Huge thanks to reader Esther for sharing this article with me 🙂 The German magazine Computer Bild Spiele published their interview with The Sims Medieval producer Rachel Bernstein sharing with us more insight on the game, as well as two new screens! As always, since it’s translated into English via Google, expect some wording to not make any sense (Although considering you’re reading my posts, I’m sure you are used to it by now).
CBS: Please describe the new game play closer.
RB: The focus of the gameplay has shifted from the personalized environment of the previous Sims to a kingdom. If the user starts a game, it must fulfill a task for the state. For completed tasks, you get money to improve homes and so-called Kingdom of points. This move will enable the player his kingdom and built new buildings. This in turn attracts new playable heroes to Sims.Each task can play with different characters. It also changes the flow of play, because daily life and obligations of individuals are different. Depending on the outcome of the contracts and the objectives of the Kingdom of the player rewards, which are taken from one game to the next. We extend the game considerably extent. Limited in the view of the game so far on a Sim, then the player experiences now stories of many inhabitants of the kingdom at close quarters. This creates a dynamic that there was still no match of the “Sims” series.
CBS: What options the player has to build his kingdom?
RB: The establishment of a kingdom is made up of several factors. It begins with the start of a new game, in which the player determines the goals of each kingdom. On this depends the further design, that is what buildings and heroes-sims available. Contracts in the construction of the Kingdom also has an important role. They are the foundation on which the player builds up his individual history. Some players can fulfill their character epic contracts – such as the discovery of the fountain of youth or the conquest of neighboring territories. Others focus on who marries her sim and how many children he has. The player thus creates his own universe in which occurred his story.
CBS: Let the characters make free game to start?
RB: Yes, the player passes heroes-Sims’s own ideas accordingly. He chooses the gender, puts body, face, hair and looking down from an outfit and its properties. The personality of the character can be determined on the choice of the characteristics. Hero Sims have three: two ordinary and a third, very special peculiarity – the error. The works are generally disadvantaged by in everyday life. Through the mastery of certain tasks can convert the error into a legendary character.Continue reading the interview
That mill <3 Thank you for sharing! The new screens look terrific.