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The Sims 3: Ambitions Hands-on
EA gives Sims fans more of what they want.

by Anthony Gallegos

May 7, 2010 - The Sims has become one of the biggest franchises in gaming for a reason (see IGN's review of The Sims 3 here). Either through focus testing, reading message boards, or simply playing the game for hours on end themselves, the Sims team at EA is always learning how to improve their games or give players more of what they want with each expansion. And the upcoming Sims 3 expansion, Ambitions, is the perfect example of this: not only does it add new professions that change the way players view the pre-existing notion of "work" in Sims, but it's coming out alongside a host of smaller (and completely free) changes that affect everything from the interface to how players modify their surroundings -- all in an effort to make an experience that's easier and more option-filled than before.

In Sims games players essentially are the overlord of their characters, directing them to do various activities throughout the day. One place they had no control over their character, however, was in the workplace; players could dictate the goals of their character or guide them in how hard they wanted them to work, but they didn't get to micro-manage their careers, or make them complete their work-related tasks. Ambitions addresses this directly, giving players the option to have "jobs" that work as they have previously, and "professions," where players directly control their character throughout the work day. All the professions in the expansion (except Doctor) are new to the franchise, but older jobs will unfortunately remain hands-off for players. To the uninitiated it sounds relatively unimportant, but it's a substantial change -- instead of simply watching a clock roll by while your character is at their job, you can now actively make decisions and take actions that directly influence your income and your career progress.

The new professions make the Sims 3 more engaging then ever, and made me more invested in my characters than I've been before. My first character is an aspiring firefighter, who -- through daily hard work and just the right amount of schmoozing -- is quickly working his way towards being chief of the station. While not every moment of his job is action-packed and full of disasters (though a fair share of fires do get fought in a week), enough activities are available at the station for the down time -- like playing games, eating, talking with other employees -- that I essentially get all the same addictive nature of micro-managing a person's life without the drag of having to wait for them while they go off to a magical, far-off work land. Like a puppy you watch over, it's easy to become wrapped up in every moment of your character's life when you're actively participating in it from start to finish.

If firefighting doesn't appeal to you, Ambitions has other professions you can earn a living with, including Private Investigator, Stylist, Architectural Designer and Doctor. For the demo I played I was allowed to try all but the Ghost Hunter and Doctor out, but the other four already indicate that the tasks of each job are highly varied from one another. The firefighting and stylist professions were located in a central location that I had to keep my character at, while being a P.I. or an Architectural Designer (think interior designer/contractor) kept me moving from place to place in order to dig up clues or build new rooms, respectively. The tasks of each job make sense, too: P.I.'s have to interrogate and spy on people, while stylists have to hang out in a salon and give people makeovers. The most important thing I got out of my time with each profession? Every job is a lot of fun to play, and range from being as simple as directing your character in a few simple actions, to being complex jobs that test your artistic side and your skill with the game's building tools.

Loyal Sims 3 fans who aren't interested in professions can still expect a lot of changes to their game, as EA is planning a huge free update to go along with the expansion's release. The first of the major new pieces of content is the ability for players to give their Sims tattoos. Without Ambitions players will only have access to a limited set of Tattoos, but they can still apply them to their characters and other Sims. Even with Ambitions the art seems fairly limited at first, but the range of what you can do with the images is impressive. Through resizing and layering players can create some fairly realistic and genuinely good-looking body art.

Other new features free to all players with the release of Ambitions are self-employment, more options with customizing a neighborhood, and increased build/buy features. Sims who have the proper skills like photography or painting can register as self employed, making it so players who are aspiring to a life goal that links to the skill will no longer have to live with that pesky "unemployed" title. The other neighborhood and build/buy features are pretty specific sounding to the uninitiated Sims player, but trust me when I say that players who love to customize the minutia of their town and buildings have a lot to look forward to with Ambitions whether they buy it or not.

We also learned about the Create a Pattern tool, a downloadable tool which will be released to registered users from TheSims3.com on July 28. This tool will allow players to use existing stickers or import their own pictures or other graphics and modify them in order to make patterns for walls or other items (though this will not make tattoos). Players can place dozens of images on a single pattern in up to four layers. Additional layers will allow for background colors and specularity. It's a fairly simple sounding tool, but it's just another way EA's allowing Sims 3 players to manipulate their surroundings to their liking.

Ambitions isn't anything that's going to change your mind about the Sims franchise, but it's already shaping up to be another fantastic addition for players who simply can't get enough content and options with which to alter their sim's digital life. And heck, even if you don't pick it up but are still a loyal Sims 3 player, EA's got some great things planned for you too.

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密密麻麻..就看了几句...昏了

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We also learned about the Create a Pattern tool, a downloadable tool which will be released to registered users from TheSims3.com on July 28. This tool will allow players to use existing stickers or import their own pictures or other graphics and modify them in order to make patterns for walls or other items (though this will not make tattoos). Players can place dozens of images on a single pattern in up to four layers. Additional layers will allow for background colors and specularity. It's a fairly simple sounding tool, but it's just another way EA's allowing Sims 3 players to manipulate their surroundings to their liking.

这段说EA准备7月28日推出一个图样创建工具。也就是官方的图样制作工具了。

薰薰鱼

Create a Pattern tool
这个不错丫~
新的纹身元素也不错。。。不知道这两个新东西复杂不
担心我的小电。。。。。[害怕]

小词典

When this EP come into the market???

從星々開始

话说有没有人可以帮翻译一下，实在看不懂，囧= =||
还有，图呢……

颜游

OTZ……晕了……
等待好心人翻译TT

=巫毒娃娃=

翻译工具翻译的可以不


　　由安东尼。盖乐葛斯
　　
　　5月7日),到2010年,这个小人已成为最大的特许经营的游戏,或者是为了一个原因(见追加的评论的市民3)。通过重点测试、阅读留言板,或简单地玩这个游戏就是好几个小时,时刻在EA总是学习小组如何提高他们的游戏或给玩家更多的与他们所希望的扩张。和即将到来的小人3扩张,野心,才是最完美的例子:它不仅添加新的职业球员的方式,改变原有的“工作”,但它的模拟出来的队友较小(和完全免费的)变化的影响,如何从界面修改其周围的球员——所有努力做一个经验是比以前更简单、更option-filled。
　　
　　在模拟游戏玩家的霸主,本质上具有各自的特点,指导他们去做各种各样的活动。一个地方没有掌控自己的性格,然而,在工作场所,玩家也可以决定了他们的性格或目标引导他们在他们多么努力想让他们去工作,但他们没有得到微,或使他们完成工作任务。这直接,野心地址的球员选择权“工作”,作为他们以前,“职业”,直接控制他们的角色球员的整个工作的日子。所有的职业中(除医生)是新的特许经营的,但年长的工作将会不幸的球员保持放手不管。对那些不听起来较不重要,但它是一个实质性的改变,而不是简单地看着时钟滚动的时候,你的角色是在他们的工作,你现在能积极地作出决策和采取行动,直接影响到你的收入和事业的进步。
　　
　　这个新职业让市民3比以往更有吸引力,让我更投入我的角色比我以前来过这里。我的第一个字符是一个很有抱负的消防员,通过日常的辛勤工作和——适度的schmoozing——正在迅速地工作的方式对车站。而不是每一刻他的工作是令人和充满灾难(尽管自己应得的大火作斗争的一个星期得到足够的活动,可在车站的时间——就像玩游戏,吃东西和其他雇员——所以我基本上都相同的micro-managing上瘾的自然的生活没有阻力的等待他们当他们离家去一个神奇的地方,遥远的工作。像一只小狗,你看,很容易成为缠裹在每一刻你人物的生活,当你正在积极参与了从开始到结束。
　　
　　如果你喜欢消防没有野心勃勃,你可以有其他职业谋生,包括私家侦探,设计师,建筑设计师和医生。演示我打我可以尝试所有,但鬼猎人和医生,但其他四个已表明,每工作的任务是非常不同于另一个。消防和设计师的职业是位于中央的位置,我只好让我的性格,而作为一个私家侦探或建筑设计师(认为室内设计师/承包商)使我移动的从一个地方到另一个地方为了挖线索或建造新房间,分别。每个工作的任务,也是意义的有:私家侦探审问、监视人民,而设计师必须待在一个沙龙及给人们会。最重要的事,我拿出我的时间与各专业?每一份工作是一件有趣的事来玩,范围从被尽可能简单的指挥你的角色在几个简单的动作,是复杂的工作,考验你的艺术,你的技巧和游戏的工具。
　　
　　忠诚的小人3球迷不感兴趣,也可能是一个职业的改变自己的游戏,因为EA正在计划一个巨大的免费更新到随着资料片的发布。第一个主要的新款的内容是球员能给他们的市民纹身。没有野心的球员只会获得一个有限的纹身,但是他们仍然可以将它们应用到他们的特征和其他的市民。即使有雄心壮志的艺术似乎相当有限,但这个范围的国家能为你们做些什么,用图像是令人印象深刻。通过调整和分层玩家可以创建一些相当现实和真正的漂亮的人体艺术。
　　
　　其他的新特点,所有玩家免费发布的野心是个体,更多的选择和定制附近,并增加建立/购买的特点。那些有适当的技能的模拟像摄影或绘画可以注册成为自雇,使得它如此球员渴望一个人生目标,连接到这个技能将不再拥有那讨厌的“失业”称号。另一个社区,建立/买特征很具体的,那些小人的球员,但是相信我,当我说那个球员喜欢定制的形式的城镇和建筑物都充满了期待和野心是否购买与否。
　　
　　我们也了解了创建一个图案的工具,可下载的工具,它将会被释放到注册用户从TheSims3.com 7月28日。这个工具可以让玩家使用现有的贴纸或进口自己的图片或其他图形和修改他们为了使模式的墙壁或其他物品(虽然这并不会让纹身)。玩家可以在一个单一的图像数十个四层模式。额外的层将允许为背景色和高光。这是一个相当简单的探空工具,但这只是另一种让市民的3个球员的操纵自己喜欢的环境。
　　
　　雄心壮志不是什么将要改变你的想法,但它的小人已经被塑造成另一个完美的球员不能获得足够的内容和选项来改变自己的生活。辛普森见鬼,即使你,不要把它捡起来,但仍然是一个忠诚的小人,EA的3个球员的一些伟大的事情,是为你而设的。

-蝶-

去看翻译工具那爛翻译的還不如慢慢看英文

OROCHI4740

期待中~~~

pinkuneko

我就看看图……英文实在看不懂
纯支持一下……

Michelle.JD

复制下来当做四级备考好了。。。

王娟娟

好像很不错~很期待呀

thymelee

继续萌科学家大叔~~~怎么看怎么萌 ...

yuri1121

坐等英语达人翻译  .....

xialei_026

原帖由 Michelle.JD 于 2010-5-9 16:21 发表
复制下来当做四级备考好了。。。

好主意，建议英语四级考试委员会拿出来考阅读题或者听力！

模拟大亨

就爱看预报帖~
顶啦！！~