The Sims 3 GAME Exclusive Collectors Edition (PC)

Release Date: 05/06/2009

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The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition - only available from GAME - includes The Sims 3 game and all this exclusive bonus content:

  • 2 GB Plumbob USB drive and Carabiner
  • European Sports Car Download
  • New The Sims 3 theme music
  • Prima Tips & Hints Guide
  • £5 in SimPoints to shop at The Sims 3 Store

The Sims 3 Collector's Edition gives you more creative control of your Sims and their environment than ever before. With a constantly evolving neighbourhood, all-new quick challenges and loads of exclusive extras, it gives you the freedom to influence your Sims' destinies and make their wishes come true, or not, depending on your mood! Prepare yourself for endless possibilities and unexpected moments of mischief and surprise . . .

  • Developer: EA Games
  • Publisher: EA Games
Reviews

Game Reviews

Sim when you're winning

The Sims is one of those rare franchises that attracts both male and female gamers in vast numbers. The appeal of controlling the day-to-day life of your own little person is well established, with the series achieving record-breaking sales. So what can The Sims 3 bring to the party to keep the flag flying? How about if you could not only explore your neighbourhood seamlessly, but you could interact with the whole town and everyone in it? Sounds good? Read on my friend.

In the beginning...

The Sims 3 starts off as you'd expect. You choose where you'd like to live and who you'd like to be. But what's new here is the mind-boggling level of customisation available to you. If you liked the wide choice of characters in The Sims, you'll love this.

You can choose up to five complex traits from the dozens on offer, including insabe, evil, daredevil and kleptomaniac.

You can select and tweak your character's age, gender, skin, body shape, make-up, clothes and accessories. Then move on to the really fun bit - personality. The Sims 3 lets you choose up to five complex traits from the dozens on offer, including insane, evil, daredevil and kleptomaniac, and add even further depth to your character with a lifetime goal. You might aim to become Emperor of Evil, if you're so inclined.

Fans of the series won't be able to suppress an appreciative smile and maybe even a raised eyebrow when it comes to setting up your character's home. The choice of furniture and clutter in The Sims 3 is vast and it's all fully customisable so you can co-ordinate everything to match your car or even your shoes. And now you have the option of 360¡ object placement, as well as Wall Drag, which automatically repositions your objects should you decide to move a wall to give your character a little more space.

Reality check

Now you're all set up it's time to face the real world and choose a job from the wide selection on offer. But hold on, the world in The Sims 3 really is, well, real. You can seamlessly roam around the town (without waiting for new houses to load) and watch the townspeople getting on with their lives. Everyone's life story remains consistent throughout gameplay and the townspeople all act and react according to their psychological profile. Talk to anyone. Upset them if you like.

Wet your pants in public and little Marvin won't be able to face seeing anyone for quite some time.

In the Sims 3, your character's mood is no longer on a simplistic sliding scale. As the characters experience life events, big or small, they pick up 'Moodlets', which affect their mood and personality in a complex range of ways and for varying lengths of time. Fulfil a minor wish and your character will be elated. Wet your pants in public and little Marvin won't be able to face seeing anyone for quite some time.

Home movies

If you're one of the tens of thousands of gamers who've made movies using sequences from your Sim character's life and then posted it on YouTube, you'll be able to put the Movie Mashup feature in The Sims 3 to good use. Fancy recreating scenes from your favourite films using your character, or making a Sims movie of your own? The Sims 3 has it's own software built in to help you film and edit your movie and then add music and effects. Then share it with your mates.

GAME's Verdict
plus points
  • Long-term gaming appeal.
  • A wacky sense of humour.
  • Hugely customisable.
  • Complex and deep characters and emotions.
minus points
  • Addictive.
  • The babble of Simlish - you either love it or you hate it.

Review by: Simon 'Sim1' Kirrane
Version Tested: PC
Review Published: 29.05.09

User Reviews

amanda cane posted on 28 Sep 2009
this is the best game ever my son loves it more graphics also! i love this game!
Maria Perruzza posted on 24 Jul 2009
The Sims franchise is a rare gem in gaming, a unique genre with few points of comparison. With this is mind, the game's only real competition comes from its predecessors whose well-known userbase of casual gamers may need a little more persausion than their 'hardcore', sims-playing counterparts to purchase a new game. Those that do will find themselves well-rewarded as the Sims 3 improves on previous installments in almost everyway. The personality system has revcieved a complete overhaul making Sim's more varied and realistic than ever before and you will find the inevitabley created sim-versions of your friends behaving in spookily similar ways. Whilst the new seamless environment removes the tedious loading times from the Sims2 and adds a new level of depth and exploration to the game, in-house activities remain largely unchanged so Sims fans should settle back in to their familiar, absurd little world with little to no problems - it's just leaving it that may prove difficult.
Samantha Sinclair posted on 21 Jul 2009
The Sims 3 is an altogether different way of playing the game than the Sims2, and Original Sims. The traits system when designing your sims has improved from the points/starsign system. Now you get to choose such things as Charismatic/easily Impressed/Kleptomaniac It is a totally different style of playing, mostly concentrating on a single family, and building up the generations. The remainder of the neighbourhood ages around you. And is automatically spawning generations and creating other family trees. Internet access is recommended for this game, as most extra content is available via the new Sims 3 website. The collectors edition gives you a handy USB which has a few goodies installed, Such as music and wallpapers. Along with £6 worth of Simpoints to spend in the Sims3 Store. If you are a dedicated Sims Fan, this game may have a slight learning curve. But once thats mastered, you should be pleasantly surprised at the new features.
Paulo Martins posted on 19 Jul 2009
I've pre-ordered the Sims 3 Collector's Edition to offer as a gift for my girlfriend who's been a Sims' fan since the first installment. Useless to say she was overjoyed when I gave it to her. The order itself arrived at perfect conditions as always when I order from GAME. About the game, well I'm not the one who can comment it since I'm not a Sims fan, but I can tell it must be great since my girlfriend has been playing it every day since we got it at release date!
Alexandria Cooper posted on 16 Jul 2009
The new Sims allows you to explore the town without having to wait for the game to load a public area. Also you are able to have one sim at home and another at a park and easily click between the two of them or even multiple sims all over the place. You can greatly customise your sim... from a filrt to shy which means that if you really wanted to, you could make all your close friends and family. The only bad side is that the game only initally has one city but more can be downloaded. I would recommend it to anyone that loves Sims and especially to ppl that hated waiting for the public area or places you were visiting with your sims to load on sims2.
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