The Sims

When I first saw The Sims I had no idea what to expect. Actually, it sounded weird. Controlling little people's lives? What the - ?

But shortly after I had purchased the game and played it for myself, I thought about it very differently. The Sims is arguably the best video game made for computer that I have ever played! You can never finish a game. You just keep playing until you evict the family or kill all the sims in it (or stop playing of course).

I would find it amusing to have people ask me "Are you winning?" when I'm playing the sims. I would simply turn around and say "This is a game which cannot be won. You can't even finish it!"

The Sims is a fantastic, impeccable, incredible, good, great, fabulous, brilliant and highly enjoyable game. 10 out of 10!

I bought the SIMS the very first day it came out, about two years ago. I have been playing ever since. I was a big fan of Sim City and actually I can remember in 1997 when I was in the 7th grade I had an idea for a video game much like that of Sim City, but its shown as a families perspective. When I found out the game was being made, I immediately knew I wanted to buy it. Its such a fun game and the different versions are really good as well. I have all of them except for the newest version, called "unleashed". I am also hoping to buy the first console edition for the PS2. All in all, its a lot of fun, its even better if you download different skins from various internet sites and create your own world. I mean what other video game can you have "The Grinch", "Edward Sissorhands" and "Drew Carey" as roomates?

Although it's not my favorite game, the SIMS lives up to my expectations. You can control up to a family of 8 people, design them,their house and tell them what to do.You can get married, have children, get roommates...It's like the real world, and you can do everything you had always wanted too do(you get jobs as well) It's addicting at first(for about 8 hours or so), but then it gets a bit predictable and a bit boring. So I advise anyone that gets it don't blow the 8 hours real quick like I did. Live it out and have fun. I'm sure I'll be getting the 2 new{er} expansion packs, along with anything else they make for it. 3 out of 5 stars(p.s., if you want a cheat for the game, press and hold CTRL,SHIFT,AND C. THEN TYPE ROSEBUD IN THE CHEAT CONSOLE AND PRESS ENTER, FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS(SIM MONEY). THEN ACCESS THE CHEAT CONSOLE AGAIN AND TYPE!; LIKE THAT UP TO 60 TIMES, EACH TIME WORTH A THOUSAND BUCKS!!)

A comment made on here before me seem to say that the game is made FOR just women. The Sims is a series that goes about 50-50 for both genders. Women can enjoy dressing their Sims and things like that, but males like me find fun things to do in the game as well. The Sims is open to be played however the player chooses. The game has spun out to become the best selling computer game franchise in history, and was recently taken notice of when EA announced The Sims and The Sims 2 had sold 100 Million Copies worldwide. That means 100 million stories. 100 million ways to play The Sims. The Sims 3 is coming in 2009. the game will feature an open world and countless other features, and will undoubtedly be sold out in stores for weeks after the release. I would suggest Pre-Ordering a copy now, before it's too late!

This game is just amazing and incredible at the same time. You can do whatever you dreamed to do. But, No Gore! Why can't they have murderes come into the house (Burglars come, but no Murderers), They cant go to the hospital or accidentally break their arms or get them chopped off by a ham sandwich. Anyway, astounding gameplay, had me hooked from the start, suprising since my arsenal happens to be mostly FPS (First Person Shooter), RTS (Real-Time Strategy) War Games, Gory Platform games, 3-rd Person Shooters, RPG (Role-Playing Game)s like Diablo and Diablo 2 and of course, my beloved Fighting Games. Get this game. I told all my friends and they all bought it and are also hooked. I have all expansions except Vacation and Unleashed, into one game. It's fantastic! 9.5/10 (.5 percent taken away because of Minimal Violcence and No Gore)