The Sims 3

Unless you have been in a coma or maybe in space for the past year or so you would know that The Sims 3 is due out VERY soon from the gaming empire we have all heard of Electronic Arts.

As time has gone on more and more screenshots and videos have been released showing what its capable of doing, and compared to The Sims 2 its look tons better already. Thats not including all the mods that will no doubt be released for it via the MTSN people, who of which I have supplied things for. Whilst I type the next bit why not take a look at this video made by Plumbob Productions, or EA Staff as we like to call them….which shows what happens when a slightly “evil” Sim visits some of her neighbors.

EA have also announced the robust online and community offerings to The Sims 3 PC and Mac game. They have said that in addition to the town included in the game, a second town, Riverview will be available for download from The Sims 3 product website when the game is launched. TheSims3.com also will allow players to create and share their own movies, manage their online content and purchase additional in-game content. The game is set to be released on the PC, Mac, iPhone™, iPod® touch and other mobile devices June 5, 2009

Ben Bell, Executive Producer of The Sims 3 was recently quoted as saying

“With such a vibrant and active community as The Sims has, we wanted to build even further on the already immense offline experience, by offering players additional functionality, content and tools available online through the game,”. “One example of the many online tools we’ve added to the game is the Create a Movie tool. Within the game, players can easily set up the camera angle they want, capture in-game footage, play director and producer and then post their movies online to show off to the world.”

If you are wanting to know more about the Sims 3 store then here is some facts direct from EA.
The Sims 3 Store: Included with purchase of the game is £6 worth of SimPoints, which players receive when they first register their game online at TheSims3.com. They can use their SimPoints towards downloading exclusive in-game items from The Sims 3 Store, to customize their game. For additional items, players can purchase bundles of 500, 1000 and 2000 SimPoints in $USD, EUR, GBP and other major international currencies using a variety of payment methods including international and national credit cards, PayPal, and EA cash cards (in North America only). Whether it’s the must-have new outfit or the latest style of plaid furniture, players have the opportunity to further customize and populate their Sims world with additional items.

Here is an official trailer showing the 2nd town, Riverview:

Also GhostStorm has managed to get a copy of The Sims 3 direct from EA for review. As a player of The Sims 1 + expansions and also The Sims 2 + Expansions I am looking really forward to this. I have been told that it can be installed on up to 5 machines aswell so this means that I can see how it handles on a laptop aswell as a desktop pc.

1 thing I am looking forward to as the screenshot below shows, is the “traits” menu option which allows you to choose if your “SIM” is childish, a hopeless romantic etc.

So whats your thoughts on The Sims 3 or just in general about The Sims franchise….is TS3 something your looking forward to or would you rather “poke your eyes out with pins” than play this game?
For more videos of The Sims 3 visit their YouTube channel listed below:

http://www.youtube.com/user/thesims