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]

Psst.. Coming out for Mac too. :) Same date. June 2nd. :) Same disc, I think, but I'm not certain. :)

If you decide to try it.. well, let me know. I mean, *I* am crazy about the game, but no good hint whether you would be or not. :)

[kareila]

Oh, OK. I was just going off what you'd posted above. Mac is good.

Like I said, I'm willing to give it a try. I think the micromanaging was what burned me out on the original game and I was just too busy to try v.2.

Fifty bucks is a lot for me to spend on a game, though. We'll see.

[hkellick]

Understood.

I'll definitely be reviewing the game when I finally get my hands on it (truth be told, I'll probably be babbling about it off and on for a while. I'm excited. ;D ), so if you want to wait for that (and read a few reviews), it couldn't hurt. :)