PC Gamer – The Sims Medieval preview

PC Gamer published a short preview of a game that has…well literally been beaten to death by the many previous previews before it.  So let’s continue beating the dead horse, shall we? (Special thanks to SimsGalore)

Your hero or heroine can then go on quests, to unlock new buildings and new useful folks for your kingdom, such as doctors. It’s up to you how you go about completing your heroic duties, but it’s not all glamour. Depending on your character’s type you’ll still need to perform chores, such as collecting leeches to ‘heal’ (or, you know, bleed) patients if you’re a doctor, or, prancing about if you’re a bard. Fail and it’s the stocks for you, where you’ll get one of your five a day with a face full of rotten turnip. One of the biggest changes is that there’s combat. And not the happy slappy hissyfits your Sim might have indulged in when he discovered his virtual missus having woohoo with the next-door neighbour. This is actual swishing of swords. OK, so it’s basic, more about choosing set attacks than serious real-time stabbing, but it should provide a new edge to the usual routine of eating, working and trying to sleep with the local bard.

PC Gamer – Breaking out the leeches in The Sims Medieval