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 | The Sims Life Stories |
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Product Description
SIMS LIFE STORIES-NLAProduct Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3041 in Video Games
- Brand: Electronic Arts
- Model: 15282
- Released on: 2007-02-06
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platform: Windows
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.25" h x 5.25" w x 7.50" l, .30 pounds
Features
- From the first date to their first job, right up to the moment when your Sim finds Mr or Mrs right with whom they build a family life together
- Build your dream houses, to fulfill their hopes and dreams and give them better lives
- Laptop-friendly gameplay design, with easy shortcuts and a brand new Auto Pause Feature -- stopping the game each time you close your laptop
- Contact Sims 2 players or real-life friends via IM, chat or e-mail - while playing Life Stories
Customer Reviews
Good, but not great
I was able to finish both
stories in one day. The stories were OK but could be improved. It's good
for beginners like another review said but for fans who are used to the
usual Sims games, it may seem a bit tedioius. There are some obvious
differences in the game, such as the game can be played as "windowed
mode", which minimizes it to a smaller screen so the player can e-mail
and chat at the same time. While the feature is a nice idea, I find that
having such a small screen minimized (esp. for laptop users), makes it
harder to find certain objects in a house or character and I just don't
even bother playing it in windowed mode. Here are some pros and cons of
the game.
Pros:
1. The story mode actually makes the game feel
like there's a purpose to it than make babies and get a promotion then
die.
2. The stories were decently interesting, although a bit
predictable.
3. Riley's story was probably the best since there are
some twists to the ending that I kind of saw coming but didn't really
see it coming.
4. With Vincent's story, it was more like the user got
a nice choice in determining the fate of Vincent. I won't spoil it but
I'm interested to play it again just to see the other ending.
5. In
free play mode, there are now 4 wants and no fears, which makes it
easier to make your sim happy.
6. As you move along in the story, you
can get some really, really nice rewards. These rewards can add to the
house and not something that would be found in the buy mode.
7.
Loading times are so much faster, but that's a given with the
laptop-friendly feature.
8. When you create a family in the free play
mode, you get 40,000 to start out instead of the usualy 20,000. Then
again, the houses are more expensive but they usually include more
objects than the Sims 2 game so you don't have to buy everything once
you go into the lot.
9. Most sims that are acquired already have a
cell phone. otherwise, you don't have to go to a community lot just to
buy a cell phone now. It can be bought under the electronics category in
buy mode.
Cons:
1. Riley's story ended way too fast. I had a
"that's it?" feeling at the end of the story. Like, I got so caught up
into the story just to have it end.
2. Vincent's story was longer but
it was kind of tedious, doing the same things over and over. It seemed
like the creators failed to have a balance of intersting story and
length but it's still fun. (HINT: When you get any extra rewards in
Vincent's Story, don't place it on the lot anywhere, just keep it in the
backpack).
3. No real replay value to the game besides maybe
Vincent's story.
4. Seems like the only way to replay a story would
be to reset the game by moving the original folder somewhere else and
renaming it. No in-game option.
5. You get the same objects and
hairstyales and clothing choices as Sims 2, only a lot less of them.
6.
After the stories are done, even if the story rewards have been
unlocked for Riley and Vincent, it remains locked for the new sims that
you create. And there were some pretty nice reward objects as well.
Maybe there's a cheat to unlock them but I have yet to see it.
7.
Besides story mode, the other aspects of the game is pretty much the
same.
Overall, it's a pretty good game. For those who like to
torture sims for the fun of it, it's harder to do in story mode since
the story won't move forward if you don't complete a goal. So get this
game if the pros seem to outweigh the cons for you. In my case, it does.
EDIT:
Something else I have noticed... it seems that the sims don't get bills
anymore! I love that feature since I always forget about the mailbox
when I play Sims 2. With the windowed mode, one thing I have noticed is
that the size of it varies from computer to computer. On my boyfriend's
computer and my laptop, it's minimized to about 75% or less so it was
relatively small on the screen. On my PC, it stretches all the way
across the screen. The only annoying thing is that if you move the
cursor to the edge of the screen it doesn't scroll through the lot like
it used to so it gets annoying trying to get to certain objects. The
nanny bug that is infamous in Sims 2 is also in The Sims Life Stories.
OK, If you haven't played The Sims before
My thoughts on this product.
1.
OVER PRICED. Not worth the $40s. Might be worth $25 like an expansion
of The Sims.
2. MEMORY HOG. I haven't put it on my laptop, but I can
see this program would make your system slow to a crawl.
3. Liked the
"Goal" part of the game.
4. Liked that relationships didn't
deteriorate quickly, if at all, when you haven't contacted a Sim in a
while.
5. Liked the story mode. Wish Maxis would add this to Sims 2.
Wish they added a "story outline" feature to help user create a goal
oriented story.
Over all I wouldn't have purchased it and saved
the money for the "Seasons Expansion".
If your new I still would
spend the $40s on "The Sims 2" and NOT "The Sims Life Stories".
I wish there were more stories
I got this game the first day
it came out. I have been playing the sims ever since the 1st sims game.
Its really not worth the 40 dollar price tag for only 2 stories. After
you are finshed with the stories, you then get to play in classic mode,
witch is just the same as the oringal sims. If I were you, I would save
my money and just go buy Seasons when it come out later this month.
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