EA could have recycled some of its older ideas to great effect for The Sims Medieval. I've felt that EA has done such a good job at its expansions for Sims 2 and especially Sims 3 that P&N feels like it was developed with the absolute minimum amount of effort. I'm disappointed in EA, but I concede that my bias may be colored by the classic games. I appreciate EA giving context to repetitive actions-it's to help casual players jump into the Sims universe because the classic games sort of force you to invent your fun and goals-but a single new quest line doesn't justify the cost. The problem is that you're doing the same actions: talk to this guy, go to this location, buy this new object and use it, read the fiction as to why, repeat. There is a new quest line, which will take you a couple dozen hours to get through, and it's a relatively good story to give you some reason behind your actions. Nothing added in P&N actually changes or adds to gameplay at all. It feels less like an expansion pack, and more like a fan-made mod that has high-quality textures and above-average writing. We've also got a new treasure hunting mechanic if you're really bored. The bullet points read like a standard expansion for any of the classic Sims games: new traits, new clothes, new objects, and new social interactions. Unfortunately, the same can't be said of the first expansion, Pirates & Nobles. It was an evolution of one of my favorite games of all time.

Despite being based on the Sims 3 engine, it was a reinvented Sims experience: you were no longer managing personal needs and taking care of a family, but living in a small kingdom and completing quests. Less than six months ago, Electronic Arts released The Sims Medieval.

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