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The Sims Life Stories Review (continued)
More User Submitted The Sims Life Stories Reviews
Date: 2007-03-08
Great...
Intertaining and perfect for laptop. From comparing the item with other computer games I have to say price is a bit too high for the item. 30$ ... that's the price I would suggest for it.
But it was very interesting to see what would be the end to each story that the game provided.
I enjoyed the game.
Date: 2007-03-08
A good starter...
When I saw that the Sims were coming out with a "new" style of game play, I was very excited. However, once I finished the game I was pretty disappointed. It's entertaining, but it's not for anyone who has been playing The Sims and Sims 2 since their creation, like I have. I thought it would be a "choose your own adventure" type of game, but there is a specific storyline chosen for you, and you can't progress unless you follow that story. You don't get to choose who your character falls in love with, it's already been decided for you. It's a good game if you've never played before, because it teaches you all about the fun you can have with the Sims 2; but if you've already been playing I would stick to the expansion packs if you're looking for something new.
Date: 2007-03-08
ALRIGHT SIMS!!!!
This game is great, It is totally different in play from the original Sims Game. It is more like the console versions with goals to complete. It has a goal version with two (2) stories, and free play mode where you can build your own houses. This game also plays in it's very own window so if you want to e-mail, or instant message your friends you can. Electronic Arts out did themselves this time. Great Game, I love it.
Date: 2007-03-05
PASS! On this (Unless you are a newbie.)
I have all the Sims 1/Sims 2/ and expansion packs. And LOVE them. Knowing this, my boyfriend bought me this game for Valentine's Day. I am so glad I didn't pay money for it. The controls are funky (with an AWSD keyboard control scheme) combined with the mouse. There was no way to remap the keys that I could tell. Also, it is very much a Sims 2 "lite" game. If you have the Sims 2, don't bother with this limited version of the game. I can see someone completely new to the game series enjoying this much more than I did. I have the Sims 2 on my laptop and have no problems with it.
Date: 2007-03-04
Geared for kids who only have low-end laptops
If you're 40'ish, like me, or have a high-end laptop, best pass on this one unless you're a collector. I bought it out of curiosity, and because I collect the Sims 2 and have a complete library of all of the different series.
This is a stand-alone product completely separate from the regular PC Sims 2 base game, expansions, and add-ons.
I installed this, played it for about 10 minutes before the frustration of having to use keyboard camera controls along with the mouse and not being able to build like in the regular PC Sims 2 game took over, then uninstalled it to free up hard drive memory since it uses well over a Gig. For me it was a complete waste of hard drive space. I'd rather save my laptop hard drive space for future regular PC Sims 2 EP's and add-ons or whatever else I might need it for.
This version is for players whose laptops aren't quite as high-end in capabilities (very limited hard drive space) and it really is geared for the younger generations of gamers in my opinion. I can't even say that this one would be good to install on laptops for people WITH high-end laptops who travel because my laptop has the entire regular Sims 2 AND Sims 1 series (with ALL expansions and add-ons) on it without any problems at all, which I take with me when I travel. And quite frankly, I'd rather play something that's more mouse friendly, less keyboard, even on my laptop. That's why wireless laptop mouses were invented..for people like me who aren't particularly fond of having to use two hands all the time while playing a game, and for mouse friendly games.
The tediousness of reaching goals, one goal at a time, is what I feel geared toward kids or those who are completely unfamiliar with the Sims 1 or Sims 2 series in general.
In either case, the price set for this is too high. You don't get the complete Sims 2 base game with this, not even close. Many regular Sims 2 features are missing. This one doesn't even have as many features in it as PSP Sims 2...at least in it you can build, in PC Life Stories you can't.
To me, I'd rather spend my time playing the regular Sims 2 series ON MY LAPTOP.
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