Manage a family on your PC
Virtual Families is a Sims-like casual game, where you adopt a virtual person, and nurture them through their life and career.
This demo lets you play uninhibited for an hour. First you have to pick an person, who then moves immediately into a house. While you can make adjustments to the house over time, to begin with you get what you're given.
Marriage and babies will soon follow moving in. You can let your virtual family act by itself, encourage good behavior, or sometimes affect it directly by picking them up and placing them near things. If you place someone near the garbage, they'll take it out. Place them near the shower and they'll take one, and so on.
There is much less customization than is normal in this type of game, and you will feel more like you are influencing things rather than controlling them. The behavior of your virtual family is a bit odd, and their interaction with the house sometimes looks strange.
The graphics in general won't win any awards, with jerky sprites and flat looking backgrounds. The sound effects are minimal, but effective. Overall, this is a very casual game, which will appeal to younger players who don't miss the personalization other games offer. However, the values in the game are very conservative (mother always looks after the baby and so on), and there's not much you can do to make things more interesting!
If you're looking for a simple Sims like experience, that doesn't require too much involvement, Virtual Families is a good option.
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User reviews about Virtual Families
by Teri Hiatt
I think this is better than the second one. Glad to play the game.
by MysteryGamer
definetely get this it is good and it works properly. i reccomend playing this
by Anonymous
Toooo Slow.... makes it eventuall tooooo boring!.
Faaaaar toooooo slow!! Very little to do! Not enough choice for items for house! Nice in beginning of game, but eventually the slowness and very little too do makes u lose interest and becomes boring.... great for young children!
Pros:
The characters
Cons:
more items to buy choice and nicer colours. More interaction with some items. More interaction with garden. Better choice of clothes, hair, etc... More
by Anonymous
i like it.
relly nice games,i love it,i want to play this games for free
Pros: famies
children and lost child
Cons: house
dead people More
by Anonymous
Pretty good.
Virtual families is a game about life. Much like Sims, other then being able to customize. It's fun but yet gets a little boring after a while. Honestly I myself, wouldn't buy it. (You'll end up buying it for $20 play it 2 days straight, get bored with it and leave it there to collect dust). I had enough time playing it after just in the 1 hour demo.
Pros:
Addictive, good sound effects, no problems with slowness of game, you don't have to customize.
Cons:
Gets tiering, costs $20, Really slow during game play. More