Sims 3

They're actually doing it. They're actually making The Sims 3.

First reaction: faint.

Second reaction: run down two flights of stairs to show my mother and sister the one-page article in Game Informer.

Third reaction: Go online and find every scrap of information about The Sims 3 that I possible can.

It's going to be amazing, I can tell. Instead of the "hamster-cage" that The Sims 1 and 2 used, it will be an open world. Instead of your Sims being stuck in a lot and leaving only by taxi, car, school bus, or carpool, they can walk around and explore the area. A bit like the DS version or MySims in that sense. But it supposedly has the same point-and-click method, or at least there hasn't been any mention of anything otherwise.

The graphics are pretty impressive. But there's only about a third of the difference between 2 and 3 as 1 and 2. The movements are supposed to be much better, though, but I've only seen screen shots so I don't know for sure. Like, the hair is supposed to flow better and stuff.

The personalities are better. Like, there's specific categories like clumsy or paranoid or my favorite: klepto.

A weird thing, though, is the new moods method. There's no meters this time around. A bubble pops up and says stuff like: "Sim is hungry. Click here to solve this." You click it, and Sim knows what to do to take care of himself. There's even stuff like, "Sim is horny," but I'm not sure how accurate that is.

You can take your Sim to work. And you can do little "tasks" (like washing dishes) to further yourself closer to promotion, it's not depending just on skills, mood, and friends. (I personally hope they do something with the family friends thing. I hate having to keep people at a fifty or higher.)

It's supposed to come out in 2009, but that's all I could find for release date.

I don't know if I can play Sims 2 anymore. I remember, waiting for 2 to come out, I couldn't play The Sims 1 anymore. I was too spoiled just by the screen shots and things I had seen. It just wasn't good enough.

Does anybody know when SimCity 5 comes out? Or if it even is? :(