So if that’s the kind of thing you’re after, you’ll want to divert your attention elsewhere – towards a copy of Sims 2, for example. But is this a valid way to revive a franchise, or a cynical re-hash that attempts to bring back life to a game that has already done everything it set out to do?įirst problem – while you can play Pet Stories like any other Sims game (albeit not before finishing both of the available stories), it won’t allow you to install any of the Sims add-on packs.
Although the game is playable in the usual ‘free’ mode as per all other Sims titles, Pet Stories gives you the choice of playing through two story-based modes, which give you a series of specific goals to achieve, complete with bits of expositionary dialogue between characters. Pet Stories is a little different from the usual offering, though – as the name implies, they’ve actually had a stab at including a narrative this time around. If you didn’t know any better, you could be forgiven for thinking that EA’s new strategy is to make sure that, by 2010, no living person is more than five meters away from a copy of, or add-on pack for, The Sims.
The Sims, or The Sims 2, or Sims 2: Pets, or Sims Life Stories, or…
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