I think it's about time I wrapped up my The Sims 3 Seasons
reviews coverage. Before I do though I've got three last reviews to
pass on. The first comes from Destructoid, who rated it a “Mediocre” 5.0 out of 10:
If you find yourself playing The Sims 3 a lot anyway,
then Seasons will add something to the experience. If you
are waiting for a new expansion to make you get back into
playing The Sims 3, however, skip Seasons and wait for the
next one.
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The Sims 3 Seasons review at Destructoid
Next is GamingExcellence, who rated it a “Decent” 6.5 out of 10:
An okay expansion with a major flaw becomes a massively
flawed expansion. I really wanted to love this one
and I started to, as soon as I saw all the detail and
effects that were put into it. I was incredibly impressed
by the Aliens as soon as I was able to get my grubby mitts
on one and I wasn’t too badly put off by the lack of
activities. But when I realized that my beloved
Gardening was going to be so heavily impacted, I was
completely turned off.
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“The Sims 3: Seasons Review” at GamingExcellence
The final one is from Worthplaying, who rated it 8.7 out of 10:
All in all, I found Sims 3: Seasons to be an enjoyable
addition to the franchise, though it’s not as exciting as
some of its predecessors. The changing of the seasons has
the gradualness, unpredictability and subtlety of real
life and makes your sims’ world that much closer to
reality.
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“PC Review – ‘The Sims 3: Seasons’” at Worthplaying
As usual I'll compare the Metascore from Metacritic and Ranking
from GameRankings to with those attained by previous expansion
packs. The Metascore stands at 74, "Mixed or average reviews". This
is the same 'score as was attained by Supernatural, Late Night and
Ambitions, and is higher than those attained by Showtime (67) and
Generations (70). It is however lower than those attained by Pets
(79) and World Adventures (81).
74 is the same Metascore that The Sims 2 expansion packs Bon
Voyage and FreeTime attained, but is lower than that attained by all
the others.
Metacritic sources (with specific Metascores):
The Ranking at GameRankings stands at 76.25%, which is higher
than those attained by Showtime (73.12%), Generations (73.93%) and
Ambitions (75.93%), but lower than those attained by all the others.
Out of The Sims 2 expansion packs, only Nightlife (76.07%), Bon
Voyage (73.44%) and FreeTime (76.20%) got lower Rankings, though
some of those that are higher are only just so -- Seasons is only
about half a percent higher, Pets even less of a difference.
GameRankings sources (with specific Rankings):
So this concludes my The Sims 3 Seasons reviews coverage -- I
will no longer post news about any reviews I find (bar possibly ones
from particularly major sites such as GameSpot). I will however
still add them to the Reviews tab on the game page and mention that
change in the Latest Updates box.
A live broadcast riddled with technical problems announced an
insane THREE more expansion packs last week, as well as featuring a
demo of The Sims 3 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff. The broadcast started
close to half-an-hour late them having seemingly given up updating
the Origin page, so it was tough if you weren’t following them (or
me) on Twitter or something. Technical problems continued with
echoing and other issues cropping up.
Anyway, when it finally started first was the 70s, 80s, & 90s
Stuff demo. As there was a break after this for some reason this has
ended up its own video which you can see here:
The rest of the broadcast can be seen below — you can see a breakdown
with timings by clicking the link below that.
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Live Broadcast Breakdown
A
new blog entry has been posted on the UK TheSims3.com Community Blog
discussing the 80s in The Sims 3 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff:
