GamesRadar – The Sims 3: What’s new for consoles

There are 13 karma powers in all, eight “good” ones and five “bad” ones. The first one we saw, called Get Lucky, grants your Sim boosted luck for a limited amount of time, which we used to quickly romance another Sim. We’re told that getting to the “first kiss” stage of a Sims relationship can be a laborious affair, but with karma powers we were able to progress our single mom Sim from introductions to first kiss with the man of her dreams in a matter of seconds.

While the other karma powers vary greatly, they all similarly help speed up the gameplay in various ways, so whenever you’re feeling like a task is getting too tedious, there’s probably a karma power you can call in to hasten the process. These powers do come at a price though, and we’re told that if you use karma powers too frequently – either good ones or bad ones – you’ll be penalized during the “Hour of Reckoning,” which sounds rather ominous.

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