The Sims 3: Generations

The Sims 3: Generations (commonly referred to as GEN) is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims 3. An official trailer was leaked on March 11, 2011. Features shown in the trailer include tree houses, on-the-ground water slides, spiral staircases, mid-life crisis, family videos and pranks. On April 5, 2011, EA confirmed the rumors with a press release. The game was released on May 31, 2011. It contains elements of The Sims 2: Celebration Stuff, The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff, The Sims: House Party, The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff, and The Sims 2: University.

Each life phase has a theme. For children, imagination and make-believe are key themes. For teens, rebellious, chaotic scenes such as parties and pranks are an addition. As a young adult and adult, the focus is on their relationships with others, from getting married to having children of their own. Elders get to enjoy their time reminiscing about the golden years and the joys of watching their grandchildren grow up. There are also now 5 schools (including Military school, Prep School and Art School) for Children and Teenagers to go to.

Description
Enjoy a whole spectrum of rich life experiences with your Sims! Start off in the imagination-fuelled world of childhood and embrace the drama of the teen years. Experience the complicated realities of adult life, then reap the benefits of growing up in each life stage. A wealth of new options and activities makes your Sims’ lives more meaningful than ever before, whatever their ages. With new celebrations, dramatic life events, and all-new ways for your Sims to express their creativity, The Sims 3 Generations lets your Sims live life to the fullest!

Features

 * New CAS features: Body hair. and catalog expansion pack and individual age sliders. Walking Canes for elders.
 * New traits:
 * Rebellious: Sims with a rebellious streak can make trouble pulling off various pranks, like doorbell ditching, adding hair dye to their sibling's shampoo, making the toilet explode and so on.
 * Nurturing: Sims with the nurturing trait will be great at taking care of kids and can punish naughty Sims by giving them timeouts, banning video games, and grounding them.
 * New Lifetime Rewards: New rewards can be purchased with lifetime achievement points such as:
 * Clean Slate: enables the Sim to completely erase their reputation and start over (note that this resets all information about their current relationship bringing the days involved with a partner to zero).
 * Hover Bed: a floating double bed for the Sim which gives them an additional +10 moodlet.
 * Above Reproach: A reward which means that PDA's are not given as much attention by other sims in public.
 * Inheritance: A reward which gives the Sim a once off sum of money from a long lost relative, which the Sim has no relationship of and his/her demise coincides with the bought wish.
 * Super Nanny: A reward which is a benefit for those pursuing the new Day Care profession.
 * Young Again: A reward which gives the player a Young Again Potion (can also be made at the Chemistry station).
 * Mobile Motive: A 50's style van which your sim can mark as their preferred vehicle and which fills up all of their motives in one trip.
 * Clone Voucher: A coupon that is worth one genetic duplicate of the Sim who cashes it in but the new Sim is created as a child.
 * Age Freeze: A reward which gives the player's Sim a potion that cannot be made from the Chemistry station that freezes the Sim's biological clock and prevents further aging unless forced upon by the player (Birthday Cake).
 * New parties: School Dances, Prom Night for teens, high school graduation, teen house parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties (with the return of entertainers), new wedding ceremonies, and slumber parties.
 * Field trips for children and teens. (A dialog box appears asking for parental permission.)
 * New Profession: Day care
 * New creature: Imaginary Friend
 * Boarding School: Sims can send their children and teens to 1 of 5 specialist boarding schools such as military school, sports academy, art school, hippie school or a posh prep.
 * WooHoo in new places: the shower and tree house.
 * New memory system: Return of memories tracked in a scrapbook (and online) and a feature to make memories. Along with general milestone memories, Sims can record their betrayals. Sims with a reputation of any kind can also view their reputation on these pages.
 * New Rabbit Hole: Tree House
 * Dating returns to the game.
 * Teen Sims can now be taught to drive by their parents in the Blu Van.
 * New After School Activities: Children can either attend ballet classes or join the Boy/Girl Scouts. Teenagers can join up to two High School clubs including the sports team, drama club, debate team, school band, student newspaper, and more.
 * Adults can experience a mid-life crisis.
 * Mr. Mysterious Gnome can age and have a "gnome family".http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/377902.page (There is no female counterpart so every new gnome is reproduced asexually.)
 * Chemistry: Sims can make potions, the more logic skill the Sim has, the more kinds of potion the Sim can make.
 * Cloning: Young adult, Adult, and Elder Sims can buy a cloning coupon, this coupon is redeemed at the science facility and when is redeemed the Sim will get a cloned child. This child is identical to the parent.
 * Children can take part in an Afterschool Class.

Leakage
Users from blog forums leaked the trailer made by EA and was also leaked on Twitter and the official The Sims 3 page on Facebook. Some people thought it was fake. The trailer was leaked along with a trailer for an unconfirmed expansion pack, "Unleashed". No further info was given about the two expansion packs.

Images
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Trailers & videos
Video:The Sims 3 Generations: Official Announce Trailer|Official Announcement

Video:The Sims 3 Generations - Official Trailer|Leaked Trailer

Video:The Sims 3: Generations - Royal Trailer (Mac, PC)|Royal Wedding Parody Trailer

Video:The Sims 3 Generations Producer's Walk Through|Producer's Walkthrough

Video:The wolfpack is back -- a parody from The Sims 3|The wolfpack is back -- a parody from The Sims 3

Video:The Sims 3 Generations Launch Trailer|Launch Trailer

Music
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