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"The Sims" Online, and on the PS2
bahamlabs writes "Sony is is attempting to venture into the online gaming market with what is now the most popular computer game of all time, "The Sims"." It'll be interesting
to see how both the console version of the game, and the online version deal with
expansion and customization- the two things that allowed The Sims to become
among the most entertaining games ever.
It's harder to turn your housemates into lesbians in real life than it is in the Sims.
not everybody is the same. yes, that's right, different people like different things.
I spent numerous hours maintaining my Sims' social lives, cleaning their homes, and keeping them fed and rested, until I realized that I would enjoy doing those things for *myself* even more. :)
-c.
Casey
More scratches on the cave wall, thanks be to anonymity.
I know, I just don't get it either. Maybe it'll sell, maybe it won't.
What about a network enabled Grand Theft Auto?
There's a game that definetley HAS sold well on the PS2 (apart from in Auzzie). Hell, if they're that keen on the 'Sims' motif, have an expanded 'At home with the Mafia' bonus game where you can breed mafiosa (probably enacted at Luigis Club in Red Light, Portland). You know, add a few hot-tubs etc. 'Say hello to 8-ball, ladies'.
You could help out the neighbours 'Give them an offer they can't refuse' etc.
It'd be Kewl...
As for my earlier comment about Hairy Saliors playing street girls, I think we have one in the discussion already (RE:fp, score1).
From my Autobiography - "Lifestyles of the Sad and Desperate"...
I don't know why other people like it. I like it because computer processes that do stupid, self-destructive things in contravention of my direct instructions are a familiar concept from my job as a Windows programmer.
I have at least got to the point with the Sims that I don't stay up all night making sure my Sims go to bed on time.
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Sims is to games what Beaches and every Julia Roberts movie are to movies. A chick-click.
When a slashdot user says they have never met a person who likes the sims. Well, it is very possible.
oops.... i mean i heard that people do that... i read it online somewhere.
i do have to say that i never thought of that trick on my own. someone came and did it to my Sims neighborhood while i was away..... poor sims. for the creative people with issues there are many ways for sims to die (like walling them in while they sleep, which i have never tried). i think my housemate explored the possibilities after his favorite Sim died from spontanious combustion. another lesson in why you should back up your data.
I find the Sims fascinating. Over time they've concocted this hilarious idea that they evolved from pixels. This seems to have gained popular support largely because they can't experimentally confirm my existence. I could meddle, I suppose, but it's more fun watching them try to figure it out for themselves.
I spent numerous hours maintaining my Sims' social lives, cleaning their homes, and keeping them fed and rested
How very good of you. The rest of us sold all their Sims' furniture, walls and toilet and invested the money in a coffee machine. After that, the game practically plays itself.
I am a Karma Library.
Depends what you do with it...
The only time I really saw this game played was when my brother had it. His character had an attractive next door neighbor, the only problem was, she was married. So, he invited the husband into the backyard for a cookout, and then built a shed around him with no doors.
After a little while of begging to be let out, complaining that he was hungry and needed to use the bathroom, he died. My brother then started to woo the poor widow, and they were married shortly after.
So you see, almost any inane game can be made interesting... if you're sick enough. After that instance however, the game DID get rather boring rather quickly.
And yes, sometimes I do worry about him. ;^)
This may be a little off topic, but.. :) :)
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I've never actually played sims but my younger sister has every expansion pack and plays the crap out of that game. One day I was asking her about it the game, I wondered if you were able to kill/fight anyone in the game. Her answer was a hesitant no, she said, "Well, I did kill my maid, she wasn't very good at her job." "How'd you do it, if you're not allowed to kill anyone?", I asked. Here's how she did it.
1. Build a small empty room next to your house.
2. Put a fishtank or something that a maid would want to fiddle with in there.
3. Ask maid to clean fishtank.
4. Close the door by building a wall.
5. She'll starve in there.
6. Optionally, turn the room she's in into a pool, that'll cut her lifespan down to about 2 days.
My little sister freaks me out sometimes.
Ansi's and stupid tricks!
Now, you don't let them do casual things, you'd make them do things you would never (unless you're an idiot) do, like: electrocute, stunt with fireworks (in-house), drown those sims, call the police for nothing, drown them, the Sims is just like an ordinary horror game, really!
If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving definitely isn't for you.