How the hell do you write about The Sims 3 , or at the very least, squeeze it into around 800 words? At base level, it is ostensibly the same game as the two that came before it, and their many, many expansion packs, and it is only when you get into the nitty gritty – the real detail – that The Sims...

You can hardly need reminding of The Sims series' past. It's common knowledge that EA got to the point of saturation (or perhaps even broke through it) with Will Wright's franchise. With this in mind, can The Sims 3 really reignite the world's passion for the little people?

content over the last decade, but EA aren't quite done yet. With the sheer volume of expansion packs released for the first game and its sequel, you might wonder what avenues are left for

A truly superb God Sim, this third game in the series brings a plethora of touches that enhance your simming experience. Just don't expect a revolution. This is still The Sims and that's not a bad thing.

EA's stunning life-simulator is back. Easily the best in the series, The Sims 3 is completely addictive and sure to delight fans of the franchise.

"The new engine and technologies in The Sims 3 are designed to unleash the player's imagination with realistic looking Sims who have distinct personalities and a seamless living neighborhood for them to discover," added Ben Bell, Executive Producer on The Sims 3.

Overall I think the Sims 3 is a very good game to play it's just unfortunate that many people will be disappointed when they realise they won't be able to play it on their computer. I would give it 91%.

It's worth it for the tents alone. My little one-man pyramid of canvas was bought so as not to waste precious hours returning to the hotel whilst out on a long expedition, but it was upon realising it was in my Sim's inventory on my return to homely Riverview that I realised its true worth.

Sims 3 has got to be the best Sims game and is definitely worth buying. The graphics are 100x better than Sims and Sims 2. The freedom of having an actual open world means that there is so much to explore and do. Unlike the previous Sims games you can go wherever you want whenever you want.

"Great story progression; "Open world

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The best biggest time waster!! Where should I start? This game is properly the longest game anyone sits at the computer to play on, you get to create and control your own sims and choose the life they live, good right? I am just obsessed with the sims 3, who isn't?

You can create your own sims and choose how they live

It's so good you spend hours on the computer