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seretogis · 03-19-2004, 02:00 PM

I recently tried TSO's 14 day trial from FilePlanet and uninstalled it 24 hours later. The act of creating your living space for your sim is interesting and fun -- you have to balance having necessities, and things that it would be fun to watch your sim play with (like a model rocket set).

However, after your initial construction is complete and you're out of money -- boredom sets in. You essentially have to work at raising job "skills" and the process of doing so is so incredibly boring that I can't imagine anyone would bother. If, for instance, you want to gain charisma, you can practice speeches in front of the mirror. This involves clicking the mirror, clicking "Practice Speech", and then alt-tabbing while your sim's charisma very very very slowly raises. Alt-tab back in 20 minutes and you have .13 of a skill point, just like magic.

All-in-all, a horrible game built on the idea that people enjoy watching paint dry. It had the potential to be a really fun game but they ruined it with the mindless skill-raising which, again, requires NO effort at all on the part of the player.

03-19-2004, 02:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
seretogis Huggles, sir? Location: Seattle	The Sims Online I recently tried TSO's 14 day trial from FilePlanet and uninstalled it 24 hours later. The act of creating your living space for your sim is interesting and fun -- you have to balance having necessities, and things that it would be fun to watch your sim play with (like a model rocket set). However, after your initial construction is complete and you're out of money -- boredom sets in. You essentially have to work at raising job "skills" and the process of doing so is so incredibly boring that I can't imagine anyone would bother. If, for instance, you want to gain charisma, you can practice speeches in front of the mirror. This involves clicking the mirror, clicking "Practice Speech", and then alt-tabbing while your sim's charisma very very very slowly raises. Alt-tab back in 20 minutes and you have .13 of a skill point, just like magic. All-in-all, a horrible game built on the idea that people enjoy watching paint dry. It had the potential to be a really fun game but they ruined it with the mindless skill-raising which, again, requires NO effort at all on the part of the player. __________________ seretogis - sieg heil perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames