THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
theresatv:
There is debate as to whether this is a beta or the final release. Some people seem to be declaring it to be one or the other with a quasi-religious fervor without offering much in the way of evidence. On this subject I am agnostic. I haven't installed any of the Sims 2 games before at least the second patch was released because EA's original releases are all somewhat boned, however, some of the issues I'm hearing about are pretty dire even for EA. Perhaps if we look at the available evidence calmly and rationally, we may be able to determine the probable status of this release instead of having some sort of Dinesh D'Souza/Christopher Hitchens kerfuffle that will determine nothing.
These things we know:
EA announced that the game had gone "gold" on May 8.
The date for the .exe file on the DVD for Apartment Life is July 26, 2008.
The release date for Apartment Life was nominally August 25, 2008.
NOW...
What is the actual date of the .exe file of this release, and what is the latest date on any of the included files? All I have heard on this is that the date on the .exe is "about April." Although EA's work isn't always tight as a Swiss watch, I can just about guarantee that the file date is not "about April."
Aner-Dyfan:
Several comm lots you can't see inside, in fact I think it might be all of the speciality comm lots (where you work etc) You arrive, click the door a window pops up, you do whatever then click ok and leave. A large amount of the game is just about text boxes, the actual gameplay feels like its been reduced down to a text based game which so happens to have a graphical interface.
Oh and there is no debate on if this is a beta version, those who think it is are stupid.
ApplesandOranges:
Quote from: jesslla on 2009 May 20, 17:48:28
I can see why you'd be disappointed that ooblushy88oo wouldn't take. It's clearly a highly desirable name.
I guess so. ;)
Quote from: tessieroo on 2009 May 20, 17:49:24
>:( So I'm hearing that there are community lots that you can't edit? You can't buy/build any changes to those lots? (In fact, you can't even lower the walls to see inside?) Examples given to me where a lot named "Little Corsican Bistro". I thought we were supposed to be able to follow our Sims inside stores & restaurants? Can someone who has it up & running confirm this?
So if EAxis has somehow fucked up doors or placement of things on those lots, we can't fix those things. FAIL.
Tessieroo, I don't know about the editing in buy/build mode but so far when I've taken Sims to restaurants and the movie theatre, they went inside
but I couldn't follow them in. They go in and you just hear clatter/noises and you have to cancel the que and then they come out. >:(
tessieroo:
Thanks Aner-Dyfan. What a big pile of shit. >:(
It really sounds too much like the Stories series they put out. Lost interest in that once I got all the way thru.
phyllis_p:
Quote from: originalhalf on 2009 May 20, 17:47:01
I just can't get past how ugly they are. Aside from that and a few other concerns folks have expressed, it does look like it's at least worth a free trial and I've been chained to the brand since the beginning so resistance is futile. However, the ugly really is killing my must have it NAO drive normally associated with the Sims.
Please more screen shots. Maybe the ugly will grow on me.
Moody made two very nice-looking Sims last night, one with a quite passable resemblance to himself. (Well -- himself at a distance, anyway). I'll see if he'll let me post pictures this evening. Of course, he's an artist, and all his Sims have always looked awesome, from TS1 onward.
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