The game features my beloved Sims, though a smaller selection, and a Sims neighborhood. I can make a Sim, and build a home like I do in Sims 1,2, 3 and soon to be 4, (again on a smaller scale). Much like Sims Medieval, Sims FreePlay has Quests and tasks to do. I personally love doing the Quest play as much as I love just doing my own thing on regular Sims play. I think Firemonkeys have done an awesome job with game play on the app.
I had an issue with the game. It was something I brought to the attention of Firemonkeys and they fixed immediately, (it concerned their bundles of Simoleons/Life Points for purchase on Amazon)! Yay! Yeah! Go Firemonkeys!! Having dealt with EA regarding game play on Pogo.com I really was not expecting much at all from Firemonkeys. When I received an email from them regarding the issue and then saw that they fixed the issue, I was impressed. Nina Nikolic over at Firemonkeys has it going on! They weren't the easiest to contact as I did not have an account set up on https://firemonkeys.zendesk.com. I think I ended up just leaving a message on Facebook or Twitter so getting the email was major. It meant someone in that company cared about the game and consumers. I'm totally excited about these Firemonkeys and would definitely trust them for future games.
There is an issue dealing with the quests. I call it an issue because I have read so many gripes about it. For me, personally, I see it from both sides and normally it doesn't bother me. The issue is the length of time to complete taking longer than possible without using Life Points. Life Points, (LP), as well as Social Points, (SP), and Simoleons, (a form of cash Sims can earn during normal game play), can be purchased using real money, (you can also earn small amounts of both LP and SP in the game. Sims earn Simoleons in various ways). Parents, take note of that. You may want to put a parental lock on if you don't want to be surprised. If you complete the quest on time, you receive a reward. You can still complete the quest even without the time. Most of the time you can purchase the reward in the Sims store. Since it may involve LP or SP it could still cost you money. My opinion on this is that the app is free. The developers need to make money somewhere. I'm mostly cool with it but today I wasn't. More on that later.
The quests are set up as three different types, Quests, Weekly Tasks and Social Tasks. I'll start with weekly tasks. If you complete it you gain a key that you can save or use to purchase mystery boxes. I love these tasks and am excited to get new ones each week. You can keep playing these tasks after you earn your weekly key but you get no credit for them. Sometimes I choose to do them just for the challenge. They are fun to do and along the way to the key you can earn Simoleons and LP. Woot! Woot!
Quests are opened up one after another and follow levels. These are usually the ones that get the gripes. I am on An Alien Concept: Weather Machines. If I complete it in time my reward is winter clothing. It would be cool to get it. This quest will also give the option for a weather machine that you can use to bring on rain, snow or sunshine. I think that is awesome. The quests, once completed, unlock new quests. You can look on the Quests page in game and see what Quests are coming. For instance this quest will unlock Multi-Story Renovations, (allowing 2 story homes FTW!), Teenagers, Higher Education, The Road to Fame and Adulthood. My issue today dealt with the quest task of End Is Nigh On A Soapbox, a task that takes 12 long hours to complete. I had 2 hours left when I went out of the game. An hour later I went to check on my Sim and collect my game goodies when I discovered all my Sims were just standing around. I have no idea what happened but I lost 10 hours from the quest. No way am I completing it in the allotted time without a major LP investment now. So that sucks. Major sucks. I was already figuring I would need to use a few LP to complete everything in time, (the quest I just finished I had to shave a few hours off of by use of LP so it stands to reason I would again), I just wasn't counting on these lost hours. So now I have another Sim on the task and will see how it goes. Really sucked that every single Sim was taken off tasks so that those who were working went home with no pay and those who were working on hobbies lost credit. Hopefully a one time glitch. At any rate, you do not have to complete the quests within the time frame if you do not want the reward. You will still unlock what needs to be unlocked and most quest rewards do become available in the store later on. So if you don't want to purchase LP you don't have to. It is your choice.
The third type is Social Tasks which you receive Social Points for completing. These are fun and involve your friends. You don't have to have neighbors as there is a Sim Town but not everything is available in the Sim Town so neighbors are awesome. I try to set up my towns with my neighbors in mind. I have a pool with inflatable toys, I try to have at least one 3 star furniture of each type so that visitors get faster times on tasks and I am steadily working on the mountains on my islands. I have my neighbors from Facebook. I believe you can get neighbors through the Firemonkeys forum too. I just haven't accessed that yet. In case you are wondering what SP are good for - really cool stuff for your Sims home.
I love this game, even with today's glitch. I am impressed with the Firemonkeys team. The additional purchases of Simoleons, Life Points and Social Points are optional. However, the purchase does support the developers so if you really like the game it is an easy way to send your support. Well that's how I justify my purchases anyway. LOL. So I give this game 5 stars and really hope they keep it going. It is a lot of fun.
Firemonkeys have a YouTube Channel where you can keep up with changes, see houses, walk through game play, learn about other games and even meet the developers. Pretty cool stuff there. The video below is from that channel. Be sure to subscribe. http://www.youtube.com/user/FiremonkeysTV
I have noticed that there are some small differences depending on what you are playing on. So not everything you see may be available to you if you play on a different tablet. Also have a charger handy. LOL.
You can also follow Firemonkeys on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFiremonkeys
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFiremonkeys
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thefiremonkeys
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2 comments:
Just some concerns in reference to The Sims free play : (1) it takes entirely too long to achieve accomplish the life rewards to get the circular disk. (2) On the beach this should be active allowing all to swim enjoy themselves rather then lay on towels. (3) You should be able to have more than one sim engaging in an action . (4) You should be able to have more than one teen idol (5) when Sims grow up why can't they take the Hobby alone with them but instead they lose their hobby (6) to open up the Arcade Ie.. you need to spend 800 to 900 sims money thus real money over $200.00 that is ridiculous(7) game needs better home decorations I was surprised in the mansion everything is so simple like everyone else.(8) there should be curtains and area rugs(9) Church, a priest or clergy a hospital plus interactive work area(10) should be able to have a color palette that we can customize all furniture carpet and wall colors(11) need more activities with realistic purchase values(12 ) the park is so bland nothing to do . Only one person can fish at a time. (13) need hot dog or food stands in public area. (14) snack machines in arcade are just decorations... don't work. I see a food stall don't work either. (15) pre teens should not lose hobbies. .teens and adults do practice karate as well as ballet, fishing. # you should be more customer friendly and consider the gamers
Thank you for commenting. I like your idea of Church, hospital and interactive work areas. I think you are correct on the orbs though I appreciate that as they age the tasks change. I have noticed the one for having a Sim fish in the park can only be done by one Sim yet I had two with that requirement. A bit ridiculous! The beach area and arcade annoy me. LOL. I would like more to do there. I think the added areas with things to do at the beach are good but it will take me forever to get them open. The arcade is another one that won't get much use for a LONG time while I wait for orbs. I thought the snack area would take care of hunger so I was disappointed to see it is just show. I like the new stables and the horses. That is cool. I am in total agreement about the teen idol! I just lost mine and now have to start it over. At this rate I will never get the sign. I don't understand why they lose hobbies either. I do understand that as it is an app it doesn't have all the features of the game but I think they should consider the overall cost. I own the complete set of Sims on my PC, (1, 2, 3 as well as life stories, medieval and pirates). I am now adding up my cost on the app versus my cost on PC. I will be writing up something more on it. I play Minecraft on PC as well as the app. I know I don't get all the features on the app but at least I don't have to keep purchasing things. I agree that maybe they should be a bit more aware of how things add up and make the game more user friendly. Since I first wrote this things have changed and not entirely for the better.
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