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1511. New Poll

Written on Thursday 1 July 2004 at 12:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Have you met Don yet? If not, see an earlier newspost about him and view the clip, because this week's poll about it is about him. How do you feel about what he's done by being romantic? Let us know if it's totally your style, or if you don't think it's right at all, by voting on the right or at the latest poll page. Last week we asked you about the NPCs of The Sims 1. The Grim Reaper (17%) is the most popular, followed by the Butler and the Cake Dancer (11% each). Mrs Crumplebottom, Servo and the Maid are close at 9% and 8% of the 542 votes. For the entire list of results, go to the results page.

1512. Console URBZ Preview

Written on Wednesday 30 June 2004 at 00:52 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

GameSpy has checked out The URBZ on the PlayStation 2, and posted a preview about it. Just like the game, the preview is mostly about the rep of your urb. For instance, they describe the start of the game:

"As you start the game, you're introduced to Darius, the self-styled "King of the City", who will give you tips and information throughout the game via updates on your XAM, or Exchange Access Messaging system. The XAM works a lot like a PDA phone, in that it allows you to send and receive text messages, store inventory, and take in-game photographs."

New is also the information that you rep might increase when you let your urb break the law, e.g. by mugging other urbz on the street. By doing so your reputation among the punks will grow, but it isn't good around other folks like the rich ones. This time, you will also have to actually pay for clothes, tattoos and piercings you dress your urb up with when creating it. In the previous version, Bustin' Out, you just had to unlock the items. Finally, the jobs and mini-games are mentioned, but also the taking a rest and the general look and feel of the game. Make sure to read the entire preview if you're looking forward to this game.

1513. Pop-ups for Members

Written on Wednesday 30 June 2004 at 00:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Due to disappointing results from the advertising campaigns at The Sims Zone, we've decided to enable pop-ups by default for members. Until now pop-ups wouldn't show up while you were logged in, but as we need more income to pay the bills, they now will. Members still have the option to turn them off, but of course we encourage you to keep them showing. It's no more than one pop-up per pageload. And even due to the lack of new donation files, we hope you can make a donation. Without donations and advertising income, we simply won't be able to pay our hosting bills. So please keep those pop-ups enabled, and make a donation to help us out! We appreciate it.

1514. Lucy Bradshaw Interview

Written on Tuesday 29 June 2004 at 01:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Gamers Temple has posted an interview about The Sims 2 with Producer Lucy Bradshaw. Although in general not much new information is given - they talk about some of the features like the aspirations and creating movies - something interesting is mentioned about celebrities. When asked if there will be celebs in the game, Lucy responded that "there have been no announcements at this time." As it's not a definite no, it is possible some celebrities will be in the game coming out September. Furthermore some characters, the imaginary bunny for instance, are mentioned again. New to the collection is the shrink. The way you can add community areas to your neighborhood is also referred to:

"You can build community lots in the neighborhoods, in fact you can even select between several neighborhoods and landscape them further too. I tend to like to make community pools and the video game store or clothing stores are good to have for teens and growing Sims. You can even build grocery stores."

Finally, Lucy tells Gamers Temple that Maxis will release more tools to create custom content with, e.g. objects, as they go along. So far only the Body Shop has been released, but expect more in the future. The complete interview is spread over 4 pages, but that sounds longer than it really is. Enjoy reading it.

1515. TSO Trial Available Again

Written on Saturday 26 June 2004 at 18:53 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The TSO trial that recently became available is put back. It was taken offline earlier, causing "server errors" when you were trying to download the trial. That's now been fixed. However, you now need a credit card to be able to play the trial. It won't be charged for the first 14 days, but you have to cancel the subscription within that period to prevent it getting charged. The reason Maxis has done this is because the trial was abused in some ways. People could easily get multiple trial serial numbers, resulting in neighborhoods ran by one or just a few people. That disturbed many players. It seems that now the credit card is verified so that there's no more than one trial account per credit card. Go right here to sign up and download the free trial. Note that it's a massive 1.2 Gb download, so broadband is highly recommended.

1516. Sims 2: Complete Don Video

Written on Saturday 26 June 2004 at 16:35 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Entertainment network IGN has posted a new video of The Sims 2. It's not completely new, as it has again the life of Don, the 'romantic' Sim, in it. This time it's the complete E3 presentation though, with commentary by Tim LeTourneau, producer of the game. He walks through the interface of the game a bit, including showing the aspiration items, entering a home, showing the family tree, and more. You can also see Alex, Don's and Sarah's child, grow up. It's about 8 minutes and thirty seconds to watch, so IGN has split it up in four parts. That way you can download smaller files and watch one part while downloading the other. It's also available as one complete (58 Mb) video. Windows Media Player 9 or QuickTime is required to watch the video. Go to the article about it, or just skip directly to the videos page to see it. It's a must see if you're looking forward to this game, even if it's only a tiny bit.

1517. URBZ GBA Preview and Videos

Written on Saturday 26 June 2004 at 16:26 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Besides lots of Sims 2 news, there is of course also the other sequel from Maxis in the making: the URBZ. GameSpot has posted a preview of the GBA version of the game, along with some screenshots and videos. In the preview GameSpot calls the handheld edition a "tiny version" of the console version. The game starts where Bustin' Out left off, namely with the rocket that sent you to better places - the city. There you can explore the five new neighborhoods, Sim quarter, urbania, bayou, carnival, and glass town, good for 25 areas. When you start the game you have to answer a couple of questions to assign your urb to one of the four groups: arties, nerdies, streeties, and richies. Of course all of these neighborhoods and groups have their own uniqueness. New is also that you can earn special new motives, including insomnia, which means your Urb can go almost without any sleep. Furthermore GameSpot mentions some of the mini games and connectivity features of the game. You will still be able to link up the game with other GBA's and share items, but GameCube connectivity like in Bustin' Out will not be provided. Finally there's a little mention of the new (darker) graphics the game has.

Included with this preview are 13 new screenshots and 3 Gameplay Movies (31 Mb in total for download, GameSpot Basic account required to stream them for free).

1518. Lucy's Mail: Custom Content

Written on Saturday 26 June 2004 at 04:49 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week no screenshots or videos from Lucy. Instead she's taken some time apart with Dave Gregor, Director of Software Development for The Sims 2. He tells about how custom content will be handled by the game. Some highlights are that you can install and uninstall custom right from within the game itself. Also, the download times will be minimal, so if a Sim requires clothes you already have in your game, the game won't redownload it. Furthermore new custom content will be detected as soon as you load the game, while such content only increases the loading time by a minimum. The Sims 2 is a lot better prepared for lots of content than The Sims 1, according to Dave. That can also be noticed with the conflicts that used to occur in The Sims 1. They're taken care of in the download process now, so you won't have objects or anything blocking each other. Read the entire text in the Read more bit (or below).