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The Sims 3 Leaked with Earthquake?
Pirates don’t Pre-order? Or do they?
There are several reports and screenshots circulating around the internet around the unexpected release of The Sims 3. The game has surfaced on some bittorrent sites and has been downloaded by 1300 people at the time of this post. Several screenshots on a popular image board show that this leak was real. This included fulfilling requests made by others to verify they were actually playing it.
With these screenshots some minor tidbits have been revealed.
- Some described how the game runs much smoother than The Sims 2.
- Newspapers can actually be read in popups. Stories remind me of Simcity 2000.
- Junkie XL is back.
- You can actually troll on a forum on the computer.
- Someone may respond to your forum post.
- Something resembling EA’s Skate and Madden can be played as a video game.
- A 60s style Diner.
Unfortunately for EA, we don’t know what stance they will take on future games. I do applaud them for removing SecuRom from the physical copy of the game (SecuROM still exists in the digital copy) after the backlash they received from Spore. However, it’s uncertain whether this leak will have a huge impact on sales of the game. Please don’t post any links here, we’re not that kind of site.
Is the leaked copy the final build?
It’s official! The leaked copy is not the final build!
The leak is not the final retail version because…
- Mouse pointer graphical bugs.
- Debunked: A bug that occurs during the use of Fraps.
- Several glaring bugs in the game.
- Some players were unable to kill a Sim in a fire while others were able to do it. -May 20th
- Fast Forward Speed Malfunctions.
- If Story Progression is disabled, it appears to have no effect.
- Handful of objects released in the game.
- Debunked: The Sims 3 store will release the remaining items.
May 18th:
As the buzz spreads to more and more forums, players have described this leak as some sort of preview version. Rumours have swirled where players have described only seeing a handful of objects available. It seems EA will be selling the rest of the objects in the Sims 3 store. We’re also wondering about several posts regarding the mechanics of death. It seems some players are unable to kill their sims in a fire.
It could be possible that this leak may have been given out for the gaming magazines for their “hands on” experience but we can’t confirm if this is the case.
May 19th:
There’s some arguments regarding if the release is the “retail” version or an earlier preview build. They have pretty much figured it’s not a demo. EA has been taking down “some” leaked footage on Youtube, claiming copyright infringement.
May 20th
Two gaming review sites with legit copies of the game stated they had a preview build (bit-tech.com and eurogamer.de). It’s still uncertain if the leaked copy is the same version the gaming sites reviewed. More arguments whether the game is retail or not.
May 22nd
Leaked copy is not final build!
Coincidentally there was a 5.0 earthquake in Sourthern California, then GOD proceeded to say…
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I went to the graveyard in game and i noticed that one of the ghosts glowed orange/red (and had a fire animation) which led me to believe death by fire, then when tried fire it has a +mood but my sim is evil i shall try it on other sims to confirm if they can die by fire.
Playing the Sims 3, I was tinkering with my Laptop (which reminds me of a Mac Book Pro) and the Computer burst into flames.
My Sim escaped the fire, but spent the next minute or two running around with a fire on his upper back.
The Firemen were ‘unable to reach the fire’ to put my sims out.
My Sim became a horse shoe shaped pile of ash.
The Reaper then arrived.
‘Unable to kill a Sim in a fire, yet you can kill them in other ways.’
Umm… no.
I found out later on that it was a bug that affected some players. I don’t know what triggered it but it there were quite a few people who couldn’t do it, and others who could. So technically it’s still a bug.
If you read this post it addresses that very same issue.
http://bumped.org/tek/2009/05/23/ea-claims-sims-3-leak-is-not-the-final-build/
The problem that I am having with my Sims 3 is that the game crashes after a certain amount of time playing it. What happens when playing it is the game stalls, with the music still playing, my screen goes black, and then I have to press CTRL, ALT, DELETE, to end the process in Task Manager. And it seems to happen after playing it for about 10 or less minutes. If anyone else is encountering the same problem as me, let me know!
This article has people on the EA bulletin board shaking in their shoes.
I know, I think people are looking at this like I’m siding with the pirates even though…
A. I never downloaded the leak.
(personally I can afford the game I don’t need to download it)
B. I’m summarizing the events that has been happening so far.
If they are still concerned, this no different from CNN and other major news outlets reporting the leaked copy of xmen origins wolverine and explaining what viewers saw in that copy. The difference there is how the FBI is involved, yet in The Sims 3, EA has made no mention of them.
If the message board has gotten passed that point and they are wondering whether the leak and the final retail version has the same bugs. I can’t really say right now. There’s too many possibilities to report on though I’ll probably give some ideas what they might be. As you know it really relies on what players say. There’s always going to be truths, half-truths, and false leads and you have to decipher between what’s going on before someone calls you on it.
Pirate Tom im getting the same problem as you and it bloody sucks!
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The problem that I am having with my Sims 3 is that the game crashes after a certain amount of time playing it. What happens when playing it is the game stalls, with the music still playing, my screen goes black, and then I have to press CTRL, ALT, DELETE, to end the process in Task Manager. And it seems to happen after playing it for about 10 or less minutes. If anyone else is encountering the same problem as me, let me know!
Im having the same problem as kathryn and Pirate Tom. Im thinking about sending the game back and sticking with sims 2.
Im having the same problem as kathryn and pirate tom and sam and i just bought it!!! it sucks im just going to play my sims 2 again……
Having same problem
I had a similar issue, but then I installed it on a different computer, and now it works just fine… I thought it had something to do with me not quite meeting the system requirements, so maybe you guys should check that… other than that, I have no clue what the problem may be. I hope that helped…
This is a known problem and occurs for people barely meeting and surpassing minimum system requirements. In a few cases it occurred when the graphics card was overheating due to the amount of frames being drawn for those who greatly surpassed the minimum requirements.