The Brand New Standalone Series from The Sims Studio Lets Players Build a Kingdom, Go on Quests and Rule a Realm
24 March 2011, Australia & New Zealand – Claim your Kingdom! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has announced that The Sims Medieval will hit shelves across Australia today and in New Zealand tomorrow. The brand new standalone series for the PC/Mac gives players the tools to create heroes, take them on quests, build up their kingdom and tell epic stories full of drama, romance and comedy.
“Our community has wanted to be able to place their Sims in a different time period for years and now they can with The Sims Medieval,” said Scott Evans, General Manager of The Sims Studio. “The Sims Medieval is a new standalone game that keeps the core values of The Sims at its heart, but gives fans new gameplay elements to explore and allows them to tell epic medieval tales.”
Set in the Middle Ages, players will find themselves faced with new ways to play with life like never before. As they build up their kingdom, players create Hero Sims in a range of professions including knight, bard, wizard, priest, blacksmith and spy. Playing each Hero Sim is different, as players control the Sims’ profession, whilst taking on the varied adventures of the quests. Other new gameplay elements include diplomacy with neighbouring territories, and of course medieval punishments.
The gameplay is framed by quests that each present a new situation and a fresh opportunity to pick a Hero Sim to take charge. For example, in the quest ‘The Witch is Back’, players could choose to have their monarch marry the witch who is visiting the kingdom. If they want to kill the witch, they would choose the wizard, spy or knight to defeat her. And if they just want to debilitate her, they would choose a priest, physician, or wizard to complete the challenge. With dozens of quests and multiple approaches for completing them, players will find new ways to tell their favorite medieval legends.
Everything in The Sims Medieval is crafted to create an authentic medieval world, from the quest-based gameplay, to the medieval objects such as swords and stocks and thrones, right down to the warm look of the characters and the painterly approach to the world itself. Players can choose to customise every new Hero Sim that comes to the kingdom, including selecting their traits and also their fatal flaw. Players bond with their characters; not only by sending them on epic quests, but also by making sure they carry out their daily responsibilities such as healing the sick, trading for exotic goods, or forging armor.
The Sims Medieval is rated M. To download artwork, please contact Jodie Van Hibb (jvanhibb@ea.com) – EA PR Manager ANZ. For more information about The Sims Medieval please visit the official website at http://www.ea.com/au/thesimsmedieval and at http://www.ea.com/nz/thesimsmedieval.