Touch Arcade – ‘The Sims 3′ First Impressions First thing tomorrow morning – purchasing and downloading The Sims 3 for my iPhone!* Until then, I have to settle reading previews The performance on my iPhone 3G is average. The Sims 3 doesn’t run at a particularly high framerate, nor is it jerky to the point of being unplayable. The biggest letdown — and again, somewhat expected for a $9.99 iPhone game — is the lack of a real build mode. If what you enjoyed about The Sims series is building your house, you’ll be disappointed to find that your options are limited to buying and selling furniture, along with moving and rotating it. Once you save enough money, you can upgrade to a bigger house, but the floor plans cannot be changed. At the end of the day, The Sims 3 is a decent downsized port that likely has enough content to keep fans of the series satisfied. It comes loaded with the same quirky AI seen in the previous games, and most of the social options when talking to NPC’s seem to have remained intact. Whether or not I’d recommend The Sims 3 largely depends on what you liked out of The Sims games. Touch Arcade – ‘The Sims 3′ First Impressions
