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1791. IGN Update: Nominees and TSO review

Written on Tuesday 14 January 2003 at 23:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN PChas had a few updates recently, with several nice things. First of all, Vacation and Unleashed are nominated for the best expansion pack of 2002, according to their readers. Also, The Sims Online is nominated for best persistent world game - games that simulate real-life - of 2002. You can e-mail IGN to submit your vote if you want any other game than the nominated ones to win. Otherwise just participate in their poll to tell what game you like the most. Also, IGN put up a list of the 50 most wanted (and to-be-released) titles of 2003 (on all platforms), made using their free feature: the wish-list. SimCity 4 is in this list at number 30. Other Maxis games are not in this list, as there are no others announced already that are yet to be released... And The Sims on PS2 just didn't make it. The nominees for the awards awards for the best games on PS2 aren't available yet. Finally, there's a TSO review.... Read More!

1792. Gaming Nexus reviews TSO

Written on Monday 13 January 2003 at 22:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Another TSO review has been written, this time at Gaming Nexus. Although the game gets a final score of 8.3, the reviewer is not too happy about TSO at some points. For instance the graphics:

"Im a little disturbed by the graphics as the majority of the visuals appear to be recycled from previous Sims titles. A graphical update is long overdue and with the upcoming release of the Sims PS2 I think were all aware of what the Maxis graphics designers are capable of. Edges are sharp, textures are blurry and the entire game as a whole looks completely dated. The animations in particular are pretty lackadaisical."

The review consists of a description of the game on the first 2 pages, where the installation in talked about a bit, and from the start of the game it goes to describing setting up a business. The complaining starts with how career-focused the game is, there is not enough in it to stimulate interactions with other Sims. Gaming Nexus concludes with saying the game seems to be incomplete yet, and that it's better to wait until most promised features have been put in the game. The whole review is 4 pages long and can be found at this page. For a list of other reviews, visit our review index.

1793. Probably no expansions for Linux

Written on Thursday 9 January 2003 at 19:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After finding out about the offer to get The Sims for Linux together with a TransGaming T-shirt, I contacted TransGaming asking info about possible expansion packs for Linux. The answer is, unfortunately, that that won't come. I got this from TransGaming:

"We are considering getting The Sims Expansion packs runnning with WineX but currently do not have the resources to put towards such a product. It was brought up in our voting section in previous polls and our subscribers have voted it very low."

In that poll, 819 people voted and the rating was -321 in total. That may sound confusing, but this page might clear things up a bit. The poll was held in November 2002, and is closed now. If there will ever be expansions on Linux, then they probably won't come before The Sims 2 is out. Also note that the regular expansion packs for Windows will not work on Linux, neither will The Sims Online.

1794. SimDay: One more TSO review

Written on Thursday 9 January 2003 at 19:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's SimDay, the first after Maxis' holidays, brings only one new item, a review at TechTV.com. All the other items have been posted about before. That's why we're going to skip the news about the new official UK site, the massive amount of New Year's Eve parties, and the announcement of new TSO features that we'll see soon. Now the review:

"Also, if you do not already have one, you must register an account with EA.com. (AOL subscribers will have the option to use their current account information.) The only hurdle left to clear is choosing a payment option. You can charge the $9.95 monthly fee or buy pre-paid subscription cards. If you were to purchase the game now and have a fast Internet connection, you could make it through all of these steps in around 15 minutes and be ready to start the game."

TechTV rates it 4 of 5 stars, which is pretty good. There's a nice headline at the page too: "Watch tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday 1/11 at 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Eastern." Check out TechTV at those times for, I guess, more about The Sims Online. Click here for the full review, or here for our review index.

1795. SuperStar Fake after all?

Written on Thursday 9 January 2003 at 02:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Despite earlier rumours which appeared to be true about The Sims Superstar, a new expansion pack for The Sims, it now seems to be false again. We first reported about it in December, telling a site in New Zealand had the product up as pre-order. However, the page now shows nothing related to The Sims or any possible add-on anymore. Also, Maxis has contacted our affiliate SimGateway to remove posts regarding SuperStar. Another Australian site is still showing it as pre-order, but that may be removed soon. That only leaves the question what 7th expansion pack Will Wright was talking about in a German magazine - unless that was meant ironically, like the Sums and the Sams. This makes it all quite unlikely again that The Sims Superstar will ever be seen again, but we never know. If this expansion pack isn't coming, then we might even get to see The Sims 2 in the shops by the second quarter of this year - they won't have to keep it (approximately) 6 months away from SuperStar then. However, as they will probably show it on the E3, it will be late May or else probably after the summer before The Sims 2 will actually be released. But then again, it could also become 2004... Maxis knows, we don't...

1796. New TSO features announced

Written on Thursday 9 January 2003 at 01:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims Online is out for about two weeks now, and EA has announced some new things that will be seen very soon. Players can expect several new objects, including a "Band object" for the musical groups of sims, or a set of casino objects for those who want to relax a bit. It will also be possible to trade objects with other players, so you can earn an extra bit of money. The other thing that's coming soon is the possibility of creating custom objects. Rumours go that these objects will have to be confirmed and validated by Maxis before they're allowed to be put in the game. However, the press release doesn't mention that... The press release, which also has 3 short stories of the latest happenings in TSO in it, can be found at this page at EA Games.

1797. New poll again

Written on Thursday 9 January 2003 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've added another new poll that we want you to participate in: we want to know how long one session of playing The Sims takes. Do you play just a few minutes a time, or can you spend more than 6 hours in one go playing the game? Let us know, by voting on the right or on this page. Last week's poll had a somewhat surprising result: over 50% of your Sims didn't celebrate christmas. 51.46% (53) of the 103 people who voted said not to have played The Sims during Christmas. 13.59% (14 votes) of the sims didn't even deserve a Christmas celebration, according to their 'gods'. The same amount of Sims had a full celebration though, with cookies, a christmas tree, a fireplace and Santa of course. 12 Players (11.65%) told us that some families celebrated the holidays, but not all of them. The other two results finished together, with 5 votes each (4.85%): "They just got a big dinner or a turkey..." and "Only one family did". Another new poll will be up next week... Until then, there's the new poll mentioned at the start of this post. You can visit the poll archive here.

1798. The Sims for Linux + T-Shirt offer

Written on Wednesday 8 January 2003 at 22:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

For those who have Linux, TransGaming has an interesting offer. Although this news is quite late (it's a special holidays offer), it still seems to be there. You can buy The Sims - separately from the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition for the first time. With that, you'll also get a nice TransGaming T-shirt. Note that this only is for the original version of the game, and you need Linux for it to run (it will NOT run on Windows or Macintosh!). Go to this page to order the pack, it costs $34.99. From this page you can also order the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition which includes The Sims too, as well as other things. Note that the Linux pack is not for those who are relatively new to computers. It's also just a limited time offer, so you have to decide quickly.

1799. The 100 most wanted: TSO on 20, SimCity 4th

Written on Tuesday 7 January 2003 at 23:59 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN.com has posted a list of the 100 most wanted games at 3 January 2003. The checked the wishlists of released and unreleased games from the IGN readers, and made lists for each platform. The wishlists were made by readers of IGN using the free wishlist functionality at users.ign.com. Titles from Maxis occur in the lists quite a few times:

PC:
4: SimCity 4
20: The Sims Online
55: The Sims Unleashed
57: The Sims Deluxe
81: The Sims: Vacation
91: The Sims: Hot Date
(Full list)

PlayStation 2:
47: The Sims
(Full list)

1800. More TSO reviews

Written on Tuesday 7 January 2003 at 22:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There are two more reviews of The Sims Online, the online version of The Sims that may flop if Maxis and EA aren't careful... First of all, there's GameSpot, which has added 16 new screenshots (still free) and a video review for GameSpot Complete members. The review isn't too positive: it criticises the limits that the game has at this point. There was also a mention of lag, even on broadband, but performance has been improved since the release. To read it, click here. They gave TSO a 6.7 - at the time or writing 334 readers gave the game a 5.6. The other review is much more positive... Read More!