The Sims 3

The last Sim game that I am familiar with is called the Sims 3. Its a completely new and improved version of the Sims, and truthfully I can't get enough of it. In this game your Sims now can change the colors of any item in their homes. This is a great feature in the game because now every home you design can be truly unique. Furniture can be set on diagonal angles, and your Sims now have true personalities  Now your Sims can be labeled things like kleptomaniacs, gold diggers, ambitious, etc. Your Sims now have DNA so when your Sims have babies they will actually resemble the parents. When your Sims are in labor they can go to the hospital to deliver the baby. New clothing is offered in this game, and now you can chose shoes for your Sims to wear. In previous game your Sims would have a set shoe that comes along with bottoms you chose for your Sim to wear. In this game EVERYTHING can be customized and I love it! I would totally recommend anyone playing this version of the Sims because its definitely worth every penny! The Sims 3 has almost all the same expansion packs as were offered in the very first Sims, however the quality of the Sims 3 is soooo much better, and I'm quite sure other elements were added in the new ones out today versus the old ones. The only expansion pack that I played in the Sims 3 series was "the Sims 3 ambitions". I loved this expansion pack! In ambitions, you can tell what your Sim is able to do when they are at work. Before you couldn't control your Sims when they went off to work, now you can!

The Sims 2 Seasons

In every single Sims game thus far (before this expansion pack) everyday looks the same. When it comes to weather everyday is a sunny day with clear skies. In this expansion pack your days vary with weather. One day can be sunny, while another day it can either snow or rain. The effects of weather in this game are pretty cool because of the sound effects that go along with it. When it rains you hear thunder, when it snows you hear the cool air breeze. Like the other expansion packs this game comes along with a new neighborhood, as well as new clothes. Because weather varies in this game, there are clothes for every season of the year. Your Sims now have rain attire, snow gear, and fall and summer attire.  When playing this game you don't get a real concept of time because a minute our time is a second in Sim time. Now with the Sims having weather in this expansion pack you get a better concept of time passing other than the days turning into night. Before (in other Sims games) when it was daytime the sun would be out, then at 6 pm it would automatically turn nighttime  In this game you see the sun rise, and you see the sun set along with the sun going down and it remaining out during the day.

The Sims 2 Pets

Now that your Sims have their own businesses, and can enjoy their nights on the town, obtain a degree of their choice, they now can go to a pet store and purchase their very own pet! In this expansion pack your Sim can either have a dog, cat, and or fish. Your Sim can teach their dog or cat new tricks, and they can take their pets to the animal park, a new location that comes along with this additional expansion pack. This game also comes along with new features to decorate your Sims homes with as well as a new neighborhood to play in. Your Sims can develop relationships with their animals and they can eventually become best friends. Your Sims pets can sleep in the same bed as your Sims, and they can tear up furniture if you don't get your Sims animals any chew toys. When it comes to your Sims having fish, all they can do is feed them, or watch them swim in their tank. Fish are a means for design, and nothing else. Every Sim has basic needs. They need to eat, sleep, communicate, go to the bathroom, etc. The only animals in this expansion pack can fulfill a Sims social needs, fish can't. Consider this when you go hunting for an additional family member.

The Sims 2 Open For Business

Now your Sims can open their own business!!!!!!!! Sims have to use their personal funds either to buy a community lot to start their own business, or they can buy some supplies pertaining to their business and start theirs at home. There are a range of businesses that can Sims can form. They can get into the clothing business, hair styling, home decor, selling toys, etc. Without clients, your Sims business will not prosper. Therefore your Sims have to work really hard at promoting themselves, as well as execute their jobs well. Once way that you can make sure this happens is by making sure your Sim is in a good mood. Make sure all their needs are taken care of before they start their work day, that way they can have a productive day. The better you do at your job on a daily basis the more you get promoted, and ultimately your Sim and their household make more money. The hairstylist (as a home career) is my favorite. When it comes to designing my Sims home, I make sure to set up an extra room full of hair stylist chairs, and mirrors. This soon becomes my Sims work space, and it saves me a lot of money versus buying a community lot for a business. Its also fun being a hairstylist because you ultimately get to chose a hairstyle and make-up choices for each one of your Sims clients!

The Sims 2 NIghtlife

In this expansion pack of the Sims, your Sims can now enjoy nightlife. Your Sims can go out at night and hit up some bars and  clubs. Now they can have drinks, and have cars so they can show out when they are downtown. Speaking of downtown that's another town that was added in this very own expansion pack. Now you have more apartment lifestyle living, and crazier things tend to happen in this game. Vampires are another type of Sim that you can have in this game other than human beings. Your Sim would have to get bitten by another vampire, and for them to turn into humans again, they would need to buy a potion from the local store in town. Another feature that I forgot to mention entirely about the entire Sims 2 game along with its expansion packs is that your Sims age! Your Sims go from babies to toddlers, from toddlers to children, from children to teenagers, from teenagers to young adults, and from young adults to adults, then from adults to elders. Eventually elders die and then the cycle of life repeats itself with another Sim. Another feature that I like about the Sims 2 is that there is an actual track of relationships. Each Sim has a family tree. Once your Sim makes a family it is recorded on their family tree, and each Sim knows who is who in their family. Since they know this, they have family interacts with one another rather than romantic ones....!

The Sims 2 University

In the Sims 2 University your Sims can go to college!!!!!!!!!!!! When you start the game there there is a new neighborhood that if offered for the player to enter into and start playing. In the upper left hand corner you can see that there is an option to enter various college campuses. Once you click on this option for the first time it will load all three different campuses up and you can choose where you would like for your Sim to go to college. Usually how I play is by starting off on the college campus and having my Sim graduate with a degree, that way when they graduate can get a job that pays them more daily. When in college your Sim can pursue a significant other. They cant have sex or have children once away at college, but they can once they graduate and reach full adulthood. Just like in college (in the real world) your Sim can select a major. According to your Sims major your Sim will develop a certain skill set  This is what lands your Sim a high paying job once they graduate. Normally Sims that don't attend college have to start working from the bottom to the top of their careers. Sims that do graduate from college end up with a 3rd of 4th level position out of an 8 level promotion track. All in all this is a great game to play!

The Sims 2

To continue with my PC game Sim obsession, I will now discuss with you the changes that have been made between the Sims and the Sims 2. Between these two versions of Sims games there have been quite a few expansions made. Some of them were known as "the Sims Vacation" "the Sims Hot Date" "the Sims Superstar" "the Sims Unleashed" "the Sims House Party" "the Sims Makin' Magic", etc. All of those expansion packs that I just mentioned were fun, but they weren't as much fun to play compared to the Sims 2. Now I will discuss with you the major differences between the Sims (and their expansion packs) and the Sims 2.
In the Sims 2 you can actually change facial features on your Sims. You also have a much bigger selection of clothes to choose from, and the picture quality is so much better. Their are more selections when it comes to everything! There are a lot of paint colors, that you can use to decorate your house with. Also there are cool furniture pieces to choose from, new homes that are sculpted beautifully, and so much more! Another feature about this game that I enjoy is that Sims can have parties. They can have birthday parties, and wedding parties! Sims now can go through engagements and wedding ceremonies, as well as get pregnant by a significant other.Sims can have children out of wedlock, and can be home wreckers by splitting up other Sims marriages. This game is more enjoyable to play versus the first Sims game (along with the previous expansion packs) because the Sims 2 resembles more on realty.