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The Sims is a simulation game developed by Maxis. It was announced on April 5, 1999, and released on February 4, 2000, with additional publication dates listed as February 11, 2000, April 7, 2000, and July 18, 2000. The title is part of The Sims franchise and utilizes The Sims Engine. It is designed for single-player gameplay.
The game is available on PC, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, GameCube, and Classic Macintosh platforms. It carries a Teen ESRB rating. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 88 and an IGDB critic rating of 85. User ratings are recorded as 4.2 on RAWG and 80 on IGDB, the latter based on 518 ratings. The official website is thesims.com, and the subject has 23,900 social media followers.
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Game data
Metacritic 88- Released
- 2000-02-04
- User rating
- 4.20 / 5
- Genres
- Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, GameCube, Classic Macintosh
- ESRB
- Teen
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
The Sims is a life-building simulation with emphasis on intimate details of individual characters rather than expansion of an entire society or civilization. You are in control of nearly every aspect of the lives of the individuals who make up your chosen population in the neighborhood. Characters are developed from the ground up and you infuse and mold them with personalities, looks, desires, moods, urges, living arrangements, career and personal choices, life styles, and reactions.
- Released
- 2000
- Genres
- Simulator
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- The Sims Engine
- Franchise
- The Sims
- Developer
- Maxis
- Publisher
- TransGaming Technologies, Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Series
- The Sims
- Creator
- Will Wright
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Developer
- Maxis
- Platform
- Linux
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- www.thesims.com
Show 12 more facts
- distributed by
- Steam
- language of work or name
- Italian
- publication date
- 2003-03-12
- Commons category
- The Sims
- announcement date
- 1999-04-05
- inventory number
- 932.2012
- copyright holder
- Electronic Arts
- input device
- computer mouse
- title
- シムピープル
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- social media followers
- 23900
- game designer
- Will Wright
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sims is a 2000 social simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The game allows players to create and control virtual people, called "Sims", and manage their daily lives in a suburban setting. The game features open-ended gameplay where players can choose their own goals and objectives, and customize their Sims' appearance, personality, skills, relationships, and environment. A series of expansion packs were also released that add new content and features to the game, such as new careers, items, locations, and scenarios.
The game's development was led by Will Wright, and the game was a follow-up to Wright's earlier SimCity series. Wright was inspired to create the game by Christopher Alexander's 1977 book A Pattern Language, and Scott McCloud's 1993 book Understanding Comics later played a role in the game's design. Seven expansion packs were released from 2000 to 2003, each of which added new items, characters, skins, and features.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Sims” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.