The two stars are above all as a warning to all who, like me bought also the addons.
Yes added the basic game is still reasonably stable (although the level is far below the what was included in The Sims 2)
But Real then fetches time travel adventure to ...
..or Ambitions
..or until Late Night
By then it looks on the stability of already grim.
Alone to install the latest patch correctly is very awkward (I have no idea how to properly managed it without tools from the community) to the game to get and often it is necessary in the forum read at all to run.
Above a certain size of the neighborhoods (or playing time), it is no longer possible to save or the game crashes constantly from or other serious errors occur.
Sure Sims 2 was also not bug free, but what to expect in Sims 3, this still exceeds.
In addition it is still the custom content that is most hostile game I've ever seen, though, or precisely because created by the community clothes / hairstyles / objects in Sims 2 were very popular and have begetragen much to the game. Custom content is not supported in Sims 3, and with the game so quickly unstable (in the sense of more unstable than so already). Above all, I must advise against it to download other created Sims / households. This is often additional content downloaded does not appear, it is difficult to remove and can cause crazy errors.
The items that you can buy from the EA Store for money so far I had no problems, but ansgesichts the prices of basic game and addons ...
I can every Sims-fan who has not started Sims 3 only advise against it. Yes, the game is fun when it is running. But ye shall pluck the hair when using your lovingly hyped Family not are allowed to continue because andaurnd everything suddenly crashes or simply members of your household are frozen or disappear ...