Spies can poison other Sims, or steal for the kingdom.Wizards can enchant or fight using their spells, which are learned from a large spellbook and include motions which must be memorized.Their title changes between Lord/Lady, King/Queen and Emperor/Empress depending on the number of territories they have annexed. They can engage in duels, marry important NPCs, and issue proclamations or edicts. Monarchs will control the kingdom and be able to deal with neighboring kingdoms diplomatically.Players are able to control several types of 'heroes', or professions, each with different abilities and responsibilities. Each Sim has two normal traits and one fatal flaw, which can be turned into a positive trait through a quest, unlike The Sims 3, where there are five main traits depending on the age group. Much like The Sims, the characters in the game do not progress through life stages: although Sims are still able to procreate, the resulting children only age to adulthood if one of their hero parents die, in which case they take their place. Hero Sims can put their children to work gathering resources for them. The one exception is if a Hero Sim dies in the course of a quest, in which case a player can choose to have a child grow up and inherit their role. Aging is mostly the same as The Sims babies grow into children, but children don't grow any older. A Sim's spouse and children are NPCs (although the player can decide to marry two created Hero Sims). In addition to completing quests and doing their job, Hero Sims can also marry and raise a family. This system of levelling up is similar to the professions in The Sims 3: Ambitions. Leveling up unlocks profession crafts or actions, imbuing the game with an RPG-style feel. After earning some experience points, the hero will level up.
Some of the actions in the game, including completing quests, give the Hero Sim experience points. Doing so will raise their focus, their in-game mood, which has a major involvement in the way the Sim performs many interactions, as well as in the quest performance itself. How the Hero Sim is doing in the quest can be seen in the quest performance meter.īesides the quest and quest performance, players' Sims have various jobs, and each job has its own duties (called responsibilities) that they will be given to fulfill daily (two per day). However, it is also important to excel at the quest so better rewards are given. Quests Ī player's main goal is to complete the quest by following the indicated quest-related actions. Players may also reach "Quest Failed" screens if they do not complete a predefined goal in a predetermined amount of time. Players earn ratings at the end of the game depending on their performance. Listed dangers included low focus on quests, plague, peasant revolts, wildlife, poisons, duels, and more. In an interview with GameSpot, senior producer Rachel Bernstein stated that the game will be more dangerous for Sims, with death and failure a possibility during the game's quests. During quests other non-controlled Sims (even the Heroes created by the player) live in the kingdom, and will continue their life while the quest is going on, like in the story progression feature in The Sims 3. When the quest is completed, another quest must be selected and another choice of Hero Sim(s) must be made. With the quest and the Hero Sim(s) selected, the game un-pauses and the player is able to control the chosen Hero Sim(s) during the quest. For example, players are able to customize the aesthetics and layout of building interiors, but unable to alter the basic structure and shape of buildings. The character creation, simulation, and architectural aspects are significantly reduced and altered to enforce a sharper focus on role-playing-style gameplay.
With the game stopped, the player has to choose a quest (quests are required to fulfill said kingdom ambition), and then choose which hero Sim they want to use.Ī player can create Hero Sims to control, each one having a profession ( monarch, knight, merchant, etc.). The major difference in the gameplay is that the game is quest-driven.
Once an ambition has been completed, the play will unlock new ambitions for future playthroughs as well as unlocking freeplay for that specific kingdom.
The storyline of the game is to build a successful kingdom by fulfilling the player's "Kingdom Ambition," which the player chooses at the start of the game. The Sims Medieval is a life-simulation game with action-adventure elements.
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