Author Topic: The Sims (Read 1079 times)

eskimo2 · « **on:** February 27, 2003, 04:52:40 AM »

I read that this is the biggest MMOG ever.

Why?
Anyone ever played it?
Or know someone who plays it?
Watched someone play it?

What the heck do people do in this game?
Why do they like it so much?
Do they have any prop planes with guns in it?

eskimo

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2003, 05:02:32 AM »

It's a role playing game for women and children.

It's all about human relations, no fighting or prop planes.

Fogettaboutit. Your girlfriend might love it though.. prepare to buy another computer.

Dowding · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2003, 07:23:48 AM »

The Sims is the stupidest, most anal game I've ever played. I think it lasted about 15 minutes on my hard drive. I just don't get why people think it's so worthy of spending cash on the multitude of sad expansions like 'Hot Date'. Or downloading patches so your Sims can appear nude.

The online version sounds like torture.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2003, 08:21:13 AM »

I had the same reaction. Being a big Sim City guy, and reading the great reviews the game got, I tried it. Gave it about a week before it was deleted.

You "play life." toejam - what youre doing right now? Sitting on a computer? Thats the game. Then you brush your teeth and go to work... then come home, eat, toejam, shower, shave... watch TV... you get the idea.

EDIT: Damn my spelling sucks.

SOB · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2003, 09:26:12 AM »

I've enjoyed Sim City since playing the first version on my dad's computer in high school. That's why I bought the Sims. It didn't take long to realize I had just wasted 50 bucks. What a turd. I decided to put another half hour into it, during which I made my little sim suffer and go mad by not letting him sleep or eat or sit down. That'll teach 'em! Then I wiped that poop off my hard drive.

SOB

Nifty · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2003, 09:37:10 AM »

the only thing good about The Sims was you could torture the little bastards.

That said, I think the draw for other people is that they can make themselves feel better by having either a) a Sim that does really well and gives that "I could accomplish this IRL" feeling or b) driving the Sim into the ground and giving that "now that guy is worse off than me!" feeling. Both are pretty lame, IMO, but there are a lot of people out there that it would work with (as you can see by all the copies of The Sims that has been sold.)

The online game hasn't sold well, to the best of my knowledge. I wouldn't think it could capture the brief fun that was the original game (that is, torturing your Sim families.) I guess you could get the game and be a jerk to people which might be kinda fun. Not worth a monthly fee though.

Eagler · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2003, 10:09:36 AM »

The Sims looks like a program for ppl with even less of a life than those of us who idle away hours flying virtual WW2 planes

Erlkonig · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2003, 10:18:22 AM »

I played over a few days a couple years back. My main beef is that it's too much like real life - most of the game is spent guiding your character along mundane routine. Why would I to spend my leisure time role-playing the boring details of modern life? So I guess the designers succeeded in what they set out to achieve; its just not my idea of a fun game.

Airhead · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2003, 10:26:38 AM »

My daughter played that game. Once I downloaded that pig and put it in her house and she had pig crap everywhere. Another time I had all the Sims go swimming and I removed the ladders while they were in the pool and they drowned, one by one. Beats the heck out of vulching newbies for fun.

Creamo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2003, 10:35:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
I had the same reaction. Being a big Sim City, and reading the great reviews the game got, I tried it. Gave it about a week before it was deleted.

You "play life." toejam - what youre doing right now? Sitting on a computer? Thats the game. They you brush your teeth and go to work... then come home, eat, toejam, shower, shave... watch TV... you get the idea.

That's what it is? I didn't read many reviews, but it's insanely popular. How on earth can it sell?

Mini D · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2003, 10:41:21 AM »

Mindless fun sells. Hell, I know people that bought new PCs just so they could play solitare at home after getting addicted to it at work. And that's all they do with the PC.

MiniD

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2003, 11:06:23 AM »

Yeah, thats what the game is.

1. Create your Sim. Hair color, glasses, clothes, etc.

2. Buy your Sim a house.

3. Furnish house.

4. Put Sim in house.

5. Um... play Sim's.

A day in the life of a Sim:

Alarm goes off at 5:30AM. Get up, take a piss. Flush toilet. Take a shower. Get some breakfast from the fridge. Clean up after breakfast. Wash dishes. Go outside and get paper. Bring paper back in. Car comes, go to work.

Hours go by. (game-time)

Get home, pick up phone, order Pizza. Take out trash while you wait. Clean bathroom if Pizza is late. Pizza arrives. East Pizza. Interupted by some dumb married broad who lives down the street. Slap her ass. She gets pissed, leaves. Finish easting Pizza. Throw out box. Clean up plate. Sit down and watch TV. Get up and turn on computer. Get off computer. Go to bathroom. Flush toilet. Take shower. Change clothes. Set alarm for 5:30AM. Go to bed.

Hours go by (game-time)

Repeat.

Sounds like fun eh? Its not.

udet · « **Reply #12 on:** February 27, 2003, 12:35:47 PM »

I never played the Sims. I guess some people have such a boring life that they strive to create another in a game. Sounds really stupid the more I think about it, except for the part where you could torture your sims- and that pales in comparison with playing AH and shooting down real people.

Airhead · « **Reply #13 on:** February 27, 2003, 01:10:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Yeah, thats what the game is.

1. Create your Sim. Hair color, glasses, clothes, etc.

2. Buy your Sim a house.

3. Furnish house.

4. Put Sim in house.

5. Um... play Sim's.

A day in the life of a Sim:

Alarm goes off at 5:30AM. Get up, take a piss. Flush toilet. Take a shower. Get some breakfast from the fridge. Clean up after breakfast. Wash dishes. Go outside and get paper. Bring paper back in. Car comes, go to work.

Hours go by. (game-time)

Get home, pick up phone, order Pizza. Take out trash while you wait. Clean bathroom if Pizza is late. Pizza arrives. East Pizza. Interupted by some dumb married broad who lives down the street. Slap her ass. She gets pissed, leaves. Finish easting Pizza. Throw out box. Clean up plate. Sit down and watch TV. Get up and turn on computer. Get off computer. Go to bathroom. Flush toilet. Take shower. Change clothes. Set alarm for 5:30AM. Go to bed.

Hours go by (game-time)

Repeat.

Sounds like fun eh? Its not.

Oh My God...I think I'm a Sim. Quick, someone pause my life the next time I'm in the swimming pool and delete the pool ladder.

vorticon · « **Reply #14 on:** February 27, 2003, 01:18:09 PM »

game is stupid...thats why it has the most expansions of any game just to keep it "fun"

as for biggest they must mean it in HARD DRIVE SPACE wasted...whos gonna spend 50 more bucks to play a stupid game with other people for 1 month then spending another 50 bucks a month just to keep doing it...

anyway the biggest multiplayer online game has 12 servers with 1000 people max all filled up all the time (a total of over 500 000 registered characters)