Sims 3 finally arrived on store shelves a month ago, and I made the decision to order it from Amazon.com a few weeks ago. The game, to my surprise, arrived on my door step less then a week later, because the box came to my house on a Friday, I was able to play it for the entire weekend. Most of my time during the next two weeks were focused on playing Sims 3, and the game can be a bit addicting.

There are some noticeable improvements and difference to Sims 3 compared to the original Sims game. The biggest improvement to Sims 3 is the ability to see more of the world past your house and the street. You can see where your Sims' go to work, other Sims houses and go visit them, see your sim walk in the park, go to the beach, go fishing, hiking, and more. Aging and death is an important part of the replayability and increases the natural realism of the game world. Death is the main reason for Sims 3 being so addictive, it prevents a sim from mastering all skills within the game.

Prototype is another game I decided to order along side with Sims 3. I just installed the game on to my computer yesterday and spent 6 hours on it so far. The immediate impression is the game speculator and its fun. There is a ton of button smashing that is required for more of the powerful moves later in the game.

The whole game is set on the island of Manhattan along with all its famous landmarks including Central Park and Empire State Building. It is entirely a sand box mode gameplay, similiar to GTA IV. You can spend hours climbing buildings, gliding, exploring, doing side quests, rampaging havoc on civilians or the military, or spend a few hours farming for exp points used for buying more abilities. The games gets alot more fun as it progress when the player is allowed more powerful abilities, fight stronger enemies.