The Sims 3 - What’s new anyway? Blackgarden was one of the attendees for the UK Sims 3 event, and she has posted an update on her blog of some more details regarding the game.* Head on over there to read what she says! Getting a job has been made much easier. You simply move out to the map view by clicking the map view button (or using the shortcut which I think was either ctrl+M or just M), and locate the building you want to work in. They’re shown on the map view with the symbol for the career, so they’re easy to locate. The career tracks are: Criminal, military, political, medical, athletic, culinary, science, law enforcement, music And there are also part-time jobs, which you can have from teen through to elder, even as adults or young adults (a great choice for busy parents! Bookstore clerk, grocery store clerk, spa receptionist, spa specialist, grave digger Socialising has also been updated. As you talk to another Sim, some information about them and what they think of you appears in the upper left. If they have any relationship to you (husband, brother-in-law, ex-husband), it’ll show this in the top left corner too. As you perform interactions with them it’ll give you an idea of what they thought of that interaction. If your Sim, Sim B, flirts with someone who has no interest in them, Sim A, a message might appear like “Sim A thinks Sim B is being weird”. If you tell them a joke, you might be “being amusing”… if you flirt and they are interested you might be “being flirty”, or even “being irresistible”, depending on their relationship level and level of attraction to you. There are loads of great new interactions which convey more subtle ranges of emotion than the interactions in The Sims 2. For example, if your Sim has been flirting with another Sim for a while, they can “confess attraction” to tell them how they feel about them. Then if that goes well, maybe you’d want to ask if they’d like to “go steady”. This is no longer an option just for teens, adults can go steady too now. Follow this link to read more!
