Here are my findings so far. Please let me know if I got any of this wrong!
Some things I was disappointed about:
*Still no edit town button on the town screen. I like to fill the town with my created sims vs. the developer created ones. Could not find a way to do this on the Xbox version.
*Maintaining/deleting unwanted downloaded clothing and items is still a pain. Why can't I delete unwanted content from the Edit Sim screen???
*This is not an expansion pack, it is a completely separate game. So be ready to say goodbye to the sims you created in the Xbox version of The Sims. Time to create some new ones. I was hoping for an import option from one game to the other sort of the way Fable or Mass Effect works. Missed opportunity here in my opinion.
And here are some things I liked:
*The pets are really great. By far the best pets experience you will have in The Sims so far. Being able to control the pets adds a lot to the game. There are no horses in the console version but that doesn't bother me personally. I'm more of a cat person.
*The Digging and Hunting options for the dog and cat are really fun!
*There are some sort of town mysteries that you can figure out. I didn't get to try these out much last night, but they seem like they could be fun.
*I really like the new town, much better than in the previous Xbox game. There are a lot of nice parks and it seems like there is more open space between lots.
*The Karma Powers are just as cool as on the first 360 game, but there are even more of them now.
*Challenge Points are a great way to make you try out everything the game has to offer.
*Achievement Points. Need I say more?
Overall I find this game to be a great addition to my Xbox game library. It might not be able to compete with the PC version in expandability and configurability, but what console game can? If you don't have a computer fast enough to play the PC version, buy this. If you like playing games on the console instead of the computer, then give it a try. It's fun!
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The Sims 3 Pets is a great new addition to my collection of games for my Xbox 360. The console version of the game adds cats, dogs, town mysteries, new karma powers, and many other exciting new items and features to the game. The fact that you can control the pets makes for a lot of new and exciting activities to do in the game and will surely keep any lover of The Sims busy for hours on end. You'll often find yourself trying to get your cat to go hunting or making your dog dig holes in the neighbor's yard. The Sims themselves also have new actions in the game, such as, digging for items and they can also now invent. They can even teach their pets tricks, which to me is very fun.Even though the game adds all of these great new features it still lacks in a couple departments. Firstly it's a standalone console game, you're not going to be able to use it as an add-on to your previous Sims 3 console game. This isn't a huge problem since the Pets version seems to have so much included, but it still would had been nice. Also the game itself seems to be very "glitchy" at times, for instance often times when I'm having my Sim carry a pet around the pet will just float in midair beside them. Sometimes the Sims also seem to freeze up for a while at certain times when doing small tasks like filling a pet bowl, it always straightens out fairly quickly, but it can still be a bother. Most of the small problems though will most likely be patched with an update so don't let them stop you from giving the game a try!
Altogether I think this game is a very fun and should be added to any Sim lover's collection.
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Sims 3 pets for XBOX 360 needs to be patched by EA.EA's not trying to fix console issues right now, because EA said that not enough people are bringing the 'console' game issues to their attention.
Here's what i noticed right away in just a few hours of gameplay:
-Fine Control doesn't work, by pressing RT and rotating objects in buy/build mode, you can only turn object in 8 directions, you can't turn and place object in just any angle anymore, and you can't place object any spot other than the spot it locks on, on the grid automatically. This option was supposed to be in this game, it even sais so in the manual in tutorial. And Sims 3 for XBOX 360 could do it.
-Game is unusually quiet, because i noticed that the sims' objects television and computer has no sound at all.
-(An issue for Canada version players is that they didn't get the 12 hour clock like the United States did. They got the 24 hour military clock like the UK instead, with no option to swich it. (And Canada Always Used To get the 12 hr clock like the U.S. in all previous sims games.)
-Sims clothes in live mode look dull and faded, and i noticed jean material to be kind of blurred.
-Game play seems kind of slow, feels like a bit of delay when you click to do anything.
-Fast forward can make a bit of stutter or can send my sim flying across the room or float across room sometimes.
-If sims click on pet and select 'ask to follow' sim, that command doesn't work.
-A pregnant NPC had a stomach on bottom but flat on top, like a pouch, so you could see inside her.
-My sims character lost her voice and i had to replace my lot to get her voice back. nothing else could fix it.
-Glitches from Sims 3 for XBOX 360 return in Sims 3 Pets for XBOX 360, you still can't place picnic baskets on community lots, and if you place it at home, it glitches the spot on the ground it was placed on. Also you still can't stand on swings even though the option to click it is there.
Now for some good things:
-We have hot tub and sectional sofa objects now.
-Not a big amount of new objects in this game, but the new objects are great.
-Lighting is more realistic in this game, everything but clothes seems more clear, without everything being so dark, glowing or blurry as much anymore. Now I can see the tops of beds, carpets and counters more clearly, and walls, floors and objects look better in this new brighter lighting.
Also the sims faces, make-up and hair are much more clear.(and hair is glossy). In sims 3 for console lipstick used to appear mostly red and black, but not in this game.(And if you zoom in in live mode you can even see their eye color now.)And thats with composite cables on a standard tube tv. Another thing though is, night time can appear kind of dull colored if you don't set some lights in the house to 'high'.
It would be nice if they make a patch for 12 hr clock, fine control, and the silent TV and PC's. That's the only way the game would deserve 5 stars.
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-April 2 2012--just updating this review several months later, to let people know that there's a 'Huge, HUGE' serious BUG that can happen in the game that you can't recover from, and deleting the whole game and replaying the disk won't even fix this:(i've checked the internet and found others that are having this same game bug too and they couldn't fix it no matter what they did either){also, i cleared cache AND by the way, the game wasn't on my harddrive, its just normal disk play. still this glitch remains}
Here it is: all of a sudden now, for any new game started, or continued, the inventory's "backpack", is already 1/3 full in orange, even though 'Nothing' is in your back back, nothing in your inventory, and nothing in your offsite storage.
It wasn't doing this before. the only thing that i could see that might have started this game breaker glitch, the thing different i started doing when i noticed this is:...(now i can hardly put anything in inventory without it filling saying theres no more room, then getting stuck on that screen because it doesn't let you press B button to go back when this happends.)
I wonder how the bug is staying because as i said i deleted Everything,the whole game, cleared cache and started again. usually deleting the whole game or deleting all items saved in game, replacing house, moving, or reseting with mailbox, should have fixed any glitch, but not this one for some reason. this bug is Staying. EA needs to look into this, because This Thing Definitly Needs a Patch upate.(its the worst bug since game freezing on save, which by the way happened to me once in this game too.)
--just a heads up to other players to not do the 3 things i did in case thats what starts that bug, because you won't be able to get rid of it, and its no fun when you can hardly fit anything at all in your backpack. i USED to be able to put lots of stuff in there. this sucks. i may as well go back to playing sims 3 again instead.
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Yes this is the same great sims we are use too however this version (xbox 360) is so glitchy I have lost nearly all my playing time because of a few different glitches. The first time was when I was going into town and it got stuck on the loading screen. Their is no way not to loose all your progress since your last save. The 2nd that happend to me just now is I got stuck when casting a karma power. I could do odinary tasks around the house but, I could not leave, build or buy things or read my pop up notices... EA may be saying they don't receive enough reports about what is going on in the counsel versions but my question is have they even tried testing on this version?Also why no auto-save option?
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My questions with this before i got it was, 'Is it going to be the same as sims 3 but with animals?"And it is, you can still do create a mode, which was important to me, and graphics are the same. A few silly glitches for my game, but nothing that would ever make me think less of it (for example my toddler kept the same face and clothes but practically stretched out tall when the cat sniffed him)
Bought for my 360, basically under 30 dollars for a game that, in my opinion, is BETTER than sims 3 in general. There are a couple new cool things in build and buy mode, As far as I know the PC version is the only one with other animals other than just dogs and cats. Still way worth it even if there is only 2 species. With high free will, the animals are pretty much spot on with real actions for the animals, so it's fun to watch. Animals are aloud to have jobs which is cute :) Basically, in the grave yard, police station ect. Animals have only one skill level they can progress. Dogs: Digging, you can find seeds, gems, rocks, bugs, and relics. The museum gives you money for finding them. Cats: Hunting you can find bugs, and spirits. You are able to give you're findings as a cat, to your owner as a gift or you can keep the bugs/spirits in your house, and of course sell all that the animals find.
As for the sims in the careers, the skill levels they "need" to get a promotion, have higher expectations. In Sims 3, it was basically 'work on getting your logic up you skill point. Next promotion another skill point.' For this one I've noticed the first expectation for your job is to have it up 3 skill points, thankfully skill points don't seem to matter. For example my sim's are up to level 7 & 8 with all skill levels on the low side, and are still progressing.
Highly recommend this, can't beat the price for more added in the build and buy, plus being able to have animals.
Can't wait to see if there will be an ad on for 360
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