i really like it i recently made my sims have twins and their both girls!!!!
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The Sims Life Stories
(2007, Video Games - Simulation, Rated T, Play it on: Windows)
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Common Sense says
Fun but flawed story-based people simulation.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of The Sims Life Stories was written by Marc Saltzman
Parents need to know these games let players have their Sims do any number of things, be it fall in love, eat breakfast, get undressed down to underwear before slipping into bed, kissing with someone on a couch, or getting into bed to "woo-hoo" with other Sims (nothing graphic is seen, however). The game does not contain nudity, bad language, or any major scenes of violence. The game's "Crude Humor" warning reflects the belching, whispering a dirty joke to another Sim, or seeing your Sims use the toilet (though the characters are pixilated at this point, which makes them fuzzy).
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What’s the Story?
THE SIMS LIFE STORIES lets you choose to play as a young woman, Riley Harlow, who finds herself caught between a new beau and an old flame, or as Vincent Moore, a successful tech entrepreneur in search of someone to share his comfortable life. Each story takes place over 12 chapters, plus you can also choose "free play," which is more akin to the classic The Sims storyless gameplay. You must micromanage the lives of virtual people ("sims") by having them eat when hungry, sleep when tired, develop relationships, and take on a job to make money so you can buy items to customize their homes. The game mechanics work more or less the same in Life Stories, except you follow a specific story. Consider Life Stories a romantic comedy.
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Is It Any Good?
Similar to past Sims games, much of the humor lies in the gibberish language spoken by the sims, along with the cute animations, such as tickling someone, tossing out a stinky bag of trash, or the pixilated body parts when your sims need to use the toilet. Life Stories offers a fun twist on Sims gameplay, but it isn't perfect. A number of artificial intelligence problems can disrupt the experience. Another problem is related to time, which sometimes seems out of sync in the different locations.
Other odd behavior might be fixed with a downloadable update from EA: Riley can serve drinks at a house party in her underwear, for example, yet her guests don't say a thing. Despite these shortcomings, Life Stories is a very fun game, whether you've played any of the past Sims games or not. In fact, you may find that you're more interested in what will happen to your sims than you are willing to admit.
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Released on 02/06/2007, price $39.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: T (for crude humor, sexual themes, violence)
ESRB rating: T (for crude humor, sexual themes, violence)
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
i'd say 13+
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Easy to play
It's really good
I don't have the Life stories I have the pet stories but their basicly the same.Nothing is graphic but maybe younger kids would not understand what it ment by WOOHOO.A tip so you don't have to see anything is simply move the camera away from the bed.Any way all you see is the covers move and occasionally see their legs or arms pop out.It's also is educational and good role models cuz teenagers even though in real life are able to have babies in the game they have to wait until they are adults.Which is good but even if your an adult you don't have to be married to the sim.It's also good to teach kids not to get pregnant too early because in my game I've only gone through one full pregnancy and trust me it is difficult and so is having a baby in real life but in the game the sim is all demanding and always needs something.Which kind of sucks.But it's really fun
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Easy to play
It was a great game! I had it for a long time until it stopped working- once I started playing the sims 2 double deluxe though, it seemed like it wasn't as detailed. There are some violent and sexual themes, but you control it, but it is still a tiny bit explicit.
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
Fun!
This game is really fun! Kids and adults alike will enjoy it.
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