Today we got the final live broadcast about Island Paradise, which releases in exactly one week. I know that by this point a lot of people have calmed down about it, there's only a week of waiting left and we pretty much know everything by this point anyways, but the live broadcast was worth tuning into for me. Ryan Vaughan gave out lots of little news bits here and there that made it exciting. This is my little overview of all of the stuff worth mentioning.
First up is what the broadcast was supposed to be about: Island Paradise. Like I said, most of the information has been released already, so other than getting to see a bit more of the new world, mermaids, and underwater there was nothing new. Graham Nardone did take us into CAS and showed off the new mermaid coloring system that we get to use to change the color of our mermaids' tails. I was happy to see that there are 4 color channels on the tail. Should be pretty easy to create unique tails with that many options! The only bit of new houseboat information (to me at least) was that houseboats do have an autopilot if you want to have it steer itself to a new location while you're off doing something else. That'll probably come in handy seeing as they move pretty slowly. And of course the underwater lots looked spectacular! The amount of detail completely blows every other lot out of the water. It was a nice little demo that showed the hands-on aspects of the game fairly well, although the lag on that part of the broadcast was annoying.
Next is my own little personal excitement bundle. The Origin preorders hit 4,000 just before the live broadcast and that means that everyone who preordered gets not only the normal preorder bundle and the Origin preorder bundle, but Barnacle Bay too! Yay! Since worlds are so expensive, I refuse to buy them and sadly don't have any other than the free Riverview. So now I do! I know the world itself is the worst they've released, but it's a free world and I'm not complaining. Now if only they'd do that with Lucky Palms...
Finally I have what was arguably the most exciting moment of the whole broadcast. The date of The Sims 4's big information release has been announced! Everybody mark down August 20th, because that's when we will finally have our first little preview of the game!
Well I now know exactly what causes my computer to freak out and crash while playing The Sims 3. Anything involving playing with the Sims themselves makes in go into panic mode. So CAS and playing a household are no longer options which leaves...building. That's all I can do these days is build. So no more pictures of Sims, just pictures of my buildings and my favorite EP information.
I'm assuming that the Island Paradise announce trailer is now old news even though it's only a day old. It's definitely exciting news! Finally the 1st glimpse and a bunch of brand new information from just a short little video. Watch it!
After watching that trailer there were 2 big things that were stuck in my head: mermaids and the fact that toddlers have swimming interactions! Both of which are shown clearly in the video, both of which are so dang long-awaited. Toddlers have been so left out of all the swimming activities; Generations was the hope of a kiddie pool but that definitely didn't happen. It looks like they'll finally get some action in Island Paradise since mommy can clearly be seen holding baby in the water. And mermaids make their 1st appearance too in the last few seconds of the trailer, swimming through the waves.
New lifeguard career, private island beach houses, boats of all kinds...this EP is looking better and better! Keep an eye on the date too, because a live broadcast airs on April 16th and the game will be released on June 25th. Not too far away at all. Keep your fingers crossed that EA gives out more mermaid information in the live broadcast!
I just don't know which new EP I'm more excited for, University Life or Island Paradise! They both add so much gameplay and so many new and old things...picking between them is impossible! After EA's last live demo of the game there's just so much to take in and so many things to be excited about.
I guess I'll rant about University Life 1st, since it is coming out soonest and is completely done. We finally got all the info on death types, life states, and all the other awesome stuff that's heading our way. Thanks to this last broadcast (and the producer walkthrough video below) it has been confirmed that plantSims are making a comeback. From the trailer at around 5 minutes, you get your 1st ever look at a plantSim and a possible hint about how to create such a creature. Those people who were guessing that the science field's special item would be important appear to be right! The plantSim may be an accidental or completely-on-purpose discovery, kinda like Simbots from Ambitions.
The whole university idea is so improved from The Sims 2. Instead of having to get your diploma in one go, and at only one time, you can go to college whenever you want (young adult - elder) and earn it over several trips and get however many degrees you want. That's just cool, not to mention perfect for storytelling. And lastly, 2 new death types have been confirmed: being crushed to death by either the soda machine or the murphy bed, and protesting death to the extent that the Grim Reaper comes and takes your Sim.
Now for Island Paradise! Holy crap where do I even start?! There was so much that they showed in that live demo. They showed off houseboats, which are pretty much just houses on a floating barge which can dock in ports on land or archor anywhere in the ocean. Smaller boats like speedboats and rumored canoes will also be available but will be more like cars and not houses. It was also announced that underwater won't be just a disappear-and-get-popups thing. Instead of being like a rabbithole, the ocean will open up to a certain extent when Sims go scuba diving. They can die if they run out of oxygen, and rumor has it that merSims will indeed be the new lifestate...the SimGurus hinted just enough to drive me crazy!
Yep, there are even official pictures of the new scuba diving interaction and being underwater. :) I'm very, very happy right now with all this new info. That's all I have for today, but it's still a lot to take in! Hopefully I'll post again soon with more Island Paradise info.
Just thought I'd let everybody know that Supernatural is on sale at Amazon! Instead of paying $40 for it, you can now pay a very nice $25. I've already ordered my copy and it should get here this weekend, so yay for that! I'm so excited to check out Moonlight Falls, and all the new Sim species too of course. Plus I have this whole idea for my legacy that requires Supernatural to work so...
I'm so excited to play with witches and werewolves! For some reason sparkly vampires just aren't doing it for me, and fairies are cool but I feel like they'd get annoying pretty fast. Zombies...I'm just praying they aren't as common as everyone says cuz I don't feel like losing my pretty little Sims to an attack for braaaaaains lol. Anyways, witches are definitely the one I'm most excited about! Potions and wands and magic brooms, and being able to turn other Sims into frogs! How exactly is that not cool? And werewolves are gonna be fun just because of all the new interactions (and werewolf toddlers are supposed to be absolutely adorable). So I will definitely, DEFINITELY be playing with those 2 species a lot.
Actually, I wanna add a little something extra in really quick. I promise I'm working on the legacy. It really is gonna happen. I'm just stuck waiting around for Supernatural to be able to make it happen. It should be really cool, and hopefully worth the wait...I really do want to try to write up a legacy and stick with it. :) Hopefully the Conta family will be the one to stick!
The producers over at EA released that new producer walkthrough and it's actually really interesting. It shows all the new Sim types and just kinda gives you a brief overview of Supernatural. Personally, I think this 5 minute walkthrough is better than the hour-long live chats they've had for it so far. Seeing fairies and werewolves and vampires interact was pretty cool, but the coolest was easily the witch. Brooms and spells and magic wands all sound cool, look cool, and are making me all excited about getting my very own witch to play with!
The zombies slightly worry me, but maybe the zombie outbreaks will be easier to control than it seems. I just don't want a ton of zombies constantly attacking my houses and Sims! That'd be horrible and annoying. Plus the zombies kinda freak me out lol. But they say we can control the different Sim types with sliders in Options, so hopefully that'll fix my problem.
What about you? Witches, zombies, werewolves, vampires, fairies...which are you looking forward to? Or do you like the ghosts, mummies, imaginary friends, and genies? Lol or...aliens!?
Yay! I finally managed to install Showtime after fighting with my computer for hours. It runs great somehow, and I'm thrilled! Definitely gonna keep my fingers crossed that it stays that way though, since I don't trust my old computer very much these days lol.
The new objects that come with Showtime are amazing. EA finally did something right, with the mechanical bull, photo booth, golf tee, and the new around-the-house objects. Lots of cool plants, a classy glass table, and probably more that I just haven't seen yet.
As for the 3 new careers, I'm not quite sure yet. They really don't pay much in the beginning and I haven't gotten up high enough yet to see if it pays better higher up. I gotta say, I wouldn't try starting a household on an acrobat's salary. It's incredibly hard. Their tricks are so cool to watch though! And the magicians...awesome stunts and cute little magic tricks. I don't know much about the singer career just yet, but I'm going to eventually try it out. I mean that too lol, I'm curious!
Anyways, that's my current take on Showtime. Look for more acrobat details in my Conta legacy, as my heiress is currently attempting to live as one. It isn't going so very well at the moment. I might post a few pictures of Starlight Shores later. And maybe a few of other Showtime things. :) Like the Sims and the new objects. So check back tomorrow, because there may be pictures! Hopefully I'll have some extra time; school just started back up today and the teachers aren't shy about giving out homework lol. I'll try though.
