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About Zenn’s World: This all started when my Dad told me it is time to earn my own money.  So, no allowance means I needed to get creative and start a website!  I have searched to find just the right toys, games and other fun stuff that make great gifts for kids.  I love all of these fun products! I am partnered with Amazon so buying from my website means you are safe and can expect great service. My Dad is President and Creator of Skiboards.com so he made sure the ordering process is smooth, safe and easy. Please buy from my Amazon-powered store! Zenn | |  | Computer Games | Home » » The Sims 3 [Download] | | | | | | | Description: | | The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief. Create millions of unique Sims and control their lives. Customize their appearances and personalities. Build their homes - design everything from exquisitely furnished dream homes to quaint cottages. Then, send your Sims out to explore their ever-changing neighborhood and to meet other Sims in the town center. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not) to fulfill your Sims' destinies and make their wishes come true. 
Create like never before.
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New seamless neighborhoods.
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New create a Sim and personalities.
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Extreme home customization.
View larger. | Key Game Features: - New Seamless, Living Neighborhood
- Explore the ever-changing neighborhood—and take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors’ homes, converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard and more. Who knows what might happen?
- Admire the natural beauty of the beach, the mountains, and more.
- New Create a Sim Functionality
- Create any Sim you can imagine with easy-to-use design tools that allow for unlimited customization of facial features, hair color, eye color, and more.
- Fine tune your Sims’ body shape from thin to curvy to muscular.
- New Personality Traits
- Create over a million different personalities with traits such as evil, insane, kleptomaniac, romantic, and more.
- Influence the behaviors of your Sims with the traits you’ve chosen. Will you create a neurotic romantic with a heart of gold, or a geeky super-genius with an evil streak?
- New Unlimited Customization
- Everyone can customize everything—design and build your dream house and decorate it to fit your Sims’ personalities.
- Customize everything from floors to décor, shirts to sofas, wallpaper to window shades.
- New Gameplay That’s Rewarding and Quick
- Face short and long-term challenges and reap the rewards.
- Your Sims can pursue random opportunities to get fast cash, get ahead, get even, and more.
- Choose whether, or not, to fulfill your Sims’ destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be thieves, rock stars, world leaders? The choice is yours.
- Get Connected and Share Your Creations with The Sims 3 Online Community
- Get free bonus content—download Sims, outfits, furnishings, houses and more.
- Create and Share Sims, houses, movies and more with anyone.
- Join The Sims 3 community to share ideas with fans of The Sims from around the world.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | | OS: | Windows Vista (SP1)/Windows XP (SP2) | | Processor: | Vista - 2.4 GHz P4 or equivalent/XP - 2.0 GHz P4 or equivalent | | RAM: | Vista - 1.5 GB/XP - 1GB | | Hard Drive: | Vista & XP - 8 GB or more | | Video Card: | 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0. Supported video cards include: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900, FX 5950, 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800, 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800, 9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280 (GeForce FX unsupported under Vista); ATI Radeon 9500, 9600, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, 2400, 2600, 2900, 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870, 4850, 4870; Intel Extreme Graphics GMA X3x00 series. | | Other: | Laptop versions of chipsets above may work, but may run comparatively slower. | EA DISCLAIMER: Internet connection, online authentication and acceptance of end user license agreement required to play The Sims 3 digital download product. Access to online services including Simpoints and downloads requires an internet connection, EA account and game registration with the provided serial code. Registration is limited to one EA account per serial code and is non-transferable. EA online terms & conditions can be found at www.ea.com. You must be 13+ to register for an EA account. Mac users must update to the latest version of the Sims 3 launcher to access online services, including [free] Simpoints and downloads. EA may provide certain incremental content and/or updates for no additional charge, if and when available. The Sims 3 digital download product uses SecuROM digital rights management technology provided by Sony DADC Austria AG. For more information about SecuROM, visit http:/faq.securom.com/. EA may retire online features after 30 days notice posted on www.ea.com. | | | Product Details: | | | Average Customer Rating:
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49 of 52 found the following review helpful:
 Great game! Need patience for download...Dec 07, 2010
By Amanda Curcio
The game is great. Runs smoothly. Reminds me of when The Sims first came out and I was addicted! Definitely recommend.
However, I didn't like the Amazon downloader. The idea is great. The average download time was 2 and a half hours, but mine took about 4 hours, and I don't think it was my new HP laptop's fault. But, the game did eventually download. You just need to go through various stages of downloading and each take an eternity. You think that once you get past the first download stage that you're done, so you get disappointed when there's about three more that take just as much time. Just don't get too excited to play when you order it, keep your patience!
34 of 40 found the following review helpful:
 Won't Install After Download nor Run...Amazon & EA Give Me The Run AroundAug 08, 2011
By JassmineSasha
I have gone through about 6 redownloads via Amazon's downloader. Averaged about 2.5 hour downloads. Every time I download completely and click on "Install" on the Amazon Downloader, NOTHING HAPPENS. I go into the file & click on "Autorun" & NOTHING HAPPENS (it originally would launch the Sims 3 Launcher, I would click "play" and it would ask me to insert disc...for a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD). I go into the file & click on "Sims3Setup", InstallShield Wizard loads, & when it stops loading, I get an error message saying that "Sims 3 version 1.00.632 is already installed. This installs version 1.0.631. You must uninstall previous versions in order to install this version." I contacted Amazon, and they sent me straight to EA tech support. I sent them an email 3 days ago & still have not been responded to. So, I have been live chatting with EA for the past 2.5 days UNSUCCESSFULLY. They said that my issue was complicated & needed to be sent to a "Senior Advisor"...I waited 50 minutes for this Senior Advisor, got to number 1 in the queue, & then go a message saying that no Advisor was available & that the chat was cancelled. REALLY?! Amazon and Electronic Arts should be ASHAMED of themselves. A digital download should NOT be this difficult. My PC is about 2.5 years old and meets all of the requirements. So, what is the problem?? This feels like $35 DOWN THE DRAIN! I WANT MY MONEY BACK, OR A LEGITIMATE DISC!!!!!!!!
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Great download! And great game!!!Nov 27, 2010
By Daniel
"Daniel"
I bought the sims 3 a few days ago, and I am impressed. amazon did a good job on there downloader. I give the downloader 5 stars and the game 5 stars.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Just another frustrating and poorly designed EA game.Sep 05, 2011
By Joshua
This was one of my first purchases through Amazon's digital download service. I think the service is outstanding and will return. Unfortunately, the quality of the merchandise purchased was disappointing.
I have a brand new brand name machine with an i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and an ATI Radeon HD 5700 video card running Windows 7 64-bit. I have updated drivers and very few active services and background processes. Despite exceeding recommended requirements, Sims 3 ran poorly with choppy graphics. Eventually, my little Sims started vanishing. I have discovered that this is a known glitch that has not been patched since the game was rolled out many years ago. The glitch means the game you were playing is no longer playable and you must start over. To make things worse, it will eventually happen again with the new game.
Generally, I try to avoid any games with the EA logo but given the games popularity I decided to give Sims 3 a whirl. While I think EA comes out with great game concepts, I am often frustrated by the poor design and implementation. Whether for XBOX 360, PC, PS3 or any other platform, I expect EA games will crash regularly, and have serious design flaws. Unfortunately, Sims 3 is no exception.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Worth the waitJan 14, 2011
By ET
Great game and well worth the long download wait time. Runs smoothly on my older model PC; haven't tried it on my Mac. 4 stars instead of 5 because the sound track tends to sound like a broken record sometimes. I guess it gets "stuck" or something. So, I just keep the music turned off most of them. The environmental sounds are fine and the game plays well.
I hope Amazon will provide expansion packs via the same easy download method.
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