Now Gamer over De Sims 3

Eigenlijk staat er niks in dat we al niet wisten maar ik post hem toch maar: op deze pagina van Now Gamer vindt je een preview van De Sims 3.

EA has seen fit to cut down character ‘motives’ to simply reflect their sleep, fun, food and bathroom-based needs, a move that will reduce micromanagement but could lead to a less involved experience. Hopefully this will be offset by the refined system of wishes and ambitions for each character, with similar goal-based gameplay to the console versions being introduced, which again could potentially make or break this all-encompassing sequel.

Preview TVG van De Sims 3

Total Video Games heeft wat tijd door kunnen brengen met Sims producer MJ Chun en natuurlijk De Sims 3 kunnen spelen en op deze pagina een preview online gezet.

Rest assured, gamers won’t be starved for content in the final game, with plenty of tools and features that will broaden their gameplay experience. As with The Sims 2, much of the modding will be committed through various character customisations, with EA now opening its doors for modifications of fabrics and designs that users can create or download from other Sims players. But even without these mods the character customisation is still notably deep, making it possible for gamers to create characters as obscure as an old man in slippers and a dressing gown with purple skin and fluorescent green cornrows.

Sims 3 preview op Eurogamer

De Engelstalige site Eurogamer heeft een preview van De Sims 3 online gezet: twee pagina’s lang en de moeite waard eens door te lezen.

In terms of actual Sims’ nature though, the core of the game is the personality traits, which replace the statistic-tweaking of the first. I spend a lot of time talking about the personality traits, because I think that’s the heart of The Sims 3, argues Chun. So rather than spending points in characteristics, with you ending up as Lazy or Energetic depending how many you spend in the category, you choose up to five attributes, each of which has a distinct effect on a sim’s personality. Rather than the fuzziness, things now have clean edges. The cool thing is that we’re not making value judgments about anything, says MJ Chun. You can be evil, and not feel bad. That’s something which is very Sims. We’re giving the same level of importance to being Friendly or Lucky, being a Snob or being a Vegetarian.

Creator’s Camp update Week #6

De Amerikaanse De Sims 3 site heeft week 6 online gezet van de Creators’ Camp Showcase deze keer met bijdrages van Estatica en Hatshepsut.
Op de Nederlandstalige De Sims 3 site is het nog even wachten op de vertalingen maar die zullen wel snel online staan.

[UPDATE]: Week 6 is nu vertaald naar het Nederlands en je kunt deze op deze pagina van de officiële Nederlandse De Sims 3 site vinden.

De Sims 3 informatie op een rijtje

Als je benieuwd ben wat er allemaal nieuw is in De Sims 3 dan moet je even op Sim City Times kijken.

Die hebben veel informatie over De Sims 3 mooi op een rijtje gezet en de pagina wordt regelmatig geüpdatet, alles is wel in het Engels.

Prima Games blog over De Sims 3

Twee schrijvers van een Prima Games blog hebben De Sims 3 kunnen spelen en twee pagina’s online gezet over hun ervaringen.

De eerste pagina (The Sims 3Create-A-Style) gaat over de tool waarmee je bijna elk voorwerp zo kunt veranderen: in dit geval een studeer kamer die zij helemaal in een houten look willen hebben:

There are lots of wood textures to choose from. After spending several minutes browsing in the Create-a-Style tools, I settled on a rich cherry. Now it was time to match the desk, chair, and even the easel I has artfully placed in the corner, tilted in front of a huge window. Instead of having to click on each object and then root around in all of the textures and find the one I previously picked, I just clicked on the bookcase to bring up its texture pre-set and dragged it over the other objects. Immediately, the chair matched the bookcase.

De tweede pagina (The Sims 3Making Me) gaat over hoe makkelijk het is om jezelf te maken in De Sims 3:

You can select five traits that flesh out your Sim’s personality. At first, I loaded myself up with honestly, industriousness, a sense of humor, kitchen skills and luck. Oh, I was a real extrovert that was the life of the party and the kind of employee that rockets up the career ladder on the wings of spunk and vivaciousness. But then I took the same kind of honesty I applied to my Sim’s physical appearance and used it to work on her personality. I kept the sense of humor and luck because those are real.