'Transmogrify' a pet into a human if you want to take your relationship to that next level, instantly fill all of your need bars, drop a meteor and a Sims head to dispose of them, or simply fill up your requirement bars to save yourself from napping on a public bench. Last year's The Sims 3 introduced Karma powers and The Sims 3: Pets expands on them. He refilled my cat's bowl, he cleaned up the wet spots, and he'd always try to pet, brush, and hold his little feline - despite her malice. But because the owner was a cat person, he never stopped trying (and I rarely controlled him). The cat's every interaction was mean: it wet the floor all over the house, vomited after cleaning itself, and made mince-meat out of its human's furniture. For example, to recreate my own life in this virtual world, I created a cat who was mortal enemies with its owner. For a world where you can be whomever you want and live the life you desire, the addition of man's best friend and criminally-employed cats adds icing to an already interesting cake.Īnd with the unusually detailed AI that derives from giving characters traits and desires, comes chaos (and comedy). Regardless of how tough you might think you are - it'll melt your heart. Utilizing The Sims 3's impressive character creator to make puppies and kittens is adorable.

The Sims 3: Pets limits animals to dogs and cats, unlike the horses, snakes, and gerbils of its PC cousin.

But if you don't care about design, you can spend just as much time leveling your character's skills and adventuring through town. If you're detail-oriented, you can create a matching living room style and set in your dream mansion. You can customize, build, design, and share your creations almost to the extent of PC players (on your own platform-specific network). If you try to move between any given area of Sugar Maple Coast (the town unique to the console versions of The Sims 3: Pets) you'll get hit with a load screen.īut problems aside, The Sims 3: Pets' depth and complexity is robust. If you speed up time to tackle activities more quickly, the characters will stutter around the game world completing their tasks.

This means that at a glance, it feels like the exact same game. In The Sims 3: Pets on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the controls, the user-interface, the graphics, and the technical problems return from last year.

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