but I'm sure a patch in the future will fix that problem

They released a new patch (1.6) A few days before the World Adventures release and it completly wrecked my gameplay as well as 95% of the communitys(?)

Those who approach it with an open minded curiosity and the understanding that we have to wait for hacks, mods and custom content, not to mention the inevitable patches and expansion packs (after all, what serious Simmer could have real fun playing the Sims 2 BASE game with nothing added??

Overall - 3/5 - There needs to be a free patch, fixing all the bugs, adding new objects

The patching on this game has been awful all along, and if you check the message boards, EA is clearly ignoring some of the problems with the game, while correcting others

The patches they release rarely fix problems.

The patching on this game has been awful all along, and if you check the message boards, EA is clearly ignoring some of the problems with the game, while correcting others

I would recommend waiting for the first inevitable patch to come out.

And each patch only makes things worse.

BUT, EA's patch 1.18 ruins the game unless you own the expansions

I tried uninstalling both the base game and World Adventures and putting the last patch to remotely work (1.3) in place for my game and started up the game again with no CC/Mods- which resulted in my not being able to save at all or to use CAS to make Sims, or to access premade Sims on their lots in order to play them

said that, on to the review of the game:A patch was recently made available on the Sims 3 website which fixes the slow Ultra and Fast buttons that people had been complaining about - those aren't a problem anymore

The patches have improved it, but not by much.

I've tried hard--played it without Mods, played it with mods, believed EA when they promised me that the first patch would fix the problems that mattered most

The graphics are not as crisp as in Sims 2.

My wife loves this game, but she doesn't feel it's much better than the sims2 because there are some things missing such as not being able to create a restaurant

Hope everyone gets to enjoy it as much as I do

But I tried the Sims3 on my outdated Computer and the game booted up slow but wants I was in the game it seem to run OK good enough to play, and the bulding part of the game was not really that bad and the graphic detail were OK but not as good as in the

Camera movement is not as smooth as in TS2

I recommend reading as many reviews (both positive and negative) as you can and deciding for yourself

I get that this is to make it friendly to the casual crowd, but the UI is not as good as in 2.-As cool as the always-running neighborhood is, it does open the possibility of something undesirable happening to one of your families while you are playing another

The last con is that sometimes the sims will not follow the action as fast as you would like them to like sometimes when you make your sim take a shower, he might stand there for about 30 game seconds before showering

I am one who's computer runs the game but not as good as it could

Fun game but not as good as before

I loved the Sims, as well as the Sims 2 and spent countless hours playing the game

:THE GOOD*Everything is customizable, from the highlights in your sim's hair to the pattern on your sim's couch.*The sims can now be as skinny or fat as you want

the quality of the sims are almost as bad as in sims 1

They allow you to do so much more and aren't as restrictive as in the previous version