The Sims Medieval is a brand-new direction for the popular single player Simulation game franchise, as the familiar gameplay mechanics of The Sims are blended with light Role-Playing (RPG) elements in a Medieval European setting. In this new incarnation PC and Mac players must both assure the happiness of their Sims on a day-to-day level, as well as support the aims of the kingdom they build and engage in all manner of quests which Sims can take on singularly and in groups up to three. New features include: a wide range of available Sims hero types associated with buildings constructed, each with a fatal flaw to overcome; a leveling system for characters based in replayable quests; and an overall player-chosen goal for kingdoms.
The Sims Go Back in Time and Get Medieval
The Sims Medieval takes The Sims franchise into the Middle Ages with all new features, new graphics and new ways to play. For the first time, players can create heroes, venture on quests, and build up a kingdom all their own. In an ancient land of adventure, drama and romance, players will be able to get medieval like nobody could ever have imagined.
The Sims go Medieval on you combining classic play mechanics with RPG functionality in a Medieval setting. View larger.
Gameplay: Kingdoms, Heroes and Quests
As with all The Sims games, The Sims Medieval is primarily a Simulation game where the player is responsible for all aspects of their sims' lives. But The Sims Medieval expands on the classic The Sims gameplay formula by affecting the focus of players and their Sims via a change of environment and game mechanics. The game adopts a "what if" scenario, placing your sims in a Medieval setting, complete with castles, monarchs, knights, peasants, intrigue between kingdoms, etc. Thus the question is: What if a The Sims game was set in a Medieval European time period? The answer to this is that although the player must still be very concerned about the day to day happiness, or unhappiness, of their Sims, there are also other concerns appropriate to the time period, or at least the game's interpretation of the time period. This equates to the three-tiered approach to gameplay centered around: kingdom, heroes and quests.
Life in the kingdoms of The Sims Medieval revolve around castles and the other buildings and facilities that are added to a kingdom. As a kingdom is established players codify the overall ambition of their kingdom. These ambitions can reflect a variety of concerns, including political, military, economic, etc. and will serve as a sort of mission statement for everything that transpires among the Sims that populate a kingdom. In the end this initial decision affects both Sim happiness and the overall fate of your kingdom. With each building that is added during the game players gain access to specific hero character types associated with them. These range from lofty roles like rulers, knights and wizards, all the way to the more humble physicians, craftsmen, etc. These different types of Sims can be customized in ways familiar to players of earlier games, including apparel and temperament, as well as the new fatal flaw customization, which must be worked out if players choose to work towards their sims prospering. The cumulative experience of this customization makes up the building blocks of a Sim's day-to-day experience, actions in the kingdom and happiness. Once the player's Sims are established, the game opens up into an additional crucial gameplay area, quests.
Quests in The Sims Medieval contains a certain level of role-playing game mechanics, which is new to The Sims franchise, and which offers players the opportunity to earn skill points, experience points and kingdom points. Following standard RPG game mechanics, points allow for leveling up of Sims characters and kingdoms. Thus, quests are also a crucial element of the game that drives the story of the game forward, depending on their success or failure, the temperaments of the participating Sims and the goals of the kingdom. Simple quests can be taken on by a single Sim while more complex endeavors can require up to three Sim heroes. All quests contain multiple paths towards completion, which are further varied by the fact of the differing strengths and weakness of your chosen heroes. This type of flexibility in quests allows for maximum replay value of the game, as the outcome of quests can vary widely depending on the Sim heroes utilized.
Key Game Features
Classic The Sims gameplay set in an exciting Medieval European setting full of adventure, drama, and romance
Gameplay requires a balance between the day-to-day wants and needs of Sims heroes, as well as the quests required of the them and the declared goal of the kingdom
Light RPG gameplay as players create heroes, send them on epic quests and level up their skills and abilities
Quests allow for extensive replay value as players use a combination of up to three Sims heroes, then replay quests using different heroes
Fantastic customization options including extensive Medieval attire choices and building creation and decoration options
Win/Mac software release allows for play on PC and Macintosh computer systems
Additional Screenshots
Classic Sims play. View larger.
Quests & character leveling. View larger.
A wide range of roles. View larger.
Kingdom centric gameplay. View larger.
System Requirements:
Windows
Supported OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
Processor: (XP) 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; (Vista and Windows 7) 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
RAM: (XP) 1 GB RAM; (Vista and Windows 7) 1.5 GB RAM
Hard Disk: At least 600 MB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
Video Card: A 256 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Specific Requirements: For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least: * Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3-Series or above * 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent * 0.5 GB additional RAM
Additional Info: NVIDIA GeForce series FX 5900, FX 5950 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800 G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150 GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295, GTS 450, GTX 460, GTX 465, GTX 470, GTX 480, GTX 550, GTX 560 ATI Radeon(TM) series 9500, 9600, 9800 X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 2400, 2600, 2900 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870 4850, 4870, 4890, 5850, 5970, 6850, 6870, 6970 Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) GMA X3-Series, GMA 4-Series, GMA 500 Series, GMA 600 Series, GMA HD Series Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance. For NVIDIA ION computers, the game requires at least 2 GB RAM. The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.
Mac
Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
Processor: ntel Core Duo Processor
RAM: 2 GB
Hard Disk: At least 5.3 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
Video Card: ATI X1600 or Nvidia 8600 GT with 256 MB of Video RAM.
Additional Info: This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA class of integrated video cards.
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