THE HORROR: The REAL TS3 Scoop As It Unfolds
daisywenham:
- The only thing that's really annoyed me so far is how long it takes to sleep/work. In TS2 a sim went to sleep/work, 3x speed comes on and you blink and it's morning. On the other hand I started with a single sim so when they were sleeping/working I was twiddling my thumbs. If I was playing a larger household I'm sure that wouldn't have been as much of an issue for me.
- Jobs (the ones I've done, anyway) seem a little more trouble than they're worth. They don't leave much time for anything else.
- I'm not too keen on the look of the textures but I don't doubt the community will address that in the coming months.
- I have observed that a really really really lot of the complaints that I'm seeing about "this or that is a step backwards because it was in TS2" are referring to things that were in xpacks and not the base game. Cars, gardening, Lifetime Wants, saving leftovers, were all xpack stuff too and they're in the base TS3 game but that seems to get overlooked.
- I think people are over-reacting to build mode a bit too. It's needlessly "clever" but still simple enough IMO.
- I like the variety of paintings they can do. Different sizes for one thing and also different styles apparently based on their traits once they learn to do still life. I had an opportunity to bring $450 worth of paintings to a restaurant for money which is cool. Sims can actually DO something with their craftables.
- Opportunities are cool though they could be a bit more clear on wtf you have to do for some of them.
- This "enforced legacy play" kerfluffle is getting blown waaaaayyy out of proportion, IMO. Wishes aren't wants. Promising isn't locking. TS3 isn't TS2. Don't promise something you don't have time to finish. Granted I don't see much point to not saving them but that's a far cry from "amg they're forcing me to play legacy style".
- Gardening is cool but...is randomly picking up a seed off the ground the only way to get them? If so it strikes me as a little goofy. I'd rather be able to buy a pack of seeds at the store. You can always keep the uncommon and rare seeds lying around for sims to find. Otherwise I'm having a good time with it.
I'm pretty pleased overall. What annoyances there are aren't game breaking for me.
jadama:
"The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game," Holly Rockwood, a company spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement. "It's not the full game. Half the world — an entire city — is missing from the pirated copy."
So we know that this is a pre-final, as it does not contain "half the world -- an entire city" that the official release will also not contain either, since it has to be downloaded after install. Holly should really talk moar to employees connected with a title before speaking nonsensical to the press.
farmersimmer:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 May 23, 15:25:43
Quote from: mistyk on 2009 May 23, 14:36:02
EA claiming to have lost $9million due to "pirates"
"The current number of illegal downloads of "The Sims 3" suggests lost retail sales of $9 million to date, based on the $49.99 starting price."
A meaningless figure when you consider that it is not possible to buy it anyway. The numbers are obviously inflated because everyone is download the Unauthorized Demo.
That is so right! If as EA says this is only a buggy pre release with "cough"half the world missing, then their superior Final release will sell itself.
siminsc:
I read somewhere that the Sims can move from the house they're in directly into another house. Is that true and how do you do it?
dorquemada:
I certainly hope that EA bosses indeed believe they lost 9M$ and are developing bitter, bitter ulcers while mourning. Mwahahaha.
As for the game, had a couple of crashes to desktop, not sure if it's the video card (ATI Radeon X1950 Pro). Might be because of low RAM+virtual memory or low free disk space.
Anyone figured yet if it's possible to split up married townies? My golddigger can't find any single geezer! >:( Oh, and playing evil character is a hoot. Unlike her nicey silly sleeps-with-teddy brother, Evil Neurotic Snob is always in high spirits. What is not really surprising, when you think about it -- in Simland, there are enough daily misfortunes to feed one's shadenfreude.
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