The Sims 3

Five years and 374 (give or take) expansion packs after the release of The Sims 2, the most successful series in PC gaming history is back for its third installment. This latest addition to the ever-swelling Sims franchise takes the series’ premise of nurturing or destroying virtual peoples’ lives to the next level by expanding its setting to encompass an entire town, Sunset Valley.

Before you can start nurturing your Sims you must first create them with a collection of sublime customisation and character creation tools. If you’re impatient, there’s a selection of ready-made Sims to choose from, though crafting your own characters is a highly entertaining process that shouldn’t be ignored. Whether you want to create a toddler or a geriatric, you can customise every physical and personality trait – from hair colour or girth. You can also select their key personality traits (brave, evil, scared of water, clumsy, etc), which influence how they act in isolation and around other Sims, resulting in a far richer and more unpredictable character-driven experience than in either of the previous two games.

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