GameSpot – first look at The Sims 3 for Xbox 360 & PS3

GameSpot met up with Sam Player, executive producer of The Sims 3 for consoles and was able to get a ‘first look’ at the Xbox 360 (and PS3) version of the game.  Here’s their report:

In our demo, we walked in on a house party that one of the Sims was having and he had apparently invited the entire neighborhood. Unlike previous console versions, there are Sims living and aging in other areas outside your home so that you’re actually part of a virtual community. This is where we got a peek at karma powers, which allows you to to change your story so to speak or harass your Sims a little by using karma points. For example, we thought it would be amusing to summon some ghosts to join in on the party and scare away the guests. After watching some of the Sims cry in a corner and the others wet themselves, we used another karma power to clean everything up. There is a limit on how many powers you can use because it costs karma points (which can be earned by achieving wishes and purchasing it with challenge points that we’ll explain later), and each night at midnight, you will be judged depending on your actions. If you’ve been mean to your Sims, chances are you won’t get any benefits but if you haven’t been exploiting your karma powers, you may get a boost of some kind. Karma powers can range from being incredibly mean to your Sims to giving them a bit of luck so that they can get their woohoo on with the locals.

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Thanks to Thomas for sending this my way!