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Buggy but I have clocked over 1000 hours on PC and uncountable hours on 360
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
A'ight, first off... buy this on Steam. Seriously. You can and should register the codes for the base game and any expansions over on Origin (which is smart since if Steam every goes belly-up, you still have access to the game on Origin, but honestly Origin will probably tank first). Steam itself doesn't really care about the codes. It will tell you they're important and then just let you play the game without doing anything, although you will need an origin account to log into the Sims 3 launcher (and that is the account where you should be registering the codes, obviously). Also Steam sales can cut the price of every piece of software including the base game dramatically, often by half if not more. I'd recommend researching which expansions look most interesting to you, then wishlisting them and the base game (or the base game + Pets expansion bundle if pets interest you) and waiting for a sale.Secondly, you absolutely must install the Nraas Overwatch mod. This is non-negotiable, unless you really like watching saved games corrupt after all the work you've put into them. There's a bug that EA never fixed and at this rate never will fix, which spawns ridiculous amounts of cars in NPC Sim inventories. This will lag out the game on even the best gaming computers, and yes, eventually corrupt the save files. Other useful Nraas mods are Register (gives better control over lag-creating populations like animals and tourists), and MasterController with Integration (technically a cheats mod but has saved my bacon plenty of times by giving me work-arounds for game-breaking bugs and restoring Sims who somehow wound up on the Dead list for no reason).Thirdly, if you pick up the Island Paradise expansion, DO NOT play with the version of the Isla Paradiso world that shipped with the game. It's broken. The world has seriously bad pathing issues due to many buildings being badly-designed, and this will cause your game to lag and freeze almost constantly. Google search for the fan-fixed version and follow the install instructions carefully. Then use Edit Town to evict families from boathouses and move them into any other type of house (boathouses under the control of NPC families create a ton of lag and pathing issues). Even with these fixes, the map can still lag a bit, so Nraas Overwatch really comes in handy, with everything set to zero that you possibly can, and make sure no new random NPC families can move into houses (can't remember if that's a Register option or MasterController or Overwatch... best to have all three installed anyways).Yes, this review sounds like a troubleshooting document. Welcome to the Sims 3! It's still infinitely better than Sims 4. I highly recommend Sims 3, I really do. Just be prepared to do a lot of troubleshooting yourself, and thank the stars for the Sims 3 forums (both old archives and new version) and Carl's Sims 3 guides and forums.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
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