But now you can add all sorts of "fantasy" elements in your "real-life" Sim world. You can purchase a robotic housekeeper who will go as far as entertaining your guests if they seem bored (low social rating). You can try to be clairvoyant and peer into a crystal ball, but beware, messing with arcane forces can have a dramatic effect on your Sims. My Sim, Thor Odinsson, has lost two points from his neatness score because of this little crystal contraption, and he can't seem to win them back. You can even summon a genie from its bottle and wish for love or money. But as the old saying goes: "Be careful what you wish for."
With Livin' Large the gameplay hasn't changed at all, just the options -- but this in effect, changes the gameplay. There are far more career paths, objects, skins and furnishings with which to bring your Sim's universe alive (125 items in all have been added). All the downloads from The Sims have been included, too -- even the lethal killer guinea pig! Woof woof! Graphically it hasn't been changed either.
The premise of the game is to create an environment in which your Sim can thrive. Keeping him/her happy, fed and comfortable is the challenge; do this and they will succeed. Marriage? Work? Play? Family? It's all in there, and it is all frighteningly alluring. It's kind of like digital voyeurism. If you want to know more, check out the Ars review of . Since Livin' Large is an expansion pack, the remainder of this review will assume you know something about the original game.
Fist of all let's talk about The Sims. This is a game that tries to simulate real life. Imagine going to the store and buying a hamster, but when you got home it was a little person. Now, you drop that little person into his new home and you start to care for him or her. That is The Sims in a nutshell, but under that nutshell is a lot of meat. A big meaty walnut that begs you to play and play and play some more.
A new feature of livin' large... cockroaches! Oh joy!
It's more of The Sims, and that's good. It's more of the Sims, and that's bad. Not bad as in "not good," but bad as in "oh dear Lord, I have no more life." Yep, if you thought that playing The Sims was addicting, wait until you install the new expansion Livin' Large. Lots of the new features will mess with your Sims, and with you, but all in all, I think you'll like it. Old timers will find it refreshing, and those of you who have yet to try the Sims should be convinced that it's time to buy.
Genre: Human life simulator.Developer: Maxis Publisher: Electronic ArtsPrice: $29.99Review System: PII, 400MHz, 128 megs RAM, SQ2500 sound card, Guillemot TNT2 Ultra video card with 32 MEGS ram, 4x DVD ROM.We Recommend: PII, 400MHz, 64 megs of RAM, 16 meg videoHomepage: Bugs encountered: Whoa! None!
Livin' Large is something we at Ars know a lot about. Mind you, Hannibal's …
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