Sims2King287 from the Sims 2 BBS also shares his review from time spent playing with the CAS demo found at various Apple Store locations.  Not only that, but he took over 118 pictures!  He’s in the process of uploading them all, so this post won’t list every single one (I’ll re-edit this post once they do pop up, but in the meantime head on over to his thread)

Hey guys! I just got back from The Apple Store, and it was a blast! I was the only one there that came for The Sims, so they only installed it on one computer, reserved for me.

I know there are already a few reviews out there, but none of them have 118 images, do they?
That’s right, I took about 50-60 on my camera and about 50-60 with ScrnPrnt.
I’ll try to post them up tonight, but its taking a while to upload them.

We’ve been hearing reviews from “The Big Sims Sites,” its time to hear it from the actual average player.

First things first, is that I will answer the questions that I was asked:

How good are the hairs and clothes?
The hairs and clothes were about 80% great, on both. A lot of the clothes, were really nice. There aren’t that many full outfits, but there are tons of shoes, accessories, pants, and shirts to choose from. Male sims have 17 hairs to choose from, and females have 22. The hairs were great. Styles for all races, and they just look really good. Some were a little tacky, like the frizzy female hair, and the mullet.

I do have images of a few hair styles, and some clothes, and I will post them.

Can you make wooden pants?
Yes, you can make wooden pants . You can apply any pattern, metal, carpet, fur, wood, stone to shirts, jeans, shoes, shoe laces, any clothing/accessory can have any pattern or color.

I also have your image of the wooden pants, it just needs to upload.

Does a blue sim, and a red sim, make a purple baby?
No, color combining doesn’t exist in The Sims 3. This goes with all the skintones. A red sim, and a blue sim, will either have a blue baby, or a red baby. Same with pink and green, or white and brown.

I do have an image of this too.

Is the new CAS, easy to use?
Yes, I found it very, very user friendly. You can easily find where everything is located, everything is presented in nice colors, and the icons are big, and easily show what it leads to. Even some of the people that were watching caught some things I that I slipped over, which was the whole Favorites section.

I have pictures of all the modifiers to the face, CAST, and other things.

Is it set up like TS2 CAS?
In most ways, yes, in other ways, no. You still have your basic layout, where the skintone, weight, and name are chosen. Then, you go to the construction of the face. Then clothing, and then traits/LTW/favorites. But, with TS3, you can do deeper into the facial construction. You can click on the lips, and adjust the lower lip height, thickness, and width. Same with nearly every part of the face. They added a much more advanced eye editor, so making Asian sims is very easy. A few clicks and I had a great Asian sim.

I have many, MANY images of different sims, and the CAS tool.

Are there many different skintone colors?
Yes, there are 6. Blue, green, brown, tan, white and red.

Yes, there’s an image for this one too.

What are all of the favorites?
I took pictures of the food, and colors, which are shown by icon, and have no text. I will post these images soon. With music, there’s country, latin, classical, kids, pop, and custom. I think there’s more, but I didn’t snap a shot of them.

Here are some cool things I learned while playing:

  • Eyelashes are separated, so they are individual lashes now, and they look really nice. *There is a picture*
  • Traits are broken into sub-categories: Mental, Physical, Social and Lifestyle
  • Voices can really go from deep, to high pitched. There are three types of voice styles. *There is a picture*
  • There are 17 hairs for men, 22 hairs for women. There are also tons of hair accessories.
  • CAST pattern categories are: Fabrics, Leathers and Fur, Carpeting and Rugs, Abstract, Geometric, Themed, Wood, Metals, Weave and Wicker, Paint, Tiles and Mosaics, Plastics and Rubber, Rock and Stone, Masonry, and Miscellaneous.
  • You can pick separate hairs for different outfits.
  • The clothing categories are: Everyday, formal, sleepwear, swimming and exercise.
  • In CAST, you can pick your shoelace color.
  • You can set your eyebrows to match your base hair color.
  • Each trait shows you a brief preview of how that sim will act.
  • Fat sims can get really huge. You can see how big they are in images, but once you see it in game, they really do get big.

There were a lot more cool things, but you’ll have to try it out, to find out for yourself. I don’t want to ruin everything.

So, here’s my personal rating:
Overall improvement from TS2: 10
Amount of detail that can be made into your sims: 9.5
Overall layout: 8
CAST: 10
Overall CAS: 9.5

I found it to be very entertaining. There were many “wow moments.” The fact that you can really go in, and really detail your sims’ faces, is really amazing. The CAST tool was just overwhelming. I heard it was big, and it really is big. Its very easy to use, and its very functional. You can edit nearly everything in CAS to your personal likings. It was really, and truly amazing. EA’s sims, looked nothing like mine. You can really make your sims unique, and you can give them your personal touch. I hope if you try it, that you will see what an amazing tool CAS in TS3 truly is, and not judge it by images alone.

Still have questions to ask me? Go ahead, ask away, I’ll be here to answer them, as well as tomorrow.

Images:

If you don’t want to click away, you can simply watch this slideshow: http://tinyurl.com/Sims2KingTS3CASDemoReviewSlide

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