Conclusion

As you can see, there are a plenty of changes all around, and plenty of things that haven't changed. I tried to mention only a few that seemed more important, or that I especially noticed. No matter how you see it, Sims is a successful game and has a certain attractiveness in its gameplay - you being God and all, making decisions for your own creations. The fact nothing much has changed in this direction doesn't make the game bad over night, and with the thousands of expansions packs to come you can be sure this will top the charts once more, like its predecessor.

Gameplay: 91

This will probably be one of the most unusually marked games here, because I am gonna give it so much in the gameplay area, and less in the graphics department. I think the changes made to this latest installment are enough to offer an incentive for old players to start playing Sims again, and to new players to just get to know what it has to offer.

Graphics: 68

You gotta take more risks than this, with a new game. I understand EA completely not wanting to mess with gameplay too much, but at least they could of made significant changes to graphics. If a friend of mine saw it for the first time, he could claim I'm playing Sims 2 or one of its numerous expansions.

Multiplayer: N/A

Sims 3 interacts with the internet to bring the latest online content to your PC. Just like Spore, various objects, textures, models, and user created content can be downloaded if you wish to do so to enrich your Sims experience. There is no proper multiplayer other than that however.

Sound: 82

Again, even with a new soundtrack and an added character voice pitch setting, it just sounds like Sims. I wouldn't mind it so much if something other was different... umm... let's say graphics?!

Hardware: 84

The same problems after five years, even though the game doesn't look that fancy, it can have major slowdowns and freezes at certain moments, and fast forward just makes it a lot worse. Load times also became a small problem meanwhile...