Saturday, June 25, 2011

SIms 3 coming out with new Pets expansion pack!

The Sims has announced earlier this month that they are releasing a new Sims expansion pack, called Sims Pets, available some time this fall. Although I do not know too much about this new expansion pack, it seems like it will be pretty cool. Along side all the usual pets like cats and dogs, the new expansion pack will include horses! Here is the description of whats to come from http://www.thesims3.com/content/en_US/promo/pets/pets.htm so just click the picture to make it bigger so you can read it.
Also, here is the trailer from EA's youtube channel: 


All in all, this looks kind of fun, but im not as excited for it as I was for the generations or the night life ones. This one seems a bit boring to me, but I will let you be the judge of that.

Cool Glitch in the Sims 3

I noticed a really cool glitch (if you can call it that) that happens in The Sims 3 when you age your Toddler Sim into a Child. While they are aging, if you pause at the right moment, your Sim turns into a overgrown and stretched baby! Here is a pic to help explain:
To do this you have to have perfect timing. First of all don't fast-forward while they are aging up, just play time. Then when you see sparkles start to form around your Sim, keep pressing pause and play over and over again until the image you see on the screen appears as above. Good Luck! :) 

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The Sims 3 Generations Expansion Pack Review

Yay, I can finally post a review about the new expansion pack! The best way to explain this pack is through pictures so this is going to be kind of long :)

Young Adulthood:
My two Sims stargazing
I started out by making a young couple who would fall in love. With the new expansion pack, instead of just flirting over and over again until your Sims get into a relationship, and then get married, now the Sims can go out on dates, give each other romantic gifts like flowers, and stargaze together.
My guy Sim giving flowers to my girl Sim before going on a
date to the movies. 
When it comes time that your Sims want to get married, before the big day, they can throw bachelor/bachelorette parties. These parties are much funner then regular Sims parties because not only do they last longer (the bachelorette party lasted 11 Sim hours, and the bachelor party lasted 7 Sim hours), you can also do crazy things such as crashing on the floor, spraying "fizzy nectar" on people, as well as have dancers come to spice up the night!
A Sim spraying fizzy nectar on my Sim.
Shirtless male dancers came to my bachelorette party 
The woman dancers dressed as slutty policewoman came
to my bachelor party.
One of my Sims crashed on the floor.
After a night of partying, your Sims are finally ready to get married. To prepare, your Sims have to buy an alter to get married at, as well as wedding cake to cut after the vows are made. Also, they have to buy many chairs for the guests to sit at, and tables for the guests to eat at. I chose to have an outdoor wedding at night (because my Sims are vampires lol), but you can also do it indoors.
You may kiss the bride.

My Sims cutting the wedding cake under the stars.
Babyhood: 
After getting married, I decided to have my Sims have a child. So they got to woohooing and my Sim got pregnant with twin girls. 
The twins in their crib
There was not really anything new to do with the Sim babies, except that now you can take them on a stroll with strollers at the park.
My Sims baby in her stroller.
Toddlerhood: 
The new expansion pack comes with lots of great new backyard items to create a playground for your Sims.
The playground in my backyard. 
Once the twins aged up into toddlers, there was a bit more that I could do with them, but not much. You still have to teach the toddlers to walk/talk/use the toilet, but you can also let them play on some of the stuff on the playground, although for most of them you have to be a child. 
Teaching my Sim to walk.

Playing on the rocking toys.
Childhood:
When your kid ages up into a child, you can choose to send them to boarding school, or public school. There are different types of boarding schools to send your child to, some fancier then others. 
Limos coming to pick up my Sims to go to their expensive
boarding school.
When your child is in boarding school, they become non-playable characters, which was kind of disappointing because I wanted to be able to control my children, so I took them out of boarding school and brought them back home.

Children Sims can do a lot more then they used to be able to do. First off they can play with all the stuff at the playground, from hopscotch, to slip-n-sliding, to playing in the tree house. The tree house can also be used for woohooing with the older Sims. (hehehe) 
My Sim in the tree house. 

The twins taking turns on the slip-n-slide.
Your child Sim can also make potions with the chemistry set, and play pranks such as making the shower dye another Sims hair yellow (not permanently) or planting a whoopee cushion in the couch.
Working in the lab.

A sabotaged sink 

A prank where a scary image pops up on the computer
screen. 
Teenagehood: 
Once your Sim is a teen, they can play even more pranks (and get in trouble for doing them), they can learn to drive and receive their driving certificate, and they can throw better parties, as well as do many of the things that the child Sims can do, besides playing in the playground. 
My teen Sim getting in trouble for setting off a stink bomb.

Whats better then learning how to drive in a Ferrari California.
(The Ferrari is is a mod, not from the game)

For some odd reason, the Sims slept outside during the
sleepover. 

Pillow fight!
In the middle of the school year (a few Sim days) your sims can attend prom, either with a date, or with out. In the beginning, your Sim, and maybe date, get picked up by a white limo. 
The limo picking up my teen Sims
During the night, your Sim can be voted prom queen or king, get into a relationship with their date, get into a fight with their crushes boyfriend/girlfriend, and many other things. But you cannot control your Sim, you just receive updates while they are there. After the prom is over, your Sim comes home with a picture as a memory. 
My Sims prom photo
When you age your teen into a young adult, they also go through graduation where they receive their diploma. The graduation day comes up a few days after you age up, so don't worry if it does not happen right away. The graduation consists of your Sim going into the town hall, where you here graduation music and names being called off, then they walk out and throw their diploma in the air. You can hang your diploma on a wall or just keep it in your inventory.
My Sim tossing her diploma in the air.
Summing it Up!:
Whew, that was a lot to cover! I do not have any information on Adulthood or Old Age because I got my Sims a potion to never age past young adulthood with my life time points, so you will have to get the game to find that out. Other new thing that came with the game were the nurturing trait, and the rebellious trait. 

Overall I give this expansion pack an 8. I really liked this pack, but i feel as if they could have done a bit more with it. For example, the pack does not come with a new town, so you are stuck using the old ones. Also, i wish they made the schools a bit more interactive, like they did with jobs in the ambitions pack. But I do like that aging Sims up is not as boring as it used to be. I would recommend this pack! 

Friday, June 3, 2011

Just got the Sims Generations!

I just got the Sims 3 Generations, and so far I am liking it. I will post a review in a few days, with some pics and descriptions, so look forward to that. Here is a sneak peek:

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Countdown until Sims 3 Generations comes out!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

How to have full nightclubs!

I have heard many people complain that, as great as the nightclubs in Sims 3 Late Night expansion pack are, they are always empty. I personally find it very annoying how the clubs only have two or three Sims in them at a time, and usually the Sims do nothing, or leave right after coming. So I decided, if the Sims don't come to the night clubs on their own, Ill bring them there! Here are my steps on how to do so:

1. Make sure your Sim is a five star celebrity, and that there twelve other five star celebrities in your town. My town has 35 five star celebrities (:-}) If you don't have a lot of five star celebs in your town, but you are one, just use testingcheatsenabled on, make yourself know everyone, and then drag the friend bar up and down of a person many times until they are a five star celeb. Do this for twelve people.

2. Click your Sim, then click your phone, and use the "Throw Party At" option. This will take you to the map, and when it asks you where you would like to throw a party at, select the night club you would like make crowded.                            

3. Now it will ask you who you would like to invite. Select the 12 five star celebrities in your town that you would like to come, and also make sure that the party is NOT exclusive access. Because so many five star celebrities will be coming, this attracts both paparazzi and fans. Set the time for one hour after opening time (because if you set it for the opening time, sometimes people come early and they see that the club is still closed and leave) Go to the party when the time starts.

4. When you get to the party, you will notice many of the people will just be standing outside of the building, or waiting for an elevator depending on where the party is thrown.
To get them in the club, using the testingcheatsenabled on cheat, right click on the lot, and then click "Build On   This Lot". Then type in the cheat "moveobjects on" and you will be able to click and drag the people into the nightclub.

4. Now you have a crowded party! It is still not as crowded as I would like it to be, but it is an improvement from the usual two or three people. Once the party is over and all the invited Sims leave (usually 4 Sim hours later), for some reason many more Sims come who were not at the party, so it is like a second party! 

Hope you enjoy your Sim night out!