After the release of The Sims on both the GameCube and the X-Box, IGN posted their review of this game. Although they were insider-only before, now everybody can read the review. Like GameSpot, their review comes in two flavours: one for the GameCube, one for the X-Box. That means there's basically just one review, with only small differences when the platform's name is mentioned. Here's a bit of what IGN has to say about the graphics:

"But despite the upgrades, the game still carries with it a few graphical shortcomings in general. Although character animations are smooth and realistic, they often repeat unnaturally and robotically when certain events transpire. Players will occasionally witness their characters sit down to eat, then stand up when they're finished, walk away, walk back over to their chairs, sit down, pick up their plates, and then stand back up and carry it over to the sink for washing. And while the texture resolution is definitely improved, they look fairly muddy when the camera pulls in close to the action. Perhaps the biggest eyesore is the occasionally stuttering framerate that skips a beat here and there during dramatic camera movements through a densely populated house or when the disc fires off a quick load of data."

The whole GameCube edition of the review is right here. The X-Box one is on this page and links to more reviews are in our review index.