Graphics
Well, The Sims graphics engine is dated, but the engine is the best type of engine to use for this genre of game. The graphics themselves
are outdated, but not really noticed when the game is played. You do not need an extremely good computer to run this great game, which is
a good highpoint. The advantages of a high end machine can definately be seen when you start to have a family of seven doing several different actions at once on your
screen. Your processing will start slowing down on middle-end machines due to all the information the game is sending from your sim family. The
character animations are very good too. Watching the Sims talk in their "sim-language" and watching their body motions also help you
imagine what they're talking about, from Tennis swings, to juggling, or even to volleyball tips.
Just because of a dated game engine doesn't mean the games graphics can't still look sharp enough to impress. I was impressed with
the smooth textures and detailed objects available to me as I watched my sim turn on the TV. The graphics engine even come with an
option to "turn down" the smoothness, to help the slower systems out there. The game comes with many graphic options to help speed
the game up when it is ran on slower machines. The games graphic options are helpful to those with slow processors; it goes to show
that the developers do care about the dated systems.
