The Sims 3 Comments by Alec Meer
Lifestyles of the wretched and infragrant.
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Ronan_Crawford
01/06/09 @ 15:05
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I'm going to get this on Friday then :D
Just hope that they don't bring out 10 expansion packs that include stuff that should of been in the original version. |
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BobasaurasRex
01/06/09 @ 15:08
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Hmm, my 'first' seems to have disappeared. Oh well.
@Waldo: Why yes, as a matter of fact they are. :) |
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iokthemonkey
01/06/09 @ 15:10
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No offence to the reviewer here, but pretty much every review of The Sims 3 I've read just points out that now it's got an open world and there's more stuff to do.
What about some details though? I want to know about how the custom content stuff works. I want to know if it has SecuROM. I want to know if the Create a Style really is as restrictive as it sounds (i.e. no texture imports) and so on. My big fear is that EA are trying to control custom content to the extent of making the PC versions almost as un-modable as the console versions and then using the EA Store to sell all the "custom" content to us. |
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BobasaurasRex
01/06/09 @ 15:16
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@monkey: As far as I know the SecuROM thing isn't included? Could be wrong!
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rhubarbandcustard
01/06/09 @ 15:17
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Last PC game I bought was Spore which I still dip into occasionally.
That game is all about user created content, so could this be the first Sims game I enjoy? well, I'm definitely buying it, so I'll soon find out. |
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The biggest consern is the player content if anyone played Sims 2 will know about the ton of 'alturnate'/nishe (using more 'friendly' words there) content out there, just go on any custom site it's hard not to find them. If EA are going to go all 'Spore' with it it's going to be VERY hard to control the content without the playerbase feeling discriminated.
Penis monsters was one thing, now it's a can of worms waiting to happen. |
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iokthemonkey
01/06/09 @ 15:25
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@monkey: As far as I know the SecuROM thing isn't included? Could be wrong!
----- I asked EA reps about this and was initially told it WOULD use SecuROM and - when I queried the comments on The Sims 2's site that mentioned NOT using it, they pointed me toward Rod Humble's statements about not using "intrusive DRM." However, as has been pointed out, he didnt' say it wouldn't use SecuROM, so until I hear different, I'm not taking the risk. |
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iokthemonkey
01/06/09 @ 15:32
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If EA are going to go all 'Spore' with it it's going to be VERY hard to control the content without the playerbase feeling discriminated.
---- I don't think it's even as risque as that. It's simply that you're going to be limited to designing clothing based on existing meshes and having no alpha edit options makes that even more restrictivev. Aside from the obvious "here's a completely see-through t-shirt" options, it means players can't, for example, do mesh patterns, lace effects, neck-line modifications, make finger-less/backless gloves, (or add gloves to "barehand" outfits), add rips to jeans and so on. |
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@ Bitkari
lol so true - that and the fact that I always kept asking myself, why did I spend the whole evening playing this and not really achieving anything of significance? This empty Sims / Sim City feeling.... EDIT: Just pre-ordered anyways - D'OH!
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I'm waiting and hoping it turns up on Steam. My wife really wants the game, but I don't want the hassle of buying it on DVD and then having to find and install a no-disc crack once and then again when the game is patched.
The Sims 2 take minutes to load using the DVD in the drive, but takes seconds using a no-disc crack. |
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Ah yes, however... Steam isn't completely without its disc-checking faults. I bought company of heroes on steam (I was ill in bed and couldn't goto the shops) and installed it on my laptop. Fine with an internet connection. However.. when I tried to launch it on the train it asked me to insert the disc, wth? I'd already authenticated it (I thought) by signing up for a relic account and going through all that.
Steam Fail (though I like it when i've got a net connection, saves having to reinstall when putting a new OS on there as I found after trying out Windows 7) |
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asphaltcowboy
01/06/09 @ 15:55
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@Feanor. This is EA. Pretty sure it will never end up on Steam. You might find it ridiculously overpriced on EA Downloader/Link though!
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Playing The Sims is great fun but inevitably results in bouts of intense introspection: "why am I spending hours micromanaging a virtual me - forcing him to go out, get a job and have a family - at the expense of playing sports, socializing and going to the bathroom myself?". Once I look at my scraggly and bleary-eyed face in the mirror at 3am I really do start to question my existence.
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