However you want to play and whatever you want to do it's easier than ever to create your own virtual soap opera. Once fully grown a sim can have up to 60 personality traits - from loner to flirt - all of which you can influence via their environment and the people they interact with. Likewise your own family can explore at will and interact with any and all buildings and people.
Instead of just dealing with one house at a time though, your whole sims town is part of one continuous map, with neighbours going about their business independently. The basic concept is still the same though, as you create your own computerised family and help (or hinder) them in achieving their lifetime dreams. The game that first opened up the world of video games to a wider audience is back, going beyond being just a virtual dollhouse to a complete interactive
