Latest Sims 3 news

[Dawny]

I am gonna have to buy a new laptop.

[indiekid71]

Originally Posted by EllBell

I wish the date was set for an earlier one.. It's relaly dissapointing we've gotta wait another year.. it seems like an amazing game but we gotta wait 1 whole year!
I hope by then i havent lost interest!

Originally Posted by MissPeg

They shouldn't have told us so soon, lol...I'm sure if we lose interest, we'll get it back as soon as the release date is days, hours, minutes away!

From what I gather from reading the articls on here they have already been working on some of it,well why would they give a preview of the game to magazines if they hadn't started work on it already?

Maybe the date could change,we don't know,or maybe they just want to hear some feedback on what they have already done,and are going to put some suggestion we have made into the game.

[EllBell]

Found a good link, It is apparantly 60 of the 80 traits that are going to be in TS3,

http://www.infinitesims.com/content/view/948/801/

Keep yourself posted on that website it seems like a good one to me..

[simgamer]

god knows wot system requirements we will need. I dont think I will be able too run it.
Core 2 duo each running at 1.66 ghz = total 3.2
2gb RAM
Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS
250gb hard drive
Windows Vista Home Premium

im worried here but fingers crossed!

p.s they should bring it out on PS3.

[simgamer]

Originally Posted by simgamer

god knows wot system requirements we will need. I dont think I will be able too run it.
Core 2 duo each running at 1.66 ghz = total 3.2
2gb RAM
Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS
250gb hard drive
Windows Vista Home Premium

im worried here but fingers crossed!

p.s they should bring it out on PS3.

oh and they shouldnt have told us so soon! they will probably delay the release date aswell... and it is gonna turn into sim city. It will probably cost £40. Not bad but it will need a good pc/laptop.

[simgamer]

Originally Posted by Dawny

I am gonna have to buy a new laptop.

I have a new laptop and my specs are just above but you shouldnt have to buy a new one. quote your specs. I feel the same way but i wont be a able to get a new one. Its alright for EA and Maxis. They test their games on the highest spec pc's. WE AINT ALL RICH!

[Zyino]

Can't wait for the bit where they get really fat!

I can finally make my Gary man now!

But, do they get the chance to actually buy beer at this stage?

[pleasantvalley]

I hope so!

[onmyown1986]

I have similar specs -
Intel Core Duo 2 Processor - 2GHz
RAM - 2GB
Nvidia Ge Force 8600M GT
Vista Home Premium

Really hope I will be able to run it as I only bought this laptop in the Autumn because my old one ran the Sims 2 too slowly!

[heroes-source]

I hope I don't have to buy a new laptop just so I can play the Sims 3 on it! Don't get me wrong, I'm so excited about The Sims 3, but I don't feel that it is right if we all have to buy new computers/laptops just for a new game.

I hope that Maxis don't make the overall size of the game too large, so that everyone can have a chance of going on this game, afterall, it does look amazing!

[Serj]

People need to realize that the lifespan of a computer is small, very much so. If publishers thought of those who didn't want to upgrade their machines, then we'd never move forward in the games. This would be a carbon copy of the Sims 2. And it's not like it's coming out next week. You have more then likely over a year to save up a bit of money to buy upgrades, or a whole new machine if you are not computer savvy.
Five dollars a day(or whichever currency you use). Bam, that's 1825 buckaroos in a year. More then enough to upgrade a machine.

[p3nf0ld3]

cost of new game : 29.99
cost of new PC to play it on : 1000.00
cost of look on my face when its rubbish : priceless

[Tia1234]

Originally Posted by p3nf0ld3

cost of new game : 29.99
cost of new PC to play it on : 1000.00
cost of look on my face when its rubbish : priceless

Heh heh! I love your adaptation on the MasterCard ad. I actually have the same look when I discovered that there was no highways in SimCity Societies.

[DSim]

Originally Posted by p3nf0ld3

cost of new game : 29.99
cost of new PC to play it on : 1000.00
cost of look on my face when its rubbish : priceless

I know exactly what you feel like, I've done that so many times.

[Anny5577]

Oh boy I'm so excited, can't wait till they come out.....

[Maffro]

Concerning PC spec...

EA has taken the players into consideration in the development, and when the game is released it will not require high end graphics as with other games. Although graphics will not be able to be the bare minimum, they will not be extremely high.

This was taken from GameStar magazine, and here is a link to the info...

Infinite Sims - GameStar Facts

So, it doesn't seem that you will need to splash out on the most recent computers, with quad core processors and whatnot.

Also, this website seems good for Sims 3 info.

[DaiStarr3]

The game is going to be everything we had hoped it would be. Very real ...... interactive. So when can we have it? Huh....huh? LOL

[Brd709]

As long as the blue screen of death dosen't sneek its way in to the sims 3, i'll be getting it.

[unofficialsims3uksite]

Over at The Unofficial Sims 3 UK Site we updated our About The Sims 3 Article with some new information and facts about The Sims 3 that we have found out from reliable sources around the net and in magazines.

In the updated version of our About The Sims 3 Article there is new info about Careers, Customization, Lots, Sharing CC, and some Technical info about the graphics engine used in TS3.

Click Here to read the updated version of About The Sims 3 Article.

[Brd709]

Can you try and get some info about what pre-made families will be included in the game? I assume we can still play different families?

[unofficialsims3uksite]

Yes there will be Pre-made families.

[Matt@Sim_Moves]

Part of an interesting interview with Lyndsay Pearson has been posted by SnootySims.

It can be found below.

Which Sims 2 elements will find their way to Sims 3?
Some elements were selected from the start because they fit into the core experience of The Sims 3. Fishing for example is one of the expansionfeatures that made it to an important skill in Sims 3.
There's also a Creativity skill, only this time it's based on the guitar instead of the piano.

The Sims is concidered an interactive soap. How will you lift this to a higher level in The Sims 3?
The seamless Nhood is a huge step forward. The player will be able to go into the Nhood and adjust all inhabitants. For example, if you want to model your Nhood to The Sopranos or Desperate Housewives, then you can adjust all inhabitants til they are just like those people. And then the game takes over and you become part of that world. So it's actually much more then a TV-series since things happen out of your control.

Will The Sims 3 contain multiple Nhoods?
No, there's only 1 Nhood, but then it's extremely large - More then 90 houses, each inhabited by a Simfamily. But you can save the Nhood into different slots so that you can create multiple storylines.
Probably later, we will make tools available so you can create your own Nhood, but at release, your stuck with just one Nhood.

Are there certain scenerios you can choose?
Well, you can choose from very diverse families which will all create a seperate storyline. If you want to play with a family that has 2 children at the start, it will be an entirely different experience then if you choose a single adolescent who's at the start of his career.

Can you tell some more about the Customization options?
With an integrated editor, you can adjust every object, from walls to furniture to fashion and hairstyles. You can create colors and patterns and then use it on all objects. If you want a sofa with zebra motif with purple stripes, then that's perfectly possible. Then you can also use that pattern on your bed or reading lamp.
Also in CAS, you have more control about the looks, clothes, hair, etc. and you can share these creations easily with other players. If you can design cars? Well you can change the colorpattern but if you want to add silly things on your car, get Spore.

Do you use Sims 2 technology?
No, we created a completely new engine with new animation and rendering technology because that was the only way to realize the lively Nhood and extensive designtools. The engine for Sims 2 was good for what it was meant for, but to implement the Sims 3 features, it was insufficient.
The biggest work was done in the last year. About system requirements, we can't give those yet ofcourse but we do want to make the game available for a very wide audience.

The visual leap between Sims 2 and Sims 3 seems smaller then between Sims 1 and 2. Does this have anything to do with the - probably demanding - Nhood element?
Partly yes. However the screenshots give a somewhat distorted image, because when you see the Sims 3 live at work, you immediately notice the high detail in the world and its characters. But yes, the Nhood element with its hundreds of inhabitants who all live out a life simultaneously, forced us to make a trade-off between speed and graphical detail. Because of this, we can't make the huge leap forward as with the Sims 2. However a leap from 2D to 3D is always hard to surpass.

[Bert the Turtle]

^ Interesting.

[Brd709]

I love how she managed to get a plug in for Spore!

[BeakerMcSqueaker]

"But you can save the Nhood into different slots so that you can create multiple storylines."

I think this is going to be our way around having one family age while we're playing a different family. If this works the way I think it's going to, then it'll be rather interesting because we'll be able to see how one family progresses while we're not controlling them, as compared to what they do while we do have control. This has actually made me more excited