'Sims 3' characters get personality plus
EA is prepping to release the third installment of 'The Sims', a series of games in which the all-seeing player controls the lives and interactions of virtual people. 'The Sims 3' will give players more control over things like characters' personality traits, EA says. Perhaps taking a cue from the backlash over the tight digital rights restrictions contained in 'Spore', The Sims 3 will have no DRM.
Maybe it's neat, childish, lucky, ambitious and insane - just depends on what traits gamers choose for their neighborhood of virtual playthings in 'The Sims 3', Electronic Arts and Maxis' popular life-simulating game for the PC and Mac.
Executive producer Ben Bell said it will focus more on social behavior than ever before.
"'The Sims 3' is a huge step forward for us," said Bell. "You can create incredibly detailed people who have real personalities that you get to design using a feature we call 'personality traits.' By combining words, you can create a new kind of a person that has totally different desires in life and then you get to go fulfill their destiny in the game."
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