The Sims 2 University

The Good

• Lots of intriguing new strategic options  
• Great new music  
• Engaging new items  
• New careers and career rewards. 

The new features in The Sims 2 University aren't just about points and strategies. There's a lot of stuff that's just plain fun. Tired of the same old TV shows and stereo tunes? Well, now there's a new sim sports channel, so your sims can laze away on a Sunday afternoon, munching chips and watching the game. You get two new styles of music for the stereos, too. You get catchy college rock and, for something more sophisticated, straight-ahead acoustic jazz in a number of authentic styles, like soulful '60s hard bop. As with the existing The Sims 2 music, the tunes are well played and filled with great hooks, regardless of the gibberish lyrics. The expansion sports catchy new menu music to boot.
Speaking of music, your sims can now play cool new instruments. You can buy an electric upright bass, a drum kit, and a guitar, replete with effects pedal board, and more. As ever, the animations for the new items are a kick to watch, so you'll see show-off guitarists playing behind their backs and drummers flipping their sticks into the air midsong. Not only can your sims practice to earn creativity points, but also they can perform for tips by playing rock, country, or jazz tunes, though you can't actually load the instruments into a taxi for a gig at a community lot. Oddly and inexplicably, child sims can't use these neat new instruments. (So much for starting your own sims Partridge Family.) For that matter, they can't use some other new items, like the pool table, which serves as a new solo or group activity. At the pool table, sims can not only play, but also perform tricks or hustle for simoleons.

The Sims

The Sims is a life simulation game created by game designer Will Wright. First released on February 4, 2000, it is currently the best-selling PC game in history.
The game places you in control of the lives of virtual people known as Sims. You decide their personalities, what they look like, where they live, who they live with, and what they do. Working with one "lot" (house) at a time, you control its residents, deciding when they sleep, eat, work, socialise, and even when they go to the toilet. If you get the balance right, the Sims become upbeat, making it easier to find them friends and making it more likely that they'll be promoted at work - use the extra money to buy new objects or expand their house!
The Sims provides a huge amount of freedom and open-ended gameplay - there's no "correct" way to play it. Populate the neighbourhood with whoever you like - lonely bachelors, celebrities, even a single parent with seven children. Decide how to bring the money in - find your Sims jobs, or have them practice painting until they're good enough to make a living from it. Decide who socialises with who - no relationship is taboo! Choose whether to let Sims fill their own time, or tell them explicitly what to do all day.

The Sims in action

Seven expansion packs are available for the game, adding new functionality and objects, ranging from downtown restaurants for dating, to holiday locations for the family. In addition, the game was ported to various video game consoles.

The Sims: Medieval

Developed by the award-winning The Sims studio, The Sims Medieval is a new stand-alone game offering a fresh setting, a new look, an exciting new set of features gameplay mechanics, and all-new features.

The Sims Medieval lets you experience the medieval era with Sims you create and control: kings, queens, knights, wizards, spies, blacksmiths, merchants, bards and many more. You will create heroes, choose quests, build your kingdom, and create epic tales full of drama, romance, conflict and comedy.

Built with next-gen Sims tech and features:
A world of Sims filled with stories, adventures, romance, drama and comedy
Enhanced environment and character graphics, lighting, and gameplay

Rich dramatic medieval setting:
Experience epic stories of the age, full of drama, fantasy, conflict, comedy, romance, and intrigue.

system requirements:
Pentium IV 2.4 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, graphic card 128 MB (GeForce 5900 or better); 5.3 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7.

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