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The Sims™ 3

by The Sims Studio

Released Jun 2, 2009
$19.99
400 h to beat
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)

86%positive reviews

29,694 positive4,764 negative

What players say

Pros

Charming, emergent life sim with a lot of freedom
Strong, long-lasting replay value

Cons

Expansion packs are priced high for an older game

Mixed

Some say essential DLC is worth it, others feel most packs are unnecessary

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

OS *: Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)

Processor: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent

Memory: (XP) 1 GB; (Vista) 1.5 GB

Graphics: 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

DirectX®:

Hard Drive: At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content

Built-in Graphics:

Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.

2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent

0.5 GB additional RAM

Supported Video Cards:Nvidia GeForce series: FX5900 or greater, G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150, GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 275, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295; ATI Radeon™ series: ATI Radeon 9500 series of greater, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, 2400, 2600, 2900, 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870 series or greater; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series

*Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported

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In The Sims 3, you can create Sims with unique personalities, fulfill their desires, and control their lives within a customizable living neighborhood. Unlock all-new Karma Powers and unleash them on your Sims: help your Sim get lucky with the power of "love connector", bless them with the power of…

Ratings

80IGDB players643 ratings
75Critics9 reviews
77Overall652 scores

Time to beat

400 hStory and extraswith side content

Details

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Series

The Sims

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Spanish (Mexico)
Spanish (Spain)
Swedish
Thai

Links

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