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%.

"From my point of view The Sims 3 it is the best version of The Sims as far as now. It is easy to play,enjoyable with more options and choices to make! Graphics are very good and Sims look more close to the real life than they look in the previous versions of The Sims.In this Sims you are able to...

Sims are more real,You can see what your sim does when he visit a commuty lot

Don't have

Bought this game for my laptop which is coming on 5 years old now and runs with Windows Vista. It's an Acer Aspire 5735 nothing particularly fancy and I'm not having much problems so far. The game runs fine without lagging.

I recently bought The Sims Pets (Extension Pack) for my daughter's birthday (not from Argos), not realising that we first needed to buy her The Sims 3 PC Game. I bought her The Sims 3 PC game from Argos and she loves it as she can now play the pets game. Confused? So was I.