I am increasingly displeased with the previews of The Sims 3. Every single time that I see one of the Sims 3 Sims, I think of terms like gene regression, mongoloidism, and Down syndrome. Whatever it is about the look of the new Sims, it is seriously wrong. It is like they jumbled all the genes of the human race into a flavourless pastes and squeezed it into the game's inner workings. It's like EA took their inspiration from the avatars in Second Life, which are at least as bad as Poser 3 circa 1999.I don't mind the environment being a bit cartoonish if my Sim looks realistic, but the reverse is another matter. If the Sims don't look good, I don't care if the world looks great. That -- among other things -- is why Second Life never did it for me. It amazes me that EA and other companies are constantly getting away with giving us less and claiming it is more. It's different, that's all. Just another way to suck money from us while giving us something that lacks most of the charms of the former.
As crass and contrary as I have found the average shopper to be, you'd think the market would start demanding more for their dollars, especially in these everyone losing their jobs and homes beans and tap-water days.
