The only notable thing missing from The Sims Medieval is the ability to buy property and construct buildings from scratch.

You can romance other Sims, get married, have kids, run around causing trouble in the kingdom, and even die. With all that said, you can still take your time completing quests, leaving you plenty of options to do whatever you want, like in previous Sims titles. The quests also enabled a bit of story to form, which helped defined my characters beyond their traits and flaws. I really enjoyed this set-up as it gave me a satisfying amount of direction while still providing me with plenty of choices to make. You can pick and choose which quests to undertake, how you will approach them, and which Hero Sims will be involved. You satisfy the ambitions by completing a number of specific, smaller quests. The ambitions are broad over-arching goals that range from simply building up your kingdom to seizing power in all neighboring territories. One of the coolest new features that really makes The Sims Medieval stand apart from its predecessors is the use of quests and kingdom ambitions. Evil Sims will stop and laugh maniacally at random times, Unkept Sims will pass gass frequently and laugh after doing so, and Sims with Weak Constitutions will vomit all over the place.

Some of them are pretty funny and keep the game amusing in unexpected ways. The traits and flaws don't always introduce a new layer of challenge, though. The other flaws that don't have anything to do with eating or sleeping are much easier to manage. While this certainly adds to the challenge, it can get pretty tiresome. Sims affected by Gluttony are seemingly always hungry, and have to eat at least twice as much as Sims without this flaw. In addition to their looks, Hero Sims each have two traits and one fatal flaw, which have a big impact on how they behave in the world, and how much of a pain they'll be for you to control. Each Hero Sim can be quickly selected using pre-set parameters or created from scratch in the character creator. Even though this might seem limiting, my Sims play style has always been to focus on one Sim at a time, so I didn't really feel that constrained by this element. Rather, you have a set of 'Hero Sims' with very specific jobs that can only be controlled if they're directly involved in the active quest. In The Sims Medieval, you don't have the ability to take control of any Sim in the world, which is a big change from previous Sims titles. How did we review The Sims Medieval? Head over to Nicole Tanner's blog for a breakdown of which Hero Sims were used, how long we played the game, and more. The goofy sense of humor, Simlish, character creation, and home decorating are all here as well, but that's just about where the similarities end. Thankfully, this means you no longer have to make sure your Sims are having fun or using the bathroom. They have basic needs that must be met, though The Sims Medieval has slimmed down this aspect to only two needs, hunger and energy. Just like any other Sims game, The Sims Medieval has you controlling people during their everyday lives.

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