
IGN writes: "We've covered the basics on how The Sims 3 works on consoles, so when I got my hands on the game I decided to mess around and see what happened. It took me some time to get the hang of the console controls, and while I was better by the end of my short demo, I still hadn't mastered it. The analog sticks move the selection cursor around and handle zooming in and out of the scene, while pushing up or down on the D-pad switches between the levels of buildings. Technically it's pretty simple, but working your way around the world does take some getting used to".

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.