Count down to The Sims 3
By blog on May. 27, 2009.
The Sims is by far the worlds best selling video game ever. Without doubt. In just over a week, the third iteration in the series will be released, and there isn’t any doubt that The Sims 3 is going to be in high demand.
I am personally pretty excited to get my hands on the game, though when I first saw it I wasn’t terribly impressed. You see, it doesn’t look all that much better than The Sims 2. It does look better, I don’t contest that, but not by a lot. However, the more I read about the game, even with my disposition of already not really caring for it, the more excited I became. Especially because unlike so many other games, The Sims 3 was announced only shortly before it’s imminent release. In the gaming world, it is not uncommon for games to be announced a couple of years or so, occasionally much longer, before it’s actual release date. In this case it was just over a year, but that was with EA pushing out the release date by a few months earlier this year, which I predicted as soon as I saw the initial release date.
Now, back to what is interesting about the game. The attributes of your Sims have been altered, no longer does it work by having a certain amount of points to distribute between a few characteristics, you now have five trait slots with around 60 different traits to pick from. This will lead to much more unique Sims.
As for the physical appearance of your Sims, they are now much, much, more customizable. No longer are you stuck with the same four hair colours and then a few odd options, no now you can actually pick from a palette, and even give highlights and other features. As with the clothes and furniture, your houses are going to be much more individual because you are able to take a piece of furniture or clothing, and pick a colour for it yourself.
The other big step for The Sims 3 is that your Sim is able to access the entire neighbourhood, seamlessly. No more lengthy loads to get from your house to the downtown, nope, now you drive or you walk, without loading. So if you have other families in the neighbourhood, you may just run into them running their lives, or you can turn that feature off so they don’t go on without you directing them. You also have more options in The Sims 3 in terms of certain game features being turned on or off, aging for instance. All in all I am looking forward to trying it out and seeing how all the new functionality actually works.
Category: Technology