I just brought it up in case it does happen to you. The graphics are exceptionally good. They are very realistic and a bit cartoon ish, but every game's are. They do get a little bit blury or faded when you zoom up to the max, but overall there exceptional. There are no faults in the graphics like there are in the gameplay.
Graphics are and crisp.
Sound is perfect. It is probably what this game leads in besides origanality. The sounds are crisp, you can hear what the sims are doing and at the sametime you got nice backround music playing. That's something that the The Sims lacks, but that is a different story. You can't get everything though.