That's Amore from The Sims 3 Store!

Today another milestone is reached in The Sims 3 history.

The last set from The Sims 3 Store.  :(

Hey Simmers!

We’re really excited to start talking about our August release! Prepare to be swept away by the love, romance, and quaint charm inspired by Venice. Woo the love of your Sim’s life by creating an enchanting Gondola ride with five different canal pieces surrounded by beautiful Venetian décor.  We can’t wait to see the unique stories you create and share with each other!

While this is the final new content release from The Sims 3 Store, we do want to thank you for being such great fans and supporting The Sims 3 Store through some amazing times. We’ve put together a free sportswear set as a special “thank you” gift, and you can download it here!

As a friendly reminder, SimPoints are non-transferable and can only be redeemed within The Sims 3 Store. The Sims 3 Store is staying open so you can continue to access all of the great content we’ve made over the years.

We hope you will enjoy the final Store content and that you are getting as excited about The Sims 4 as we are! The team is hard at work putting all the finishing touches on game before it releases this September.

Have Fun!

The Sims 3 Store 

This kinda has me bummed but I guess it's expected.  One point of note here.  Sim Points are only able to be used in the Sims 3 Store.  Probably because of the new premium set up they have planned.  Not sure how I feel about that probably get more into it when more details are released.  

As of now we're only just over a month to go before release.  Yay, I guess.  Got other stuff to worry about  before I get The Sims 4.  And I'm still enjoying The Sims 3.  And a little bit of The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.  If I could just play it without my sim's head exploding I'd enjoy it more.  There's a fix for the graphics issues but I don't think I care enough to do it.  

Farewell, Sims 3 Store!  You've added many fun things to my game.  Now just get your act together and free up the Savvy Seller's set without having to buy that stupid world!  Thanks much!

Go 4th and Sim!

The Sims 4: Gameplay Walkthrough Official Trailer

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!  HERE IT IS!! WHAT EVERY SIMMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

This...



And more importantly, MY opinion of it.  Yeah.

Well, it was in game footage.

Not exactly live game play and mostly a setup.

Okay, the world is looking nice.

But most of all I love the build mode/gallery options.  I can get flaky with my playing and sometimes just want to change up the house my sims live in.  Well, if I get that urge playing the Sims 4...BOOM!  New house.  Won't even have to wait until they walk off the lot  >:(  to give them a brand new house.

Lots of loading screens.  But if I'm not mistaken one of the words going across the bottom was "Shaving llamas"  WTF??

Overall, still not knocking my proverbial socks off.  It is a very VIBRANT looking game and yes, I mean that in all caps.  Did Katy Perry have a hand in the design?  Where are the giant bananas?

Will I be getting it?  Of course!  Simmer for life!  It's just a matter of when.  I like where I am with Sims 3 and don't really see a need to move on right now.

And maybe I'm just a little grumpy that I still don't have access to the CAS Demo.  Okay, a lot grumpy.

Go 4th and Sim!

Random Sims Musings 7-8-14 Pondering Edition

Now that most of the outrage has died down from NO POOLS?  NO TODDLERS? NO MONEY EA! announcement, let's put things in perspective....yeah, not getting much on that front.

Okay how about this...The Sims Franchise is 14 years old.  There's been 3 computer games.  I'm gonna say probably 10 console games.  A few online versions.  And The Sims Medieval, The Sims Stories games and The Urbz (those only get their own line because they're kind of spin-offs)   There's a lot of veteran players, plenty who have been playing since Day 1 <raises hand> and have tried multiple other versions <raises hand again>.

That is a lot of material to draw from.  I can certainly see the influence of some of the other games that have crept into The Sims 4.  Which is good because with all that history why not pull from it?  And I'm sure it's incredibly difficult to sit down and figure out how to make the next game new and the same.  Have enough of old and new stuff to draw back long time players.  I'm not even going to try to include how to get new players in on this because I have no idea and it hurts my head to figure that out.

Now speaking as a veteran Simmer I think there are certain expectations that I have going into a new version.  Perhaps even things that are taken from granted that would be in the base game.  Stuff that I wouldn't even think twice about how it should or shouldn't be in the game.  Toddlers and pools are on that list.

I feel bad that the Sim Gurus had such hatred thrown their way.  I'm sure they put their all into putting The Sims 4 together.  But a lot of what has been shared so far seems like a step back.  I'm not really caring about the new walk styles but the emotions are intriguing me.  I can see from a gameplay stand where they're going with it.

I'm still having mixed feelings about this whole new game.  Still taking a wait and see stance on it.  For right now I'm still having fun with The Sims 3 and even dabbling again with The Sims 2 (turns out I don't hate it as much as I thought).  There's more stuff that's coming including the CAS demo and an actual game play video.  Maybe that will do stuff to calm the masses.

Go 4th and Sim!