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1541. MM Screenshot Round up

Written on Friday 24 October 2003 at 18:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Recently a whole load of screenshots of Makin' Magic have been posted at different sites. First of all, GameSpot's posted 11 new shots today, including 3 concepts of art, showing a mummy, fairy, and what looks to be a pink elf of some sort. You can check them all out here. Then the Spanish site CiberNet has posted a bunch of shots from the game as well. I suggest just clicking here. More shots can be found at Sims Express, right here (scroll down a bit for a lot of screenshots). At the official UK site you can find several things. There's this page with several screenshots, all of which are on GameSpot as well. Other things you can find are the wallpaper that was released as SimDay item yesterday (with working links), and an avatar design contest. You have to be registered at that site to be able to download or enter them. Visit the UK Site for more info. If you want to enter the contest, you'll have to hurry as the contest ends 31 October. Finally, there's the Dutch Down4Sims which has posted several new screenshots too. These can be found right here. All their screenshots are spread over 3 pages. So far for all the Makin' Magic screenshots that have been posted recently. Stay tuned for more details, as usual.

1542. Chat Transcript

Written on Friday 24 October 2003 at 18:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis is early with the transcript this week, and it's already been posted. Besides general gamplay questions about Superstar and (mainly) Makin' Magic, there's also quite a lot about bugs in Superstar:

"Actually, because of the way we build expansion packs, almost all expansion packs include changes to the previous ones, but we searched the BBS, and grilled all of our SimMasters to get us everything that the user community wasn't happy with, and we fixed and changed a LOT! Almost every issue reported to us we fixed. The list is too long to recite, but if you want to ask about something specifically, I'll be able to give you the thumbs up or thumbs down on it."

There's no word about a patch for Superstar, for those who do have that and don't want to buy Makin' Magic. So far it seems Makin' Magic fixed the worst problems in Superstar (which was criticised a lot in nearly all the reviews), but we'll have to wait until the first reviews to see if there aren't new bugs. Some things that have been fixed are bartender Waylon, and the "Move Objects On" problem that caused Sims to disappear. As mentioned, there's also a lot of stuff in the transcript about gameplay items. There's nothing really completely new though, except for the fact that Cassandra Goth no longer has her glasses. Maxis got rid of them to prevent confusion of Makin' Magic and Harry Potter. More of that, and a lot of other things, can be read in the full transcript.

1543. SimDay

Written on Thursday 23 October 2003 at 23:41 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's that time of the week again: SimDay. We've already posted about 2 items yesterday: the Sims 2 Website and the weekly chat. Then there are 2 links to articles. One is a hands-on preview of Makin' Magic at PC.IGN.Com. It's not the definite review yet, but it gives a pretty nice description of the new gameplay, like the way you start your magical career:

"After installing the expansion, you'll find a strange box on the doorstep of your Sims' houses. When you open it, you'll discover Magico's Magical Starter Kit. It contains Version 2 of the Spell Book, a convenient hole in the ground portal, a wand recharger, some Magic Coins and a few other surprises that'll get you started on your road to home-brewed witchery."

Many players probably want to know whether the bugs from Superstar have finally been fixed. Unfortunately it doesn't say so yet in this preview, but once the game's released 28 October we should know more about that. The other article is a Bustin' Out preview, which you can find right here at GamingNexus. In the "Read more" bit (or the next parapgraph), there's more about 2 download items, and 1 new contest. Read More!

1544. New Poll

Written on Thursday 23 October 2003 at 09:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we asked you if you prefer Servo from Livin' Large, or the Butler from Superstar. Human beings still win from the robots: the Butler got more than 54% of the votes. Here are the results:

Servo! He's free, and does enough: 15.34% (29)

They're both good, but I prefer Servo: 8.99% (17)

I like them both, but the Butler just a bit more. 11.64% (22)

The Butler! You don't have to switch him on, and does a lot more! 54.50% (103)

Servo? Butler? I don't have Livin' Large or Superstar... 9.52% (18)

This week we ask you if you've been to any of the Maxis chats at the official site recently. Let us know and vote on the right or click here.

1545. Tomorrow's chat

Written on Thursday 23 October 2003 at 00:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As usual a chat will be held on Thursday. This week the chat will be about Superstar and Makin' Magic, and guest of honour is Cooper "MaxisProducer" Buckingham. You'll be able to ask all the questions you have about these 2 expansion packs. As usual, the chat will be held at 3PM PST, which is 11pm in Britain and midnight in most of Europe. Once the transcript has been posted, we will let you know.

1546. New: Official The Sims 2 website

Written on Wednesday 22 October 2003 at 14:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official website of The Sims 2 has been launched. We showed you a preview earlier. The site gives you links to fansites, screenshots, a few movies, news, and chat transcripts of chats that were held some time ago. There are no downloads whatsoever yet, and we'll have to wait for the first tools to be released. However, if you want some basic information, visit TheSims2.ea.com.

1547. Chat Transcript

Written on Tuesday 21 October 2003 at 09:38 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

The transcript of last week's chat with Virginia McArthur, producer of Bustin' Out on the GBA, has been posted. Some of the most interesting outcomes of this chat are: pets, weather (rain), and basements:

"There are basements of some of the homes and locations, they generally have to be unlocked through game-play and have some hidden treasures in them when you get to them - for example you can find the map to the steam-tunnels in the basement of the clock tower."

Also, Sims can't 'play', just hold hands on the couch. Less new is the information that you can control only one sim at a time, instead of whole families. Puking won't be in the game, and besides a maid, butler and other NPCs, there will be a Robot Monkey Maid. Other news is that on the GBA version, your Sim will never really die. Instead, when for instance they're being eaten by the Venus Fly Eating plant, your Sim will pass out and be taken to the hospital or their Uncle's home, depending on the level you're in. As for the "Create A Sim" features in this game: they're quite limited compared to The Sims on the consoles or The Sims 2. "You just get to choose from one Sim type and you get to choose gender, skin type, hair, shirt, pant and shoe color". Click here if you want to read the complete transcript. The next chat will be on Thursday, but Maxis hasn't announced with who yet.

1548. New Affiliate

Written on Monday 20 October 2003 at 23:17 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Since today, we've affiliated with a German fansite with a similar name: SimsZone.de. They're a great source for information about The Sims, and even though it's in German it's valuable. Since they're one of the biggest fansites (probably the biggest in German), we're honoured to be affiliated with them. Be sure to pay them a visit once or twice... or more often.

1549. New Sims 2 Video

Written on Thursday 16 October 2003 at 22:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Fansite WorldSims has posted a new video of The Sims 2. However, it doesn't seem to be too interesting as it isn't more than a collection of screenshots put after each other like a slideshow, with some techno music in the background. There are 3 versions: one Low Resolution (3 Mb), High resolution (10 Mb) and "Ultra High Resolution" (112 Mb, and that's NOT a typo!). For most people the 10 Mb version should be good enough though, the "Ultra High" version looks sharper, but it takes a lot more space and time to download for a little bit more quality. If you want to see the screenshots in the quality as they were posted, search back in our news archive for all the mentions of Sims 2 screenshots and movies we've spotted. If you just want a quick overview of what The Sims 2 will look like without having to go to a ton of different sites, then this clip might be worth downloading. If you're interested, head over to WorldSims to download it.

1550. Makin' Magic shots

Written on Thursday 16 October 2003 at 21:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Makin' Magic isn't even out and already there are a lot of screenshots floating around on the net. The Dutch website Down4Sims has posted 27(!) new screenshots of the latest expansion. However, their English section of the site hasn't been updated yet, so you'll have to get there through the Dutch section. Click the Dutch flag, and click "Klik hier" in the text after "27 Nieuwe screenshots van The Sims Abracadabra!!!". You'll immediately see the new screenshots, once they're loaded anyway. There are more screenshots from a Dutch site, the official one. Unfortunately you have to register to see them, and as most of you won't have a clue where to go, we've taken the opportunity to give them to you here (click "Read More" if they're not below). Read More!