De Engelstalige IGN heeft 2 leuke pagina’s online gezet over de Creëer een Huisdier / Create a Pet tool in De Sims 3 Beestenbende. De eerste pagina geeft wat algemene tips over de tool. De tweede pagina gaat over het werken met lagen om zo je eigen unieke huisdier te maken, de video die we hier embedded hebben hoort bij deze tweede pagina.
| IGN: Designing a Pet | Custom Pet Markings |
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10. What was the funniest (printable!) thing that happened during development?
The team has a lot of very funny screenshots from the development stages on The Sims 3 Pets. When we first introduced kittens and puppies to the game, they sometimes became stretched out to the full size of adult dogs and cats in certain animations. So your Sim could be petting a kitten and then nuzzling the kitten, and all of sudden the kitten would become stretched out and looked smashed. I also remember puppy ears being quite humorous for a while. In the beginning stages, puppies all had full-sized dog ears. It made all the puppies look like they could take off by flapping their ears too quickly.
| XBoxer360: The Sims 3 Pets! Q&A |
All told then the main question that seem’s to be on everyone’s lips is the games value for money factor, but having stated the reasons why we think it is already we just hope that gamers will see The Sims 3 Pets for the stand alone that it most definitely is, s opposed to the expansion pack that it is billed as. Great graphic’s from EA play again, that have become standard in this much-loved franchise, as well as superb sound and lighting. The storyline are engaging and offer some light-hearted entertainment and comedy moments, but at the same time they are inoffensive and very easy on the younger audience.
| Gamesmedia Pro: The Sims 3 Pets review |
Basically, it’s a Sims game. I think it’s well put together, easy to control and geared for players that enjoy making up their own fun. It has a little more focus this time out thanks to the mysteries you can solve, but I didn’t find the addition of pets to be all that thrilling. The voice command feature could be completely absent as far as I’m concerned, and I’m not sure that the additional content featured here is worth another $50 for console owners. I’d definitely suggest renting before you buy, but I enjoyed it enough that I’m sure I’ll revisit it again in the future.
| Gaming Age: The Sims 3: Pets (consoles) |
Those hoping for an entirely overhauled Sims experience will be disappointed, but it’s doubtful anyone will harbour such expectations. Mysteries add some nice structure to the otherwise open-ended gameplay, but this is basically – as the name suggests – The Sims with added animals. Which, for plumbbob devotees, should be enough.
| Playstation Magazine: The Sims 3 Pets (PS3) |
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De release trailer voor de PC versie kenden we al, deze is voor de consoles versie van De Sims 3 Beestenbende.
Met dank aan Mark van EA Benelux.
I’ll get the bad news out of the way up front. The major downside is that if you already own and have sunk hours into the lives, loves and careers of your fictional family in The Sims 3, you’ll have to start from scratch here. You can use pre-made families that EA have put together or create your own, but the console version of The Sims 3: Pets won’t let you import your old Sims 3 saved family into Appaloosa Plains. It’s a weird choice, and one likely to stick in the craw of those who already dedicated days, weeks and months to a Sim family and hoped to expand on your beloved pixel household with the new additions that Pets has to offer.
| A Temporary Distraction: The Sims 3 Pets for PS3 reviewed |
There’s well over 100 different breeds to choose from. If you purchase the game new, you’ll also be able to download ten exclusive breeds. However, instead of being actual breeds, they’re more or less “pet skins” for the current set of breeds. So if you want your Pomeranian to look like a Panda, or a German Shepard to look like a Tiger, you have that option. Once you select your breed, you’ll have most of the sliders you’d expect, but you can also create custom coats of fur and change the length of their fur as well. I was successfully able to closely replicate my three real dogs with a few minor altercations.
| RipTen: The Sims 3 Pets voor Xbox360 reviewed |
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