OMG!! 4 Weeks! *superexcited*

[hkellick]

On June 2, Sims 3 will be out in our local stories. I am, as of you've no guessed, a bit excited about this. :)

I've been playing The Sims since 'Livin' Large' came out back in 2000. I love the storytelling aspect of the game. I love setting my sims up and seeing how they react, and how they want to react on their own.

The Sims 2 really allowed the characters a chance to begin to have a life of their own. With randomly chosen lifetime aspirations and partially random wants and fears and some more free will, the Sims started to have a life of their own.

The Sims 3 looks like it wants to fulfill that promise. The game will now be allowing most of the Sims to play their own lives out, without your intervention. This will be done via some pretty complicated AI. Characters now have up to five character traits (out of a bank of over 60 of them) and they'll act out behaviors related to that trait.

Each iteration has sought to be significantly better than the others. For The Sims 2, they added three dimensional Sims, Wants and Fears and multi-generational. The Sims 3 will include.. most of that (tossing aside Wants and Fears, but the rest stays), for a game that tells a story better. Less time micromanaging your Sims needs (OK, I need to get him out to work in an hour. So.. let's make him pee first, then shower, then get some leftovers from the fridge.)

So, yes.. I'm really excited about Sims 3. I could probably talk about it the whole month. But I'll try not to. :)

Today's amusing Sims 3 Fact: Snob Sims can imply that your mother is a Llama.

Comments

[hkellick]

Can you play Spore? If so, they SWEAR you should be able to play Sims 3.

I tried binging on Sims 2, but... I also have all the expansions and all the stuff packs and after a while, I'm sick of the glitches, the bugs, etc. I want a new game! :)

And, yes, I agree, I think the AI.. and the whole 'running the whole neighborhood at once' WILL be pretty demanding, but we'll see. :)

[rogue]

Spore does run quite nicely on my PC, I just worry that I won't be getting the 'full' experience. I guess I should suck it up and get saving for some better tech anyway though, since I will need to upgrade eventually... all the custom content and expansions will up the required spec I'm sure! ;)

[hkellick]

Yeah, I would. Do you know the min requirements for Sims 3?

Windows XP on PC:
- Processor: Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / Athlon XP 2000+
- Memory: 1 GB
- Graphics: GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500 125 Mb.

Windows XP on Laptop:
- Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory: 1,5 GB
- Graphics: GeForce Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600 125 Mb.

Windows Vista on PC:
- Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory: 1,5 GB
- Graphics: GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500 125 Mb.

Windows Vista on Laptop:
- Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
- Memory: 2 GB
- Graphics: GeForce Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600 125 Mb.

If you don't have at least that.. then yeah, time to upgrade!

[rogue]

whoa! Those are lower than I thought!

Lucky for me I pass the minimum pretty well...
WinXP, Athlon 3200+, 2GB RAM, and a 7600GT 256MB video card. Phew!

Thanks for that, my mind is a little easier now :)

[hkellick]

Woot! Then I'll have someone to compare notes and stories with once we start playing. :D