GameGuru.ru – interview with Grant Rodiek on The Sims 3 Late Night

ProSims.ru was kind enough to pass along a link by Russian site GameGuru.ru with an interview with Grant Rodiek on The Sims 3 Late Night (Strangely enough, Russia’s expansion pack name is ‘The Sims 3: In the Twilight”).  Check out ProSims.ru for the Russian version, or read the translated English version below:

GameGuru: So, what new adventures await our Sims to complement The Sims 3: Late Night?

Grant Rodiek: With each addition, we are looking for inspiration, so give your characters even more unique experience! Hanging out late, going to parties and find love – that’s what makes us all feel alive and young! But instead of just giving the opportunity to spend the night in some incendiary place, we have prepared for you an unforgettable mixture of adventure and opportunity! So, you can put together a band, a terrific bartender, a supernatural being or a real Casanova! All this you can do on the roof of a skyscraper, in his own penthouse!
Your trainees definitely enjoy their new nightlife, regardless of whether they are trying to sneak into the club past the guards, flaunt cool moves on the dance floor or crib with another Sims! Now Sims will be able to master various night profession. For example, a bartender.

GameGuru: And what specifically are now able to engage in sims night apart from the fact that they will sleep in their cozy homes?

Grant Rodiek: in addition “At dusk, we present a completely brand-new urban setting, so that your characters definitely do not want to sleep that night! Evening Sima could start something like this: he calls his friends by the group and invite them to arrange an improvised concert at the garage to warm up. Then, tired of loud music, they are sent to the nearest bar to enjoy the full spectrum of colored drinks and the party game of darts. There they stumble upon a crowd of fans eager to get their autograph, and something of value, but broke through the dense entanglement of living and loving bodies, our heroes are sent to the VIP-section, which just does not pass. Thanks for your Sims are not too much changed their plans for the evening, so plenty of fun, they went home, but then, suddenly, one of your friends had the idea to swim naked in the city swimming pool!
In the world of The Sims 3: In the twilight of an unimaginable number of options, how and with whom you can spend the night!

GameGuru: Is the new location will be available only at night, unlike The Sims 2: Nightlife?

Grant Rodiek: Opening time varies from institution to institution. Some will open in the evening, some at night, and some places will be available only in the wee hours.
“Have fun till you drop!” – The motto of a new annex to The Sims 3

GameGuru: By the way, what are the differences between The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 3 Late Night EP? What innovations can we expect from the new game?

Grant Rodiek: Our fans expect to see in the new addition certain things, but we will certainly listen carefully and take into account the opinion of every lover of The Sims. But we like and expect our fans, went ahead and decided to act in creative, because the theme of night time entertainment – it untilled fields, and our personal experiences and give us an idea of what could be done something quite grand.
Our task – to create as many new ideas and gameplay pans, which we have never done before. That thirst for creativity and creative spirit – is what drives us every day, for 10 years, to come to work and create for you and your heroes more and more new adventures. Regarding new products, the “In the twilight” – this is the first game in the line of The Sims, in which your wards live in a big city, where they may be, for example, a bartender, or even a vampire, seeking what would make money in the twilight streets.
With an open world The Sims 3, we managed to create a stunning living city, which you’ve never seen before. It has everything could wish for your soul: bars, clubs, gardens and terraces, studio, secret corners, observation platforms, and even avtomobilchik with fast food! Also “In the twilight” you’ll find new opportunities in the editor, create characters, to change the appearance of your heroes, and nice additions to the editor of objects with which you can finally decorate your home chic whirlpool and curved pools!
What could be more beautiful than a romantic evening in the jacuzzi on the roof of the penthouse!

GameGuru: Fun – an integral part of the night life of any big city. Does this mean that Simvill become a metropolis in The Sims 3 Late Night EP? Can your sims change their cozy houses to modern city apartments?

Grant Rodiek: Yes! Trust ready to come off your last night! Cozy cabins and cottages still remain, but also you can choose a city apartment flats or even penthouse! With the increasing fame and prosperity of your heroes, they will be able to move into more and more fashionable areas with stunning real estate. Places of entertainment also differ from each other: from the barn on the outskirts of town to the bar on the roof of a skyscraper overlooking the million dollars.

GameGuru: Will there be any new professions? For example, a Sim can become a DJ, or will simply come off the hot hangouts?

Grant Rodiek: Oh, what! For example, your Sim will become a rising star in the film industry as an actor or work in a club bartender. With the growth of your popularity and professionalism you just will have the opportunity to participate in trade shows or change their appearance. Sims did not come off as a child, but they always find a way to earn a lot of simoleons!
You can become a real superstar and fend off crowds of annoying fans

GameGuru: Why nightlife? Is this a tribute to the contemporary literature and film? Or is it just an upgrade of one of the most popular additions to The Sims 2?

Grant Rodiek: Life in the style of “work-home-work” will drive any young Sima depression. The Sims 3: In the twilight of each hero will make a breath of fresh air and inspiration for the mobile life. Your Trust may seek fame and popularity of the star or become a regular at bars and taverns, or just have fun all night till you drop on the dance floor with friends. In addition the careers we have expanded professional opportunities Sims, and now it’s time to rest as this is not done yet nowhere and never.

GameGuru: Will we see any generation of darkness, like a vampire or Werewolf? Can we make friends with them or become one of them?

Grant Rodiek: Vampires in the game definitely will and, in fact – they, too, Sima! They also have desires and needs, and, as usual, Sima, they wanted to be friends, however, preferably at night. He found one of them, you can ask yourself, and draw a vampire, or leave them to look for other friends.
For fans of underground acts have the opportunity to put together a street dzhazbend.

GameGuru: Each addition to the series of The Sims contains a lot of new furniture and other things. Will there be something new and truly exclusive to The Sims 3: Late Night EP? Can we have a party at home?

Grant Rodiek: Do players have every opportunity to create a club atmosphere with a dance floor at home, using the light-music and a variety of smoke-machine. Another component of the club’s design is a bar, whose configuration can be changed using the appropriate modules. Sims will even be able to hire a bartender, so he gave the guests the most incredible mixes drinks. In general, if you want to run a bar on the sofa, then “In the twilight” you will have every opportunity to do so, starting with disco balls and mirrors with the effects of cracks for a more vintage appearance, to the elite of towels in the homes of celebrities. Heroes star with the disease will enjoy the painted bars and chic whirlpool.

GameGuru: And the final question! What future for The Sims series in the future?

Grant Rodiek: All our efforts are focused now on the development of The Sims 3: In the twilight, so that in the near future, we set ourselves the task as soon as possible to release this update!