Real Lives 2010 for Windows

User Reviews

• educational !

  tanmaykpJanuary 26, 2014

  Pros

  learn to know the "world" you never seen from your point of view...

  Cons

  you need to know the limitations of your country....

  Summary

  you can know the countries!

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• Nice game, but very glitchy.

  BeststarterAugust 30, 2009

  Pros

  Great concept, and great research. There are a lot of possibilities in this game, and it is as realistic as most games get.

  Cons

  Not realistic enough, too many choices, and a lot of glitches. Running a business is too easy, every life is able to make 100's of billions of dollars by increasing business capital every year making billions per month. Many other glitches as well.

  Summary

  This product is a great game, very educational but the glitches in programming and in the realistic/concept of the game get annoying at times. Investment even in the riskiest stocks is very slow while business booms no matter what and by increasing business investment every year you can easily make billions of dollars (My character had 1.1 TRILLION before he died.) There are too many choices in things like alcohol and smoking which should become randomly addictive. There are glitches such as long divorced wives having children and being part of the family. This game could use a good programmer to debug the glitches and add more realistic aspects while taking out unrealistic aspects. Business are hard to make even a few hundred thousand let alone a trillion. Sexual abuse is too rare in the game considering statistics. The game does not take into account the time (year) of play, and resets the year depending on your age at death. This game has a lot of potential if a few good minds were to work on it. As an educational simulation is does an okay job, and as a game a little less. Potentially it could be an 8 out of 10, but as it stands I would give it a 3 or 4.

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• A very good fun educational Game

  JaciliousJuly 2, 2009

  Pros

  It's very informative, fun, and entertaining. You get to see how your life turns out with many options and you can choose who you marry, your career, and alot of other things.

  Cons

  There are alot of limits as well, like you can't go out of the country you're in, there's no information on your grandchildren, and you can't really interact with others.

  Summary

  I like this game b/c its so much like the sims but its more informative and closer to real life than any other game I've ever played. The only drawbacks are the lacking in interaction with other people and you can not move to other countries.

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• Interesting

  whitemoongurlFebruary 6, 2009

  Pros

  You get to see what life would be like if you were someone else living in different country.

  Cons

  Only play as yourself, but you don't see what you look like or anything like that. This isn't a SIM game or anything.

  Summary

  The whole concept of this is pretty cool. I would like to see what the characters might look like.

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• not for middle school or lower

  maidensoloOctober 19, 2007

  Pros

  I like it because it's very interactive and realistic and reminds us all of the Sims in the way it behaves

  Cons

  It gets off to a slow start, which is why I don't think 8th grade and under will sit still long enough for the character to establish himself. Not much happens in the first couple of years in the life of the child.

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• fun

  crispy261August 23, 2007

  Pros

  good fun game

  Cons

  Summary

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• Simple. Great way to learn about other countries.

  aliacono1942June 9, 2007

  Pros

  It seemed to be well-researched with all of the facts having references. Interesting way to learn about the world.

  Cons

  Maybe a more detailed map would be better

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• fun and educational

  kitkatt1216June 26, 2006

  Pros

  addicting, learn alot about other cultures, no major flaws, easy to use

  Cons

  doesnt allow enough user interaction,poor game interface

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• Great

  justthewayimfeelingJune 6, 2006

  Pros

  I love this game. although it is educational. You get to either pick a random life, or you can create a life. You get to chose what country your from, gender, name. etc. You can choose how smart or clever you are, and lots of different things. They have hundreds of countrys, and have obviously done there research. YOu start at 0, and can choose everything about the persons life, if your smart you do well, and get a good job, and have a better house etc. if you dont then well.. although it teachs you alot about how lucky you are to live in this country with lots of opertunitys, because if you live in a 3rd world country then it's hard to get a job even if your 100% smart

  Cons

  alot of reading to do. Its a game, but not a game game as such

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• Great *Educational* Game

  j4ne1February 2, 2006

  Pros

  Fun. You get to pick any country and live there from age 0 til you die. You go to school and try to get into college if you are smart enough, get a job, get a love love interest/married, you expereince natural disasters, sickness, and other real life issues. These events all come with a fact and statistic about the place you are living in. It's mostly text based. It's very educational.

  Cons

  Repatative and probably boring for some people after a short period of time. A lot of reading and facts if you are just looking for a game. Some facts are outdating/incorrect.

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