I can't even begin to explain how many hours I've put into this game, especially in my teen years. I remember overheating my old computer so many times playing this but I'd always get right back on and replay what I lost, or sometimes I'd get frustrated that I lost my progress and make a new family. I had so many generations of horses - I always started with a customized horse, more recently I figured out that I could make a beautiful horse with a bow on its side and I'd see how many generations I could pass that trait on in my horses. I also tried it with stars and other patterns. The way they designed genetics in this game, top tier. Also enjoyed having cats and dogs of course. Love being able to control the pets. Riding horses around in the open world was so good. May play again soon.

The way I was gonna try to "beat" this game was to make it through 3 generations of my sims family, but then I realized how long that was going to take. I decided that after I beat Breath of The Wild, I was just gonna play this one more time and then end the playthrough.

I enjoyed the game, but not as much as I did when I was younger( Partcially because I used cheats back then). The gameplay on the Xbox360 version is good, just very laggy. I've seen some gameplay from the PC version and they look like totally different games. On the PC it looks way bigger and more indepth. 360 version is still good, just a more limiting experience.

The only sim games I've played are this, and the Sims 4. Compared to the Sims 4, the Sims 3 is night and day. It's way better and suprisingly has more for you to do in the base game.

Overall, I had a good time with this game. I would have rated this higher if this was years ago, but I did seem to like it less now that I'm a bit older. Still a good, solid game, but I would only recomend it to people who are fans of the series or Sim type games, not people who like games in general.

Score: 3.5/5
Letter Grade: B