The Sims Three (Pc)

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From the experimental project of Will Wright, the series “The Sims” has become in less than a decade one of its most profitable Electronic Arts and the series of computer games most popular in video game history.

With “The Sims 2″ and the various expansions, the franchise has reached a level of freedom and detail rarely seen. With the game can live virtual lives whole and more diverse. Fans make movies, series and realize the deepest desires of real life through the virtual reality of the Sims.

After five years adding content to the episode, the EA goes a step further and released “The Sims 3″. The promises were even more options for activities for the little people to lie and unmatched freedom to create and customize. For a series that has excelled at large degree of creative potential, did not seem to be much, but the competence of the developers can surprise a lot. Still, “The Sims 3″ is a game that favors the veterans of the franchise, leaving sideways beginners.

Create and change, you only get

Let it be clear: the impact of the transition from “The Sims 2″ to “The Sims 3″ is much smaller than that from the first to the second series title. In all aspects, from visual to gameplay.

In fact, “The Sims 3″ can be considered a dream version of the old fans. The developers were keen to stress during the production of the game they were listening to the criticisms and suggestions from the community of fans and this is quite noticeable.

In practice, this translates into the ability to customize just about everything: people, clothes, objects and decorations. The editing systems are now much more versatile and intuitive.

Common to them all is the tool to create color. In addition to several pre-made patterns, you can catch any of them and change their settings, from color to texture, then save and use anytime, anywhere – or even share with friends and the community of players.

This also applies to objects, furniture and even other decorations of the house, like the wallpaper. So far the gameplay is forgiving, allowing to spend time is to plan and shape it as best choice.

Subsequently, all this material can be sent to the official online community of “The Sims 3″ for other users to download its free and many other creations. Not only that, pictures and videos also come into play, and “The Sims 3″ has a video editor handy and intuitive. Generally resembles the community created for “Spore” – not by chance, another franchise from Maxis.

Refined for veterans

When does the action itself the situation changes. Veterans have no problem since everything is still good looking. The main differences are due to the size of the environment – no longer restricted to the house or indoors – and the ambitions of the new system.

Regarding the scenario, imagine that now a complete neighborhood figure in the field of play. Thus, there are more options of places to visit, activities to participate and to interact with people. Who already knows the series takes this letter, but those who are coming now may have problems to manage everything that occurs.

To make matters worse, the tutorials are not clear and intuitive, relying too much on texts with graphic pictures. Videos with more examples would help.

Then you must deal with the reformulated version of the system of desires and ambitions of the Sims. Now they have characteristics that come to define unique personalities for each. From there the game provides life goals maximum for each Yes, however, smaller goals appear all the time too, as if they were side missions, the so-called ‘quests’ in online games.

Accept them or not depends on who plays. Most contributes to achieving the goal of maximum life while some others develop alternative interests. That is, these moments should be taken some planning. His idea is to achieve the dream of life? Or make your Sim a person interesting and knowledgeable about many subjects? Or maybe none? Anyway, your choices directly affect the way the little person to lie.

The system is interesting, practical, brings a certain amount of challenge and refine the mechanics similar immensely used in The Sims 2. But at the end apply the same maximum explained on content publishers: veterans will enjoy and appreciate quickly Starter penarão to understand too much information at once.

Simply beautiful

Technically, The Sims 3 is limited to do what what is expected – which is not exactly little. The visual displays sensitive improvements, mainly on the effects of light and shadow and texture definition. Exit the comic tone, almost cartoon of “The Sims 2″ comes in an art direction more sober and charismatic, not so exaggerated. The outdoor show great detail and animations are also more elaborate.

The same is not true for the sound, since there is much to change here. Sims help keep talking gibberish in Simlish and the only real news is that you can adjust the tone of the personages to create them. In more upbeat songs for many environments and some licensed songs in which the artists sing in Simlish – as with “Ghosts,” Ladytron’s set.