The fascination of watching simulated people is gone, but don't worry, that oT Sims magic remains. Directly controlling your Sim's movements and actions means no more spontaneous lovers' spats, no more fatal cooking accidents-and if they wet their pants, it's your fault. In shrinking The Sims to fit a smaller system, EA has surprisingly shucked the simulation.

It's monotonous, mundane, and frightfully addictive-just the way I like 'em. But the multitude of fun unlockables (like an incubator that creates mutant housefly-eating plants) and cool locations (including a nudist colony) motivated me to keep playing, and playing, and playing. When I first started playing, I thought completing one career would satisfy me. Also, since you can play all the careers with one Sim, there's tremendous replay value. Adding this amount of freedom and variety really livens things up. Need more friends? Hop on your scooter and go visit your neighbors to beef up your social roster. If you're having trouble getting promoted, you can move back to Mom's for a while and work on your skills. Your Sim now has total mobility in Story mode-you can switch locations and careers at any time-and it's an excellent change. And if you're someone who can't get beyond that, you won't like this version any more than last year's. To the casual observer-and even perhaps to some who've tried the game-it all seems so terribly.um, let's see.boring and stupid? I'll admit that The Sims can get tedious, what with all the clicking and pointing to direct little creatures living in a virtual dollhouse to eat, pee, chat, go to work, and sleep. Some of you will never understand The Sims.

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