3. Expansion Packs
As if The Sims on its own is not awesome enough, there are a ton of expansion packs for the PC version of the game which really open up a lot of further gameplay for the basic game. My favourite expansion pack is The Sims: University Life in which the player guides their Sim around campus, having a hella fun and making good grades in the process. Also released are The Sims: Seasons - in which your Sim can experience all the different holidays of the year as well as climate change. There is also The Sims: Supernatural which puts an interesting magical spin on the game - involving werewolves, vampires and zombies. Yes, you can turn your Sim into a brainless, walking dead specimen. Sweeet!