LGR - The Sims 3 Late Night Review

Yes .

You know , there's something to be said about the lifestyle of a hermit Sim .

And that is , it sucks .

I mean , what is there to do besides meditate among the swamp grass and abandoned cars ?

You've had enough and you need to get out of there .

So just hop on over to your trusty old computer and get a moving date set because you're about to leave the middle of nowhere for the outskirts of somewhere .

You're heading to the city of Bridgeport .

Yes .

This is the third expansion pack for the Sims three late night and it's the cure for what ails you as long as you're being ailed by loneliness and agoraphobia while you can go out on the town in the Sims three and even do so late at night .

I might add , it's just not the same .

And unless you get T S3 L in , you'll be S O L in order to access most of the features of late night right away , you'll either want to start a new game in Bridgeport or move your SIM , their old neighborhood to the new one .

Once you do , you'll be greeted by bridges , high rises and dive bars galore followed by intermittent yet certain snobby there is a crap ton of changes , so we'll get right to it .

The first thing you'll notice in Bridgeport is the severe lack of houses .

That's because most of the living spaces are now located in high rise apartments or downtown Brownstones .

They provide far less space than most houses , but they'll cost you less than a house and you'll have the convenience of living in the city .

However , unlike an apartment life for the Sims two , you usually aren't able to roam about the building instead only having access to your own loft .

You'll also get a nice bit of privacy living in a penthouse since the only access is by elevator and you can pick who comes in the building by way of a ground floor buzzer system .

Inevitably you'll soon bore of the reclusive living quarters and want to explore downtown living in the city .

You'll have virtually no need to own a so you can walk bike or take taxis as always .

But there is also a subway system for public transportation which acts like a fast travel teleport between stations from the street .

You'll be able to access the new enter venues , bars , dance clubs and high end lounges .

Bars are rather self explanatory .

They are generally hang out spots that are open to everyone from evening into the night .

You'll often find new games to play like darts , shuffle board , arcade machines and loose women .

You'll also find bartenders or mixologists .

These Sims are there to provide all sorts of services from providing bar food and mixed drinks of varying potency to just standing there listening while your SIM rambles on about life , the universe and everything .

They'll also provide entertainment as the more skilled they are the better show they'll put on when mixing drinks .

Your Sims can also attempt to learn the mixologists skill eventually gaining the ability to moonlight as a mixologist for exeter Somalians , but only after breaking enough glass to fill one of jigsaw's torture chambers .

It's also worth noting that you can now travel in groups of friends bar hopping all night long and generally being obnoxious as a team , which always makes for some memorable high jinks .

Next , you have dance clubs .

Once again , it is what it is a club where you'll dance , dance .

These are the lives you'd love to lead .

There's still bar stuff in there too .

So it's pretty much just a darker bar with louder music and sweatier Sims .

Finally , you have high end lounges and private clubs .

These are awesome and the best the best .

But guess what ?

You can't just get in on your own accord .

One option is to just bribe the bouncer .

Usually 50 or 100 Somalians will work .

You can also flirt or sneak your way in , but good luck getting to talk to anyone since it will be obvious you aren't supposed to be there .

You see , these social lounges are only for the most elite of Sims .

So in order to fit in , you'll need to climb the social ladder to stardom .

This brings us to the new celebrity system of late night .

It's one of the biggest additions and it's just a measure of not among all Sims .

And you start at the bottom in order to gain admittance into the exclusive clubs and especially the VIP sections , you will need to be famous .

This can be achieved in a variety of ways from simply climbing the career ladder and slowly gaining fame , which works very well with the film , music and sports careers or befriending celebrity sims of higher rank than you , which is displayed in stars out of five .

And of course , just being filthy , stinking rich will do wonders let you in , you buy the club , then see what they say .

But still any time you talk to a top end celebrity , you will get snubbed until you impress them .

You can try all sorts of things to get their attention like bragging about how much money you have your skills , your job , or even name dropping other celebrities .

If you know of any and the more you get to know a celebrity and their friends increases your own fame .

Eventually you'll be recognized all over the place with Sims , begging to talk to you wanting autographs , taking cell phone photos .

Of course , the paparazzi will be out and always watching delving into your private life and generally making you miserable , you can still go a little crazy but just keep your panties on how you react to all this attention will determine how you're perceived around town with you getting free stuff and open entry to clubs at your peak to being ridiculed , being taken to court and pasted all over the tabloids at your lowest , slow to climb , quick to fall .

Becoming a superstar athlete or actor are the most obvious ways to gain fame .

And those careers have been expanded to allow for just that .

But a new way to do so is to form a band .

It's a lot of work , but I really enjoy this .

If you and another SIM or two have at least one skill point with an instrument , you can start a band and there are three new instruments to choose from an upright bass , the piano and the drums scout around for some talent like bar dwellers and park hippies and get to know them and form a band .

You can jam , create songs and name your group whatever you want .

Eventually you'll get gigs and side projects and fame and money and it's all good from there .

Eventually you'll register as self employed and make enough bank to live off of quite comfortably .

Kicking back in the club is totally not getting a high in the VIP lounge with the new SIM hip hop music blaring .

Watch out for the green bubbles man .

And all of this gets thrown for a loop a little bit with the final main edition vampires .

The game seems to want you to think that they are uncommon Sims .

But within the first minute of playing the game one came knocking on my door promptly , prompting the hunted mood lit to appear .

Yes , these are vampires in the classic sense .

They hate sunlight and garlic have superpowers and lust for blood and there's not a sparkle in sight .

Thank goodness .

They do require permission to feed though .

So not everyone will become vampires unless they want to just get to a vampire a little bit and then grant them the ability to either feed on you or even become a vampire yourself .

You'll get this totally metal animation and in a day or two , you'll turn into a vampire complete with a new skin tone fangs and evil eyes and yes , superpowers as a vampire , you can enter Sim's minds doing things like reading their thoughts or influencing them to like you .

You'll also gain skills more quickly at night .

Run like the frigging bionic man and go into infrared mode to hunt for the best candidate to feed on all while looking cool and scaring the crap out of morons .

Yes .

Being a vampire is pretty much awesome .

Well , except for the whole sunlight and no food thing , you'll have a thirst for blood or plasma that you'll need to fulfill either by feeding on SIMS or eating and drinking plasma , fruit and juice .

And if you're out in the sun too long , you'll start to burn grossing people out and eventually passing out and having your vitality zapped for a day or two .

Thankfully , it's hard to die from sunlight .

So you can actually live your life as a night walker pretty easily .

Other additions to the game consist mainly of items in build and buy modes in build mode .

You have the mentioned elevators which are a requirement for high rises .

There's also the new half walls which are walls cut in half , often with a little decoration along the top in the decks and foundation section .

You now have platforms which are nice for separating a section without requiring stairs .

There are also , hey , whoa , what is a urinal in an art gallery ?

How convenient ?

Yeah , there are also curved pools and the addition of fountains and spouts which are pretty cool , but there's still no freaking diving board .

However , hot tubs have finally returned and yes , you can go skinny dipping and yes , you can woo hoo in them .

Just watch out for the paparazzi as it may be hazardous to your fame's health .

And actually you can also now get it on in elevators .

Dare I say love in an elevator , live it up when I'm going down .

There are also plenty of new Decor and useful items like tvs and a totally awesome in wall virtual fish tank .

And thank everything .

Holy , you finally have the ability to move up and down so you can use all that extra wall space to be tacky .

And finally , another addition to the home is the butler , which is like a maid except totally useful .

They live in your home and will do all sorts of stuff that the maid would scoff at like give massages and repair broken items .

The final additions are clothing and create a SIM options .

At long last , the off requested breast and muscle tone sliders are here allowing for totally ripped dudes and totally unrealistic ladies .

Seriously , you end up with lots of Sims running around with Laura Croft syndrome .

And frankly , it's needlessly distracting although it fits right into the fakeness factor of the celebrity lifestyle .

Also , you can now simply choose your Sims lifetime wish instead of having to pick it based on your there .

Of course , are new traits to match the new features of the game .

And there's now astrological signs which have been brought back from previous games , which is used for extra compatibility or something .

I don't know .

And as you'd expect , there's all sorts of new apparel for men and women in pretty much every category , but especially in regards to clubbing a tire and much of it is actually pretty cool for once except for the stuff that's not .

So is late night for the Sims three worth buying as always , the suggested price by is $40 and you get a few piddly items for registering the game online .

But , and this is a first for me .

I have to say that there is no question that late night is worth buying .

It is absolutely worth getting even at its full price .

The amount of new things that you that are actually fun and useful is superb .

Unlike previous expansions , this one really just focuses on expanding the main Sims experience and lets you do whatever you want with it and it seems like there's something for everyone .

So if you're a fan of the Sims three and have left the game alone for a while , make the game worth playing again and go out and grab late night .

Ok ?