Again?

What’s with EA and making a million EPs and SPs so close to each other? Who could afford to spend 40 dollars an EP and 20 dollars and SP every 2 or 3 months? I mean, I still haven’t done everything in Ambitions, which I have almost owned for a year. I haven’t even gone clubbing in Late Night yet. I still don’t even know all the features in Generations. Honestly, they’re just gonna go through the Sims 3 way too quickly then in 2013 it’s gonna be all ‘Coming soon: Sims 4!’. And it’s not that they’re making so much EPs too quickly, it’s that they’re all identical. Generations, Town Stuff and Pets all have a suburby feeling to me. At least in TS2 they’d have box sets of stuff like University then Teen Stuff. But now they’re not even doing that so having all of these similar EPs is poor planning on their behalf.

Generations

I have mixed feelings on Generations. The trailer didn’t seem exciting or even new. I feel like the either have that from 2009, ie the base game, or they had to rush it before Amazon had the news before they did, like what happened for Ambitions last year.

The only exciting thing so far from the trailer seems to be home videos (Did we already have that?) but I could only watch what I already played so many times, you know? But maybe it could be edited to have stuff like custom TV shows. I also thing the possible magic part seems fun, but I’d be more interested if it’s like magic-magic. Like stuff from the Sims 2, or what I’ve seen from legacies. Not just random moodlet spells. But then again, apartments were ruined. So magic, which was from the same EP, probably will also be ruined. Would it be too big of a wish to expect decent kid’s and elder stuff?

Dislike… well, I don’t want to write a novel. I don’t like the pranks because they seem more malicious than ‘humor’ ish or Mischief night style pranks. Like ‘I stole your bills and you’re getting evicted because of my prank LOL!’ than buzzers and whoopee cushions. Not that kind of whoopee, game show fans.  

I feel like this EP will be more at home stuff than clubs or new lots. Like, at least Ambitions had new places to socialize with people like the Laundromat or salon. Sure, they’re not like the watering holes of spouse hunting (like Clubs), but those NPCs sometimes had family members or something. Besides, custom content makes anyone look like a model.

Oh yeah, clubs! I haven’t really had the time to play them yet, but I wish they’d have clubs for kids. Not like pedo bait places, but after school clubs where kids could befriend others with similar interests. Like science club for genius Sims/Sims with logic points, art club for any ‘art’ trait Sim or ‘art’ skill (There’s no way I’m writing down 90 million traits and skills down), sports teams, orchestra and so on. And they could be rabbit holes that meet once a week after school or something. So this way, spouses could have stuff in common, not just be high school sweethearts.

Late Night… Already?

Um, EA? As happy as I am that you announced your new game, I’m kind of… concerned. You see, with all the glitches your games have, and with Ambitions only being released about a month and a half ago, shouldn’t you focus on different things, like your forum? Or fixing those glitches? My Sims still can’t use their beds, or take the bus or use their carpools, you know! Besides, if the wait between World Adventures and Ambitions was longer, and even the announcement was several months after World Adventures(Yes, including the Stuff Pack announcement/release), shouldn’t making expansion packs be the last thing on your mind? Oh, that’s right, I forgot: You’re greedy.

So please, EA. Don’t do it for me, don’t do it for your fans, but do it for your reputation: Fix your games before you release them. And do something about the banhammer and SimGurus on your forum

So, how many of you readers promised yourselves Ambitions would be the last EA product you’d buy… until you saw the trailer for Late Night? I know I did. :P

Quick update!

Hi everyone. I found an awesome legacy; the Kanes, made by Viva La Simming. The writing is humorous(To me, anyway :P), and it’s a part of Nova’s Legacy Challenge. So have fun reading it.

And I got the mini-update thing EA was offering… and the game is working better! The Sims can bathe again and change their clothes on their home lot. So that’s a start, I guess. :]

I’m baaaack

My brother and I came back from camp… Sunday afternoon. But being the Internet addicts we are, we had like a million stuff to check online (Okay, so I had to catch up on the Sims-blogosphere, watch Friends, visit some websites, and Facebook, but still, that takes up a lot, for me.), and in real life, such as reading newspapers (Okay, so just the advice columns, comics, and whatever else I find interesting), and such.

And Ambitions came in the mail last week (While I was at camp… how convenient. >.<’’) and we decided to test it out and stuff. But we played with our legacy family, the Timbersons, so… hilarity ensued. Beds and showers became unusable, guests who just walk by stay in the house forever, ages got MESSED UP big time, and basically, it made me want to scream. In the Northeast, there’s already a heat wave, and I didn’t really need Ambitions not working so well to make me even more infuriated. But hey, it’s EA, what else should I expect?

And ughhhhh. I feel weird. Like one less week of summer already. And I have a junkload of summer reading to do (I’m not sure if I mentioned this already…but 1 chapter outline for 2 textbooks and reading a book of our choice [from a list'] and being tested on it for the first day of school, reading two short stories and doing another assignment based off that, and reading two books of my choice and being prepared to discuss them.) So I’m planning on starting next week, and I’m scared because last summer it took me 6 weeks to read Great Expectations(Yes, the Great Expectations) and stuff so basically, it’s like school’s starting all over again. Eh.

And I hate how the World Cup is basically almost over already. It started like on the exact weekend of pre-final assignments and stuff, so I couldn't really watch the first few games, up till June 22 or 23 (Yeah, I’m bad at keeping dates D:). Then I had like 4 or 5 days to watch games, and then… I went to camp for a week and apparently all the interesting games happened then. And now it’s almost over. :(

So, um. Good night.

Should I be excited?

The following was supposed to be posted Wednesday, but due to posting troubles, it’s getting posted today.

So today, I went to Best Buy, and I bought an MP3 charger and Ambitions. The Charger was supposed to cost around 30 dollars, but was 40 and Ambitions costed 40, but thanks to a Gift Card, I saved like 10 dollars. :D But you know those annoying reward program stuff? They didn’t work. >:| Best Buy Customer Service will definitely be hearing from me.

So when I came home, I told my Mom, and she told me to just return Ambitions and buy it online from Barnes and Noble, using Gift Cards. So I did, and it said I should be getting it in 3 to 5 business days… but it’s coming tomorrow(The 24th)! :o Is it good? Did EA rip us off? Should I have wait longer?

And I’m not sure if I said this already, but my camp-anxiety-thing isn’t going away. Or getting better. :( Tips?

Ambitions- Coming to a Monitor near you!

So with the release date of Ambitions approaching, as well as those pre orders shipping, more and more people are talking about getting Ambitions.

I will probably get it around July, the earliest. Why? I have school and finals to worry about, then on June 22, my school ends. On the 27th, I go to a week long camp, and come back July 4th. And I have a habit of getting games reeeally late. If my brother and I get good grades( Bs and up in classes and finals), we’ll probably get it quickly, too.

 

So to those getting Ambitions, have fun, post pictures, and test out everything. :P And to those like me, good luck with finals, have fun at camp or vacation, and hopefully you’ll get Ambitions before the next expansion pack comes out.

Great job, EA!

EA’s registration reward thing for Ambitions seems nice. Are those curly hairs I see? Anyway, I’m impressed by EA. Don’t get me wrong, it’s ridiculous that it took them a year for curly hair to be made, but seeing that they could’ve add some really stupid twist to get these items instead of just giving them for free after registration, EA just got .0000001% better in my book.

Let’s hope they keep this up! 

Guess what I saw….

I saw this on the Sims 3 websites. I know others have probably said this before, but is this the applications the Gurus applied with? :P