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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Look at Me - I'M A SIM!! :), February 26, 2003
After having little sucess creating Sims with faces that were actually lifelike with online downloads, I was excited to find software that would let me put 'real' people into my Sims game.About three minutes after popping the CD into my computer, Face Factory was installed and ready to go. Always one to do things the hard way, I bypassed the (conveniently located on the disc) instructions and jumped right in. The main screen shows the inside of a fully-stocked laboratory with bleeps and blips everywhere - including one flashing button showing non-intruction-reading users where to go first. A step-by-step on-screen tutorial guides users through creating that perfect face, showing you everything from how to crop and position the image to lining up eyes and ears. Although this program works best if you have two images of your subject (one front view and one side view), it still creates remarkably nice heads with just a front-facing photo. (Note: I thought at first that getting a perfect image was going to be a huge pain - not so. I took two pictures of my husband at night with bad lighting and it still turned out great. Don't sweat it.) After only about fifteen minutes of playing with it my first time through (and a one-click button to import new faces into the game), my husband and I were both rendered Sims, and pretty darn good looking ones at that. Okay, female hair is a little tricky to work with - but they were undeniably us, and it was a blast watching us mingle with other Sim families. I can only imagine the chaos that will ensue when I import a few celebrities! :) The game includes a large variation of bodies to mix with the head you've created (male, female, boy and girl, so you can put ANYONE into the game) - but I found that after starting the game, you could put your new head on any body already installed as well. TONS of possibilities - although my husband was less than amused by his new Robin Hood attire. The ONLY downside to this software that I've found is that, if you don't have easy access to a digital camera, then you're gonna have to wait around to get your pictures back. I'm not a big fan of waiting for anything, so I dug my camera out as soon as the software arrived and had Instant SIM! All in all, this a great, easy to use Sims add-on - a great sight more effective than Maxis downloads I've wrestled with. Highly recommended to any fellow SIMs addict!!!
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