Who plays The Sims 3? I need help.

[romgitsean]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 3:09am

I just got it for Christmas, and I need to know how to move a family of four (well, there four roomies. And the difficult level is at three points. That could add to it) into a lot and it's not letting me. How do I do this?

Sorry if I seem like a giant dumbass, it's my second time playing it and I'm really confused, because my first time I was able to move a married couple with no hassle--but for whatever reason, a family of four roomies is harder.

[CAX]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 8:41pm

Where is the family? Did you just create them? If so, you will have to find a home or an empty lot that they can afford. I think you begin the game with $20,000 Simoleans.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 8:44pm

I've been trying to figure the game out all day, haha.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 8:46pm

I quit playing after Sims 1.

[CAX]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 4:25pm

Theatrefan,

You are missing out! Sims 2 was good fun and 3 has taken it to an all new level. The fact that they can roam outside their homes and interact in all new ways is AMAZING.

Anyway, once you build the family, you can move them into a home in the town if they can AFFORD it. They can move into a place that has been constructed or you can buy and empty lot and build the house. With that starting cash of $20,000 it may be smarter to build your own or buy a place unfurnished so you don't run out of cash before the Simsies start working.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 5:26pm

I always give in & use the cash cheat code to get started :0/

[wendilin622]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 8:13pm

What's the cheat code again?
Anyone buy the new Sims expansion pack? How is it?

[CAX]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 9:20pm

World Adventures is GREAT fun. The way you can integrate travel into your game now is just amazing. One of my sims is very well traveled, has explored a great number of the tombs and collected a lot of souvenirs along the way.

**SPOILER**

Kaching gives your family $1,000


**End of Spoiler**

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/27/09 at 12:55am

***Spoiler***

To get an extra $50,000 the code is: motherlode

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 12/27/09 at 5:34am

I love the Sims, but at the same time I feel as if I can never play it. There is always too much going on with that game!

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 12/27/09 at 10:08am

I want this game badly, but I have not permitted myself to buy it (or request it for Christmas) because I know how much time it sucks from me. I bought Sims 2 and the College expansion packs the day they came out and I'm pretty sure I've lost about a year of my life to those games. I feel like I am forced to be productive when I don't have time-wasters like that around to distract me. Facebook is bad enough!

But all your talk about it REAAAALLLYYY makes me want to go pick it up.

Are any of you running it on a laptop (specifically a MacBook)? I've always had a desktop when I've run the games in the past, but my MacBook is my primary computer now. I'm worried that the program would run slowly or the graphics would suffer on a laptop. Any input?

Updated On: 12/28/09 at 10:08 AM

[wendilin622]

Posted: 12/27/09 at 10:50am

I have a mac. Took a while to get used to the game on it, but my mac doesn't run any slower because of it. At least I don't think it.

It does suck a lot of time from me, which is why I only play it during vacations etc. I could decorate those houses all day. So fun.

[CAX]

Posted: 12/27/09 at 8:52pm

Colleen--

I play it on my Macbook Pro.

The Sims, by and large, is the most addictive Comp game out there. Hands down. I failed a class in college because of the The Sims 1. You play and play and play and time literally vanishes without a trace.

I have found the cheats really do live up their name. I find the more I use them the more I'm robbed out of a full experience of the game. It's a little less fun because I can get out of trouble financially, can adjust their mood if needed, etc... There should be some sort of built in penalty for the use of the cheat codes.

[mariusmyhomeboy]

Posted: 12/28/09 at 12:27am

The Sims, by and large, is the most addictive Comp game out there.

Real talk. Last Summer, I spent most of my free time simming. Your sims have to do so much- careers(I hate that you need friends to get a promotion), lifetime wants, relationships! And if you have a legacy, forget it. The only thing that made me stop was a computer crash.