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Summary: Waste of time and money.
Review: Don't buy this.There is no reason you need to buy these books.
Any information you need is online and cost you nothing. On all of the books, the 1st half is devoted to The Sims (the original game itself that you need in order to add any of the expansion packages). If you need any information on game play with any of the expansions then go online.
The Official Sims Website is one place to start.
That is not to mention all of the other Fan webistes that you can go to. (Devoted to The Sims and there are a lot) They are for the most part free and you don't have the books taking up room.
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Summary: EVERYTHING OVER HERE!
Review: Everything that you will ever need to know about the sims, livin' large, having a party, dating and even winning those crutial, life threteningly important awards on vacation. They are all small books in a neat little box and perfect to store away. Why not take 1 of them to school and - because they are so small - you can hide them under that maths book. Or if you know you have a client in work, hide the book behind a wad of papers! Also great weapons, just hit them over the head with the rock solid thing!
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Summary: Some good, some bad
Review: Ok, the bad stuff first - which has been mentioned a lot here. The books are shrunk down to a much smaller size than your average strategy guide, so the pictures and illustrations are really difficult to see. Second, the first half of each book is the same in all five - just basic info about the Sims. So there is a lot of wasted space and material you have to skip over to get the new information on whatever expansion pack the book is for. The books small size makes them easier to store though, they can even sit on a bookshelf in front of all the other strategy guide since they are so much smaller. They also come in a sleeve so that they all stay together nicely. While most of the information is repeated in each book, there is a good amount of new information that is really useful - even for long-time Sims players. Every time I open up the books I learn something new, and I've been playing the Sims for several years now. Overall, for the price I can't complain too much. The good stuff is better than the bad, by far. Definitely would recommend to any Sims addict looking to learn some new tips and tricks.
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Summary: Some good, some bad
Review: Ok, the bad stuff first - which has been mentioned a lot here. The books are shrunk down to a much smaller size than your average strategy guide, so the pictures and illustrations are really difficult to see. Second, the first half of each book is the same in all five - just basic info about the Sims. So there is a lot of wasted space and material you have to skip over to get the new information on whatever expansion pack the book is for. The books small size makes them easier to store though, they can even sit on a bookshelf in front of all the other strategy guide since they are so much smaller. They also come in a sleeve so that they all stay together nicely. While most of the information is repeated in each book, there is a good amount of new information that is really useful - even for long-time Sims players. Every time I open up the books I learn something new, and I've been playing the Sims for several years now. Overall, for the price I can't complain too much. The good stuff is better than the bad, by far. Definitely would recommend to any Sims addict looking to learn some new tips and tricks.
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Summary: A Set Tossed Together
Review: On the plus side, these books each do a pretty good job of explaining the details and nuances of playing The Sims and the various expansion packs. In-depth explanations, detailed inventories, and exhaustive matrixes can give the semi-obsessed player some valuable information. However, and this is a big however, this collection has some fundamental problems. First, the books are shrunk-down versions of the original books, and are printed on newsprint-type paper. This makes it difficult to see some of the illustrations. The small print, which looks muddy on the paper, is also difficult to read. Second, the first 60% of each of the guides to the expansion packs is nothing more than a condensed version of the first book. The result is that half of the material included in this set is repeated. Had someone taken the time to do this right, they would have edited it all down to one, big book that consists of the entire first book, and the last 40% of the other four books. Maybe they could have saved enough paper (as well as the cost of the box) to print it at a decent size. I've devoted a lot of space to what's wrong with the set, but to put things in perspective, this set sells for a low enough price that those faults can be overlooked. It really isn't such a big deal to skip the first 60% of each of the additional books. It's just that it's so obvious how this could have been done better. If at some point after I write this review they decide to compile this set into a single book, I would suggest looking at that in place of this. In absence of such a single book, this set is at least worth it's price.
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Summary: A Strategy Guide for The Sims? Why?
Review: Really unnecessary. The game is the easiest to play in the world. There is no end to the game hence no need for strategy.
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Summary: just so so on info
Review: the info give is ok. Nothing to reveling, but the examples given in picture are impossible to read. they could have made a single book instead of 5 if they had just made the book larger and pictures more readable. Only buy this book if you can not figure out how the game works. otherwise save your money
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Summary: Not worth any discounted price.
Review: These books are okay, and would be a great help IF you could actually see anything on the teeny little photos in these very small paperback editions. If they were the full size books, 9x7 or larger, the captions of the photos would make sense. It seems some of the photos were mixed up while downsizing and some, no matter how hard you look, do not match captions. In others, understanding of course they are b/w photos, you cannot tell what the characters are doing or even what the author(s) are talking about. When they made the books for this set so small, they ruined any help they might have been. I was not impressed and won't buy any more of these sets of guides.
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Summary: 5 stars for 5 books
Review: This book comes with all the sim essentials, from normal sim living (including that genie from livin' large) right down to being swooped away to vacation island and from throwing the wildest party to snuggling down with a date. This POCKET SIZE (which means you can take whichever one you want to read while your partner picks out that new Marks and Spencers top) all in an attractive hard back case for display (to get back at those neighbours who won't stop "borrowing" your sims). I really liked it because it doesn't take up much room - but it has a lot of information. It is very helpful and - for the price - it is a great book to buy for someone.
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