Uh, How'd I miss this? The Sims:Medieval

[Bateluer]

http://www.ea.com/the-sims-medieval

Saw this on the shelf at Best Buy earlier today. Anyone hear about this before today? Completely slipped under my radar.

The Middle Ages come to life with The Sims.
Introducing next-gen Sims tech and features

A world of Sims filled with stories, adventures, romance, drama and comedy
Enhanced environment and character graphics, lighting, and gameplay

Rich dramatic medieval setting

Experience epic stories of the age, full of drama, fantasy, conflict, comedy, romance, and intrigue

New Features: Heroes, Quests, Kingdom-Building

Create Heroes - Build up their skills and send them on epic quests
Quests - Drive your kingdom’s story - Good or evil, cruel or kind, romantic or warlike
Build a Kingdom - Start with an empty field and build up your kingdom, deciding its ultimate ambition and working to achieve its destiny

Other Features

Achievement system – Be rewarded you for your skill in reaching your kingdom ambitions and completing your quests.
Magic - Your wizard will learn a variety of powerful spells that will help him complete quests and carry out his duties to the kingdom.
Crafting system - Your blacksmith will forge weapons of varying quality and your physician will create cures for a variety of ailments.
Diplomatic system - Negotiate treaties, conduct trade or declare war on surrounding kingdoms.
Fishing - Yes, there is fishing.

 

[zinfamous]

yeah, saw an ad on TV yesterday. though there would have been more press.


never played a Sims game anyway, so....meh.

 

[Dumac]

Yes, but it sucks just like Sims 3 did.

 

[coldmeat]

I thought it was just an expansion

 

[Gheris]

Never played a Sims game. Unless I can pull a Henry the VIII on people then I am not interested at all.

 

[Dankk]

I've actually heard some people say they were never into the Sims games, but then they tried this Medieval one, and they really liked it. I dunno though... I got tired of this series after The Sims 2. That was a while ago.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

not on steam, and my gf owns the complete pack on steam. she is so upset =[

 

[minmaster]

did they ever make sims online yet

 

[coldmeat]

did they ever make sims online yet

second life?

 

[CVSiN]

Yes, but it sucks just like Sims 3 did.

Sims3 far from sucks..
best one of them all for sure..

but this one just blows. they took what makes the sims special and threw it all in the trash.

no building.. very little customization.. very little free time to do what you want..
it blows monkey nuts.

 

[simonizor]

Yeah, from the way it sounds, it's pretty much just a dumbed down RPG in the Sims world where you can customize your house. So, it's pretty much nothing new.

 

[coldmeat]

Funny how they keep coming out with new adventure packs/new games yet there's still a bunch of stuff you can't do in the regular part of the game. Like split stair cases.

 

[zerocool84]

I've always wanted to try Sims but I've always been busy playing other stuff. Maybe one of these days I'll get into it.

 

[Bryf50]

did they ever make sims online yet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Online

 

[StinkyPinky]

Here's my problem with the original sims...

1) Create my sim
2) Start his life
3) Sims wants to piss.
4) Sim literally spends three hours pissing
5) Sim wants to eat
6) Sim literally spends 3 hours eating
7) Sim wants to piss and shit
8) Ignore it.
9) Sim pisses pants
10) Sim wants to bathe due to fecal matter and urine on pants
11) Sim spends four hours in bath
12) Sim tired. Wants to sleep


Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

In the end I just ignored everything until he cried all day. Possibly because he was wearing shit encrusted pants and starving to death.

Hope they fixed that in the newer games.

 

[coldmeat]

Here's my problem with the original sims...

1) Create my sim
2) Start his life
3) Sims wants to piss.
4) Sim literally spends three hours pissing
5) Sim wants to eat
6) Sim literally spends 3 hours eating
7) Sim wants to piss and shit
8) Ignore it.
9) Sim pisses pants
10) Sim wants to bathe due to fecal matter and urine on pants
11) Sim spends four hours in bath
12) Sim tired. Wants to sleep


Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

In the end I just ignored everything until he cried all day. Possibly because he was wearing shit encrusted pants and starving to death.

Hope they fixed that in the newer games.

funny how 10 yr old girls can manage a family of 5, yet your sim shits himself

 

[mmntech]

funny how 10 yr old girls can manage a family of 5, yet your sim shits himself

His username says everything you need to know.

Sims 3 is like any other sim game I've played. Instead of managing a city, it's a doll house, with overpriced DLC. I spent two hours yesterday making a near perfect replica of my own house. It's a guilty pleasure. ^_^

 

[simonizor]

Here's my problem with the original sims...

1) Create my sim
2) Start his life
3) Sims wants to piss.
4) Sim literally spends three hours pissing
5) Sim wants to eat
6) Sim literally spends 3 hours eating
7) Sim wants to piss and shit
8) Ignore it.
9) Sim pisses pants
10) Sim wants to bathe due to fecal matter and urine on pants
11) Sim spends four hours in bath
12) Sim tired. Wants to sleep


Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

In the end I just ignored everything until he cried all day. Possibly because he was wearing shit encrusted pants and starving to death.

Hope they fixed that in the newer games.

Managing Sims always sucked. My friend and I would always just make a family with a really ugly kid, drown it in a pool by deleting all of the ladders after it gets in, and then laugh while the family cries because their kid is dead.

 

[Wyndru]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Online

No custom content? It figures that EA would screw this up somehow. This mmo concept could have been gold in the right hands, I guess 2nd life was just too much for EA to compete against.

 

[Ross Ridge]

Sims3 far from sucks..
best one of them all for sure..

but this one just blows. they took what makes the sims special and threw it all in the trash.

Hmm... so the regular Sims crowd doesn't like this game? Sounds promising then...

 

[CVSiN]

Hmm... so the regular Sims crowd doesn't like this game? Sounds promising then...

actually so far no one likes it..
reviews are not good at all.

and its boring as hell..

BTW for the above posters.. MODS MODS and More Mods..
makes the sims games alot better..

specially the "adult" content and the mod devices that override pretty much anything in the game.

 

[Skott]

Sims Medieval is a separate game. I suppose if you like The Sims you'll like Sims Medieval. The reviews I have seen are mixed like most of the series. You either like The Sims or you don't. If you like it then SM is for you.