IntoMobile - First look at The Sims 3 for iPhone We were surprised by the game’s playability and the smooth 3D graphics. All menus and navigation controls are incredibly intuitive - you flip through menus and scroll down lists with a flick of the finger. And, without being briefed on in-game controls, we managed to find our way through the Sims’ world with little trouble. The Sims 3’s iPhone-optimized UI is a testament to EA Mobile’s devotion to iPhone gaming. The Sims 3 takes full advantage of the iPhone’s 3D graphics capabilities. The entire 3D world pans, tilts and rotates around your Sim character smoothly, without any noticeable lag. In fact, we were repeatedly impressed by the iPhone’s ability to smoothly render the 3D world with ease. You pan around the game with a single finger. Dragging two fingers vertically along the touchscreen tilts the 3D view and rotating two fingers (as if you were twisting a volume-control knob) rotates the map. All the while, the game dims and raises the lighting to match the time of day in Sim-land - a nice touch to be sure. Only two more weeks, and we too will be able to carry Sims in our pockets everywhere we go!* It’s great to hear the positive comments on this game… for some reason my mind thinks that the controls will not work well with the iphone.* I played a few new games earlier on my iPhone and the controls were not for me.* I don’t know if that has to do with the fact that I suck when it comes to using the iPhone as a gaming device or if it is poor gameplay mechanics… IntoMobile - First look at The Sims 3 for iPhone
