 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
The Sims 3: Late Night
- Windows, Mac
- Price: $39.99
- Genre: Simulation
Common Sense Media says
Add-on pack skews older with nightlife and hook-ups.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that The Sims 3: Late Night is an expansion pack to the Sims 3 game for PC and Mac platforms. It adds the ability to go out on the town and visit night clubs late at night. Players can take their Sim to dance, socialize, and hook up with other characters. Its entire emphasis is on nightlife and encouraging players to get into more and more exclusive venues. Along with visiting these clubs, players will see provocatively-dressed dancers and see that it is easier to make out with some characters here. However, other factors usually associated with nightlife - including getting buzzed or drunk - are avoided in this game.
What's it about?
THE SIMS 3: LATE NIGHT is an expansion pack to The Sims 3, which gives players the opportunity to get out of their digital home and meet new Sims at the city's hopping nightlife. Players are encouraged to gain fame among the entry-level clubs in order to get invited into the more exclusive sites. The game presents this task more like climbing a virtual social ladder than focusing on any of the sleazy or tawdry aspects of real-life nightlife. However, it is possible to meet a character and, moments later, start kissing and making out, and even lead to having "woohoo" with him or her. For the most part, as has become synonymous with the Sims franchise, players create their own story in this open-ended adventure.
Is it any good?
The Sims 3: Late Night is part of the best-selling PC game franchise of all time. It has earned that title because of its sophisticated depiction of real life, and as such has a lot of clout in all of its presentation. So even though night clubs and random hook-ups are glamorized, they are presented in a way that comes across as a legitimate part of the player's virtual life. Even so, this includes a lot of material that many children may be unable or unready to understand and should be treated as such. For players who understand how to make moral decisions in their own life, this game is a vicarious adventure that allows them to live out activities they know would have different consequences in real life. For those players, the Late Night expansion is a fun way to add to their Sims 3 experience.
Online interaction: The game does have some online interaction, however most of it is not played online with other players. For example, there is an online store in which players can buy extra items for their game, and the game provides access to online message boards and community sites. However, much of this occurs out of the realm of the actual game.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the importance of a curfew. Why is it unsafe to be out late at night on your own?
The Sims 3 lets you customize your own character and determine its personality traits. Which human traits do you think are the most important?
How can you balance your social life with the responsibilities of work or school?
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Kid, 12 years old
January 5, 2011
AGE
OK for tweens.
It's not that bad!
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Great game. Playing it today after i finish reviewing more stuff.
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not for easily influenced kids:) an o.k expansion...
O.k sooo let's just say... i've.. errrm.. invested in the sims (big time) we're talking bout $400 my friends...
So I'm pretty much an expert on everything sims:) so to be clear I' going to talk about what this game ADDS not the original base game.
violence: game didn't add any violence
sex: game did add new places to "woo-hoo" but It's not shown at all (just bumps under cover, and rose petals falling with sounds of giggling)
language: they speak "simish" :) so no swearing there:)
drinking, drugs, smoking: none, but the game glamorises drinking a little, they use names like "tropical treasure", and your sim has wishes to buy drinks sometimes, it adds drinking to the list of "glamorous adult things" so for easily- impressible kids, I would not buy this (base game is a different story)
messages: good and bad. You have to get your sim a job to pay bills (which increase depending on value of home), furniture, food, and other services, and products. The in-game job mirrors a real one, because you have to make your sim work hard to get promoted, and it does take up time for partys and in-game rec. activities.
On the other hand is glamourises the "clubbing" life, all kids want at one point. So again for easily impressible kids this isn't a good game. Your sim can go to clubs, got to bars, dance, have big parties, bar-tend, wear slightly revealing clothes, and become celebirties
role-models: some robot players wear the slightly revealing clothes... but no problem there really..
safety: perfectly safe!
as a teen, I love how the game adds apartments, and city life:), but not as good as world adventures, and ambitions
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Teen Expantion
Best expantion pack for sims 3. They add an option to woohoo in a hot tub which is the only new sexual theme added. You can blow bubbles and drink juice which is simmilar to alcohal. The celberty's are pritty much snobs thaty will be jerks to them untill you impress them. Vampires are added which is cool and also high rises also cool. So yes it is worth buying but only if you are mature.
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Maturity Scale
When I first popped The Sims 3: Late Night into my hard drive, I wasn't expecting as much of the good stuff. I started playing The Sims when I was 8 years old, and now, with this installment, I love it even more. I feel it has positive messages in it, for reasons that were used as a negative bofore. Matthew Hemming, for example, is a 5 Star Celeberty, and he worked to get there, and he was rewarded by paparazzi and exclusive clubs. The Sexual interactions are the only bad part in my point of view. It depends on your childs maturity level, which you know best.
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Perfect for all ages over 7
Now, I went out and got this game to write a review. Along with Ambitions, Late Night, and World Adventures. This game includes both good role models and bad role models. Good models include Firefighters and Doctors that are avalible for the players to pick as their sims job. The only bad role model is probably the Criminal or Thief. But, it isn't a major concern. Sexual content is very low. Players are given the option to either "WooHoo" or "Try for Baby". WooHoo would not make the female pregnant, while try for baby would. The sexual intercourse is covered by blankets, and any nudity is blurred. I strongly agree that this is suitable for young kids, and not for 16+. I recommend buying this game strongly.
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good for tween teens adults but not for tykes
its good for any one 12+ in my opinion because its nothing wrong with except that you got alcohol beverages or appears to be and the fact if you are a vampire you can raid hospitals and supremarkets( which is teaching to steal) and the fact that you might get mugged on the subway( which tells kids you need to be careful when you one the subway) and for females that you can change the size of your cleavage to any size from flat to huge other than that its fun you have dance clubs disco clubs and its not like they doing dirty dancing and can't say its sexual because they show no nudity not even when they in the shower or the tub so yea this games ok for ages 11+
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12 and over is fine and has positive messages
It does have a small inappropriate feeling but for 12 and over its fine for kids to play. It can teach life and have positive messages.
I think the rating is ridiculous as it should have 12 in the yellow mark!
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I got this game a few weeks ago and boy do I love it! It is a great addition to my collection (yet to but Outodoor Stuff) There are good and bad role models, like some celebirties in real life (adds celerberties) Anmd finnally a new town with dance clubs and bars, and no, you can't get drunk. I do think the rating that is given is way off, it is not very sexual or any expliced things like that, unless you have mods...
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| Platforms: | Windows, Mac |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Simulation |
| Developer: | Electronic Arts |
| Release date: | October 26, 2010 |
| Price: | $39.99 |
| ESRB rating: | T for Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence |
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