The Sims are going Medieval, seriously - Games

Surprisingly instead of churning out three years worth of expansions for the Sims 3, it looks like they're developing a new game entirely, called The Sims Medieval. [quote]Rumor no more, The Sims are indeed going medieval in Spring 2011, shifting the series out of suburbia and into a fantasy-like world of castles, magic, intrigue, war, and romance. For the first time in The Sims franchise, the press release tells us, players of The Sims Medieval will have the opportunity to create their own heroes, take up quests, build their own castles, and take care of their own citizens as a ruler. You'll be able to control a lot of people integral to of medieval life, King or Queen, pauper or Blacksmith, wizard, or even knight. You'll also be able to decide if you're down with controlling a small empire or a vast one, as the game promises to have some sort of system that allows you to conquer other in-game Sims civilizations via force or simple internal expansion. While those ideas seem like dramatic departures, I think the fact that The Sims Medieval focuses more on a whole rather than the individual is the biggest. The press materials notes that the user/creation relationship might not be defined by sending Sims to the toilet or having them put out kitchen fires or exercising. You'll be expected to, instead, micro-task an entire kingdom by doing things like "healing the sick," trading, creating armor, or sending adventurous dudes on quests. You'll also be able to switch from one Hero Sim--the controller avatar (user customizable)--to another, making it possible to play the whole board. The hook, as always, seems to be in the individual narratives you'll be able to share with others. What will your kingdom be like? Barbaric? Pleasant? Will your knight be able to forge, as the press materials suggest, a legendary sword? Did you box in your queen and leave her to die in medieval bathroom because of that foxy lady who just moved in beyond ye' old road? [/quote] At first I thought this sounded stupid but I think it might actually be cool. Kinda like a character driven Stronghold. [url]http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-sims-medieval-announced-for-a-spring-2011-release/2385/[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Medieval[/url]

New game? Isn't it expansion?

sounds sweet as

This sounds rather interesting. I've always loved the Sims, I'm sure if I play this I will too!

This is going to be shit. This isn't the point of Sims, this is just stupid. I can't stress enough how utterly idiotic this idea is. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was an April Fool's joke. But it's not. :gonk:

I've always wanted an awesome medieval Sims mod. I guess they're making an entire game. Definitely gonna have to keep tabs on this and hope they don't fuck it up. Kinda worried since Will Wright was the genius behind the Sims games. Without him, the quality is slipping.

Can you kill peasant scum I'd so buy the game just to do that

With all the shit directed at this game at the moment, I can't help but wonder how everybody seemed to miss all the other sims spinoffs and console versions etc.

[QUOTE=venn177;23818402]This is going to be shit. This isn't the point of Sims, this is just stupid. I can't stress enough how utterly idiotic this idea is. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was an April Fool's joke. But it's not. :gonk:[/QUOTE] What? I don't get what's so terrible about it. The Sims 3 is pretty much as much as you can do with a life simulator, maybe they wanted to try something different?

[QUOTE=venn177;23818402]This is going to be shit. This isn't the point of Sims, this is just stupid. I can't stress enough how utterly idiotic this idea is. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was an April Fool's joke. But it's not. :gonk:[/QUOTE] SimCity is better than all Sims games. :smug:

Apparently they figured out lots of people just liked to make their Sims suffer, so they made the game in a setting that would do it for them.

Eh, it's just like The Sims Stories games. Spin-offs. This one sounds kinda neat.

Personally, I stopped playing at the Sims 2.

I mean if this delivers what the article says it wants to do, it'll be cool. Building your own castle, making your own main hero, controlling how the castle works. All that stuff would be really cool.

but it would still have this routine aspect, which makes me most bored of it (not that I hate it)

I'm guessing it will be really dumbed down to fuck.

Dwarf Fortress for Dummies.

Awesome, I've always wanted to be oppressed and work all day to feed my family.

I'm looking forward to it. The concept sounds nice so far. I'll be prepared to be disappointed, though.

Burn books. Be-head nonbelievers. The life.

I sincerely hope it isn't a horrible spin-off like MySims.

Sounds interesting. I'll follow this.

sounds sooo much like dwarf fortress cept it's adventurer + fortress mode.

It sounds rather interesting, I might keep up with this one

Sounds cool.

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;23818429]Can you kill peasant scum I'd so buy the game just to do that[/QUOTE] ooo I wanna play a rich noble that'd be so cash

Don't we already have this in the form of the Guild series? Never played them but I hear the games are like The Sims except in like renaissance and medieval times.

The Sims: Now with gender inequality, death in childbirth, gruesome battles and much, much more!

[QUOTE=TheStabbyBunny;23818380]This sounds rather interesting. I've always loved the Sims, I'm sure if I play this I will too![/QUOTE] The Homicidal Bunny with the sharp object is correct!

[QUOTE=venn177;23818402]This is going to be shit. This isn't the point of Sims, this is just stupid. I can't stress enough how utterly idiotic this idea is. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was an April Fool's joke. But it's not. :gonk:[/QUOTE] Have you played The Sims 2 Castaway? It was incredibly awesome and I especially liked the PSP version because the sim actually had to put walls and objects together.