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741. Poll Change

Written on Thursday 30 January 2003 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As every week, we have a new poll for you again. This week we're asking you how well the children of your sims are doing at school. Please let us know if they're getting high grades or if they're sent off to military school, by voting on the right, or by going to this page. And for the results of last week's poll: we received 114 nice votes to the question "What's your favourite type of skins?". Most people like the normal ones the best: 42 people (37%) went for that option. Celebrities are also popular, with 24 votes (21%). The following three follow each other closely, with the wacky weird sims making it to the third place with 15 votes (13%). Fourth are the cartoon & comic super-heroes with 13 votes (11%). With just one vote less (which makes 12 votes or 10.5%), "I make skins of people I know, and use those" comes fifth. And last and least are the regular skins that come with the game: only 8 people (7%) voted for that option. That concludes these poll results, now vote for the new one. To go back in history, you can browse our poll archive.

742. The Sims PS2 at Games Domain

Written on Monday 27 January 2003 at 23:02 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The gaming site Games Domain has reviewed The Sims for PS2 too now. Here's what they say about the controlling of your favourite characters:

"For the most part, the transition from mouse control to gamepad works surprisingly well. Though the gamepad lacks the speed and intuitiveness of the excellent PC interface, it is more than up to the job. The only deficiency comes through in design mode, which makes building houses a serious chore for the detail oriented. For most gamers, this shortcoming can be easily overlooked, but for budding architects that spend considerable time and attention building the perfect home, the frustrating controls can become a real nuisance. Most players, though, will be satisfied moving into pre-built homes and won't find the gamepad interface the least bit limiting."

Also, one of the cons is that is misses new stuff from the latest expansion packs. They don't really recommend the game to those who have the PC game. In fact, they say it's better to have the PC version rather than the PS2 version, simply because on the PC (and Mac for that matter) you can add a lot of stuff. It's still a good game though, but for the multiplayer mode PC players should probably wait for The Sims 2, which will most likely contain similar features. The whole review is right here, and our review index is here, with a full list of all the reviews of The Sims (PS2) so far.

743. SimDay: nothing much...

Written on Thursday 23 January 2003 at 20:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Just a few things this SimDay, but nothing much. First of all, an official site for The Sims has been launched again, this time in Danish. It looks like most other European sites (except the UK one), and is at www.Sims.dk. Furthermore you can take an animated tour through SimCity4. Take a look at the SimCity4 site. Next, the 'Intel Gila Monster' is now available for everybody, also international users. You can download it under Get Cool Stuff at the official site. Finally, there's a new review of The Sims on the PS2 at Game Rankings. And they find the game stunning:

"Take this example from my Sim's life. I had a guy living with 2 women, involved with one intimately while on the side trying to do the same with the other. When his "mate" found this out she slaps him and their relationship begins to deteriorate. It gets worse when his "mate" sets the kitchen on fire, thus by killing herself accidentally. He then becomes depressed over the loss and still rejected by the other girl in his life thusby refusing to work, shower, eat or even sleep. Needless to say I failed to remove him from this slump and he eventually perished from starvation!"

With a 10 out of 10 score, they find the game perfect. Read all of it at this page. For more The Sims at PS2 reviews, go to our review index.

744. Skinny poll

Written on Thursday 23 January 2003 at 01:10 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we asked you how much you download for The Sims. And here are the results:

41.38% (48 votes): I download more than I play the game

17.24% (20 votes): I don't download too much, just some items every now and then

15.52% (18 votes): I get something new just a few times per week

12.93% (15 votes): I don't know how to get downloads into my game!!

12.07% (14 votes): Just some new stuff every day

0.86% (1 vote): I don't download anything at all, I stick to the original stuff

For the 12.93% of these people, who don't know how to put downloads into their game, visit our updated FAQ where you can find some ways of installing downloads. This week, we have another poll about downloads, specifically about skins. Let us know what sort of skins you prefer: wacky ones, cartoon heroes, celebrities, relatives of yourself, normal skins or just those that come with the game? Vote on the right, or this page

 

745. Lots of die-hard The Sims fans

Written on Thursday 16 January 2003 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There are a lot of die-hard fans of The Sims. We can conclude that from our previous poll. The question was how long your sessions of playing The Sims take. Absolutely nobody said they play just a few minutes before stopping again. Only 8 people (5.63%) voted they play between 30 and 60 minutes per session. Quite a lot of fans play between 1 and 2 hours in a go: 40 votes, which is 28.17% of the 143 votes. By far the most, with 48 votes (33.80%) comes the time between 2 and 4 hours. A bit less again is a play time of 4 to 6 hours, with 18 votes (12.68%). And the final result is quite a surprise: nearly 20% (28 votes) plays the game for more than 6 hours without turning it off.

The new poll is about your download behaviour: do you download a lot, or don't you download files for The Sims at all. As always you can let us know by voting on the right, or by going to our latest poll page. For all our older polls, visit the archive.

746. 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!

747. 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.

748. New Downtown Area and Windows

Written on Friday 10 January 2003 at 09:59 by Jendea - 0 comments.

For your sims cultural enhancement, I've added an Art Gallery for Lot 22. Also, I added the Downtown Windows Pack that I made for the gallery. The window pack includes four matching plateglass windows that I thought would be good for that "wall of glass" feel in downtown areas. Note: be careful about taking sims that are already bored to the art gallery - lol - it wasn't exactly designed for fast-paced entertainment. You may want to let them go dancing or to the pub afterward.

749. 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...

750. 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.