![]() ![]() These in turn open up new professions, and with them a new range of quests and story threads. This essentially turns it into a kind of freeform graphic adventure as you share time between controlling your customisable monarch and a variety of the ‘hero’ sims with jobs varying from blacksmith and doctor to priest and spy.Each is given story-related quests that can range from starting a duel to defend the queen’s honour, to fighting pit monsters and acting as a love doctor for half the kingdom.If successful (unlike previous Sims games you can actually fail) you’re rewarded with points which you can use to construct new buildings. What’s surprising is how little you’re left to your own devices here, with few of the goals involving raising a brood of sims or worrying about installing the medieval equivalent of a new hi-fi.This isn’t really a life simulator at all, but instead expands upon the idea of quests from some of the most recent Sims 3 expansions. This vision of the medieval world is seen solely through the eyes of American developers whose primary research seems to have been attending one too many renaissance fair.That’s clearly the right pitch for a Sims audience though, with an obvious attempt to mimic the tone and low fantasy setting of Princess Bride. This is the first time EA has ever tried to make a whole game in a setting other than the modern day, but it deserves not to be the last.We very much doubt anyone is expecting gritty realism, religious persecution and apocalyptic plagues here – but just in case you were we’re afraid this is not Black Death: The Video Game. The latter is patently ludicrous given the increasing prevalence of yearly sequels and extensive downloadable content – and also the fact that most Sims extras are usually pretty good.Rather than being an expansion pack that needs The Sims 3 to run this is an entirely separate game – although one that clearly uses the same underlying technology. ![]() The reasons for this seem to be the fact that women and non-gamers like it and the accusation that it milks its fans with too many expansions and paid-for extras. The Sims: Medieval (PC) – the Helghast are really browned offĪpart from perhaps Pokémon, The Sims is the one franchise certain hardcore gamers love to hate the most. ![]()
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