So, I bought TS3 on Thursday
Yay me. I ninja’d a copy at 8:30 in the morning because I didn’t preorder (or rather, they delayed the preorder by a FULL DAY and it would have cost more). I wasn’t the only one buying it at that time, oddly enough, though I was the only single guy there.
I’ve been pretty busy over the past few days, while most of my free time has been taken up with playing TS3 (of course) as well as mucking around with the .packages using S3PI. Already I’ve made a few basic hacks for personal use: an aging hack to reduce the duration of Toddler- and Elder-hood, a hack to reduce the chance of genetic mutations, and a hack to stop families moving out. I don’t know what effect the last one has on long-term Story Progression though, so I’m currently testing it out.
Anyway, I won’t post my full thoughts on the game here because it would just repeat what others have said over the past two weeks. At first the game didn’t “hook” me like TS2 did, but I’m warming to it. I will make a few comments though:
- EA has BLATANTLY cut content in the base game to pad out future EPs/the Store. Where’s the Education career?!?!
- I still don’t like the whimsical careers, and I plan to do something about them.
- The Live-mode camera sucks; I can’t wait for a camera mod.
- It was trivially easy to make a Self-sim; took about 15 minutes. Luckily my face is already kind of pudding-y.
- Needs more keyboard shortcuts.
- Social interaction is a matter of queueing up actions again and again and it’s a real grind. At least accumulating friends isn’t as integral to the gameplay as it was in TS2.
- Starting with a single Sim is a bit boring.
- Awesomemod, for all your empty-hood needs.
- Romance is thin. There’s no sense of attraction or chemistry; you can flirt with anybody of either sex.
More later.