The Sims 3

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The Sims 3
(Base Game)

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Type:	Base Game
Release date:	Friday, March 20^th at 02:00:00 (CDT), 2009 (according to EA Store)
Price:	$69.95
Genre:	Simulation, more realistic than predicessors
Creature(s):	Ghosts
Rating:	T
Platform(s):

Website:

TheSims3.EA.com
See also: The Sims 3 Official Website

The Sims 3 is the game succeeding The Sims 2 and The Sims. The Sims 3 was first announced by EA in November 2006. Production of the game started after the release of The Sims 2. EA's chief financial officer, Warren Jenson, said that The Sims 3 is "most likely to be launched in the 2009 fiscal year", which actually starts sometime in 2008. This has recently been proved to be the real 2009 by The Sims 3 Official Website.

Feng Zhu Design and Gamma Ray Studios are two external companies that have been confirmed in the making of the design outfits. Information to this effect was posted but then later removed from their websites, as this information was not meant to go public.

Richard Evans, a developer for the game, stated that he is going to try to make The Sims 3 characters more individual, unique and distinct than in previous installments of the game. He also talked about the game's AI and how it will be improved in the near future.

[edit] Minimum Requirements

[edit] Windows XP

[edit] PC

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

[edit] Laptop

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

[edit] Windows Vista

[edit] PC

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

[edit] Laptop

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

[edit] What to expect

[edit] The Neighborhood & CAH:

You will be able to zoom out to see the whole neighbourhood or zoom in on just one sim
Neighborhoods without restrictions
~~Curved floor tiles~~(no proof as of yet) (in a screenshot there are curved rugs that may seem like floor tiles but are just rugs like in The Sims and The Sims 2)
100% customization of all objects, floors, etc.
Your homes will go through a construction process
Wall and base cabinets (hanging and floor)
Real sunsets
Cars
45° rotation of objects (without cheats)
- Press "Alt" to rotate objects 360°
Smart wall dragging
There's a roof height slider.
There is a button that lets you buy a certain house furnished or unfurnished.

[edit] CAS (Create-A-Sim):

Ability to choose separate shoes
Variables
- Sims' weights
- Sims' mucsles (different than weight)
You can set lifespans to range from 25–1,000 days.
There’s a "Create-a-Twin" tool in CAS.

[edit] The Sim Life:

Vehicles without any EPs
The ability to visit and interact with nearby neighbors
No lot restrictions (ability to move freely throughout the whole neighborhood)
Sims can do long-term planning and will be more publicly aware and responsive
Real time... all families will age together

[edit] Graphics:

Improved lighting and shadow effects
Transparency
- Blurry transparency
- Refracting and reflecting (like water and frosted glass)
Realistic sunsets
You can set light colors and brightness levels (both indoor and out).

[edit] (p)reviews

[edit] EA Store

NEW! SEAMLESS, LIVING NEIGHBORHOOD
- Explore the ever-changing neighborhood — and take your Sims to meet friends in the park, discuss fine art at the gallery, visit neighbors' homes, converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard and more! Who knows what might happen?
- Admire the natural beauty of the beach, the mountains, and more.
NEW! CREATE A SIM
- Create any Sim you can imagine with new easy-to-use design tools that allow for unlimited customization of facial features, hair color, eye color, and more.
- Fine tune your Sims' body shape from thin to full-figured to muscular.
NEW! PERSONALITY TRAITS
- Select up to five individual personality traits such as brave, artistic, kleptomaniac, clumsy, paranoid, and romantic, to create an endless number of truly diverse Sims.
- Influence the behaviors of your Sims with the traits you've chosen. Will you create a neurotic romantic with a heart of gold, or a geeky super-genius with an evil streak?
NEW! UNLIMITED CUSTOMIZATION
- Everyone can customize everything — design and build your dream house and decorate it to fit your Sims' personalities.
- Customize everything from floors to décor, shirts to sofas, wall-paper to window shades.
NEW! GAMEPLAY THAT'S REWARDING AND QUICK
- Enjoy the challenge of fulfilling your Sims short- and long-term goals and reap the rewards.
- Your Sims can pursue random opportunities to get fast cash, get ahead, get even, and more.
- Choose whether or not to fulfill your Sims' destinies by making their wishes come true. Your Sims can skyrocket from Latrine Cleaner to Astronaut, from Rabid Fan to Sports Legend, or even from Roadie to Rock Star!
NEW! COMMUNITY TO SHARE & CONNECT
- Download free & exclusive new content to enhance your game including new Sims, houses, furniture and more.
- Make your own movies & show them to the world.
- Share your own Sims, houses & more with anyone.

[edit] thesims3.ea.com

[edit] General

What if you had to live your whole life in one location … and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighborhood?

The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!

New Seamless, Living Neighborhood—Your Sims explore the living neighborhood freely.

New Create A Sim—Create any Sim you can imagine.

New Realistic Personalities—Every Sim is now a truly unique person, with a distinct personality.

New Unlimited Customization—Everyone can customize everything.

[edit] About

The Sims 3 lets you immerse truly unique Sims in an open, living neighborhood just outside their door! The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

New Seamless, Open Neighborhood—Explore the neighborhood freely.
Your Sims can roam throughout their neighborhood, visit neighbors’ homes, and explore the surroundings. They can stroll downtown to hang out with friends, meet someone new at the park, or run into colleagues on the street. If your Sims are in the right place at the right time, who knows what might happen?!

New Create A Sim—Create any Sim you can imagine.
New easy-to-use design tools allow for unlimited customization to make truly individual Sims. Determine your Sims’ shape and size, from thin to full-figured to muscular—and everything in between! Choose your Sims’ facial features, their exact skin tone, hair, eye shape and color and select their clothing and accessories.

New Realistic Personalities—Every Sim is a unique person, with a distinct personality.
Create realistic Sims with distinctive personalities. Select from dozens of personality traits and combine them in fun ways. The combination of traits you choose—brave, artistic, loner, perfectionist, klepto, romantic, clumsy, paranoid, and much, much more—help shape the behavior of your Sims and how they interact with other Sims. Your Sims can now rise above their basic set of every day needs. They are complex individuals with unique personalities.

New Unlimited Customization—Everyone can customize everything!
Build your dream house or design the ultimate home. Customize everything from floors to flowers, shirts to sofas, wallpaper to window shades. It’s fun and easy to change colors and patterns giving you endless personalization options. Or you can populate your Sims’ neighborhood with pre-designed buildings and furnishings. Which of your Sims will live in high-end mansions, cool bachelor pads, ultimate dream homes or low-cost cottage?

[edit] Create-A-Sim

Create Completely Unique Sims

Create Sims who look like you or anyone you know. The all-new Create A Sim is easy to use and more powerful than ever, letting you completely personalize your Sim’s appearance and personality.

Fine-tune every feature on your Sims face, customize their hair style, select the exact shade of their skin tone, and determine much more to make realistic Sims. Outfit your Sims with infinite fashion, make-up, and accessory styles. It’s never been easier to make Sims that are thin, full-figured, muscular, and everything in between!

Designate your Sims’ personality based on an innovative trait system. Select from dozens of personality traits and combine up to five traits to make a variety of interesting characters, who live in the neighborhood. Will you create an idealistic, creative dreamer who relishes taking risks thanks to his daredevil streak? Will you make an insensitive, drop-dead gorgeous socialite who neglects her romantic side and whose deepest secret is that she is actually a certified genius? It’s entirely up to you.

**A list of all the traits and a detailed explanation for each trait**
Adversarial	Competitive
Artistic	High skill in creating art
Athletic	A very active person
Brave	Shows a lot of courage
Charismatic	High charm/appeal to others
Childish	Behaving immature
Clumsy	Lacking dexterity or grace
Commitment Issues	Avoidance of long-term partnership and/or marriage
Conversationalist	Talks a lot and is good in conversations
Cursed	Has some sort of divine harm
Daredevil	A reckless person
Dreamer	Lives in a world of imagination
Easily Bored	Easily uninterested in things
Evil	Has a bad character and does bad things
Excitable	Easy to get into action or exitement or reacting to stimuli
Family Orientated	Emotionally directed to family
Flirty	Showing interest or liking in other person
Friendly	Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with
Frugal	Economical, avoiding to waste anything
Genius	Possesses extraordinary intelligence or skill
Gloomy	Lacking in promise or hopefulness
Good	Favorable character or tendency
Good Sense of Humor	Is very comical or amusing
Green Thumb	A natural skill for gardening
Grumpy	Unhappy and/or irritable
Handy	Clever in using their hands in a variety of useful ways
Hot-Headed	Easily angered
Hydrophobic	Fear of water
Idealistic	Prefers ideals before practical considerations
Inappropriate	Behaviour not suitable for the situation
Insensitive	Lacking feeling or tact
Kleptomaniac	One who steals compulsively
Light Sleeper	Is easily wakened
Loner	Avoiding the company of others
Lucky	Is favored by luck
Mooch	To wander around aimlessly
Natural Cook	Good cook or cooking with organic ingredients
Neat	A habit of being clean and orderly
Neurotic
Nosy	Prying or curious in other's affairs
Outdoors person	Likes to spends much time outdoors
Over-Emotional	Intense emotion or full of passion
Paranoid	Exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
Partier	To attend or give parties
Perfectionist	Having extremely high standards
Pizza Lover	Likes pizza a lot
Playful	Likes playing, prone to play frequently
Romantic	Emotional appeal of heroic, adventurous, mysterious, or idealized
Rude	Offensive in manner or action
Schmoozer	Chatting friendly and persuasive to gain favors
Shy	A timid reserve and disinclined to familiar approach
Slob	A lazy and sloppy person
Stubborn
Technophobe	Afraid of Technology
Unflirty	Like shyness
Unforgiving	Unwilling or unable to forgive
Unlucky	Unfortunate, marked by misfortune
Vegetarian	Does not eat animal flesh or no animal products at all
Whiny	Tends to whine or complain
Workaholic	A compulsive worker
Worrywart	A person who is inclined to worry excessively

[edit] Create-A-Home

Create A Home

Design and build homes with complete freedom to customize everything and make your very own neighborhoods. Infinite possibilities to design the interior furnishings of your Sims. Select any color or pattern you can imagine to furniture. Match all your furnishings with the same pattern & color, or mix patterns & colors of the furnishings to create your very own look. The possibilities are endless for creating your Sims home of their dreams.

[edit] ::Snooty Sims::

Note: The following is a wikified, but otherwise exact, replica of the page on ::Snooty Sims::. DO NOT change it unless the afformentioned page is changed in the same way.

[edit] Neighborhood:

Seamless Nhood: Your Sim can visit neighbors, parks and shops without a loading screen.
All the neighboring Sims will live their life and age simultaniously as your Sim (They'll get married, get jobs,etc).
The game will ship with 1 Neighborhood.
Several weeks after the launch, there will be a tool available to create your own Nhoods.
That Nhood will consist of about 90 different lots.
When the game is out, you can download towns, made by other people.
All buildings in the Nhood can be interacted with, so no prop buildings.
There are 2 kinds of buildings; Buildings that you can build yourself and look into, and buildings where your sim disapears into and re-appears after some time.
These buildings are ploppable; it means that you can just select them from a menu and put it in the Nhood all made and ready.
Confirmed community places are: Pool, Gym, Park, Bistro, Art gallery, Library, Clothing store, City Hall and Bookstore.
You can zoom out to see the whole Nhood at once or zoom in to a single Sim.
You can move a house to a bigger lot.
The Neighborhood stories and inhabitants will be a prequel to the Sims 1 Neighborhood

[edit] Sims:

There are 6 needs in total: Hunger, Social, Bladder, Hygiene, Energy and Fun.
Sims have Traits. Choose 5 from around 80 types like Dreamer, Evil, lucky, etc. These Traits will affect how a Sim behaves towards others and affects their moods, like the mood of an Outdoorsperson will raise when he/she is outside. An evil Sim may slap another Sim.
Toddler: 2 traits, Child: 3 traits, Teens: 4 traits, Young Adult and older: 5 traits.
They will look after themselves better.

Fulfilling wishes of a Sim (like the wish to get a big screen tv, getting married,etc), gives you Lifetime Happiness points to buy Lifetime Rewards for your Sims. An example is Steel bladder (never pee again) and Haggler (All your shopping is cheaper).
There are about 30 different Rewards.
Moodlets instead of a moodbar. If something happens like a marriage, the Sim gets a moodlet. These moodlets will affect your Sims' mood and give abilities like learning faster. An example: Getting fired will get you a long lasting, big impact moodlet, while going to a small party will get them a short, non-dramatic moodlet.
Traits could be passed down, and actions a Sim does during her pregnancy will affect the traits of her offspring.
Hair will not grow but you can 'paint' certain parts of the hair.
Sims have certain skills like cooking or fishing.
You can fulfil needs by simply clicking on an icon.
Instead of fixed interaction (like Talk or Joke), the options are filtered on your current Mood and Traits.
Certain traits have unique interactions.
There is no gradual aging, but there are age groups as in Sims 2.
There will be 7 age groups: Baby, Toddler, Child, Teenager, Young adult, Adult, Elder.
Athletic skills can help Sims stay fitter and even live longer.
You can not drive a car in first person; You can only order a sim to go somewhere in its car and then follow it around town.
Paintings that a Sim makes, will be unique to each Sim. It's based on its personality and mood.
You may control how much time a Sim spends on certain tasks like sleeping, fishing etc.

[edit] Careers/Jobs:

You can follow your Sim in its car to work. You won't see your Sim working though; He/She will disappear in the building.
Every career has its own building in the Nhood.
Advancing in career is changed as it depends on skills, personality, relationship with colleagues/boss and even certain goals that has to be fulfilled. For example taking work home.
Confirmed careers are Athletic, Journalism, Medical, Music, Military, Business, Law Enforcement, Criminal, Politics, Entertainment, Cooking, Education and Science.
Sims can take part-time jobs.
Besided the newspaper, you can also apply for a job at the specific careerbuilding.
You can decide how hard they work; Like choose a less stressful day but gain less skill.

[edit] CAS:

Body can be shaped as faces were in Sims 2.
There are sliders for weight and fitness.
Sims you created fat, can become thin by exersizing, thin created people get fat by eating a lot.
You can choose specific Asian and African models.
You can choose a Sims' favorite color, music type and food.
Shoes are seperate and can also choose barefoot.
Shirts and jackets are seperate and can hang over the pants
Clothes are customizable from CAS; Change the color of a certain piece of clothes or use your own patterns.
You cannot change the height of a sim.
You can choose from 3 different voices for each gender. Can also change the pitch height.

[edit] Buy/Build Mode

You can use your own patterns/colours and then apply it to anything through a drag-and-drop interface.
Each item has between one and four customizable regions that can be modified
The game will have modding tools built into it.
You can move objects 360 degrees.
You can build 5 stories high.

You can buy an empty bookcase and then buy and place books in it.
Table and chairs link and can move as 1 object (same with beds and end tables).
You can make a certain stair wider (up to 4 tiles wide) with a slider.
You can position stuff on counters as long as the objects aren't overlapping.
Gridsize is 4 times smaller. Can also choose no grid at all.
You can move whole walls and everything on it (wallpaper/paintings/etc) will move with it.

[edit] Technical:

The game has been made so that will also run smoothly on older PC's.
There's no online multiplayer
The game requires a 1-time online activation
You can choose 3 dificulty levels on each household.
You can save your game in different slots
The game will be released on 20 February, 2009.
A Mac version will be made AFTER the game is released on PC.
System requirements will be similar as Spore
There will be no weather in the game.
Wind will move the trees.
You can pick up items (garbage, books,etc) yourself with a Hand cursor.
Shadows move across the ground as the sun goes up/down.

[edit] Things that will not change:

Sims still talk in Simlish
Sims can still pee their pants, die of hunger, etc.
There are still thought bubbles that tell which needs must be fulfilled like Hunger. These bubbles show in the control panel though and not hover over the Sims' head.
Mrs. Crumplebottom will be in the game
Sims still have an inventory system to put things in like groceries.

There will be expansions.
You can still choose a zodiac sign for your sims.
There are still same-sex couples and they can still adopt children.
You can still design, build, and furnish a home.
Sims still spin around to change clothes.
Sims can still get jobs from newspapers.
The amount of Sims per lot is still 8.
Most current Sims 2 cheats will be in Sims 3 as well.

[edit] Fanevent

Just returned from the Sims3 fanevent. Ben Bell showed a little demo of the game. Mostly about the new features like customization, the new CAS and the neighborhood. Though time was limited, I did get to ask quite a few of your questions. Some will be disapointed with the answers while some will be very happy. The pics I took are a bit dark-ish, but that's because it was night-time in the demo and it was not presented on a tv-screen. I'll try to fix them up a bit though. I hope to get the preview ready in a few hours. A few newsbits:

I discovered 4 new traits: Technophobe, Unflirty, Stubborn, Neurotic.
There will be tools to make all kinds of custom content but NOT a tool to create objects.
You can move houses around but not change the roads.
No weather and apartments.

More in the upcoming preview... preview by ::SnootySims::

[edit] Games

[edit] The Sims 3 Collector's Edition

Main article: The Sims 3 Collector's Edition

The Sims™ 3 Collector's Edition will amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief—and get you all these exclusive extras:

2 GB THE SIMS PLUMBOB™ USB DRIVE
EUROPEAN STYLED SPORTS CAR DOWNLOAD
NEW THEME MUSIC FROM THE SIMS 3
AN EXCLUSIVE PRIMA TIPS & HINTS GUIDE

Exclusive Pre-Order Offer Includes:* Vintage Sports Car Download The Sims 3 Neighborhood Poster

EA Store

[edit] Introduction Disc

Main article: The Sims 3 Introduction Disc

Recently, Target^® Stores sponsored and sold a preview disc for The Sims 3. For just 99¢, anyone can see exactly what The Sims 3 is all about.

[edit] Media

[edit] Images

[edit] Screenshots

depicts the feature of seamless neighborhoods	depicts the feature of variable personality	depicts the feature of variable personality and weight	two sims dating
depicts the feature of seamless neighborhoods	two sims gardening	two sims cooking	depicts the feature of seamless neighborhoods
depicts the feature of realistic buildings	This shot attempts to capture all the graphical improvements in one image, and does a good job at it, too.	depicts the feature of seamless neighborhoods	a sim painting the scenery. Apparently the painting feature takes some cues from FreeTime, as it is watercolor-style.
two sims, apparently boyfriend-girlfriend, breaking up. Notice that the thought balloon is the same as it is in The Sims 2, and probably won't be like that when the game is released.	a young sim cought a big fish	sims fishing, apparently related to previous image	depicts the feature of realistic buildings
depicts the feature of realistic backgrounds at sunset/sunrise	depicts the feature of realistic backgrounds throughout the day	depicts the feature of full-neighborhood play	a room in The Sims 3. Notice the realistic lighting (windows), shadows(floor), and reflections (couch)
shows a view that players will probably be seeing more often	depicts the feature of seamless neighborhoods


			A protest
Notice how the though baloons look like those in The Sims 2 here		The Sims 3: like stealing candy from a baby	It's hard in the Mob
brothers can be so different...
A female astronaut	Obese Police Officers	a town hall	a pool
a pond	Adult Halloween Party	Kid Halloween Party	nothing like "boho chic"
What's better? 50's guy with modern car, or nerd with... plaid car?!?!	Look at that pose!	Look at that poser!	graverobber girl!
sports star	top chef	crush on a Goth	giggle girl
punk girl	sheriff	Crumplebottom Ghost

[edit] Artpics

[edit] CAS

[edit] CAH

[edit] Prototyping

Attention! These are NOT final in-game screenshots! These are merely screenshots of the programs used to test the game's basic functions.

testing relationships	testing the neighborhood functions	testing the in-house play	testing living world gameplay prototype
testing "story progression" (unknown meaning)

[edit] Logos

Here are all the known existing official TS3 logos:

The logo found on the official website	The small logo found on the official website	The logo released by EA	The plumbob released by EA
The name released by EA

Here are the logos made by Simpedia staff:

The Plumbob and name released by EA as compiled by Supuhstar	The logo released by EA as cropped by Supuhstar	The plumbob released by EA as cropped by Supuhstar	The name released by EA as cropped and shadowed by Supuhstar
The plumbob released by EA as cropped and resised by Supuhstar for the purpose of having an icon	version 1 of the The Sims 3 "3" as cropped by Supuhstar (from the Website index page)	version 2 of the The Sims 3 "3" as cropped by Supuhstar (from the Website Logo)	version 3 of the The Sims 3 "3" as cropped by Supuhstar (from the plumbob released by EA)

[edit] Boxart

The Sims 3 Collector's Edition

[edit] Wallpapers

[edit] 1600x900

[edit] 1024x768

[edit] 800x600

[edit] Videos

There is but one video, and it is in the form of a gift given by a Neighbor after an outing in the FreeTime expansion pack. He/She gives you a game for a PC or console in the game, after which, you can click either and choose to play The Sims 3, resulting in this: