{"id":57502,"date":"2013-08-20T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=57502"},"modified":"2013-08-20T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T16:20:26","slug":"the-sims-4-first-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/57502-the-sims-4-first-details","title":{"rendered":"The Sims 4: first details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sims 4 was shown off for the first time at EA&#8217;s Gamescom 2013 presentation, with executive producer on the Sims 4, Rachel Franklin walking us through an overview of the game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGxRdjnYz7U?rel=0\" height=\"366\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Sims 4 will focus on emotion-based gameplay, and the interactions between the Sims.<\/p>\n<p>Actions that Sims perform will be based on emotional states. Sim interactions will remain persistent in the game, and previous interactions will modify options further down the line.<\/p>\n<p>According to Franklin, an emphasis will be placed on the story-telling of the relationships between the Sims. For example, objects in the house will affect the mood and possible interactions of the Sims.<\/p>\n<p>New creative tools include the ability to push\/pull house room designs; and now players can pick up fully decorated rooms and move them to a new location, mitigating the hassle of re-designs.<\/p>\n<p>The Sims themselves can also be moulded through an intuitive interface &#8211; more like working with a clay model than moving sliders, as in previous Sims games.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ny--Xm1skgU?rel=0\" height=\"366\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Gamescom 2013 news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57492-gta-5-cars-showcased.html\">GTA 5 cars showcased<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/57482-xbox-one-launch-games-listed.html\">Xbox One launch games listed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/57486-call-of-duty-ghosts-xbox-one-dedicated-servers-confirmed.html\">Call of Duty Ghosts Xbox One dedicated servers confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57180-gamescom-2013-the-publishers-biggest-games.html\">Gamescom 2013: the publishers\u2019 biggest games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first details of the next in Maxis and EA&#8217;s life simulator series, The Sims 4 have been revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":53576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[813,10919,9870],"class_list":["post-57502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-electronic-arts","tag-gamescom-2013","tag-sims-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57511,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57502\/revisions\/57511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}