Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Aspyr EAN: 0618870100388 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Format: CD-ROM Label: Aspyr Media Manufacturer: Aspyr Media Model: 10038 Platform: Macintosh Publisher: Aspyr Media Release Date: July 25, 2000 Sales Rank: 1676 Studio: Aspyr Media Variation Description: The Sims (Mac)
Amazon.com Review: The idea behind The Sims is this: the ultimate goal of life is to achieve happiness, and the way to achieve happiness is to satisfy your Sims' needs. That's right, The Sims allows you to create, direct, and manage the lives of SimCity's residents. Each need (Hunger, Comfort, Hygiene, Bladder, Energy, Fun, Social, and Room) can be met by interaction with other Sims or objects: throw a party with the help of a rockin' stereo system, and watch your Sims' Social and Fun ratings improve. Have one of your Sims whip up some food from the refrigerator, and you'll satisfy the Hunger needs of your guests. Or have your Sim engage another Sim in a game of chess: not only will their Fun and Social moods improve, both Sims will gain some points in their Logic skill rating--which might help on the job.
Mismanage your new, simulated family, and you'll be faced with the worst of MTV's The Real World--with a touch of teenage angst drama thrown in for good measure: jealousies will ignite, fights will break out, jobs will be lost, and the house will fall apart. Bringing about such a calamity is almost as much fun as guiding these Sims to material paradise, and takes considerably less time.
A good general rule is that the more expensive the object, the better its ability to satisfy Sim needs. One gameplay goal is to improve your Sim so he or she can climb the career ladder, which nets him or her more money, which allows the purchase of higher quality stuff, which lets you improve your Sim even more. Eventually, your Sim will have a mate, kids, and a mansion with an indoor pool.
Before you decide how to fix your Sims' health and happiness, you need to craft each of your simulated people: pick a name and a gender, decide on personality/astrological sign, and then choose a look from a variety of heads, bodies, and skin tones. After the creation, the next step is to find a place to live. Again, the player can choose from among the empty houses in the neighborhood or decide to buy some land and design a dream house. Building houses is a blast, and the easy-to-use house design interface could almost be its own game: players design the floor plan, put up walls, pick carpet, wallpaper, and siding, and fill the house with furniture, decorations, fixtures, and appliances. You're limited only by your imagination--and your Sims' pocketbook. But the choices you make in designing and decorating your Sims' house are vital.
Triumph or tragedy, each significant event in a Sim's life is captured in a snapshot and saved in a photo album for later viewing. Players can also take photos any time they wish. The photo album feature is cool by itself, but the best part is that you can upload the album to www.thesims.com and share your Sims' sagas with the world. Entire families can also be uploaded and downloaded, as can houses. Want to re-create and manage your own version of Friends? Download the free face and body editor and make Sim clones of Ross, Rachel, and the rest. Want to go really crazy and perfectly re-create the set? Snag the free wall and floor texture editor. With The Sims, you can create whatever--and whomever--you desire.
Toying with the lives, successes, and emotional states of dozens of little Sims is undeniably fun. In the same way that SimCity players develop a condescending attitude toward real-world city planners, The Sims players will begin to see life as a series of needs-satisfying challenges; the game gets in your head. But that's OK: limitless gameplay, endless variety, cool Internet features, and the ability to play matchmaker/landlord/counselor/God makes The Sims a great way to increase your own Fun score. --Mike Fehlauer
Pros:
Unique, addictive, fun gameplay
Included photo album feature records triumphs and tragedies
Free uploads and downloads expand the game and allow swapping with other players
Sims are smart--it's sometimes best to just let them act on their own
Cons:
Addictive gameplay may cause loss of sleep, job
Complex behavioral modeling program--requires serious computing power
No pets other than fish
Amazon.com Product Description: From Will Wright, the creator of SimCity, comes a strategy game that hits close to home. You are in charge of a neighborhood of Sims, and it is up to you to show them that they're living in your world now! Force them into a life of crime or help them live life in the fast lane. Build them a sprawling mansion or dump them into a dilapidated shack. Let them party like swinging singles or fall in love, get married, and raise a family. They can live out your wildest dreams or experience your worst nightmares. It is up to you to decide--their fate is in your hands.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Wonderful and addicting
Have you ever wanted to play God and control people? Now you can.
The Sims is an amazing game. In this game, you play God and control your sims to help them advance and have a dream life, or maybe just the opposite.. You decide! It's extremely entertaining to get your sims to have fun, eat, sleep, go to work, be READY for work, get promotions, get married, move, and socialize. The games ability to add in events(burglars, weddings, military school ect) makes sure that it doesn't get too boring.
I remember when I discovered the game.. My brother's friend lent it to him for his PC and I was lucky enough to play it. Well he had to give it back, but I finally bought a mac version on eBay! Can't wait to start playing again.
Rating: - I LOVE THE SIMS!!
This game is off the foshizzle! It is awesome, and so, so much fun! I would recommend it to all the peeps, gotta love it!!!
Do yourself a favor and get this game!!!
Rating: - awesome
i think this is a great game it is really fun to controll your sims the only problem is the graphics i am aiming to get the sms 2 and am looking forward to it i reccomend it to all! it does not have killer requirements because it is a bit old
BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: - a great game but i only got to put the kid on a bus and the dad went to work!!!
because i had to go home after going to my sister's and niece's house i saw it and asked to try it and instantly just like that: i was hooked right when the title screen popped up i've never been addicted to anything in my whole life! but my people lived on the street because i wanted to build their house.
Rating: - Relly Rocks
The sims is great fun. Its fun to try to get your sims happy in time for work. It is also fun to have a goal for the sims like do good in work, have a baby, get married!!!! But you strat to like it so much that you do not want to stop. then you want more!!! If you like simulation buy it now!!!!!
- Wonderful and addicting
- I LOVE THE SIMS!!
