The Sims Medieval

The Sims Medieval is an upcoming stand alone game in The Sims series. The Sims Medieval was officially confirmed on August 3rd, 2010 though it had been rumored before that. The game will run on The Sims 3 engine and will be a spin-off similar to the way in which The Sims Stories games were a spin-off of The Sims 2.

"The Sims Medieval offers a new way for players to experience The Sims which we hope fans will enjoy, and it features gameplay that fans of strategy and role-playing games will find appealing such as controlling an entire kingdom and quest-based gameplay mechanics."

Main storyline
The storyline of the game is to build a successful kingdom, by fulfilling your 'Kingdom Ambition', which you choose at the start of the game.You play as a knight, monarch, scribe, priest, aristocrat, physician, and many more as your job awaits. When you accept a quest (which are required to fulfil your kingdom ambition), you will choose which hero Sim you want to use. When your hero Sims do the quests they will level up, imbuing this game with an RPG-style feel.

Your Sims have various jobs, and each job has it's own duties that you have to fulfil daily. Otherwise you will be fired from your job. Your Sim can not only be fired but also humiliated by other Sims throwing tomatoes or eggs at them. Other then that your Sim will have to pay a fine, or even enter in the "Pit of Judgement" for execution.

In addition to completing quests and doing their job, hero Sims can also marry and raise a family. Your Sims' spouce and children will be NPCs (much like in games such as Harvest Moon or Fable III). Ageing is the mostly the same as The Sims; babies will grow into children, but children will not grow any older. However, a child can grow up to an adult in order to take their father/mother's place if they die.

Sims
In The Sims Medieval there will be two different types of Sims: Village Sims and Hero Sims. You will spend most of the time controlling Hero Sims.

Village Sims

 * Hangman
 * Knave
 * Harlequin
 * Children

Hero Sims

 * Physician
 * Bard / Bardin
 * Merchants
 * Cleric
 * Monarch
 * Priest (Peteran and Jacoban)
 * Knight
 * Blacksmith
 * Spy
 * Wizard / Sorceress

Features

 * Duelling
 * Kingdom Points, used to expand the Kingdom
 * Quests
 * Levelling Up
 * Kingdom Ambitions

Videos
Video:The Sims Medieval Trailer|the official The Sims Medieval Trailer

Video:The Sims Medieval - EA Gamescom|The Sims Medieval demo

Video:Gamespot Interview with Rachel Bernstein (The Sims Medieval)|Gamespot Interview

Video:The Sims Townhall 2010: The Sims Medieval PART 1|The Sims Townhall Walkthrough