My review of TS3. What I liked, don't like.
witch:
Quote from: Nailati on 2009 June 06, 12:56:32
They remind me more of Kelly Osbourne.
Hmm, I thought I posted on MATY but apparently not as search turns up no posts. I picked Kelly Osbourne from the beginning, my very first TS3 sim was named Kelly Osbourne, the likeness was remarkable.
That's really weird, I was SURE I posted. Cue spooky music.
eevilcat:
I finished doing degree type things yesterday so finally got round to installing TS3 today and managed to get in a few hours playing.
Likes:
Build mode interface.
Having to work at relationships and get a sim's partner in the mood to woohoo.
The option to do different things at work/school which seem to generate different opportunities.
CAS - separate shoes.
The Sim/Map switch.
Food doesn't last forever in the fridge.
Dislikes:
It feels very slow, not that there's anything wrong with slow I just like to speed up gameplay to suit my taste.
The pudding factor.
Maggot babies.
Baby and toddler care is a bit too easy - fetid nappies added to gameplay in TS2 so why take them away?
Lack of transition animations - not cut scenes - the sudden jumps from one action to another jar.
The way EA appear to have made a concerted effort to remove the need for CC beyond their patterns.
The game doesn't stay paused when you save.
@Witch: I didn't think of Kelly Osbourne and instead opted for a morbidly obese Paris Hilton.
Doc Doofus:
I bow to Kelly Osborne. She's definitely more the TS3 puddin'-face than Thora Birch, although they look related. I pray I don't hurt anybody's feelings, but they both have that bovine baby-fat faced look that some adolescents grow out of very slowly. (Admittedly, I did, too. They used to call me Poppin' Fresh)
Speaking of which, Poppin' Fresh could be the mascot of TS3.
And, of course, there's his evil big brother, the Stay Puft man.
MaryH:
Actually, I've been thinking that there is a hell of a resemblance between the Sims 3 and those characters..now I know I wasn't going mad.
Or else the Michelin Man-close enough to have a three way tie!
AllenABQ:
I finally got TS3 and have logged a few hours playing it with a couple I created, along with playing with some of the tools.
My initial impressions...
LIKES:
Rendering of the game. It helps running an Intel Quad Core, 4 GB, and a nvidia 9800 GTX+. Everything is smooth with settings maxed out. I wonder how badly it'll degrade when/if we can start loading a lot of real CC.
The color wheel. (Thank god I can do my own quick recolors instead of hunting for them for hours online.)
The town is pretty cool although I haven't interacted much yet with the townies.
CAS shoes and accessories for every clothing type.
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD:
Hair. Four layers of color is great, but I seriously hope we'll get real CC for this category. I'm already bored with the style choices.
Eyes. They're OK but too doll-like just like TS2 default eyes were.
CAS facial controls. Good, but they feel a lot more limited than TS2 controls.
DISLIKES:
Pudding face. (At least EA marketing was smart enough to outright LIE about that with the box art. Out of all the faces, I only see two definitive puddings. If they'd used only faces truly rendered in the game, probably would have scared most buyers off.)
The facial hair styles for men are shit -- AGAIN. The full beard is the best this time around and some of the stubble is OK, but whatever artist designed the styles obviously has no fracking clue about male facial hair grooming. (The hispanic chinstrap beard looks like someone drew it on with magic marker. The chinstrap + stubble is just laughably hideous.)
The tilt control near ground level is whacked. It also doesn't work with the wheel button on my standard mouse as described in the instructions.
The biggest thing that hasn't changed between TS2 and TS3?
Pescado and MATY delivering us from EAxis evil.
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