Has anyone seen any images of the Arc de Triomphe? It's on the cover of the game, why haven't we seen it yet? They sure do advertize the Eiffel tower as being something you can walk right up to and under. It shows it so close on the cover. I hate false advertizing

Has anyone seen any images of the Arc de Triomphe? It's on the cover of the game, why haven't we seen it yet? They sure do advertize the Eiffel tower as being something you can walk right up to and under. It shows it so close on the cover. I hate false advertizing

The first time i saw this image i was a little upset but then i started thinking about it. EAs aim is to make a game which is not only fun to play but also playable. And we all know how relatively small the max NH size is. Now compare that size with the size of France. Now compare it with the size that the Eiffel Tower and surrounding buildings take up.

Sure France could be done so that the Tower looks exactly as it does in real life, but thats all there would be room for. For that reason the Tower and buildings have been greatly downsized. Which would you prefer realistic size or playable size. As far as i can tell the Tower is not even the attract of France but is just there to authenticate the destination as being France as i am sure you would all majorly go off if it was not there. We should bare in mind that the game is based on real life destinations not a replica of.



Yes that would have something to do with the fact that most Sims players are one not on the PS3 and two do not have a PC which would run PS3 equivalent graphics. Hence the lack of graphic improvement. And i doubt it will ever improve as a fair majority complain about spending on the store and additional packs i wouldnt dare assume them to purchase a $5000 computer.

I totally understand what you're trying to say - but if this excuse was used all the time, the whole gaming industry would be going nowhere! I mean, other gaming companies don't say 'oh we have this great idea and we WERE going to make it great graphics, but people won't want to buy a new machine, so we'll just make it half good' Its an excuse. No more

I would like to say its so for this franchise. Yet we are a whiney bunch who are just looking for something to complain about, and lag has always been one. We are not like most gamers, a large majority of us are just playing on a typical home computer nothing designed for gaming. So of course the develpoers need to cater to their target audience, high end graphics is not likely to draw in players from other genres so therefore it is likely to not be a good investment.

Think about this for a second. People in the community complained about the current graphic setting running their computer slow. Now think of what it would be like if the game was given vastly larger environment with better textures and lighting effects.

I guess you are mostly right =[
But i still feel that it is not the best reason for not improving the graphics. It's pretty much the same graphics as the sims 2 FOUR YEARS AGO with only a few improvments. Yes a few is more than none, and YES its gameplay that counts, and YES lagging is bad - but i still think that good graphics help it be a more believable world.

Oh no, Here we go again....complaining about bad graphics that one hardly ever looks at, then if they had done perfect graphics for distant objects you would all complane again how slow the game is... People can never be happy.

I'm not happy and have a reason why! Two words World Adventures!

They're not forcing you to buy the EP.

Or are they?
Prehaps EA have GIANT SATELITES THAT ARE BEAMING DOWN A RAY WHICH BRAIN WASHES US ALL INTO BUYING IT ANd....
Yeah i lost my point.

You're over-exaggerating, they aren't forcing you, and neither am I. But I for one will buy it because the game is boring as it is, I just play it because I want to get done with my legacy.

And how do you 'get done' with a legacy? I thought they go on forever?

Well, you just get up to the 10th generation and you're done?

I'm not happy and have a reason why! Two words World Adventures!

Please don't start a big rant but why don't you like WA?

Really?! :o
I thought that they just go on and on! D:
Hasn't like.. the whole town died by now? :L