If you think for a moment to the concept of hen that lays golden eggs, applied to the world of video games, there are many examples worth mentioning. This includes running certainly, in the console field, the brand of Super Mario, Nintendo has managed, without ever stew fans, to recycle any sauce or that of Metal Gear and Pro Evolution Soccer, brands so recognized by the general public by stir million copies sold the output of each episode of their series.
Within the PC the first name that comes to mind is undoubtedly that of The Sims, a range capable of selling, since the first title in 2000, something like over 100 million pieces, just enough to identify it as the most success in the history of gaming on personal computers.
The concept of the game, created by the imagination of Will Wright, is as simple as it damn able to whet the curiosity of the players, especially female: create digital alter egos of themselves and the people with whom you interact normally in real life in order to live, in the game, an alternative life. In this context offers the player a wide range of choices and customization, ranging from the definition and aesthetic nature of his subjects to the choice of the house in which to make them live, sbizzarendosi in choosing furniture, wallpaper, plants and anything else you can come in mind between objects that normally constitute the support of a real home. Sims, similar to reality, will have to work in order to earn money to meet their needs, dall'aquistare food and feed, to pay bills, through all the entertainment that can punctuate the life of each of us .
As you'd expect one of the most important traits of a life simulator is the quality in the rendering of interpersonal relationships. Sims can then get out of their homes, meet, talk to each other (in their imaginary language feature) and also interact in a complex, trying feelings and reaching even to create real relationships, capable of leading to cohabitation and even birth new individuals.
Infants, as in reality, will be cared for diligently, otherwise the intervention of social workers, and once you become children will become real characters controllable as other game. Obviously, as you would expect from a title like that, the characters as well as the birth and growth will also die, in many ways, it is caused by your negligence to accident. In any case, when it is their time appears a dark character black and hooded, the Grim Reaper, ready to take them away, unless you intend to negotiate to give them another chance.
These are the basic traits of the game that later, over the years, has seen the market invaded by expansions of various kinds, able to add new customization and elements, all designed to reignite the passion of the fans, in the meantime turned-into real its virtual collectors.
The third episode of the series, the subject of this article, was initially scheduled for February 2009 but has been postponed to June by Electronic Arts to be completed and perfected according to the initial plans of the developers.
The main novelty is represented by the offer of new social interactions Sims, who will no longer isolated as before to the reality of the surroundings of their home but will travel to the city and fully interact with the other characters in the game in addition to those created by other players .
In this context the three districts previously featured in The Sims 2, ie Bellavista, Stranizia Verona Creek and were replaced by a single large neighborhood called Sunset Valley, definitely bigger than the whole of the other three, which in some ways recalls the typical California cities on the coast overlooking the Pacific. This "quartierone" is divided into two main areas: the town center, where there are shops, schools and jobs and the suburbs where there are various residential areas.
New Sims retain only 6 of the 8 needs that the distinguishing previously, namely: hunger, bladder, energy, fun, hygiene and sociability. It 'a mood bar that will fill in the case of pleasant events (marriage, birth of a child) and will empty the contrary when the character will suffer. The system of Desires and Fears was replaced by only Desideri, which will be the objectives that will guide the actions of our character. Some elements already seen in earlier expansions of The Sims 2 have been implemented, such as cars, fishing and jewels.
The creation and customization of Sims is now much more complex, allowing to act on many more parameters than previously, both from the physical point of view that as regards the personality. You can then choose different races, such as African or Asian, you can act on the level of muscularity and / or obesity and decide the tone of the voice. As regards the spiritual sphere instead there will be about sixty personality traits to choose from and it will assign a variable number from 2 to 5 to each Sim, depending on whether an adult or an infant. These traits will be positive, as friendly, negative, or neutral as paranoid, such as being vegetarian.
As mentioned earlier, the most revolutionary aspect of this third installment is the fact that Sims are no longer confined to the lot of their home but can get out of the house and wander around the neighborhood in real time. You can then explore the city center and get in stores, in restaurants, gyms (although you can not really explore the inside) and so on and get close to the houses of the other Sims and watch them as the AI of the machine governs their lives in an absolutely credible. In this version you will need to work your Sims to earn necessary to lead a decent life; the aim will present new job categories, as many as 12 to be precise, as the military, food, crime, etc. that will be developed through several awards and career advancement, in many ramifications that will lead to equally different standards of living. Shame about the lack of opportunity to act directly on the character during the course of their work: he will close it in the headquarters building of its use and the only way we can influence on its success will be to decide whether to face the work in a frantic or more quiet, being careful in the second case to avoid hysterics that could lead to dangerous consequences.
Graphically, The Sims 3 is very well made, and looks more clean and complex than the previous episode. This is not a revolution for the eyes, but taking into account that now the engine must handle many more things, first of all Sims AI controlled acting in a more or less independent of the player, you can also understand the requirements rather demanding required entitled to turn smoothly. Excellent animations and facial expressions of the characters, which contribute decisively to put ourselves in their vicissitudes and make them credible. To enjoy a gaming experience enjoyable enough, using the Windows Vista operating system, it will be better able to count on at least a Dual Core 2Ghz, 2 GB of RAM and a graphics card with at least 128 MB of RAM and support Pixel Shader 2.0. From the perspective of the game sound is more than adequate and fairly close to the previous chapter, with a catchy jingle, precise and realistic sound effects and the inevitable idiom with which Sims talk to each other, a language of fantasy created by mixing together a Filipino dialect , the Ukrainian and a pinch of Navajo, added by Will Wright in honor to the people who made possible the privacy of US code.
What is included? So: mmm .... a bunch of stuff !!
DLC:
World Adventures
Late Night
Fast Lane Stuff
Master Suite Stuff
Loft Stuff
Ambitions
Outdoor Living Stuff
Pets Buy
Town Life Stuff
Generations
Showtime
Diesel Stuff
Katy Perry's Sweet Treats
Supernatural
Seasons
University Life
70s, 80s, 90s Stuff
Dreamlike Island (Paradise Island)
ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS:
Monte Vista
Hidden Springs
Island dream
And of course all of the patches and game updates and expansions.
Size: 32 GB disk
Language: Italian COMPLETELY
Version: 1.55 Developer: EA Games
PACK: Updated to July 2013
Requirements:
System requirements
FOR WINDOWS XP (requires Service Pack 2 or higher)
* Pentium 4 2 GHz or equivalent
* 1 GB of RAM
* DVD-ROM drive
* Video card with 128 MB that supports Pixel Shader 2.0
* The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
WINDOWS VISTA (Requires Service Pack 1 or higher) and Windows 7:08
* Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or equivalent
* 1.5 GB of RAM
* Video card with 128 MB that supports Pixel Shader 2.0
* The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
The minimum requirements for computers with integrated graphics chipsets under Windows are:
* Chipset integrated Intel GMA series 3 or higher
* Pentium D 2.6 GHz, Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or equivalent
* 0.5 GB additional RAM
Supported video cards under Windows
NVIDIA® GeForce® series
GeForce 6 or higher
All video cards NVIDIA G, GT, GTS and GTX
ATI Radeon ™
9500 series or higher
All ATI X, X1, and HD
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
GMA Series 3, GMA Series 4
The GeForce 6100 and 7100 are not supported.
Notes:
* The Laptop versions of the chipset listed might work, but with lower performance. Performance video cards installed in the slots PCI standard (not PCIe or AGP PCIx) will be degraded. The performance of the integrated chipsets from Intel with low-frequency components of the clock (such as 945GU, GML and GMS) will not be adequate.
* For integrated chipsets as variants of the ATI Radeon Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache ™, it may be selected automatically level settings higher than optimal; to improve performance, lower it will be sufficient.
* On NVIDIA ION ™ computers, the game requires at least 2 GB of RAM.
