Electronic Arts and Maxis have just released the promised free demo of The Sims 4. This demo lets you create a sim, and can be downloaded right now from Origin. With this demo, players will experience the powerful Create A Sim and directly manipulate their Sims with tactile precision to create the most unique and detailed Sims yet, and share their Sims on the Gallery or Facebook.
Furthermore, when The Sims 4 launches in September 2014, you will be able to download your creations from the Gallery directly into the game.
As always, this demo requires Origin, meaning that you'll have to install EA's program in order to enjoy it.
Also, EA and Maxis have revealed the minimum PC requirements for the latest part in the 'The Sims' series, The Sims 4. According to EA's FAQ, PC gamers will need at least 9 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games, an Internet Connection for product activation, a dual-core processor and a DX9.0c GPU.
Here are the game's minimum PC requirements:
-REQUIRED: Internet connection required for product activation.
-OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
-PROCESSOR: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent) MEMORY: At least 2 GB RAM
-HARD DRIVE: At least 9 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
-DVD-ROM: DVD ROM drive required for installation only
-VIDEO CARD: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
-SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
-DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0c compatible
-INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
To add up, Electronic Arts and Maxis have released a new video for the latest part of the 'The Sims' series, featuring over 15 minutes of gameplay footage.
Watch video below:
As Maxis' Rachel claimed:
"We are currently rolling out an early trial experience and invitations are going out very soon to a limited number of fans to help us test it. After that, you'll all get your hands on it and see firsthand the depth, personality and emotion that are part of your new Sims."
The Sims 4 is coming to the PC on September 2nd. The game will lack two features that were present in previous The Sims titles: pools and toddlers.
"The fact is, we owe you a clearer explanation for why pools and toddlers will not be in The Sims 4 at launch, so here goes. It begins with new technology and systems that we built for this new base game for The Sims - a new AI system, new animation system, new audio positioning tools, new locomotion logic, new routing intelligence and much more are all entirely new in this game. The vision for The Sims 4 is a new experience that brings your Sims to life in deeper and uniquely personal ways - through emotions, personality traits, behaviors and interactions. To do that, our technology base needed a major upgrade."
The Sims 4 is a life simulation game developed by Electronic Arts which was announced back in May 6, 2013. The developers revealed a trailer in which we can see the great creative tools they added which let you customize your character more than ever before!
