Sims 3 () for Windows

For most of the past decade, The Sims franchise has maintained a permanent presence on the Top 10 sales charts of PC games. Often, it occupied multiple slots on those charts. That's because for every hardcore gamer who scoffs at The Sims, there are many more non-traditional gamers who love the series. Yes, many of those people are female. That makes it easy for some to simply describe The Sims as the equivalent of a virtual dollhouse, but that oversimplifies things. The Sims, like almost any game, is about living a different life than your own. Some people escape reality by diving into MMOs. Others jump straight into shooters. It turns out that whole bunches of people turn to The Sims. And in this regard, The Sims 3 won't disappoint. With the third chapter in the series, EA has introduced some overdue growth and made some bold changes, yet much of this brave new world's potential remains relatively untapped.

I've been a fan of The Sims since the very beginning; Will Wright's idea of letting you control virtual people in their everyday lives taps that desire that we all have to be ruler of the world and tell everyone else where to stuff it. The Sims is the closest that many of us will ever get to Ed Harris' character in The Truman Show; that's the movie where he plays the director who gets to "cue the sun" and manipulate events around the unsuspecting Truman Burbank, played by Jim Carrey. The thing is, Truman doesn't realize that the quaint, coastal town that he lives in is in fact a carefully staged set and that his every move is caught on camera and beamed to the outside world. The Truman Show is an apt description for The Sims 3, because it too takes place in a quaint, coastal town that your sims can go out and explore. Yet wherever they go, you'll be carefully watching.

I have recently bought the Sims 3 for pc and also have the sims3 for xbox 360. i think the pc version is better and you can add even MORE details to your sim than on the xbox!! This game works perfect on my Windows Vista laptop and i had no problems at all with installing it! :) very very happy!

Bought this product as a present for my daughter for Christmas, she loves the SIMS.
I personally find it a little mature for 12 year olds some of the sexual content in my eyes is unsuitable.

Good fun game, shame the graphics haven't improved since Sims 2 but it's good fun nonetheless. I wish you could run several families actively instead of 1 per game though.

Great game!!!!Love it;)You must have it;)
Great fun especially for girls age 13-101;)
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