This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Electronic Arts' life simulation franchise sequel The Sims 3, which reviews describe as "a broad and ridiculously charming game." The Sims 3 currently earns a score of 87 out of 100 at Metacritic.com.
Samantha Nelson at The Onion's A.V. Club gives The Sims 3 a grade of A-. "A nearly overwhelming amount of options, data, and details come packed into The Sims 3," she explains. "Improving on everything from the last two editions, the newest game about running digital lives feels far more organic and customizable."
With an expensive backlog of DLC that it struggles to run on modern hardware, The Sims 3 deserves revisiting.
They all deserve a remaster, alongside the Sims City games. Sims 3 in particular should be looked at more only cause of how hot it makes PC's.
A voice actor for The Sims spoke about his experiences doing voice work for the game's fictional Simlish language, and how there was no dictionary for them
The Sims franchise has been a part of my life ever since the first game came out. It was one of two games I camped outside of a store for, the other one being Black & White.
