The Sims 3 Hands-on Preview

Originally Posted by Nicb
After turning my character into a Metro/Rock pimp and having a hooker business in my house making over 12,000 dollars a night by holding house party's........ I got bored. But it was fun while it lasted and I respect the game.

Epic win! :-)

@ Natima, I never said I don't like it. ;)
Problem is when two people like the same game that only one computer in our home can run... no... that's not a problem... it's a disaster!

Yikes. Seems like The Sims 3 has already leaked onto the internet. Yargh me matey!

I'll admit it, I like to play is once and a while


But it's mainly for building really cool houses

Originally Posted by ImInTheZoneBaby
Yikes. Seems like The Sims 3 has already leaked onto the internet. Yargh me matey!

Subtle

I'm shocked, nay stunned..

Where's Impar with the news of an obtrusive copy protection scheme?

:)

I'm surprised a pirate copy is already out - 2 and a half weeks before release date for a working copy is early. I'll be buying a copy for my sis's birthday, and can see this being no1 for aaages, as much as I think most people on here will disapprove.

Originally Posted by ImInTheZoneBaby
Yikes. Seems like The Sims 3 has already leaked onto the internet. Yargh me matey!

It's not really a surprise for a game of such importance*

*nb. not for the usual gamer lot in general. like the wii, the sims has a different audience generally**

**and this is also going to have an unusual effect on piracy IMHO, most people who can pirate it probably aren't going to be very interested in the game, and vice versa... So this'll be interesting to watch...

I'm keeping quiet, but i'm not sure my mother won't ask me to download it if she finds out (though she's buying it regardless, so not a huge issue)

Now only if they were to realease a GOOD successor to SimCity 3000, SC4 was good but it wasn't as great of a game as SC3k, and Rush Hour was a joke, mini-games in SimCity??? Oh why have you sold your soul Maxis?

Greetings!

Originally Posted by kenco_uk
Where's Impar with the news of an obtrusive copy protection scheme?

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=166056

As for the game itself, never could really understood the success of such a game. Was a bit surprised seeing a review of the game in BitTech.

It's one of the milestones of gaming, like it or not. :p

Originally Posted by impar
Greetings!

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=166056

As for the game itself, never could really understood the success of such a game. Was a bit surprised seeing a review of the game in BitTech.

lol, thanks impar ;) One less thing for the mrs to worry about :)

Hope it runs ok on a tablet w/Ati gfx

Big LOL at the first 4 comments. My fiancee, my other half, my GF, my wife. Yeah yeah, I believe you but thousands wouldn't.

I think women enjoy playing this game because they can make their "perfect" lives... I would be worried if my gf/wife were constantly checking out of real life to live in their fake one ;)

Originally Posted by flaunt
I think women enjoy playing this game because they can make their "perfect" lives... I would be worried if my gf/wife were constantly checking out of real life to live in their fake one ;)

I don't get the sims either.. tried it and couldn't really get into the whole idea- got bored quick.. I dunno whats up girls love this game

flaunt make sure your woman doesn't hear this.. one girl commented that after she heard this song she ripped her mans pants down when he got home late and I quote "caught him creepin" XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19XmNXeAvIg

It's a fun life sim and it can be challenging unlike most "manly" games. My favorite part is designing houses and trying to break the engine doing so.

There is one cheat code I know of that still works. Do the following:

Bring up the command line by pressing SHIFT+CTRL+C

Type "motherlode" without the quotations. Repeat as many times as you like.

One of my friends beta tested this.