Archive for June 2010

EL33TONLINE rated The Sims 3 Ambitions three out of five, a score described as “Good!”, in tonight’s only review:

Yes, EA did a great job in making your Sim’s career more interactive, but at the same time turned it into a chore. When the line between my real job and my Sim’s job begins to blur, it’s time to stop playing!

 > The Sims 3 Ambitions review at EL33TONLINE

Just for a change I’ve only got one The Sims 3 Ambitions review for you tonight, but it is from a pretty major gaming website! GamesRadar gave it seven out of 10, a score described as “good”:

It’s certainly one of the meatier expansions in the franchise’s history in terms of sheer gameplay benefits, but it may segment its audience a bit too much, as not every profession will be enjoyable for every player.

 > The Sims 3 Ambitions review at GamesRadar

The Metascore has gone down a point to 75 (based on 17 reviews), mainly thanks to a non-English website giving it a score equivalent to 40, which is pretty bad. The Ranking at GameRankings on the other hand remains unchanged at 78.58% based on six reviews.
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at Metacritic
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at GameRankings

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that I’ve only got one new The Sims 3 Ambitions review for you tonight – Spawn Kill gave it a not-very-good 6.5 out of 10:

While the town of Twinbook is lovely and a lot of fun to explore, there isn’t much fun to be had by playing the careers for more than an hour or two. It’s definitely worth playing if you are already a huge Sims fan, but there is a certain amount of much-needed depth missing.

 > The Sims 3 Ambitions review at Spawn Kill

There have been no changes with either The Ranking at GameRankings or the Metascore, which remain at 78.58% based on six reviews and 76 based on 14 reviews respectively.
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at Metacritic
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at GameRankings

Well, so much for almost-daily posts – this may be the first The Sims 3 Ambitions reviews post in a week, but that doesn’t mean I’ve got a load for you – just the one, in fact. Den of Geek rate it four stars out of five:

For now, though, I am willing to have faith that any of those little niggles will be smoothed out by a patch and the game itself will continue to go from strength to strength.

 > The Sims 3 Ambitions review at Den of Geek

The Metascore is still 76, based on 14 reviews, but The Ranking at GameRankings has gone down a little to 78.58%, based on six reviews.
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at Metacritic
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at GameRankings

Just one review again for The Sims 3 Ambitions from the critics tonight, but of more interest to me is what you think. You can now rate and review Ambitions over on the Reviews tab – just log in with your Google, Yahoo!, AIM, Twitter, NetLog or OpenID account, select your star rating, then type away!
 > Your The Sims 3 Ambitions reviews

Game Chronicles gave it a pretty-darn good 8.0 out of 10:

In short, The Sims 3 Ambitions is a fine specimen of a Sims expansion that introduces fresh, fan-requested gameplay options to the core game, as well as many smaller tweaks that make the game more fun as a whole.

 > The Sims 3 Ambitions review at Game Chronicles

That review contained six new screenshots, which you can of course also view over on the Screenshots tab.
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions screenshots

The Metascore remains at 76, now based on 11 reviews, while The Ranking at GameRankings has gone up slightly to 79.38%, based on four reviews.
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at Metacritic
 > The Sims 3 Ambitions at GameRankings