The release of The Sims 3 has long passed us. I’ve seen a few pictures of it. And the first thing I said was “This looks like TS2!”.
Constantly I put my foot down to get this game. It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about buying a game instead of buying a video card.
Well. This was until I saw this thread on Facepunch of people posting their pics. I decided to take a look. First thing I noticed was you can now freely rotate furniture, just like you can do in RL. So that’s cool. The graphics haven’t improved, but the features have. I even stopped on a picture of seeing in a corner… a car. Do we have drivable cars now… without getting a shitload of EP’s? Apparently so.
Sims also have received a facelift. They look more.. human now. Fat guys look more fat now, and it looks like the CAS(Create-A-Sim) system has improved too.
What’s stopping me from buying it? Three things. Lock up issue. Money, and…. one other thing. A thing I keep forgetting after saying “Wow”. It’s… the past. My past sim life. Do I really wanna recreate my house like I did in the past, just play with it for awhile, and then be bored in a half an hour and question why did I buy it, when all I did in TS2… was live on my own? Treated TS2 like a modified 3D version of a House Creator?
I used to enjoy tearing down and rebuilding, over and over, because I was never happy with the design. And now… I’m all “meh”. You see in the past with The Sims 1, and in TSO, I.. well. I have a confession to make….
Back then was when I was sooo obsessed with TAB, and created Norb and Dag as sims, and even the dam to the best of my abilities. I also made myself to live with them.
Had so much fun trying to re-enact episodes of TAB using it. And that time where I gave Dag a love potion by accident, and he fell inlove with a sim, and I thought I would have to move him out, and it would pretty much ruin everything.
Those where some good times. Me and Norb where such good friends. I could always count on him to make me feel better. But I cannot recreate those touching memories now. TAB has been dead for a long time, and my obsession for that show attempts to live on.
All attempts to bring it back end up in failure. When I first heard of TS2, I thought that I would be able to create my house, then Norb and Dag’s house, and look out the window and yell “Hey, neighbor!”.
I wonder if this is possible in TS3, to walk beyond your lot boundary.. without going to the ‘Where do you want to go?’ screen. If it is, I will so get this game.
I honestly don’t know much about it. But I’m slowly starting to learn. However, I got more important things to take care of before I start buying games again.
If I do decide to get this, I’m going to have to make a decision. Video Card… or this game? I cannot afford both this month. In my opinion, and what my common sense is telling me, go for a video card.
But something is telling me.. “Ben. You’ll never get this thing fixed. You’re wasting too much money to fix it already, and you still don’t truly know what’s causing it. Just get the game.”