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'''''The Sims 3''''' is a forthcoming [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[video game]] from [[Criterion Software]] (an [[Electronic Arts]] studio). It is a sequel to the highly popular and critically acclaimed ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[The Sims 2]]'' video games. It was announced in an interview by EA in November 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3/news.html?sid=6160951 |title=Sims 3, next-gen Black, new SimCity and LOTR coming |accessdate=2008-02-25 |author=Tor Thorsen |date=2006-11-02 |work=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CNET Networks]] |quote="Yes, there's a Sims 3 in development and it's likely to be a fiscal '09 title," said Jenson, meaning the game would hit stores before April 2009.}}</ref> where it was also mentioned that the release date of the game would likely be in the "fiscal 2009" year.
'''''The Sims 3''''' is a forthcoming [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[video game]] of the series. It is a sequel to the highly popular and critically acclaimed ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[The Sims 2]]'' video games. It was announced in an interview by EA in November 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3/news.html?sid=6160951 |title=Sims 3, next-gen Black, new SimCity and LOTR coming |accessdate=2008-02-25 |author=Tor Thorsen |date=2006-11-02 |work=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CNET Networks]] |quote="Yes, there's a Sims 3 in development and it's likely to be a fiscal '09 title," said Jenson, meaning the game would hit stores before April 2009.}}</ref> where it was also mentioned that the release date of the game would likely be in the "fiscal 2009" year.


==Development==
==Development==

Revision as of 20:56, 22 March 2008

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The Sims 3
File:Logo sm.png
Developer(s)TBA
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
SeriesThe Sims
EngineRenderware
Platform(s)PC[1]
ReleaseFiscal 2009
Genre(s)Life simulation game
Mode(s)Single-player

The Sims 3 is a forthcoming Windows video game of the series. It is a sequel to the highly popular and critically acclaimed The Sims and The Sims 2 video games. It was announced in an interview by EA in November 2006,[2] where it was also mentioned that the release date of the game would likely be in the "fiscal 2009" year.

Development

The site for The Sims 3 went live on March 19, 2008. The website expands on features of the game. There are two sections on the website which detail two of the most important themes of The Sims franchise, creating Sims and their homes. These sections are titled 'Create A Sim' and 'Create A Home', and they hint at the "infinite" characterization and design possibilities upcoming in The Sims 3. The website hosts new screenshots of the game as well as old ones previously shown in magazines.[3]

Graphical advancements

Although The Sims 3 is still in early stages (i.e. the graphics in the game so far are most likely lesser in quality than what the released product will have), a few aesthetic improvements are noticeable in the previews. Mainly, Sims have a much softer and realistic facial structure, and the lighting in the game is much better than in The Sims 2 [4].

Teasers and previews

In the 7th expansion pack for The Sims 2, The Sims 2: Free Time, a secret unlockable event may occur in which a Sim-version of Rod Humble, The Sims 3's executive producer, gives the player's Sim family an unopened gift box. When opened, the Sim who opened the box gets a special computer with The Sims 3 on it. The computer and The Sims 3 game cannot be bought in the catalog. Sims can then play The Sims 3 on their computers or console systems. Like all the other games that Sims can play in The Sims 2, The Sims 3 is a looping gameplay video shown on the player's Sim's computer screens when played by a Sim, The Sims 3 is not a playable demo game that the user can control. The video of the gameplay (recorded during one of The Sims 2: FreeTime preview sessions for fansites of The Sims franchise) was taken by the German The Sims fansite 'SimTimes'.[5]

Since early March 2008, multiple gaming magazines and websites have featured articles describing the changes made in The Sims 3 from its predecessors.

Gameplay

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An image showing the gradual increase in weight and/or muscle on a Sim in The Sims 3

In the April/May Edition of the Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, there is a 12-page preview of the game.[6] This preview explains that Sim houses and neighborhoods will be entirely in one seamless, continuous map, and states that "what you do outside your home now matters as much as what you do within". Also it is claimed that other Sims will age with the player's Sims as they interact with them. It also states that the typical bladder and energy motives will be overhauled, and replaced with "discrete moods". The Create-A-Sim screen has also been made more complex, with the original 'percentage bar'-style personality points replaced by descriptions similar to those in the personals section of newspapers. In addition to this, individual fitness bars have been added to adjust the Sims weight and muscle. Sims now have the capacity to become extremely obese, or extremely muscular (think a professional bodybuilder) this is in comparison to The Sims 2, where Sims simply had 3 levels of fitness/fatness.

Architecture and building abilities

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A living room in The Sims 3. Note the natural light coming through the windows

Although little has been described by EA Games towards the building capabilities of The Sims 3, it is known that there will be a new function towards design in objects. If an object has a certain pattern, the user only needs to select that pattern and move it to another object to give the second object the same pattern. This is an improvement from earlier The Sims games, because it was previously needed to use an external program in order to make multiple objects have the same style[7].

Neighborhood exploration

On March 19 2008, EA revealed new gameplay experiences for The Sims 3, one of them being neighborhood exploration. For the first time ever in the series players will be able to have their Sims wander around the world outside of their homes.[3] This also means that the entire game is played in real-time, so that Sims that the player is not using will still age and may get married, have children, and/or gain other memories and experience other events. There are also no loading screens, so it is possible to zoom in and out from a complete view of the neighborhood to the inside of a house, a feature not technically possible in previous The Sims games[8].

References

  1. ^ The Sims 3 set for Global launch in 2009
  2. ^ Tor Thorsen (2006-11-02). "Sims 3, next-gen Black, new SimCity and LOTR coming". GameSpot. CNET Networks. Retrieved 2008-02-25. "Yes, there's a Sims 3 in development and it's likely to be a fiscal '09 title," said Jenson, meaning the game would hit stores before April 2009.
  3. ^ a b The Sims 3 teaser site
  4. ^ The Sims 3 Preview // PC /// Eurogamer
  5. ^ Freizeit-Spaß Fanevent in München from The Sims 2: Free Time Fan Event in Munich
  6. ^ Games for Windows 17 April/May Issue from Games for Windows
  7. ^ The Sims 3: Create-A-Home
  8. ^ IGN: The Sims 3 Preview

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