Characters are much better visually than the potato-looking Sims in The Sims 3, and some items and scenery in-game are genuinely beautiful. The Sims Medieval managed a brilliant blend of more realistic Sims graphics mixed with the typical Sims cartoonish look for the Sims and the world. Related: New The Sims Theory May Have Solved Its Biggest Mystery With the Sims' needs trimmed down to just hunger and energy, it meant more time to focus on gameplay rather than need management. Each Hero Sim played a different role meaning there were multiple ways to complete a quest depending on which the player chose.

What made The Sims Medieval fun and different was the unique gameplay that was more story-focused than other Sims titles. These include the Physician, the Kingdom's doctor who can create potions and cures as well as collect herbs and leaches, the Blacksmith who crafts weapons and armor, and the Spy, the crown's secret agents who craft poisons and torture people - yes, actually torture other Sims without mods. Some Hero Sims have professions that involve mini-games to complete their daily responsibilities. They can go on hunts and fight in duels, and even when they aren't the Sims being directly controlled often still play some role in the active quest. The Monarch is the King or Queen and is involved in many of the quests. The first Hero Sim players will create is the Monarch, the ruler of the Kingdom. These professions offer individual gameplay styles and ways to complete the quests. In The Sims Medieval, the player controls ten Hero Sims, each with a different profession in the Kingdom.

To do so, the player will use Hero Sims to complete quests and build up different Kingdoms.

Players are the Watcher, a godlike figure who has returned to aid the Sims of this world. When first opening The Sims Medieval, players are treated to Patrick Stewart narrating their role in this beautiful fantasy land.

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