Sims

[Consent]

what are your thoughts on this game? I have yet to play it but heard a lot about it.

 

[oakraiderz2]

Its aight. I could see how some guys could get caught up in trying to be a PUA in it to compensate for their real lifes.

 

[diplomatic_lies]

Its the weirdest game I've EVER played. This is the Sims in a nutshell:

1) Spend 2 hours trying to wake up
2) Take a 1-hour pee
3) Eat breakfast
4) Raise charisma by talking to bathroom mirror
4) Go to work. Due to high charisma, promotion to President of the United States (perhaps this is how Bush came to power)
5) Come home from work
6) Cook dinner, take 2-hour dump, go to sleep

Repeat.

 

[Jariel]

When I first got that game I spent forever on it and barely moved from my PC. I lived my life through the Sims, I would even dream about it every night. Eventually I had an entire community made up of my own characters which I had skinned myself, my own wallpaper textures, buildings, then I had the expansions and hacked all the Non player characters (the police, townies, shop keepers etc to make them my own).

Luckily my PC developed some problem that made The Sims crash all the time, which helped me break free of my addiction. I won't go near the game now, and I REFUSE to install The Sims 2! I dont even want to look at it!

I suppose addictions like this are fairly common though, especially with World of Warcraft I'm told.

 

[dannowillbookem]

dude i played that obsessively a long time ago. yeah i liked it but god sucks your life away.

 

[Consent]

interesting

 

[Shiftkey]

It's a good game. And like ANYTHING, if you don't know how to play videogames in moderation, it will negatively effect your social life. The game itself will have no effect on your social life.

I recommend The Sims 2 over The Sims 1. There's more features, some of the time issues are fixed (no more 1 hour **** and 2 hour wake up), better graphics, but the core game is very similar.

 

[Brian20o2]

I kind of wish I had the game so I could make my dream house in 3D. Aside from that its a waste.

 

[Kourt]

I suppose addictions like this are fairly common though, especially with World of Warcraft I'm told.

Nonesense!

Haha yeah I usually log a few hours a day on WoW.

keeps my mind off other sh1t though.

 

[Skel]

it keeps my girlfriend busy when i watch sports

 

[Yuriy777]

It's a good game.
I used to just let my characters live their lives and I would build the sickest looking mansions, estates, restaurants, etc.
I don’t play it anymore, but I might pick it up for an hour here or there in the future.

 

[Phrost]

Its the weirdest game I've EVER played. This is the Sims in a nutshell:

1) Spend 2 hours trying to wake up
2) Take a 1-hour pee
3) Eat breakfast
4) Raise charisma by talking to bathroom mirror
4) Go to work. Due to high charisma, promotion to President of the United States (perhaps this is how Bush came to power)
5) Come home from work
6) Cook dinner, take 2-hour dump, go to sleep

Repeat.

Yeah, I think the clock moves a little too fast even at the normal speed. It takes 2 simhours for the animation of them waking up to load.

Anyway, does any have some of the old 7deadly sims item? I'm looking for the bathroom set in 4colors (which is actually just bookshelves), I reformatted my computer and lost most of my custom items.

 

[dannowillbookem]

Yeah, I think the clock moves a little too fast even at the normal speed. It takes 2 simhours for the animation of them waking up to load.

Anyway, does any have some of the old 7deadly sims item? I'm looking for the bathroom set in 4colors (which is actually just bookshelves), I reformatted my computer and lost most of my custom items.

haha. addict alert.

 

[Tomatoes]

I have played computer games since i started talking....My first computer was an ATARI.

The Sims is one of the worst games I have ever seen.....EVER!

But its the best selling game in history.

If you want an example of a good game that destroys your social life then jumps up and down on its corpse.....World Of Warcraft.

Great game but you have no "real life". People have died playing it due to neglecting thier bodies own needs or thier childs needs.

Some have developed blood clots from playing it for too long in a sitting postion.

Then some have murdered people in case of taking the game "far to serious".

 

[Shiftkey]

WoW too? I know it happened with Lineage in Korea, didn't think it's happened here. You'd think that would be all over the media...

 

[Michele l'Arcangelo]

Its the weirdest game I've EVER played. This is the Sims in a nutshell:

1) Spend 2 hours trying to wake up
2) Take a 1-hour pee
3) Eat breakfast
4) Raise charisma by talking to bathroom mirror
4) Go to work. Due to high charisma, promotion to President of the United States (perhaps this is how Bush came to power)
5) Come home from work
6) Cook dinner, take 2-hour dump, go to sleep

Repeat.

Dude... agreed 100%

But anyway. I voted for 'A waste of time' one. This game sucks. I don't see how it's addicting at all. It's a 'real' life simulation. It's not like a RPG thing where it's fantasy -- something that you can't 'experience' in real life.

Don't even bother starting with MMORPGs either. That will take your life up.

 

[diplomatic_lies]

If you guys are looking for a GOOD computer game, none of this Gen Y sh!t, try some of the oldies. Tetris, Super Mario (the original), Zork, Planescape Torment, etc.

The great thing about having crap graphics technology is that developers/producers actually have to put some thought into the gameplay, not just churn out a rehashed version of Doom.

 

[Skilla_Staz]

I used to play. Gets boring really quickly. I hate missing the carpool because my guy takes 3 hours in the shower.

 

[seagull]

Found it to be very repetitive and lost interest.