The Sims 3

Robalini's Note: As early as 2004, I concluded the finest mass artistic creations of this decade were not in film, music, television or literature, but rather in video games via the two series Grand Theft Auto and The Sims. The Sims 3, due out next February, appears to only to confirm its elite status. The number one reason: the stunning neighborhood created for the game. Check the Website below for more details...

The Sims 3
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What if you had to live your whole life in one location … and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighborhood?

The Sims 3 lets you immerse truly unique Sims in an open, living neighborhood just outside their door! The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

Explore a Seamless, Living Neighborhood

Your Sims can roam throughout their neighborhood, visit neighbors’ homes, and explore the surroundings. They can stroll downtown to hang out with friends, meet someone new at the park, or run into colleagues on the street. If your Sims are in the right place at the right time, who knows what might happen?
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Create a Sim

New easy-to-use design tools allow for unlimited customization to make truly individual Sims. Determine your Sims’ shape and size, from thin to full-figured to muscular—and everything in between! Choose your Sims’ facial features, their skin tone, hair color and style, eye shape and color, and select their clothing and accessories.

Personality Traits System

Create realistic Sims with distinctive personalities. Select from dozens of personality traits and combine them in fun ways. The combination of traits you choose—brave, artistic, loner, perfectionist, klepto, romantic, clumsy, paranoid, and much, much more—help shape the behavior of your Sims and how they interact with other Sims. They are complex individuals with unique personalities who can now rise above their basic set of everyday needs.

New Customize Everything

Build your dream house and design the ultimate home. Customize everything from floors to décor, shirts to sofas, wallpaper to window shades. It’s fun and easy to change colors and patterns, giving you endless personalization options. Or you can choose to easily populate your Sims’ neighborhood with pre-designed buildings and furnishings. Which of your Sims will live in high-end mansions, cool bachelor pads, ultimate dream homes, or cozy cottages ?

Gameplay

The Sims 3 features new gameplay that’s rewarding and quick to play. There’s more to your Sims’ lives in The Sims 3. Enjoy the challenge of short-term and long-term goals and then reap the rewards!