IGN heeft een erg groot preview van De Sims 3 voor Playstation 3 online gezet met veel nieuwe gameplay video’s en screenshots. Het hele preview is een aardige klus om te lezen en is geschreven door een man. Eigenaardig is wel dat hij het hele spel niet heeft gespeeld, zijn vriendinnetje heeft de controller van begin tot eind niet losgelaten en heeft het hele spel platgespeeld. Hij mocht slechts meekijken…
In The Sims 3, there’s always another objective – or a wish, as the game calls them. When you start playing, you create your character and assign him or her a Lifetime Wish. These can be as normal as becoming a superstar athlete or as crazy as having the “perfect private aquarium.” As you play, you’re working toward that goal by completing mini-wishes that are somehow related to the overall goal. Atom Eve wanted a bunch of boyfriends, so she kept wishing to make out with people. Knocking off the challenges gets you points to use in the game and generally keeps your Sim happy.
If it sounds confusing, it isn’t once you start playing. Well, maybe it is a bit overwhelming, I’m honestly not the best judge of this because when I booted up the game for the first time, Kristine kind of talked a lot and wanted me to just jump into playing. I clicked through the tutorials that pop up whenever you try something new, and as such, I didn’t completely get what I was doing. Thankfully, the game shows the same help screens again and again until you tell it to stop.
