In order to advance along a career path, you’ll have to get your Sim to practice certain skills. Since I work in the real world as a part-time illustrator, my Sim’s first job was as an artist (the starting position being “Finger Painter”). There are several professions to pursue, including rock star, chef, pro athlete, teacher, and ballet dancer. The “ambition” focus of the game is based around turning your Sim’s passions into a viable career. You can even play your music library in the game, which is a small-but-effective way to keep things feeling fresh when you’ve been playing for hours. Not only does it feature some excellent 3D graphics (complete with a rotating and zoomable camera), but the sound effects are great, too. Something that will grab your attention right away is just how impressive the game’s presentation is. Once you’ve established your Sim’s appearance, you have to choose five personality traits I made my Sim a friendly, good-humored, active, explorative, genius jack-of-all-trades. Still, the limited number of hairstyles, facial features, and outfits can be combined for a wide variety of looks. The Sims are fairly customizable, though the combinations aren’t as varied as they would be on the computer. When you start, you can either import a Sim character from another Sims iPhone game or create a new one from scratch.
