The Sims 3

19 May 2009

The Good: stay true to the series, a lot of choices, more realistic.

The Bad: the graphics is kind of the same as The Sims 2 and I don't know why it run much slower

The sequel of one of the most popular computer games. The 3rd version of the series has many improvements over the last one but its still stay true to the formula: you create sims and have them interact with the other sims.

To create a sim, you’ll have a lot of choices this time. There are 6 life spans: Toddler, child, teenager, young adult, adult and elder. Younger sims have fewer choices than older ones. You can customize many appearance feature, ranging from skin color (yes, you can finally officially create a sim with alien green skin) to tiny moles.


That’s the physical side. Now, we’ll go on the mental side. This is where The Sims 3 different from The Sims 2. Instead of the confusing point based system, you get the traits that help you give your sims personality.


There are a lot of traits to choose from. You can create a sim with positive traits or a sim with negative traits like lucky and unlucky, good and evil. Yes, this is The Sims, not a MMORPG game where you try hard to make your character more powerful. Here, you create your character just for fun; there are really no competitions, just your fun. You can create a horrible sim and watch him suffer. There is no right or wrong choices, just choices.

The relationship system works a lot different this time (and more realistic). Now, you can’t just interact with one sim constantly and expect to see your relationship rise magically. Instead, you have to learn their personality (traits) to become their friend. Friends are important in certain careers just like in real life.


There is no “invisible barrier” that keeps you in your lot. Your sim can travel around his/her neighborhood and you can just follow them as they walk, no more loading screen and the town became really alive as there are many activities taken simultaneously.

Your sim are not alone here. You can mix variety of sims to one lot. What’ll happen if you put one police and one criminal into one house? That’s what The Sims series is about. It’s the interaction of Sim and see what will happen if…

The Sims 3 is an interesting game. It fixed many limitations of the series. I recommended to buy The Sims 3 if you like a game just to relax, not for competition (and, if you like The Sims 2, then its a much buy title). If you like competition, then, don't buy this game as it'll be a waste of money.