Categorie: Nieuws

Casual Gaming heeft een kort interview gehouden met Grant Rodiek, je vindt het op deze pagina.

CG.biz: The Sims 2 is so huge that attracting its entire user base to The Sims 3 is hard enough work in itself – do you think The Sims 3 will appeal to a wider audience than its predecessor?

GR: Definitely. The game has more depth, so gamers will find a quirky game with a rich, strategy filled centre. Our creative tools are easier to use, so players who were previously overwhelmed by Build Mode or Create-A-Sim will be sharing fantastic dream homes or famous actresses in no time. Finally, the open world lets us do things that no previous Sims game could do. I think the creative possibilities with that alone will draw in lots of new players.

Pocketgamer heeft op deze pagina van Pocket Gamer een interview online gezet met Sims 3 producer Justin Taber over Sims 3 voor op de iPhone. Hij verteld meer over toekomstige upgrades en over de karaktereigenschappen.

Can you give us a run down of how you guys crafted the controls? In what ways have you utilised the accelerometer? Any cool uses of the touchscreen you’d like to highlight?

On the iPhone, we have implemented full touchscreen control over 3D camera movement. As you would probably expect, touching an object, building, or another Sim allows you to view the interaction options you have to choose from. For the camera controls, dragging with one finger moves the camera around the scene. Swiping up or down with two fingers tilts the camera up or down, changing the angle. Touching two fingers on the screen and then turning them rotates the scene. There is a transparent bar on the right side that controls zooming, so that you can zoom in and get really close to the detail, or zoom out to view the full house or neighborhood.

Bron: Sim Programs

De Engelstalige PC World heeft op deze pagina een interview online gezet met Ben Bell, Sims 3 Executive Producer.

GO: The Sims 3 is actually a prequel of sorts, right? Is it also an alternate timeline? Will Romulans and Vulcans come shooting out of a black hole at startup?

BB: We took some of the characters who appeared in past games and we created earlier versions of them. That was more of a nod to our fans who’ve followed the series. But The Sims isn’t really about those characters. They’re background for your character, and while you can play as these unique characters we’ve created and dropped into the town, you can also choose to replace any of them with people that you know, your favorite TV character, your favorite sports heroes, whatever it is.

Sim Programs meldt in deze post dat nu ook de definitieve versie van Sims 3 is uitgelekt.
Tot nu toe was de illegale versie een oude test versie maar het lijkt er nu dus op dat ook de ‘gold’ versie op piraten sites staat.