28-09-2004 01:53									#61
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The Sims games are the most retarded creations in video game history.

	28-09-2004 18:28									#63
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i saw a review of singles:flirt up your life. Apparently far from improving the Sims model, its rather worse.

Then theres a game called space colony, kinda like the Sims in space. Anyone play it?

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	28-09-2004 23:26									#64
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Nope.

	29-09-2004 00:36									#65
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Space Colony was more of a tycoonish game, really.


Kind of interesting, but not really that great.

	29-09-2004 15:24									#66
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this game is coming out on xbox as well isn't it? If so then i might get it, but i'm worried that my girlfriend might like it and i'll never get to play 'our' xbox again

Should i get it?

Upside: I can see what the sims is about finaly.

Downer: If females get too addicted to it i might never play my xbox again.

hmm you could maybe reverse those two?

	29-09-2004 17:17									#67
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Its not the sort of game you can play for days on end. Even if you do so happen to be female.

	29-09-2004 17:56									#68
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well i'm still worried - she played creatures3 for much longer than i could(and i'm interested in this kind of AI).

I think i've decided to give the sims a miss, and instead buy a gamecube and something like 'harvest moon' or zelda - that way i can still play my football games and she can be cute

	29-09-2004 17:57									#69
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I haven't played it for a few days now... the last thing that happened is that one of my sims became mayor of SimCity, got picked up by a helocopter... and then I haven't played it since... ok, I did "play" a bit, but that was only the house-building part...

	29-09-2004 22:17									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Its not the sort of game you can play for days on end. Even if you do so happen to be female.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

	30-09-2004 06:39									#71
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Its like solitaire. Fun every so often.

	30-09-2004 23:13									#72
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If they advertise for a Sims slogan writer please apply.

	01-10-2004 00:04									#73
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Ive seen it talked about before, but never found any real info on it; but who buys the sims?
As one of the biggest selling games someone must know the truth?

I'm confused because of all the 'sleeze' thats started to appear in it. That kind of hints its being aimed at young males, but i was under the impression girls liked it too??

ah ok i see its for eveyone now then

ok a challange for some of the players here:

Can anyone say its a really good game and they love it more than most games?

As Dr.Spike says, Skanky's endorsements dont exactly set you on fire - but maybe someone here is having a blast with it?

	01-10-2004 00:45									#74
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I'd say it's just as good as most games... I've only seldom played games that I still enjoy after two weeks... and also being able to get back to it later... most games I've ever played, I've only played for a few weeks, then I don't play that game anymore...
The Sims is one of the games that only last two weeks at a time, but after some time I get back to it

The game is aimed at everybody. Some play the game for the relationship part, others play it for the house-building part, and then there's some who play it for some 3rd reason...
I play it for a bit of everything... It's fun to have some adult female, who's the mayor of SimCity and flirts around with all other girls in the city... it's also fun to see how nice house you can build within shortest time, without cheating with funds...


You could always "give it a try"... too bad there's no demo out

	01-10-2004 01:14									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Adagio edit.......(very good summary)...... You could always "give it a try"... too bad there's no demo out

I'm too scared - i've read too many phillip k.dick novels.
And he predicted what the Sims will become, and it isn't good

	01-10-2004 01:24									#76
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor Ive seen it talked about before, but never found any real info on it; but who buys the sims? As one of the biggest selling games someone must know the truth?

from "howstuffworks"

'But as impressive as these numbers are, the really remarkable thing about "The Sims" is what types of people bought the game. Most successful games, even blockbusters like "Halo," sell to a fairly limited demographic: mainly male gamers under 40. In contrast, around half of all Sims players are female, the game attracts all ages, and a sizable chunk of players didn't play many computer games before they got the Sims. In other words, this game hit a nerve like very few creations do. '

Only person i know irl who owns it is an eleven year old girl. but then i dont know ANYONE irl who owns DOOM or Quake - or if they do, they havent shared it with me.

	01-10-2004 01:28									#77
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor Ive seen it talked about before, but never found any real info on it; but who buys the sims?

Sunday gamers, women, and sexually frustrated teenagers.

	01-10-2004 01:41									#78
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you do realise what you've just done?

	01-10-2004 02:14									#79
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Sunday gamers, women, and sexually frustrated teenagers.

pretty good sections of the population there. Now if only we could get comparable demographics for say, Crusader Kings

	01-10-2004 10:01									#80
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I notice more women play the sims than guys. Maybe it's because the whole concept resembles a virtual dollhouse...

	01-10-2004 10:44									#81
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quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark pretty good sections of the population there. Now if only we could get comparable demographics for say, Crusader Kings

I play them both.(most CK though)

	01-10-2004 10:47									#82
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quote: Originally posted by Iskandar Reza I notice more women play the sims than guys. Maybe it's because the whole concept resembles a virtual dollhouse...

so guys who play the sims play with dolls.

makes sense.

	01-10-2004 17:03									#83
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quote: Originally posted by Iskandar Reza I notice more women play the sims than guys. Maybe it's because the whole concept resembles a virtual dollhouse...

I haven't seen any in a real dollhouse who killed the dolls

	02-10-2004 06:38									#84
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quote: Originally posted by Adagio I haven't seen any in a real dollhouse who killed the dolls

You'd be surprised at the storyline my sisters can come up with.

	02-10-2004 07:06									#85
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The Sims Torture Chambers

	02-10-2004 07:43									#86
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For me the actual fun part of the game is building a house from scratch. I remember when the Sims first came out I built this really gothic looking mansion with towers and all, but money was hard to come by so I had my character be an undertaker (even if the option wasn't available).

The backyard slowly started to fill with tombstones but the mansion was far from complete. Keeping the other charaters that unfortunately got tricked into moving in with my undertaker trapped in a room with no door to starve was slow and I sometimes haven't the heart to llet them, even though it's just a simulation. So I came across a faster method that don't seem too cruel.

Presenting the drowning pool. Just let 'em swim and remove the ladder. They'll swim till they die of exhaustion. At least they die happy

	02-10-2004 07:58									#87
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Reminds me of a story I was trying to write with the photo album, I had this guy trying to kill his family but it never worked, and eventually the idiot jumped into the pool AFTER I removed the ladder (what an idiot). Things didn't go as planned, at all. I am so incompetent at killing Sims.

	02-10-2004 14:49									#88
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs The Sims Torture Chambers

Don't laugh, that was a planned x-pack (no. 43 I think), but there was an outcry and they were forced to withdraw the project.

	02-10-2004 16:02									#89
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i think i'm beginning to see the attraction it has now.

A new marketing slogan:

"Sims - bring out the potential psychopath in you!"

shocking game, the media should have an outcry against it - if only the parents knew what little 'susan' and 'johny' were doing locked in their bedrooms with that charming harmless game

	02-10-2004 16:23									#90
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Now if GTA could get the same reputation... just advertise the game as a game where you're just trying to do what's best for the city... you define what's best