Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 794.82 EAN: 9780761523390 ISBN: 0761523391 Label: Prima Games Manufacturer: Prima Games Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: February 16, 2000 Publisher: Prima Games Release Date: February 16, 2000 Sales Rank: 1176155 Studio: Prima Games
Mood-managing hints and tips Learn to create an instant family Covers all 10 possible career tracks Tactics for dealing with disasters Cheats and Easter Eggs revealed Details on moving your Sims to the online community Build a home from the ground up Includes a foreword from game creator Will Wright
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A great help!
If you are having trouble with the Sims then this book is for you. It tells you every little detail about the game as well as graphs and charts that specify what you need to do to succeed.
The chapters are as follows... Cheats and Quick Start Tips Personality Mood and Motives Sim Autonomy Social Interations Careers and Skills Sim Economics 101 Building Sim Objects Creating your own Stuff
As you can see, it covers every little aspect of the Sim world. It will help to start your sim family in the right direction and what traits your sim will need to excel at his or her career.
It is filled with pictures, beta-testers tips, and little hints/cheats that will no doubt improve your gaming experience.
Rating: - A light in the darkness
When I first started playing this game, I made a family of eight people. Two kids. I didn't know about fire alarms or cooking skills. Four people (my men) all died. Then the others wouldn't work because they were too depressed. They spent free time wallowing in self-pity, mourning over the tombstones, and getting stuck behind furniture (and I couldn't figure out how to get them out). I played the game for a year, figuring it out pretty basically, still not able to get past the rusted-up carpool car. I knew things got better for some people because I downloaded families that were rich and happy. That didn't last long - I just plain wasn't good at the game. Then, a light in the darkness, was this book! It was totally awesome! Whatever I needed help with was IN THERE. Now I've got happily married six-people families who are always happy! . Now I only trust maxis-mades, BTW. If you think you're an expert or not, everything really lies in this book.
Rating: - The big help
This is a really great strategy guide. whether you are just starting or even a pro you should get this book! It helped me become the sim champ I am today as well as offers a good laugh too.
Rating: - The big help
This is a really great strategy guide. whether you are just starting or even a pro you should get this book! It helped me become the sim champ I am today as well as offers a good laugh too.
Rating: - Okay help, but not the best...
We became addicted to the SIMS game as soon as we got it, and eventually knew we needed to learn to understand our little people a lot better.
This book helped, but it isn't fantastic. Much of what you'll find in here you can find at the SIMS home page, and some you'll figure out by yourself, through trial-and-error. Some is common sense (before making any major change, SAVE your work so you can always go back).
It offers some things, but omits others. For example, it gives a handy chart for skill levels needed to get promotions - what is missing is how to do what is hardest, develop and maintain friends, since having a lot of friends is both required for a lot of the SIMS to 'get ahead' AND is extremely difficult to do!
Some of the cheats are OK, but the best ones you'll find through other sources.
For SIMS beginners (perhaps as a gift for someone who just got the game), or those who can't get on-line, this would be helpful. For those who have been playing for awhile, or are on-line, this book would probably be a disappointment.
- A great help!
- Okay help, but not the best...
