I agree with you in this review, getting a job, rasing a family, and doing other things you would do in real life starts to feel parallel to real life... which videogames are meant to relax you from. Until you actually go to the office, feel your ambitions, and become enormously praised. Did I also mention that did happen, but just in the sims?. Until you shut the game off your not going to be having any fun because your being constantly reminded that your life sucks and thats why you picked up the game. But then your also reminded your life is no different in that game aswell. I know we've had previous sims games, but what for? I'll just say it here... a money-milking game of life brings out the same exact game of life every year for newer generations to finally hang themselves. Even more so when you can kill your sims purposely by locking them in a room with no supplies, why not just save money if your going to be that depressing and experiment the same thing on yourself?.