The Sims: Complete Collection

List Price: $39.99

Features:

• The Sims -- the phenomenon that started it all! Completely build and customize your Sims' homes, decide their career paths and romances, and choose from hundreds of items to keep them happy. Their lives are in your hands.
• The Sims - Livin' Large gives your Sims the wild life! A wider range of objects and styles allows even the most timid Sim to cut loose and live it up.
• The Sims - House Party lets you throw the ultimate theme party. Engage in new group activities, and rock the house with different music and dance styles.
• In The Sims - Vacation you'll choose whether your Sims will spend the weekend at a beach resort, rough it in the woods, or chill out in a winter wonderland.
• The Sims - Hot Date takes you from candlelit romance to cuddling on the couch. Let your Sims enjoy downtown delights as their relationships heat up.

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

BIG WARNING [Posted on 2008-01-15]
If you have played sims2 before, DON'T buy this game!!! This happened to me and I'm gonna have to get rid of it.

Some good, some bad [Posted on 2008-04-30]
Many things in this game get a five-star. But just as many get one star, so the average comes out to three.

Things that were awesome...

-All expansions within one. This game is so full compared to the original Sims, though it can be overwhelming at times.
-You play God. You can even kill your Sims, or have them go into gay relationships.
-Building houses is a real kick. I have one house that is Goth-style, one that is a villa, etc etc.
-I love the pet option that comes with Unleashed. Spells are fun to cast (Makin' Magic) and it's fun to go on Vacation. I haven't really done much in the Superstar area though.
-The clothes! Oh, the fashions that I can put my Sims in! (and this Complete collection has a program that lets you create your own fashions as well) As each expansion came out, more outrageous and wild fashions were available, so this collection has them all and then some. Thus, you could make a house AND a family that fit together, though the kids could have used a few more clothing options.

Bad things?
-Some of the 'rules' of the game are annoying... having to make a certain amount of friends to advance the job ladder. It was so time-consuming to keep Relationships and make them just so I could get a better-paying job.
-One thing that pisses me off is the Beanstalk in Making Magic. I desperately want a magic beanstalk but keep getting crappy things like the geraniums or the stupid Root. I got ONE crystal (out of seven possible ones), and several ordinary beanstalks. I have no patience to keep buying magic ingredients to make spells in the HOPE of getting a magic beanstalk, or more kinds of crystals. Shame on the creators of this game for the convoluted rules.
-Unrealistic time. It takes so many Sim-minutes to do simple things such as getting out of bed.
-The bills that the Sims have to pay just for the stuff that they already paid for. Seriously.
-I already had the Sims and four of its expansions before I bought the Sims Complete Collection. This was just a big money-making scheme (fortunately, I sold my single Sims games on eBay to recoup some of my money) I might buy Sims 2, but only when they stop making the expansions for Sims 2 and make a Complete Collection like they did for this one.

So, overall, 3/5 (or 6/10 stars) No wonder so many people used cheats, or hacked game objects for easier use or download.

The complete package [Posted on 2008-05-12]
Well, first I bought The Sims Deluxe with 1 expansion and that got old after a while but now that I have this with all the expansions I dont know if it could get boring. There is so much to do now like adopting pets and going downtown. The possibilities are endless!

SIMS COMPLETE [Posted on 2008-07-05]
Awesome...lots of fun. You can get lost in this game....end up missing work.. LOL :)

The Sims Complete collection rocks! [Posted on 2008-07-05]
This sims is the greatest game of all time and having all of its expansion packs is absolutly fabulous.Item is very resonobly priced for al that it has to offer. For many years I had been playing the version on the PS2 and I finally decided to get this one. There is a lot of furniture for your sims. The entire idea of the game is great and keeps me playing for hours. The graphics are completly awful but If you care the much about graphics go visit an art museam. Being able to control virtuaal people and giving their life a certain path is fun and keeps you ocupied. To me the expansion packs that are included all on one disc arn't that great but they are just extra for the reasonable price.

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