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Everything or nothing..

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 24
Date: September 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What you need to understand when purchasing this item is that all of the expansion packs get installed at once. Not only does this take time, but you end up with a very confusing game, with none of the elegance and ease of play that made the base game so much fun.

Some of the packs are fun, but all of them, together, with no way to turn them off? Bad idea.

Game WILL run on Windows 98 & 2000 NOT just XP

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: April 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is for the person who wrote "Hi, Does the complete version only come in XP?"

This is what the sticker attached to the game says:

*THE SIMS COMPLETE COLLECTION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows XP, 2000, or 98
CPU: 450 MHz or faster Intel Pentium II or equivalent
RAM: 128 MB or more
Disc Drive: 4x or faster CD/DVD drive
Hard Drive: At least 3.8 GB of free space
Video: DirectX 7.0 compatible video card
-Video card must have 4 MB or more memory and must be
capable of displaying 800x600 resolution in 16-bit color
Sound: DirectX 7.0 compatible sound card

1647424

So the Amazon webpage may say that this game only runs on XP, but going by the sticker it WILL run on Windows 98/2000/XP (as long as you've met all the other requirements). I'm only giving the game 3 stars right now because the 2 or 3 times that I've tried to play it have been pretty frustrating.

If you click on an existing family things might run smoother, but when I try to "set up" a household things get messed up. For example: You buy a fridge and stove, but your Sims want a bed. So you sell the fridge and buy a bed, but then they want a couch. So you sell the stove to buy a couch, but then they get hungry and want the fridge back. I personally don't find this "fun", just really annoying. I actually started looking for a "lightning" button to zap my Sims to the Pearly Gates. I know there's a "Free Will" mode, but they still stand there grumbling at me. :-)

They ALSO make a MACDVD version (MAC OS X), but THIS IS NOT IT!!!

My teenagers love "The Sims"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My daughters have been bugging me to buy them "The Sims" for quite some time because many of their friends have it. I was concerned that they would play the game to the exclusion of seeing friends and doing non-computer activities. I found that they invite their friends over to play the game. It has been very interactive for them and did not make "computer zombies" of them. Plus, they want to use the internet less!

The Sims Deluxe Edition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun! It's brought out the control freak in me. I get to design and purchase the house furnishings and guide my SIMs to a hopefully lucrative career/and or successful relationships. Be careful, though: Playing this game can become an obsession. :)

The Best Game!!!!!!!!!!!Duh!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Everything is great about this. It is a must have.

This Is a graeat deal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 21
Date: November 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a GREAT deal and is worth every penny my favorite game on there was unleashed you get to have pets and hot date is were you get to go downtown and vactoin is ok i really don't like that one because you go somewhere and lose money

great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have loved sims from the beginning.
putting them all together is a plus.
only negative,is you cannot to choose what you want to install.
such as, I would have chose not to install making magic.
But over all GREAT GAME

Everything you ever want comes with a price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: May 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, I played Sims for the longest time before buying this all-in-one DVD pack. It uses every expansion pack in one, and it seems like a dream come true. But what is keeping me from playing it is how slow the people move according on how fast the day is. Loading times for certain things like switching maps are no fun, and there is just too mcuh to do. Living the life in Sims seems great, but you only have time for so much. I can't even keep up 10 friends without ignoring all the other people I made in the game, becasue there is just no time. Installing it for me took like a year too. Overall, it's still the Sims you know.

Addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game. I had never played before and now I wish I had more free time. I love this game and time flies by when you are playing. I can't wait for Sim 2 to come in a complete collection. This game is all the extension packs and the original game all in one. I recommend it for anyone.

Simply the Best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I recently lost game disks so instead of paying $10 per disk lost to recover the cd key i (and i had 2) i just purchased the entire collection from Amazon for $35! How can you beat that deal?

As for the game... obviously it's the best or i wouldn;t have spent more $$ on it!

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