A game for just about all people of all ages. Shame on you Attorney Thompson!
Many of the strengths of this game is that the realism, graphics, and situations surpass the original Sims by a longshot. The customizable options are next to limitless except for object creation: you can make your Sims look like just about anything with the Sims Body Shop tool system provided, but you may want to download the tutorial online first.
Drawbacks? Only a few. In the very first version of this game there were funny graphical glitches where things newborns sticking into their mother's stomach and floated around strangely. Thanks to updates over time, this game has nearly eliminated it's weaknesses in the graphics department.
Overall this game blew me away. And just for the record, for those of you who seek no interest in keeping live Sims.. the dark side is open to you. You can indeed kill your Sims; fire, drowning, electrocution (when they are repairing an electric device in water puddles), disease, and old age. We all have dark moments sometimes, so if you're one of those people that enjoy that kind of thing.. go for it.