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Our special correspondent gives that! And this time it’s not for a Bon Voyage because he already found the treasures chart: the Sims 3.

If you thought that St. Valentine's Day was one of the strong time of February ... you disabuse! It is in secret in San Francisco that the international press was invited to discover for the first time: The Sims 3! Indeed, it is in the fabulous and vast Studio Sims of San Francisco that journalists of all the countries were invited for this preview, in the middle of which a small mouse of the French community was able to interfere in ... at EA France's invitation


An exceptional opportunity to discover the future generation of Sims, the innovations of this new game waiting by the fans.


In the course of this article, I am going to try to share my impressions, to make you discover the new thing which will propose The Sims 3.


The Sims 3 : the game thinking for the fans


The desires of the fans were heard and concretized. The Sims 3 is going to allow us to personalize our Sims and their universe in some clicks. The limits of the game were pushed away for more game's pleasure and comfort.

Sims more true than nature :
The C.A.S (Create a Sim) is turn into true laboratory of genetics. The Sims that you will create will be unique as much by their outward aspect as by their character. The faces will be more realistic and better animated : in particular the eyes, which will not be fixed any more. Numerous cursors will offer themselves to us to parametrize all the elements of the face.

It's the same for the bodys. We can combine the characteristics: a Sim can be fine and lean, obese and muscular, it even seemed to me see a gauge for the appearance of the pregnant women. Asian, African models will give more varieties and of wealth as for their origin.

The characters of our sims will be considerably more complex and varied. The Sims 2 offered 5 Trait of character to weighted, The Sims 3 will propose 80. A Sim can accumulate the Traits : kleptomaniac (your Sims could find at such a Sim's the objects which he have stole), lucky, dreamy, family, whiny, genius (who will learn faster) …


You can allocate precise preferences to a Sim : his favorite color, its music style, its favorite course …

The wardrobe will be customizable from the C.a.S. We can change the color of a top or bluntly make him unique with pattern from our choice. Just as, we can choose the shoes of our Sims, among numerous models and even make them walk barefoot.

Our Sims will be more beautiful, more realistic, the reflection of our desire, their behavior will depend on our choices.


A revolutionary environment:


A Sim’s neighborhood will no longer be divided into different lots to be loaded individually. A huge zoom will allow us to see our Sim in his bed but also to take back to see the whole neighborhood. This means that there will be less loading time (not to write no loading time) to move from one lot to another. Our Sims could left their home and go to their neighbour’s house or to the town-center without loading time. They can fish in a lake, chatting in the streets with neighbors or strangers. This in an environment more beautiful, richer and more alive… for example, a breeze will move the trees, the water will be superbly rendered, and so on.

The Gameplay :

In the Sims 3, everything will be more realistic. The mood of the Sims will be directly influenced by their personality and their environment. For example, a Sim who loves nature, will be more comfortable on the outside to make friends.

The promotions system will be enriched. To have a promotion, a Sim will take care of his skills, his mood but also his relationship with his boss. Indeed, to find one job, a Sim can click directly on a trade.


When talking with a Sim good in cooking, a Sim can learn recipes: there will be no cooking competence, but rather a set of recipes to discover.
The Sims’ control panel had not yet been changed, personalized, decorated in the demo which has been presented. But we have noticed that when a need fall, a small bubble appears next to the head of the Sim in the control panel with a symbol representing the desire to satisfy (a packet of crisps when he is hungry, a pillow when he need to sleep). This will be very convenient for the player.

Lots not visited by the player will continue to live their lives guided by the aspiration of the Sims and their personality. So we will see births, relocations, new relationships all arrived in our absence. Fortunately, we could read the history of these events.

Artificial intelligence has been significantly expanded. We have seen it after the demo, thanks to a developer’s team, which give us the pleasure to show us several programs. The first program "who's the witch?” allows, by entering physical criteria, to ensure that a group identifies the" witch ", the person who best fits the criteria. This will allow to make the social relations and the system of preferences richer. A second program illustrates the richness of the Sims’ paintings: each creation will be unique. Another program showing a Sims’ neighborhood in two dimensions (a map of all the lots, all Sims are moving points on the map) show us new interactions, as criticizing the decoration of a house or a family ( "Your mother is a lama"), but also how when we play a neighborhood could evolve. About the relocations due to births, the new relationship between the neighbors. Also thanks to this last simulation program, we found that an action may currently been extended over time drag the icon representing it.


A simplified customization


You want to match the curtains and furniture to the walls, no problem! With a few clicks through a small window customization whose only the Sims Team has the secret, a palette will display and you could give free your imagination, choose among the proposed textures or completely innovate.


In summary:

The Sims 3, and the first presentation which we have been offered, is a version that pushes all the limits of Sims 2 and beyond, moves the game into a new dimension, unleashing the creativity of fans, personalization, developing artificial intelligence and the free will of our Sims. The game is greatly improved; the Sims will be more beautiful, more complex and customizable.

The Sims 3 offers a new generation of game. Each player will be able to create his own universe and unique Sims, but the combination of many additions opens new horizons to the Sims. This should significantly change the way we play and create, offering a deeper game play, while remaining accessible. In addition, permanent life and realism that will animate the opened world of the Sims 3, sounds like a bit like a persistent universe, offering a greater immersion to the players.

Can’t wait for the videos, so you can have your turn to discover tomorrow Sims: The Sims 3!


The questions left unanswered

When the game is about to be released? No specific date. Not before 2009.
Which configuration? We don’t know for now. The demo was running on a laptop… but do the Studio Sims PCs come from the same planet as us?

Source: L'universims