Lifetime can be adjusted by the player advancing through several stages: baby, infant, child, teenager, youngster, adult, and elder: you can die of old age or due to causes such as hunger, fire, drowning.Reward system governed by the Sim's score.The previous desire and fear system is replaced with a new method in which desires expire after a certain amount of time.Redesigned humor system: new modes (positive, neutral, and negative) that appear when we satisfy the needs of our avatars.We also have to mention the following list of features of this new episode: More new features of The Sims 3īut that's not all the updates and improvements of this third installment regarding previous versions. This will help them to live autonomously, growing, getting married, getting a job. Now, you can explore the entire map without intermediate loading processes, as well as allowing the rest of the Sims that aren't controlled by the player to continue their lives thanks to the Story Progression option. Even larger mapĪnother new noteworthy feature can be found in the game's map, which was expanded to bring it closer to a sandbox game of the likes of Grand Theft Auto. However, the system isn't as advanced as the tool available in The Sims 4, which even allows us to choose traits of our personality. Hairstyles can also be defined depending on the clothes. In turn, we've also got more chances to choose between different clothing items, with more clothes to define our Sim's style without needing to purchase them from any store because they're always available. The level of detail of the physical traits was greatly improved, expanding the options for men and women, depending on the sex and age of the characters. Sims creation systemĪs the precursor to the current Create a Sim tool to generate avatars, this system meant a giant quality leap regarding what we had seen to date. This game is the next step in the evolution of the series, offering us new possibilities when it comes to developing our avatars in the virtual world posed, incorporating two main updates. all these titles are part of this series, as well as this The Sims 3, considered as the third installment that appeared back in 2009. The Sims Online, The Sims 2, The Sims in the City, Castaway, Stories, Medieval. Ever since the first installment was released in the year 2000, it has sold over 100 million units. The Sims is probably the most successful social simulation saga in video gaming history.