I happen to love The Sims and pirates so it seemed reasonable enough to me. The reason I mention this is because I was asked to by a PR company that was hired by EA to shill it. Socializing with online friends requires constant additions and doses of creativity plus, y’know Pirates. The Sims has a strong community and a big “play” atmosphere.
I haven’t played it so I can’t tell you how wonderful it is, but consider that The Sims is one giant theme and a new one would not go amiss. You get about 18 new bits and bobs, 57 new Sims and most importantly – Pirate Ghosts. Your plumbing bursts? It was hacked up by a pirate. Anything you think of can probably be improved if you add pirates. If I had The Sims 3 then I would probably get this because Pirates. I would but I’m too distracted by playing The Sims 3.Īnyway, about a month ago an add-on called Barnacle Bay was released.If you can ignore the cheesy voiceover then this release trailer shows you what’s what. The fact that this is also a facet of yourself adds a kind of twisted dimension if you care to think about it. So you can control a person’s life utterly, down to what time they brush their teeth, if at all and you get to peer into the world of someone else. The genius of The Sims is that it is essentially a mix of god control and voyeurism skinned over a Real Time Strategy format. So I don’t own The Sims 3 myself because in 2000 I accidentally played the original for the best part of 20 straight hours and I can’t afford that kind of time these days.īut so that I could play it and ensure I didn’t get kicked out of my house I did borrow it and ohmygoditwasjustlikeitusedtobeonlybetter.