8.2 out of 10

The Sims 3

 

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Best Price: $16

  • User Score (1098)
    7.4 7.4 from 1098 reviewers
  • Expert Score (164)
    8.1 8.1 from 164 reviewers
  • Value for money (56)
    8.4 8.4 from 56 reviewers
  • Features (36)
    8.6 8.6 from 36 reviewers
  • Ease of use (141)
    7.4 7.4 from 141 reviewers
  • Sound quality (4)
    9.3 9.3 from 4 reviewers
  • Picture quality (4)
    10 10 from 4 reviewers
  • Gameplay (72)
    9.0 9.0 from 72 reviewers
  • Graphics (220)
    8.6 8.6 from 220 reviewers
  • Sound (42)
    8.4 8.4 from 42 reviewers
  • Storyline (31)
    8.5 8.5 from 31 reviewers
  • Control (12)
    9.4 9.4 from 12 reviewers
  • Addiction (2)
    9.9 9.9 from 2 reviewers
  • Lifespan (20)
    9.9 9.9 from 20 reviewers
  • Overall quality (36)
    9.2 9.2 from 36 reviewers
  • Accuracy (7)
    9.7 9.7 from 7 reviewers
  • Construction (133)
    9.3 9.3 from 133 reviewers
  • Functionality (2)
    7.1 7.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Audio & image quality (24)
    8.4 8.4 from 24 reviewers
  • Appearance (4)
    9.1 9.1 from 4 reviewers
  • Ease of setup (10)
    9.6 9.6 from 10 reviewers
  • Versatility (5)
    5.5 5.5 from 5 reviewers
  • Instructions (7)
    10 10 from 7 reviewers
  • Customer support (7)
    9.7 9.7 from 7 reviewers
  • Atmosphere (7)
    9.0 9.0 from 7 reviewers
  • Game depth (4)
    8.8 8.8 from 4 reviewers
  • Funfactor (148)
    9.4 9.4 from 148 reviewers
  • Lastability (2)
    7.4 7.4 from 2 reviewers
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  • Score Distribution

Experts:
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(60)
7-8
(90)
5-6
(11)
3-4
(3)
1-2
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Users:
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(498)
7-8
(232)
5-6
(119)
3-4
(90)
1-2
(163)

  • Expert Reviews

  1. GamingTrend

    9.1/10
    10 December 2011

    The Sims 3, developed by EA Black Box, is the latest in the line of 'dollhouse' games, and the first not developed by Maxis. Read more

    • Change Anything or Everything, No More ‘Time Bubble’, Sims Now Have Brains, Micro-Transactions?
    • Change Anything or Everything, No More ‘Time Bubble’, Sims Now Have Brains, Micro-Transactions?

  2. GameSpot

    7.5/10
    15 December 2010

    Simulating the buzz of a night out is what Late Night does best, and it gives you some good tools to enhance that buzz. One of them is the grouping mechanic. You can invite other sims to join your group, and suddenly, it's like having your own posse tagging along. If you show up at a club only to discover that it's deader than a doornail, you can drag your pals to a different hot spot, where you might dance together, flirt, play darts, or share a round of drinks or bar... Read more

    • Captures the essence of a night out with friends, You can play new musical instruments and jam with other sims, It's cool and creepy to play as a vampire, Lots of smal...
    • Previous expansions in the series already went down this road, To get the most out of the new content, you have to move or start over, Lingering technical issues.

  3. AusGamers

    8.8/10
    7 July 2009

    Devotees of the series might have a big decision in making the financial leap into The Sims treadmill of expansion packs, despite the changes; will the experience be new enough for them? Hard to say, but newcomers will find a game that engrosses, is hard to fault in polish, and will definitely suck up a significant portion of real-world life. Read more

    • Polish., Gentle nudging with hints and hover tips., Plenty of creative avenues., Plenty of charm and humour., Flexibility in how Sims can be created, set-up and played...
    • There never seems to be enough hours in the day., Job, eat, clean, sleep it can be mundane., Some Wishes don�t seem to resolve properly., That nagging expectation of f...

  4. Australian Gamer

    Australian Gamer
    16 June 2009

    For the Sim-a-holics out there (and I know there are plenty of you), the latest Sims game offers enough new features to justify the purchase - I mean cmon, not like you wouldn't have spent half the price on a new Ikea furniture expansion pack anyway ... for everyone else, it's just another Sims game. Read more

    • Improved graphics, roam all around the neighbourhood, heaps of new content, character customisation is improved, career mode gives you some focus
    • It's the Sims - if you didn't get into the previous games, you won't find anything to change your mind here

  5. PALGN

    8.5/10
    8 July 2009

    Like them or loathe them, you'd have to have been living on the moon to not know the influence that The Sims franchise has had on PC sales charts for the last decade. For those moon babies among us, here's a couple of staggering figures to clue you in; over 100 million units of The Sims titles have been sold since the launch of the original title back in February 2000, with the latest iteration in the series, The Sims 3 selling a whopping 1.4 million copies in its first... Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. BigPond GameArena

    Reviewer: Apocalypse - Hell On Earth, BigPond GameArena
    18 August 2009

    Boring repetitive, all the characters are so ugly cartoonistic game. They dont even support their own game hiding direct link to the patches is a shameful if you ask me. Why do they hide any links to the patches? They want you to update the game via the game itself which is bad if you needed to keep a copy of the patches for future reinstallation. 0 out 10 is my rating. Read more

    • NOthing good about it at all
    • boring and repetitive and the characters are all ugly. YOu have to buy characters from their websites with real money a way to rip off their own customers.

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The Sims 3 gives you complete freedom inspiring you with endless creative possibilities. Featuring a brand new engine that was in development for three years, The Sims 3 allows you to immerse your unique Sims in an open living neighbourhood right outside their front door. The feature-set includes the new seamless, open neighbourhood, new Create A Sim, new realistic personalities and new unlimited customisation. It’s no surprise that PC Zone scopred it 92% back in May …

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