Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #809 in Digital Video Games
- Brand: Electronic Arts
- Model: 40617ms Medieval1
- Released on: 2011-03-22
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Format: Download
The Sims Medieval [Download]
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50 of 54 people found the following review helpful.
By Jane
I really enjoyed this Sims installment. Nah, it's not like the others, but it's really cute and fun to play. It's quest based, so don't expect to be able to just hop in and out of households as you please.Also, you're unable to choose quests after you finish a "motivation" for a kingdom. So it's.. very different! I am a hardcore player of all types of games, and it took me several kingdoms to get all the nuances of the game. So it's very complicated in comparison to other sims, but even if you DON'T know everything that's happening, it's still a lot of fun.The tutorial is.. totally necessary, though, so all you naysayers will learn a new reason to be enraged once you escape it and have no clue what's going on.Anyhow, I like it. Gameplay is smooth, it's fun to balance, still pleasantly addictive, but not based on needs.. and you don't feel that inclination to cheat all the time like you do in the traditional Sims games.
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
By reameth
This game deserves a good rating for being an original remake of the classical SIMS. It takes elements of questing across a static map, similar to the game mechanics of Heroes of Might and Magic and combines it with the nature of the SIMS game play. It is a niche in its own right.Basically, the game centers around nine hero characters you can customize. Each hero represents a certain class or job type and their day to day tasks and quests will differ based on it. A knight will do things like sharpen his sword, practice on the dummy, patrol the forests, duel a challenger. A blacksmith will make metal-forged items. A physician or healer will perform surgery, attend to his patients and craft tonics and salves. A monarch will attend court and hear petitions, write new laws, sign treaties or hunt down a great bear. A mage will craft potions, memorize spells, gather herbs. A bard will write poems, gather inspiration, write plays, play his lute and perform on stage. A spy will craft poisons, eavesdrop, make secret drops, pickpocket, break someone from the gallows. A Peteran and Jacoban priest will convert villagers, bless them, hold sermons.Each of these nine heroes have different duties. Everyday at 9AM there are tasks they must fulfill before the end of the day to maintain a focus bar. The focus affects their mood or how they perform their duties. Someone with low focus can fail at tasks such as fishing, crafting, surgery. hunting. This is also coupled with the main quest on the story. Every quest has one or two heroes that must complete story-line quests while completing their daily tasks. Ignoring their daily tasks might result in low focus that will adversely affect the completion of the quest.Every hero can advance ten levels. Every level offers new benefits; stronger fighting skills, more spells, more tonics, more recipes. All the while, you can use money earned from main quest completion and day to day activities to upgrade and decorate each hero's living quarters. Heroes can marry each other, have kids, marry non playable characters (NPCS). You can expand your kingdom and annex with other kingdoms which opens up new kingdom specific quests. Each new kingdom that is annexed will offer additional bonuses such as more xp and gold per quest completed, longer time for a hero to ignore his main quest before being sent to the gallows and so on. Each quest has the option to approach it from different view points depending on the hero chosen. A quest of an evil witch for instance; the monarch can opt to marry her, the mage can opt to fight magic with magic, the knight can opt to fight her with brute force.This is just a brief skim of what the game is about. It is original, fresh, much better and has more re-playability than the classical SIMS prototype game.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By MDR1994
The Sims Medieval is a really fun, newly styled Sims game.Instead of doing your daily tasks of waking up, cooking lunch, going to work, going to school, etc... You actually have a daily set of tasks to complete. It's a lot like Runescape in a way. It's a medieval setting, and you choose from a list of quests to do every day. It's a really new spin on the average Sims game. I was getting sick of the same old same old routine, so I checked in to this game and was instantly surprised by how fun it is!You start off the game by creating your "monarch" of the kingdom. You control your queen/king for the first couple quests, and rack up your Quest Points and Resource Points. Using the Quest Points, you can "purchase" different quests. Using the Resource Points (RP), you can purchase new destinations within your kingdom - which opens up various other playable characters (ex. Bard, Knight, Spy, Jacoban Priest...)If you are interested in continuing with the Sims, but in a whole different setting, this is the game for you! It offers a new view of the Sims.Some of the negatives, i'd say, are the limits to the clothing you get to choose from (and hairstyles!) - Also, you miss out on other daily things like Hygiene, Bladder, Entertainment, etc. which used to provide a nice moodlet for your Sim. But all in all, it's worth it!
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