Why so much hate for Sims games?

Whenever I see someone mention Sims 3, or Sims, in any SW thread there's always at least five responses making some sort of laughing comment at Sims.

What exactly is so terrible about the game? Personally I love it. Is System Wars really so "MATURE GAMES FOR MATURE GAMERS SUCH AS MYSELF" that they can't accept any game that isn't a generic brown and bloom shooter?

I hate them for the amount of expansion packs released, which are blatantly made for a quick dime. And the damned things still sell.

The Sims can be quite fun actually. I remember when I was a kid, my sister used to play The Sims. One day she had her game on pause, and I played on her game and somehow managed to get the dad killed in a fire and the daughter killed by the grim reaper 5 minutes after.

Whenever I see someone mention Sims 3, or Sims, in any SW thread there's always at least five responses making some sort of laughing comment at Sims.

What exactly is so terrible about the game? Personally I love it. Is System Wars really so "MATURE GAMES FOR MATURE GAMERS SUCH AS MYSELF" that they can't accept any game that isn't a generic brown and bloom shooter?

LittleHands134

For the same reason people bash WOW, the Wii and any other thing that can be related to the word casual in some way. Apparently most people here are badass harcore gamers, that make normal hardcore gamers look like sissies or something bad or worse.

It was good when I was younger, but I would rather live my life than control a virtual one. jfcundiff

Sims is basically a 3D rendered version of the tamagochi's, does that ring a bell?

SW hates what is successful, The Sims, Wii, Halo, etc. etc.VideoGameGuy

[QUOTE="jfcundiff"]It was good when I was younger, but I would rather live my life than control a virtual one. _rpg_FAN

[QUOTE="jfcundiff"]It was good when I was younger, but I would rather live my life than control a virtual one. _rpg_FAN

Whenever I see someone mention Sims 3, or Sims, in any SW thread there's always at least five responses making some sort of laughing comment at Sims.

What exactly is so terrible about the game? Personally I love it. Is System Wars really so "MATURE GAMES FOR MATURE GAMERS SUCH AS MYSELF" that they can't accept any game that isn't a generic brown and bloom shooter?

[QUOTE="NintendoBoy1996"]sims is for babys and for girls i am not a girlMr_Splosher

I dunno. I think they're hilarious. They are what you make of them. If you don't think locking a character inside a room where he wets himself until he dies of starvation sounds like fun then what the hell is wrong with you?

I once made a large, clinical room with a checkboard-pattern floor, tons of grandfather clocks lining the walls and nothing else in it but open fire places with sofas in front of them. It was so ridiculously psychopathic I laughed myself a bit. Like a room from Resident Evil, only much stupider. Shortly thereafter everyone died in a horrible fire. I don't know what happened.

I think this sums up the appeal of The Sims pretty well.

Sims 2 is a great game I've probably played it for over 200 hours. If that makes me a girl, child or casual then so be it.

Whenever I see someone mention Sims 3, or Sims, in any SW thread there's always at least five responses making some sort of laughing comment at Sims.

What exactly is so terrible about the game? Personally I love it. Is System Wars really so "MATURE GAMES FOR MATURE GAMERS SUCH AS MYSELF" that they can't accept any game that isn't a generic brown and bloom shooter?

LittleHands134

I think most people agree that Sims is a good game. I personally love the Sims. But I also think the majority of gamers, including myself, HATE HATE HATE the 50 expansion packs that come out for every sims game. I mean, most of the stuff they offer is nothing new and could have easily been included with the main game.

The only conclusion that can be made from this behaviour is that Sims isn't being sold as a game, so much as a delivery system for all the expansion packs.

[QUOTE="LittleHands134"]

Whenever I see someone mention Sims 3, or Sims, in any SW thread there's always at least five responses making some sort of laughing comment at Sims.

What exactly is so terrible about the game? Personally I love it. Is System Wars really so "MATURE GAMES FOR MATURE GAMERS SUCH AS MYSELF" that they can't accept any game that isn't a generic brown and bloom shooter?

ZIMdoom

I think most people agree that Sims is a good game. I personally love the Sims. But I also think the majority of gamers, including myself, HATE HATE HATE the 50 expansion packs that come out for every sims game. I mean, most of the stuff they offer is nothing new and could have easily been included with the main game.

The only conclusion that can be made from this behaviour is that Sims isn't being sold as a game, so much as a delivery system for all the expansion packs.

I have never played a Sims game, but I am pretty interested in Sims 3. I think it will be a good game for me and my girl to play together (we each have our own computer). I have been keeping my eye on it as well as Diablo 3 for games to play with my girl.

I think most people agree that Sims is a good game. I personally love the Sims. But I also think the majority of gamers, including myself, HATE HATE HATE the 50 expansion packs that come out for every sims game. I mean, most of the stuff they offer is nothing new and could have easily been included with the main game.

The only conclusion that can be made from this behaviour is that Sims isn't being sold as a game, so much as a delivery system for all the expansion packs.