You live in a world where you can do whatever you want, as long as you know the consequences. You can starve yourself, or never take a bath, or skip work, or other unusual things. But, we have one thing other's don't: Freedom.

The Sims is a game where YOU are the boss. YOU control everything that happens. YOU are king/queen. First, you create a Sim. What is a Sim? A Sim is an electronic person, whom you can design and operate to be whomever you want. You can make them fat, skinny, mean, nice, or, if circumstances are really special, a zombie. After you give them a name, you choose the sex, qualities, and name of your Sim. After that, you are ready for your Sim to enter the virtual neighborhood.

Sims are interesting creatures... they can interact with other Sims well or terribly. If a Sim doesn't like another Sim, they may slap them or insult them. Oh yeah, and you get rated on it to. If you insult someone, their rating on your friends list goes down. If you are nice, it goes up. You can even marry other Sims and "play" with them... wink wink. Over time you can even get a baby.

Before your Sim can enter the neighborhood, he/she must have a house. A), you can build a house, or B), you can be incredibly cruel and evict a family from a house. It is always fun to evict families. Anyway, you can totally customize their houses. You can add carpet, wallpaper, doors, and expensive or low quality appliances. However, be sure to equip your Sim with everything they may possibly need. If you leave out an oven, they will starve to death. If you leave out a bed, they will fall asleep all day, if you leave out the toilet, well, you get the idea.

And then you need a job. Oh, yippy-ki-ai. First, you need experiance. You need to be in a very good mood, first off. Bladder must be empty, the Sim must be well fed, comfortable, having fun... etc.... or it will be too depressed to study. You need to study mechanics and cooking, for two reasons: One, it may show up in your job, and Two, you need it for every day life. If you don't have cooking skills, you will starve. Or you can always go my way... order pizza.

Then you can interact with the world. How fun. Invite people over, throw parties, make out in the hot tub, meet friends... But my favorite part in The Sims is when your Sim dies. If it dies and you have another active Sim from the same family, you can wait until the Grim Reaper comes around and beg for mercy. Then, your mate will come back as a Zombie. Ha! How's that for an awesome game!

The good part about The Sims is that you have aboslute control, of everything. It doesn't matter what it is, you choose their jobs, feed them, and if you neglect them, they die. The bad part is what happens before you can actually interact with other Sims. It is a short game called "Get A Life." You start off as a normal Sim and must work through three challenging levels to unlock the full of the Sims. Each level you play through has its requirements you need to fufil. If you don't, you are stuck on that level. For example, on the first level, you must borrow $800 from yo' mama. And you must cook with out burning the house down, AND you must fix the TV, AND you must find as job. Pretty high class, me thinks. But I must admit, this is an awesome game.

The animation and sound are cool, too. The animation is still animation, but it flows incredibly. The sound is a bit bogus, though. You don't hear the Sims talk, they just blab a bunch of gibberish. But what they are saying comes up in thought bubbles and motives.

The other bad thing is that it has some pretty mature themes. For example, if a Sim needs a shower, it strips nude and jumps in. But don't worry, it is censored out by pixelization. Oh, and it kind of eats up your memory card, too. It takes up 60 blocks.

Well, that just about wraps up my review. I hope you take my word and buy The Sims.

Recommended:
Yes