Sims 3

I don't know about you, but I have been waiting for Sims 3 to be released for a very long time. I was counting down the days of the release last February just to have the date pushed back to June 2. With all that waiting you would think I would have been one of the first people to run out and purchase the game when it dropped, but I was sick. Good thing for me, I have a boyfriend who was willing to go out and by it for me. (Well, he was not just trying to be nice. He just didn't want to watch anymore E3 coverage.)

Once I had the game in my hands I was ready to install and start playing. Oh, wait. After I clear out 4 gigs. (Bye-bye pre-mommyhood pictures off to deep storage you go.) Not only that, but the install took FOREVER! I have never been a patient person, but this was ridiculous! It will all be worth it, right?

I had a feeling that the game would run slower on my laptop, but this is just crazy. When I say crazy I mean over seven minutes to save my game. SEVEN! I have not even checked out my town because leaving my house is not even worth the time it takes to do it. The saddest part is I am not the only person having these problems. I have talked to people who have far better computers than I do and they say that it runs slow for them too.

I am not sure what they were thinking when they made this game. Obviously they did not have the casual gamer in mind. Not everyone has the newest and fastest computers. (In today's economy some of us are lucky to be able to shell out $50 for a game let alone a new computer!) Plus, there are very few items on the website store. Where is all the costum content we were promised? I really hope that Sims 3 is not just the base product for the ten upcoming expansions packs that will undoubtedly come out in the future.

If you still want to give Sims 3 a try you can buy it here!