So true!
I have the Sims game, and everything you said (except for the plague expansion joke) was true! Although I usually kill off my sims for fun. I'm mean, I know it.
The voice acting was the best part. You got the "Sim-ese" babble down perfectly! And the animation was so smooth, I almost wish there was a 2d option in the Sims game where the animation was simple like this. Keep these coming, they're great!