4Players.de interviews Lyndsay Pearson about The Sims 3 World Adventures

Another interview (and this time it’s in English) with Lyndsay Pearson about the latest expansion, World Adventures for The Sims 3.  Special thanks to SimWay for pointing it out!

4Players: Will the players finally be able to watch their Sims at work – maybe even incorporated with some mini-games like in the console versions of The Sims 2?

We’ve been asked a lot about watching Sims go to work and there’s certainly something interesting in there. The first expansion pack focuses on expanding the new gameplay experiences introduced in The Sims 3 such as opportunities, collecting, discovery, and exploration. We think letting your Sims do something really daring and exotic is a natural complement to their more normal lives back home.

4Players: Will there be a point where we can expect a storyline in The Sims that you can (respectively have to) follow? The late Sims Stories seemed to be on a good way – with all their limitations. But now with the enhanced world of The Sims 3 it seems to be worth thinking about getting some of those elements of “pre-scripted drama” as an additional tool into The Sims 3.

Lyndsay Pearson: World Adventures adds an element to our fiction that is very close to following a storyline. Your Sim could be part of an adventure that may require him to help thwart an evil mega-corporation that is stealing priceless treasures or to help revive a famous historic landmark. The Sims 3 is still focused on giving players tools to tell their own stories and we will continue to offer help and nudges along the way.

4Players.de – interview with Sims 3 World Adventures producer Lyndsay Pearson