty840

Frosty840 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:35:52 +0000

Eeeh. So long as they tweak the clock some more so that it now only takes an hour to go to the loo (As opposed to two hours in Sims 2, as opposed to four hours in The Sims), a lot of people will be satisfied.

By: James G

James G — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:08:08 +0000

I’ve noticed that although a lot of people seem to compare Zack and Wiki on the Wii (sorry) to Monkey Island, it actually seems to have far more in common with the Gobliiins series of games. I suppose its the pirates that confuse people, that and the fact that Monkey Island is undoubtedly the better known.

(sorry for continuing the Gobliiins hyjack)

By: kadayi

kadayi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:53:41 +0000

I’m quite hyped about what they are upto. I think the traits idea is a real step up. Despite appearances it’s clear from what informations available it’s going to be much more than a graphical upgrade. My concerns lie in how demanding the game is going to be in terms of processor power, if it’s going to be running the AI of a few hundred Sims concurrently.

By: Aquarion

Aquarion — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:48:16 +0000

Kennel: Sims: Dwaven Fortress Fun will be released in 2010

Oh gods. 2010 is a real date now. FutureFear.

I quite like the more stylized graphics of The Sims and the aim of keeping to a sane spec. Sims has never been for people who keep up with the latest graphics cards.

The thing that upsets me a bit is that the entire name “Maxis” has completely gone from the site. Doomed to never make anything but The Sims games now :(

By: Kennel

Kennel — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:50:08 +0000

After Dwarf Fortress I find it quite unacceptable that Sims can’t die suddenly as a result of goblin ambush or lava accident.

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:35:25 +0000

Pod – didn’t think anyone would get that…
I keep mulling over a Gobliins 2 retrospective, but I’m a little afraid I’ll find I don’t like it anymore. Memories are precious’n'all.

By: Mr Wonderstuff

Mr Wonderstuff — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:13:57 +0000

I have never played it. Ever. But this sound intriguing…hmmm.

By: Butler`

Butler` — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:10:09 +0000

Well I’m just going to go all out and say it.

I like The Sims.