POLL: First Impressions of The Sims 3

[maragikat]

Not Great.

Sure, this game looks great initially [even I spent months anticipating its arrival] but I was greatly disappointed the first time I tried it out. The features are lovely, but they could have easily, and more effectively, been incorporated in The Sims 2. Though I understand why EA Games chose the route they did, it's still kinda disappointing that we'll have to purchase new expansion packs to essentially get back what we miss from The Sims 2. I'm also not fond of how we now have to pay for custom content through "SimPoints." We already pay quite a handful for the game itself - charging for more content seems a little irrational.