The Sims Life Stories

The Sims Studio · Feb 6, 2007

Teen

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The first of these games, The Sims Life Stories, introduces an all-new Story Mode with two stories that follow the lives of Riley Harlow and Vincent Moore, two very different characters who have reached similar crossroads in their love lives. A comic romantic plot centered around engaging characters guides players through twelve chapters of this one-of-a-kind entertainment experience. Players can take their Sims through unique and entertaining storylines filled with romance, intrigue and dramatic twists. Will female lead character Riley ditch beau number one to marry and have kids with beau number two? Will successful entrepreneur Vince ever find love, or the culprit who's been foiling his heart-earned efforts to find it?

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Critic 6.8 (3 critics) · Gamer 8.2

Critic reviews

IGN
J. Habib · Mar 01, 2007
7.3
All in all, while Life Stories does indeed give that performance boost and makes the game playable on low-end machines, what it loses in the process is just too much. We concede that, perhaps, the problem lies in the fact that we've played obscene numbers of hours in The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 with all their expansion packs. Playing Life Stories just seems like a step backwards.
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Euro Gamer
Dan Whitehead · Feb 13, 2007
7.0
I realise I'll probably have to surrender my testicles for admitting as much, but I chuckled at most of the soapy plot twists and, come the end of the stories, even felt a small twinge of regret that the only way to carry things forward would be in the old freeform style. Snobbery be damned, Life Stories is a thoroughly enjoyable crossover between an established series and the world of casual games.
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jeuxvideo.com
Superpanda · Feb 08, 2007
6.0
Voilà un titre qui n'est pas mauvais en soi mais dont les nouveautés sont trop peu intéressantes pour justifier un achat de la part de ceux qui possèdent déjà Les Sims 2. Les novices peuvent quand même se laisser tenter, mais on ne saurait trop leur conseiller d'acheter directement le deuxième volet des Sims qui offre des possibilités d'évolution plus importantes grâce à ses add-on...
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