At this years Gamescom event we sadly saw the absence of both Nintendo and Microsoft (awww!) but luckily
Origin (Powered By EA) were there to fill our heads with tantalising new gaming revolutions (Yaaay!)
Origin showcased a wide array of new games that we have seen before at events like E3, plus a boat load of new strategy and shooters to get you hard core gamers all exited! For us mild-minded folk Origin still provided for our gaming needs
We were treated to some sweet demo action of
The Sims 3 Supernatural and
The Sims 3 Seasons. As a big sims 3 fan I was quite exited about this and quickly logged on to check it out. I managed to catch a live interview with some of the Sims 3 team demonstrating the two games.
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Sims 3 Supernatural we were shown the new Create A Sim mode that comes with Supernatural, you can now start your sim off as a regular sim, a vampire, a witch, a ghost (with choice of death), a fairy or a werewolf (there is also the blanked out option of genie so it seems that this may also be a life state for the sims). Each life state comes with cool new outfits and new skin tone options to give you vampires extra paleness and your witches green wickedness! We also saw the introduction of the lunar cycle that will greatly influence the supernatural activity in your town. During the full moon the supernatural activity will be at its peak, meaning that werewolves will transform, zombies will start rising and all sorts of magical things will begin. You are able to control the lunar cycle in the options menu and the amount of supernatural activities that occur at the different moon states.
There was also the revelation of different elixirs that can refill a witches magic metre, allow vampires to go out in the sun and revert zombies back to sims. Witches can use a range of charms like Ice Blast to freeze things and a Sun Charm to cure zombification. They can also use curses to set things on fire and blow up objects (wheres the fun with out an explosion?). Lastly they can use incantations that let them move objects around the house and convert collectibles into usefully materials.Witches can duel with other witches using all the spells they have learnt. we also found Werewolves can travel in packs and hang out for werewolves to go during a full moon.
Stay tuned for a full post on the whole of Supernatural including the lowdown on the new world: Moonlight Falls.
I was really happy with the announcement of
Sims 3 Seasons so i was really looking forward to gamescom this year and I wasn't disappointed. As of yet I don't believe we get a new town with seasons but this expansion applies over all towns from expansion packs and the store so its all good!
During the demo we were shown a summer in sunset valley, beach party, summer festival, its all good. Its now revealed that we will be able to let our sims swim in the sea and use items like lilos to relax on the water. Tanning booths are also on the beach in summer allowing you to get that healthy summer glow (or very interesting tan patterns if it goes wrong). Food booths selling seasonal foods are stationed around town to stop your sims going hungry, and new recipes like pumpkin pie are also available to make at home. At the end of the of the season the season festival will be in the park including events like hot dog eating, trick or treating and roller skating (ice skating in winter). You can control the length of the seasons and the weather types in the option menu including thunder storms, heat waves, snow, hail and rain. Using the
"testingcheatsenabled true" cheat you can choose the weather you want and change the season. The designers have really gone all out designing the weather. After snow falls for a certain amount of time the houses get covered in snow and the ground gets a thick blancket of white all over it, plus when the temperature is low enough, all bodies of water will freeze. During a heat wave your sims are susceptible to sun burn and the whole town is covered in a heat haze, and when it rains people put up umbrellas (often resulting in a very amusing lightning strike animation).
A huge range of new seasonal outfits are included with the expansion as are a boat load of new ice furniture and a new community lot the Ice : lounge
Look out for the full preview coming soon.
Today the sims 3 store released the latest in its long line of new worlds available to download
