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Living every age to the fullest means all-new experiences for your child and teen Sims. From pulling pranks and setting booby traps to attending their first school dance, your Sims’ lives will be richer than ever. But life as we know it always has its ups and downs. So whether it’s getting ditched at prom or punished for an unappreciated prank, your teen Sims will have to take the good with the bad.
It’s All Fun and Games …
Some Sims are just asking to be made the butt of a joke or the target of a prank and in those cases, who could really blame your child and teen Sims from succumbing to the temptation? Whether it’s adding hair dye to an unsuspecting Sim’s shower, tinkering with the toilet to spurt at the next Sim who flushes, or releasing the frogs in the school’s science class, let’s face it, pulling pranks is hilarious! Sims can pull pranks and set booby traps at home, in many public locations, and even at their neighbour’s house. Lees Meer…
Het sims team geeft vanavond een online preview en chat over de Sims 3 Levensweg. De livestream en chat begint om 22:30 op deze website. Vragen kunnen nu al gesteld worden op de “wall” van het event op Facebook.
The Sims 3 Generations Live Broadcast Save-The-Date! op Facebook
Chat en Livestream (op moment van schrijven nog niet online)
Join Ryan Vaughan and Graham Nardone, producers from The Sims 3, for a special EA Live Broadcast as they walk you through the latest expansion pack and answer your questions about The Sims™ 3 Generations! Come see how a wealth of new options and activities make your Sims’ lives more meaningful. Play with more fun. Play with more drama. Play with more mischief at every age!
Save-the-date: Friday – May 20, 2011 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (Pacific Standard Time). Log onto http://www.ea.com/1/sims-generations-chat to be a part of this great event!
Feel free to post the questions you would like to ask the producers on this event wall! We will also be hosting random giveaways for those that attend the event!
**Date/time may change, but we will inform you when/if it does.**
Het Sims team heeft weer naar ons geluisterd en de walktrough video’s van de Sims 2 zijn nu weer terug voor de uitbreiding van de Sims 3. In deze video’s worden delen van de game uitgelegd zoals hieronder voor de Sims 3 levensweg is gebeurt.
1: Age Stages, Day Care, Boarding School, & Imaginary Friends
The Best Years of Their Lives
Do you love your awkward teen Sims soooooo much? Or wish that your little Sims didn’t grow up so fast? Well, now you can have your wish. From the Options menu, you can adjust your Sim’s overall lifespan, which will in turn lengthen (or decrease!) each of their life stages. Or you can simply adjust an individual life stage. And don’t worry—if you decide that you’ve given them too much of a good thing, you can always return to the default settings.
Tip: To get the most gameplay throughout your Sim’s lifespan, try increasing the length of the Child and Teen life stages.
A Lesson in Boarding Schools
Packing young Sims off to boarding school is one cool new option in The Sims 3 Generations. Going away to school is a great way to enrich a child’s life and ensure that they grow up well. But it doesn’t come free—parents must pay for the privilege of prestigious schooling. However, if parents are willing to part with their Simoleons—and their children—their young scholars will gain advantages in different skills and develop certain traits, depending on the school selected.
To enrol their offspring in a boarding school, Sims can log onto the computer or pick up the phone. Don’t worry—children and teens boarding at school won’t lose touch entirely. They will occasionally call home to chat with the family.
Sims continue to age while they are away at school. When they reach the end of a life stage, Sim students get their final marks and, if they wish to remain in school, they can re-enrol. If the student is ready to return to the fold, they can come home with new skills and traits that reflect their time at school. When a boarding school student reaches the end of their teen years, they receive their final marks, and return home for graduation.
Minding the Little Ones
Taking care of children is rewarding and important, but for working parents finding the right person to take on the day care responsibilities is essential. Nurturing and Family-Oriented Sims are well suited to the role and will enjoy a career in day care, minding their towns’ little bundles of joy.
Every weekday morning, several toddlers are dropped off at the home of a day care professional and stay until later in the evening when their parents return to pick them up. Child minders should make sure their homes are equipped to handle several children by keeping plenty of toys on hand. The happier the kids, the happier the parents, and the better the chance that they will tip the day care provider. The better the day care specialist, the more kids (and Simoleons!) they’ll end up with, including school age children who will arrive for after school care.
Tip: Make sure that school kids finish their homework to get the best rating.
Keep in mind that taking care of little ones isn’t always a walk in the park. Day care specialists can expect to cope with a variety of crises, such as emergency weekend day care, not to mention the dreaded “problem child.” So remember to use any unlocked socials and rewards to help keep kids in line—and don’t be afraid to bring in some extra help.
The Very Best of Friends
Some lucky—and imaginative—Sims get a head start in finding a best friend. For them, their best friends seem to have always been there, for as long as they can remember—and, well, that may be because they always have been!
Some newborns receive special toys in the mail. When one of these children becomes a toddler, they can play with, sing to, and name their toy, building a strong relationship with this special friend. As the young Sim grows, their special friend grows along with them and has the change of developing the ability to turn into a life-sized imaginary friend—but only its owner can see and interact with it.
However, imaginary friends can be turned real through Opportunities or by creating the Imaginary Friend Metamorphium potion with the chemistry set. Sims must have a good relationship with their imaginary friends to make them real, so be sure to be nice to them.
JE BENT VAN HARTE UITGENODIGD VOOR DE SIMSATIONELE KONINKLIJKE BRUILOFT VAN KATE & WILL
Heb je het niet tot de gastenlijst van de bruiloft van de eeuw geschopt, maar ben je wel benieuwd wat je allemaal moet missen? Bekijk de nieuwste Simtastische parodie op de bruiloft van prins William en Kate Middleton, waar reikhalzend naar uit wordt gekeken. Met een speciaal optreden van de koningin, prins Harry (die kleine tiran) en al je andere favoriete koninklijke figuren! Zorg dat je exclusief toegang krijgt tot de voorbereidingen op de bruiloft van deze verliefde Sims, kijk hoe de ringen worden uitgewisseld en bekijk de eerste zoen van de twee tortelduifjes.
De games uit de De Sims-reeks worden de afgelopen 10 jaar al gebruikt om met een knipoog commentaar te leveren op de popcultuur en allerlei actualiteiten. En nu kunnen spelers aan de hand van De Sims 3, De Sims 3 Wereldavonturen, De Sims 3 Ambities, De Sims 3 Na Middernacht en binnenkort ook De Sims 3 Levensweg nog grotere en betere verhalen vertellen.
*Het parodiefilmpje is gecreëerd met behulp van De Sims 3, De Sims 3 Wereldavonturen, De Sims 3 Luxe Accessoires, De Sims 3 Ambities, De Sims 3 Supersnelle Accessoires, De Sims 3 Na Middernacht, De Sims 3 Buitenleven, De Sims 3 Levensweg en De Sims 3 Store.
Sims Nieuws is zo slim geweest het desktop icoon van de Sims 3 Levensweg op te slaan. Zo weten we dus nu al het desktop icoon.
Sunset Valley Times was zo slim om op de preview in Londen in de opties te gaan snuffelen. Ze kwamen daar onderstaand scherm tegen. Wat dus betekent dat je voor elke leeftijds-categorie een eigen levensduur kunt instellen in de Sims 3 Levensweg (of misschien de komende update). 
Een aantal fansites hebben de kans gekregen om de Sims 3 Levensweg al te mogen spelen. Een overzicht van hun previews van de Sims 3 levensweg vind je hieronder.
- Simcookie (Frans) | Google Vertaling
- Simexchange (Duits) | Google Vertaling
- Simway (Duits) | Google Vertaling
- Simfans (Duits) | Google Vertaling
- Sims Nieuws
- Sunset Valley Times
- Duckeggpie (Engels) | Google Vertaling
Meer updates/previews volgen in de komende paar uur
