The Sims 3: Ambitions

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Features The Sims 3: Ambitions

Choose between new fun and wacky jobs as a firefighter, private investigator, doctor, ghost hunter and more
Experience all-new control over your Sims actions and choices while they are working
Make important career decisions that affect your Sims’ future and determine whether they will be good or evil, successful or a flop
Your decisions will affect other Sims and your town as a whole, experience the power of your actions
Earn Simoleans in all-new creative ways by inventing, sculpting, tattooing and more

About

Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date:June 1, 2010
Type:Simulation

The review

The newest Sims 3 expansion,The Sims 3: Ambitions radically alters the way characters pursue their careers, making for a more satisfying Sims experience.
The new career paths are in addition to those featured in the main game and offer far more interesting and versatile daily routines. So now you can hone your skills as a firefighter, doctor, private investigator, architect, educator, ghosthunter and stylist. Each of these have added responsibilities, indicated by a sub-menu for each of your sims and giving you options as to how best to level up their skills. So as a PI you might find yourself tracking all across town to check out crime scenes or investigate suspects. Firefighters, meanwhile, head for the fire station where they can practice their pole slides or upgrade their engines before heading off to tackle fires, natural disasters and more bizarre events involving garden gnomes. The future of a Sims’ success or failure is entirely in the hands of the player.

Minimum System Requirements

FOR WINDOWS XP

2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1 GB RAM
128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

FOR WINDOWS VISTA

2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1.5 GB RAM
128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:

Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above
2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
0.5 GB additional RAM

FOR MAC OS X

Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
Intel Core Duo Processor
2 GB RAM
ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.

Windows Supported Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce series

ATI Radeon series

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)

GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly.
Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance.
The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.
MAC OS X Supported Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce series

ATI Radeon series

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)

GMA 3-Series