Game Review: Sims 3 Supernatural

Random Game Review - Sims 3 Supernatural 

As of lately, I took a break from World of Warcraft, and decided to play a different game. The Sims 3: Supernatural. A game that came out about three years ago, and is still fun to play. This is the first time, of course, that I have really played this game (supernatural) and decided that I might has well make a review on it. 

So here it is: 

About The Sims 3: Supernatural

The Sims 3: Supernatural came out in the year 2012 (3 Years ago) as an expansion for The Sims 3: Ambitions. In this expansion, the player is allowed to create various sims of various races. This includes: Vampires, Witches, Ghosts, Werewolves, Fairies, and of course, Humans. The player also has an option to move to a new town. 

Gameplay 

The gameplay is a bit more exciting then the previous expansion, the new town is  full of forests, full of other supernaturals, and has a very interesting atmosphere. But, I always end up returning to Sunset valley, only because the map seems bigger, and I like to have the supernaturals in one area of the town. Anyway, moving on to the races, Witches are a lot of fun to play. Not only do you get to cast spells and make potions, but you also get to do conversion rituals. Meaning that you can turn objects into other things using your magic power which you can regain by ether waiting a little while, or drinking the potion Essence of Magic. 

The vampires in the game, are a bit interesting, but are not new. In a previous expansion, Late Night, Vampire sims are introduced. Which was an interesting addition, but in this one, they are a bit more interesting. Now of course, this is based on reviews, but so far in this one, you can become immortal by earning enough points (lifetime happiness rewards). Which is nice because you don’t have to keep applying the vampiric sunscreen potion every single time you want to go outside for a while. 

The Fairies in the game are similar to witches, but have a cool feature added in.

Translucent sparkly wings. Like the witches, Fairies can use magic with a wand and have a magic power bar that tells how much magical energy they have. An interesting feature added to this one, is that you can walk up to any of the fairies and ask for Fairy Dust. (I’m not really sure yet what you use this for). 

As for the werewolves and ghosts, I have yet to play those, but so far they seem to have similar interactions. Werewolves have the two forms, one being a person and they other more animal like. On a full moon (which is located above the portrait of the sim) the werewolf will turn. Other times regardless of the sim’s race, he/she will get a bit luny and possibly hit or hug another sim. 

Overall Review

The game is fun, and worth playing. In many ways, I would recommend the Witch, because there are a lot more interactions and fun things to do (like casting a fire blast on another sim or ice blast, which causes the sim to freeze). It also feels awesome to stand there and make potions while wearing a witches hat. Just adds more to the game. 

Currently, I may do another review after this on the World adventures and will have a more detailed report on how things go with this. In the meantime, here are screenshots or pictures of sims doing things in game. 

More screenshots below with descriptions underneath

Click the image to enlarge. 

This is Bonehilda. She is a skeleton maid that lives in a coffin type house

and when you summon her, she cleans your house and will even fight off

burglars (while freaking a few sims out in the process, because she's 

a skeleton). 

Bonehilda's House (Above) 

What happens when you throw a Zombiefication Elixir at a sim. 

(or cast the spell on a sim if you are high enough in magic) 

The control panel in supernatural. Notice the Phase of the moon under the portrait,

which indicates what each new phase is. When the phase is a full moon, 

a notification comes up and your sim might do a few interesting things. 

Dust by Joan Frances Turner (REVIEW)

CAUTION: There maybe a few spoilers in this review, but I will warn you NOT to read further if you don't like spoilers.  

                                              

One day while I was at the college library, I decided I wanted to read a book about the popular supernatural/sci-fi creature known as The Zombie. But, I didn't want just any kind of Zombie story. I wanted one from the Zombie's point of view. Odd request, I know. I have read the book Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, but it was a bit too simplistic for me. So my librarian recommended this book called Dust by Joan Frances Turner. From the moment I read the first line of the book, I was hooked.

The story is about a young girl named Jessie, who died in a car accident (this is stated on the first page) and rises up from her grave as one of the undead. She ends up joining a gang of other Undeads (Called The Fly By Nights) that find her in the forest of "hick-vill" Indiana. So far, un-death is wonderful. She has a new family and even another undead, whom she falls in love with, named Joe. They hunt, they dance, they fight, and they stick together.

 

All is well until Jessie one day she sees her alive sister, Lisa, at the grave yard and things go as expected. Lisa runs away from her, and Jessie is left feeling dumb for even attempting
to communicate with her. Eventually, things begin to change when Jessie and the rest of her gang, notice that there has been a change not only amongst themselves, but among the others around the area. They all appear to be more...Alive. Skin is beginning to re-grow, they stop eating, and they smell like they have been dipped in Ether. Time goes on, and things end up getting worse. Eventually, the whole gang is falling apart, and the only two left are Jessie, a fellow undead named Linc, Renee, and eventually, Jessie's sister, who also turned into one of the more "new" undeads.

OVERALL REVIEW: 
This isn't an incredibly well-written review, but I find it the only way I can really describe the book. It is a wonderful, fresh plot of a Zombie apocalypse narrated from a Zombie's point of view. Throughout the book, you are constantly questioning things and getting attached to characters, like Joe and Jessie. (The greatest Zombie couple ever).

The book itself, is well-written and the only downside, is that Jessie has a lot of odd dreams that kind of make you want to skip them, and get to the good parts. The book is very addictive, and has some interesting twists and turns.

Apparently, I found out the book is also a series, which the second two are Frail and Grave. I read a little bit of Frail, and all it was, was about a girl in a zombie apocalypse named Amy who gets left behind by her mother, and that's as far as I got. I have read reviews on this, and it is not as good and Fresh as the first one. I have yet to see the third, and will write a review on that as well.

My Rating: 
I give is 4 skulls out of 5. Reason being that, while this is a wonderful book with a fresh plot etc. There are a still a few things that I feel could have been avoided. The transitions being one of them. They were a bit sudden, and didn't seem to be a smooth as others I have read.