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1631. SimDay: New plant

Written on Friday 13 June 2003 at 02:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's SimDay brings a bit of strange news, usually not posted at the official site: a site (SimDandies) been closed down. It's a bit odd, as many sites closed down in the past and Maxis never posted about that... But anyway, in the rest of the news there's a new preview of The Sims 2 at GameGal. It's not too interesting, it doesn't bring any news, so if you want to read it just click here. Finally there's also a new plant available for download: the Cytherea Asilus Casses or Carnivorous Plant. It seems you have to feed it once every 24 hours (or let your Butler do it for you). Go to Get Cool Stuff to download it (292 Kb). That's it again this week.

1632. New Sims 2 Clip [Update]

Written on Thursday 12 June 2003 at 03:03 by ChEeTaH - 7 comments.

EA has released another E3 trailer of The Sims 2. I've downloaded and watched it, and it's quite nice. First it shows a Sim in creation (not the actual interface though), then you see that guy with a girl on a couch, in their (messy) home. When trying to cuddle, the girl pushes him away. A few years later, so it seems, the same happend. But the third time, they get on to something. They marry, and the next scene shows a pregnant woman, with already two kids playing around. Then there are more kids swinging around. Kids grow up, become teens, and have wild parties. Thank god for the parents they graduate and can be kicked out of the house. The kids marry, get children too, and the first 2 Sims have become geezers. The clip is 1 minute 45 seconds long. You can download it in two versions: High resolution (320x240 pixels, 12 Mb) or Low Resolution (128x96 pixels, 3 Mb). Click right here for the high resolution version, or click this link for the low resolution version (both from 3D Gamers).

[Update 15 June 2003, 1:45] EA has apparantly removed the file from their FTP servers. The links have been updated to go through 3D Gamers.

1633. No E3 Award for The Sims 2

Written on Thursday 12 June 2003 at 02:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official E3 awards winners have been announced, but unfortunately The Sims 2 didn't win any. The game was nominated for both Best PC Game and Best Simulation Game. "Full Spectrum Warrior" won the award for Best Simulation, while Half-Life 2 won the Best PC Game award (and 8 other awards). We want to congratulate all the winners, but nevertheless we hoped The Sims 2 or Bustin' Out would win (in fact, EA won no awards at all). To check out the full list of winners, click here. The nominations are right here.

1634. TSO Interview

Written on Thursday 12 June 2003 at 02:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims Online has been out for over 6 months now (in the US anyway), and apparantly some mobsters have appeared in the game. GameGossip mentioned it, and talked to Maxis about it. Kyle Brink has some nice things to say about it. Like this:

GaneGossip: "We suggest Neighborhood Watch. Or vigilante rule. Your reactions?
Kyle Brink: "Bo-ring! Come on, why limit yourself? Get creative. There are so many ways to respond to this sort of behavior.

"Personally, I choose to find entertainment in it. Sure, I could go for the standard "gang vs. gang" model. Or I could plant myself as a new member in one of these groups, then manipulate them into an internal civil war. Or I can ignore them entirely - set my property to use the "admit list" only, and rely on word of mouth to add people to my list. Nothing a wannabe crime lord hates more than being ignored. Except maybe being mocked, which is yet another angle I can take."

The whole interview isn't too long, but it's nice to read if you play The Sims Online. Click here for the full thing.

1635. What pet do you like?

Written on Thursday 12 June 2003 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've got a new poll again, this time about Unleashed: what's your favourite pet you can buy in Unleashed. If you want to let us know, vote on the right or on this page. As for last week's poll: there are quite many superstars, 22% of the people who voted said their best Superstar had 5 stars. 25% doesn't have Superstar yet. All the other options (0-4.5 stars) received less votes (between 1 and 10%). An amazing 362 people voted in the poll, which is more than usual. For all the results, click here. Don't forget to vote this week!

1636. More about Spellbound

Written on Wednesday 11 June 2003 at 13:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Bank of America Security Software Market Oulook 2003 has predicted one more expansion pack before the release of The Sims 2. The expansion would arrive in fall 2003. Although they report it as yet unnamed, Spellbound is most likely the name since that's what Amazon had up for pre-order late last month (they removed it now). The Bank of America doesn't state this is the very last expansion pack for The Sims 1, and as Will Wright said in an audio interview with GameSpy, we can still expect an 8th expansion after Spellbound. Will said they might be expanding The Sims 1 after The Sims 2 is out, because there will still be people playing the old game, and not everybody will have the system necessary for The Sims 2. Read a bit more (but not much) at IGN.

1637. New Superstar review

Written on Wednesday 11 June 2003 at 00:55 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A new, rather short, review of Superstar has appeared again. Gaming Nexus didn't have a real in-depth look, and unlike others doesn't complain about the bugs in the game. However, there's one original idea in it:

"A change that should be implemented into future Sims expansion packs would be allowing the creator/player to purchase house items and placing them on angles. Symmetry gets extremely boring after awhile. Angles would allow the creator to build much more interesting houses and I think certain Sims would be happier too."

Probably not in an expansion pack, maybe in The Sims 2. Gaming Nexus also gives the game the highest rating so far, 9.0. You can read the review this page. All the Superstar reviews can be found in our review index.

1638. New: rate our files!

Written on Wednesday 11 June 2003 at 00:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've added a new function in the files section: rating files. Members can give files here at The Sims Zone a rating (1 to 10). If you as member voted, but changed your mind, you can re-cast your vote (and the old vote will be lost). The 25 files that you rate the highest are in a new list: the Best Rated Files. So members: log in and get voting!

1639. More Sims 2 info

Written on Tuesday 10 June 2003 at 03:48 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

A bit more than a week ago, there was some news at the official site of an issue of Computer Gaming World that had a special The Sims 2 feature in it. Many people are probably unable to get that for various reasons, but it looks like The Sim's Stash managed to get it. They combined information in the magazine with known details, and posted it all in a preview. For instance, we now know there will be 18 career tracks, with 10 jobs each. Besides that, teens and elders can get a job in one of the 7 career tracks for them, with 3 job levels each. There will also be 500 objects (compared to just 125 in The Sims 1 - without expansion packs of course), including some new ones and the familiar bunch (sofas, tables etc). They also say there will be no area to get out of the house in The Sims 2, but other sources (click here) say that option is still open. The preview of The Sims' Stash is definately a nice overview of all the features of The Sims 2. You can read it all right here.

1640. Cheats (Console) & Hints updated

Written on Tuesday 10 June 2003 at 03:27 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last night we've been reorganising the extras a bit, making a separate "Game Help" section. In that section there's the (unfinished) career index, cheats, hints and more. Besides adding a few hints, we've also updated the cheats for the consoles versions of The Sims. The codes for the GameCube and X-Box versions are pretty much the same, but we added how to access the cheat menu on those consoles in the text. There's also one new cheat: "FISHY EYES". When you enter that, and change the camera view you'll get a first-person perspective. You can find the console cheats at this page. If you're looking for a list of cheats for the PC version, click here.