Comments | orangerful: 100things - pop culture - facebook games, my love/hate relationship, Sims addiction

orangerful

100things - pop culture - facebook games, my love/hate relationship, Sims addiction

Jul 08, 2012 23:45

So, I had avoided Facebook games for a LONG time. I was a "real" gamer, so the idea of playing some silly Farmville game never entered my mind. But earlier this year, EA launched Sims Social for Facebook and my Sims addiction over-rode my Facebook game phobia ( Read more... )

video_games, facebook

Comments 6

marshmallow July 9 2012, 15:07:08 UTC

Yeah, I was disappointed by the FB integration of The Sims: Freeplay too.. it's what's kept me from playing. But I might have to try it if I can do it without that on iPad (party boat aside.. whatever that is. :D)

orangerful July 10 2012, 00:21:39 UTC

Luckily (at least, so far) it is not integral to the game. It's just some random silly freebies you can get if you have fb friends who play. It's def worth checking out. :)

lostacanthus July 10 2012, 02:10:15 UTC

LOL idk, honestly I'm kind of tempted to buy coins in Jetpack. It's like, 12.99 for A MILLION COINS alsfjalkfj I HAVE AN ADDICTION, OKAY? D: Someone send help.

It's a good thing I have no actual money.

orangerful July 10 2012, 03:44:17 UTC

oh you can earn coins in that game no problem, come on! LOL. I leveled up to "Wizard" today. Nowhere near your skillz but still! I hate that stupid teleporter mission, that is really holding me back!!!

toothlesshag July 13 2012, 10:44:58 UTC

I'm curious. Can you tell me a little more about the gameplay? What do you actually do in the game?

orangerful July 13 2012, 23:41:02 UTC

Sims Social (Facebook) you log in whenever and have your Sim do random tasks. Like regular Sims, you can have them cook, clean, sleep etc. You use "Energy" for special tasks and each time you log-in you get 15 Energy to use (this usually takes an hour or so to replenish). There are little "missions" for you to complete, like right now you are building a penthouse which will unlock new activities. The Facebook part is that you can visit your Friend's Sims and interact with them, which can earn you extra Energy and some quests require you visit a certain number of Friends and talk to them about things. It's a Facebook game so it's designed to be played for like 10 minutes then back to work/life/whatever ( ... )