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The Sims 3 is the Next Generation of Sims Games from EA. But with all the news and previews, interviews and information what are the actual facts behind the game which lies hidden amongst all that text. Here is a quick summary of information collected from all those pages of information.
>> Items marked in red, have recently been added.
Sims World - Neighbourhood
- Seamless Neighbourhood, no longer will there be multiple neighbourhoods such as Down Town, Vacation etc...
- Load Time when moving around the neighbourhood has been eliminated
- A whole town to explore, includes Neighbours, Shops and Recreation
- Play pranks on the neighbour
- Follow Sims while on their way to work.
- The Sims Town is now compared to the engine which runs SimCity, but on a much larger scale
- Close to 90 houses in the town, each with its own family.
- Able to model the families to TV shows, live out the lives of Desperate Housewives or maybe a bit of Sopranos.
- When released only include 1 neighbourhood, but the developers plan to release a tool at a later stage to add more neighbourhoods.
- Everyone in the town will age together.
- Confirmed community places are: Pool, Park, Bistro, Clothing store, City Hall and Book store.
- When the wind blows, you will be able to see the leave move on the trees.
- Sims can enjoy the beautiful sunsets.
- Seasons have not been confirmed in the base game, however it is expected that they will be an add-on feature in future expansions.
- Wind however is a factor which will be available in the base game of The Sims 3.
- Trees and shrubs sway in the breeze!
- There is no longer a grid, all objects can be placed at any angle, ie, 360 degrees, this can be performed by holding ALT.
- The town is fully customizable and allows you to remove and change Lots and Sims.
- "Map Tags" float over areas of the hood - a quick way to find your way around.
- Sims also have Map Tags so you can find them easily
- Sims can move nearer to their place of work, or even find work near home to reduce travelling time.
- Land values based on more than just size, waterfront/beach etc.
Babies - When is the due date?
- Clear objectives in life will be modelled by the traits, such as if the Sims wants to attend Tertiary education or if they want to get married.
- Traits are passed down to the child, also what the mother does during her pregnancy will affect the child selection of traits.
Looks (CAS) - Sims have changed in the way they look!
- Now also includes the Asian Skin Tone
- Sims no longer have to have shoes that are fixed to the suite, as with The Sims 2. These are now separate and can be chosen individually.
- Weight & Fitness are controlled by sliders, Sims will also gradually get bigger or muscular with the sliders.
- Arms & Legs are individually adjustable with sliders.
- Clothes are customizable using the CAS screen.
- Hair, Eyes and Skin tone is all controlled through sliders and colour pallets, allowing for a wild choice of customization for your Sims.
- New facelift feature allows you to completely remodel your Sims face.
- There is a way to choose 4 different hair colours on one sim. Tips, roots, base colour and hi-lites.
- You can add shoes, socks, jewellery, gloves necklaces and earrings as categories on CAS.
- Sims now also have socks.
- Adult now considered more 'middle age' and includes wrinkles.
- Facial detail (now includes moles).
- Foot shape changes with show style (high heels, flat sandals etc.)
- Change voice and even pitch so thousands of unique vocal sounds. You will be able to recognise by sound which Sim is talking!
Work, Home & School - Things that you can do at work or as a family...
- All new improved vegetable patches, to grow what ever food you like.
- 2 Confirmed careers are Cooking and Science.
- Each career will have its own building.
- Sims will not be intractable while at work or school.
- Any objects you want to move you can drag and drop from one lot to another . You can also, if you start to build a lot and then decide it's not big enough, move the house to another lot!
- Job aspects that you can do at home called 'opportunities'.
- Careers have more gameplay - No longer just sent to work - Can now decide how hard to work - You can choose a less stressful day but will gain less skill - You could sacrifice hard work for doing more socializing at the workplace
- Specific homework tasks for kids, like read a certain book or catch a certain fish.
- Can move around quarter tiles, so can centre a 3 tile couch to a 1 or 2 tile TV.
- Table and chairs link and can move as 1 object (same with beds and end tables)
- Can move the house to a bigger Lot (upgrade as funds allow)
- Upper wall cabinets in kitchens.
Emotions, Expressions & Looks - A new look at the happy and sad in life!
- There will no longer be "happy" or "sad", or even "furious", Sims will now have a new range of Emotions which they will follow allowing them to express themselves even more. The concept of a mood bar in the game has been thrown out and replaced with a set of icons which will show how your Sims feel, these are known as moodlets.
- Events such as Teenagers First Kiss will make the Happy and Dreamy for a several days
- Event such as being fired will make the Sim Gloomy for several days, or until they get a new job.
- Special moods such as embarrassed and depressed are also part of the "moodlets" system.
- Instead of fixed interaction (like Talk or Joke), the options are filtered on your current Mood or your Traits.
- Sims can acquire Dreams. Like if your Sim sees that a Neighbour has a big tv, your Sim can get a Dream to want one too.
- There are 7 confirmed age groups which include: Baby, Toddler, Child, Teenager, Young Adult, Adult & Senior. The gradual ageing of Sims has not been included.
- Sims now have shadows which will follow them as they move.
- Wishes replace wants.
- New socials like "Change topic of conversation".
Other - Cool things you didn't know!
- The inventory of your Sims has been improved, and will now play a much bigger role in comparison to The Sims 2 - such as storing the personal items for your sims.
- Sims will now focus on many new skills, skills will not be static as in The Sims 2.
- Custom content will play a very big role, this will allow you to expand your game with out always needing to purchase expansions.
- Improved AI allows for better autonomy for your Sims.
- Sims have likes and dislikes to certain foods, colours, music and much more.
- Clothes and Furniture are now customizable using a range of patterns, you can even add your own patterns!
- Fishing plays a big role, and will be included as a skill.
- A very diverse selection of editors will allow players to edit everything from walls to furniture and even hair and clothes.
- Paintings that a Sim makes, will be unique to each Sim. It's based on its personality and mood.
- Sims are now able to hold protests and demonstration to show their anger to the government of SimCity.
- Sims still spin around to change clothes.
- Garbage bags still appear from the great unknown?!
- There is more gameplay cantered around pregnant sims.
- Babies will have 2 traits, children 3, teen 4, and all others 5.
- Traits effect how well a sim does in certain things...
- Another cool feature is the ability to select by dragging a square over a whole area and then deleting.
- There are waterfront lots, allowing you to build on the waters edge. You can also build on cliffs as well!
- Houses are still limited to 8.
- No specific info yet, but there will be lots of new NPC's and creatures.
- Most of the current Sims 2 cheats will be ported over to TS3, and a few new ones added.
- There are now 3 difficulty levels, Easy, Medium and Hard.
- Quick click icons on Sims face in UI to go quickly send them to work or home.
- Can buy an empty bookcase and buy books in the game. There are lots of books!
- New bonus bar, possibly replacement of Aspiration bar?!
- New timeline dragbar which is specific to a few interactions. This lets you control how long a Sim spends on certain tasks like sleeping, fishing etc…
- High level logic allows a Sim to tutor other Sims - Cooking unlocks recipes (Moodlets like divine food) - Fishing unlocks bigger fish (Caught fish can be put in an aquarium at home, and even given a name)
- Brushing of teeth is now back!
- Cell phone notification system to noify you of opportunities and can be used for contacts etc
- Funds and worth as 2 separate values now (worth includes property and object values)
- Athletic skills can help Sims stay fitter and even live longer.
- 'Auto Roof' now fixes the shape when you add/change walls.
Did it get in? YES - Things you've wanted in the game are now there!
- All new modding tools built into the game
- Player is now able to pick up items with cursor such as Garbage and Books.
- Medium of transport include Taxis, Cars and walking - Sims can now walk to and from work & school.
- The mailbox can now be moved.
Did it get in? NO - Unfortunately it never got in...
- No Multi-player
- You can't watch your Sims work, or in school, although you can see them going to work. Once they arrive at work they will disappear into the building, and you will only be able to interact with them again once their working hours are finished.
- The MAC version will only be made after the game has been released for PC, so MAC users will have to wait a while...
Quirks - Funny and weird things from the BETA version of TS3!
- Ducks drive the taxis.
- Cars occasionally take off and fly away.
- The shower occasionally breaks, and completely floods the bathroom - in turn not allowing you to fix it.
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This text is Copyright © Infinite Sims 2008, distribution of this text is permitted where credit is supplied. All information on this page is obtained from reliable sources including Games for Windows Magazine, UK PC Gamer and previews, FanEvent '08 & TSR.
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