Comments on: The Sims 3 Footage: “The Open World”

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:43:34 +0000

@kadayi

Can’t seem to find the actual article. Perhaps I made it up. Google seems to suggest I’m not the only one so deluded, if it turns out I’ve been misinformed. The last handful of expansions for The Sims 2 have had it, though, and lately it appears to be EA policy to put it on everything.

By: kadayi

kadayi — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:06:59 +0000

@Mark

Can you link to the offical Sims 3 system specs for me and maybe the statement that says it’s definitely coming with SecuROM? Because as far as I’m aware neither been released, but if you’ve a reliable news source to confirm I’d like to see it.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:51:20 +0000

I want to buy this bad, but my hard-line stance against SecuROM won’t let me.

By: Bhazor

Bhazor — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:30:27 +0000

I played a lot of Sims 2 because it’s a fun game. But then I got a bit frightened when I analysed things too much. Essentially I realised I was more or less God, but if so I was God during his Job days. I was old school God, I was old testament God.

Dawkins will tell that just aint a good thing to be.

By: Tims

Tims — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:11:33 +0000

This is awesome, it seems like the part I dreamed about in simcity.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:33:28 +0000

“I think The Sims 2 is better than Spore.”

Agreed. Although I’ve great admiration for what Will Wright and his team have achieved I knew in all honesty Spore really wouldn’t have any long term appeal to me, where as although I’m not a fanatical simmer. I often fall back to it and the world & characters I’ve created when I’m in need of a break from anything too demanding gamewise. It’s like my free cell or spider solitaire.

I’m ambivalent about Sims 3 though. Although I like what they are doing in terms of creating more diverse characterisation with the shift over to a mix of traits rather than set personalities, but as a player whose used to playing 8 or so households off against each other in a convoluted surrealist soap opera, I’m thinking the open world nature of the game might curtail my fun. I can’t see a player being able to really run more than 2 -3 Sims at a time max, and what happens when households split? Keeping tabs in a static world is easy, but in a dynamic one it’s going to be much harder, esp when new generations are introduced. The whole fun of the Sims is the fact you can direct them, with Sims 3 I get the impression it’s much more a case of you occasionally intervene. How much investment in their well being is that likely to engender?

By: Pidesco

Pidesco — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:22:48 +0000

Aside from its content The Sims is a rather hardcore game. It’s an open ended game with multiple, meaningful paths and endings, where the player has to juggle his time and resources to achieve his goals, and where a slight deviation from plan can create emergent gameplay.

Awesome is what The Sims is.

By: sigh

sigh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:22:45 +0000

Neat more brainwashing for codependency.

By: roBurky

roBurky — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:05:43 +0000

I’m looking forward to seeing how this works out.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:49:58 +0000

I saw this trailer like a month ago >.>

By: Saflo

Saflo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:46:28 +0000

The Sims isn’t a casual game.

EDIT: Don’t argue with me on this, I’ll just give up from fear of confrontation.

By: mashakos

mashakos — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:07:51 +0000

“Yeah – can we keep the comments constructive, please. Blanket dismissal of a game doesn’t really achieve much.”

that was my idea of being constructive. Personally, I feel that Lemmings is where casual games peaked. Everything else pales in comparison. Well, that’s my opinion anyway.