This game, simply put is a lot of fun (coming from an old time player of the Original). I've spent over ten hours with the game so far, creating a solo character to start out with, then other families in the town to interact with: 95 percent of my time devoted to actually playing and progressing my character. There have been many new additions added to the game which you will notice right from the get-go, such as: + Bigger, more jam-packed menu: You'll notice more details popups, more buttons, more options, but all still very inviting. + Asperations: These are almost like daily minigames with small rewards. Each day you will get a new set of goals to persue, be it buy something expensive (if you aspire to wealth), or make new friends (if you aspire to friendship). + Gripe-be-Gone: In the old The Sims, I personally hated how careers were dealt with. It was required to maintain a absurd flurry of friends to move up in the career ladder, this has thus far seemed to be fixed (in regards to the millitary path, anyhow). Now you can actually get ahead without having to go through the anoyying process of just keeping contacts. + The ability to build houses has now been expanded with things such as two-story windows, ability to actually use diagonal walls (putting doors on them, etc.), and much more. + Once the community starts building on this game, it will just get better. + It's fully 3D. 'Nuff Said. So, after dumping over ten hours into this game, I think this game is very solid, is fun, and offers a lot of replay value once the community starts picking up (the amount of items out of the box isn't as expansive as I would have liked it to be). Only gripe so far, which can be fixed - Where's the classical music? I used to have it on 24/7 in all of my old pads!
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