The Sims 3: Into the Future

The Sims 3: Into the Future is the eleventh and final expansion pack for The Sims 3 series from Electronic Arts and was released on October 22, 2013 in North America.[3] It is available for both Windows and OS X. In Europe, it was released on October 24, 2013 and in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2013.[4]

The Sims 3: Into The Future
Developer(s)EA Salt Lake
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
SeriesThe Sims
Platform(s)OS X, Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: October 22, 2013[1]
  • EU: October 24, 2013
  • UK: October 25, 2013[2]
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The expansion is futuristic-themed. Upon installation, players may be visited by a time-traveler called Emit Relevart (which is "Time Traveler" backwards) in their home neighborhood, who gives their Sims access to a time machine. Using this portal, Sims can travel to the future, into a new sub-neighborhood called "Oasis Landing", a futuristic town built amongst mountainous wastelands.[5]

Plumbots (similar to SimBots and Servos in The Sims 2) are a major addition to the expansion. They can be built and fully customized with the new "Create-A-Bot" mode, and players can create various trait chips that determines their personality, use, and gameplay. Hoverboards, jetpacks, monorails, and hovercars are introduced to the game as new transportation options. New careers include astronomers and bot dealers. New objects include holographic TVs, a food synthesizer, build-a-bot workshops, and the laser rhythm-a-con, a new instrument.[6]

Sims are also able to visit their future descendants during time travel, and can change or eliminate these descendants altogether if the player sends the sim back to the present and changes their lifestyle or fate.[7]

Development

On January 8, 2013, it was revealed on the live broadcast that Electronic Arts planned to release a futuristic-themed expansion pack which was still in the early stages of development.[8]

Reception

The expansion received many favorable reviews.

References
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  4. "The Sims 3 goes back ... back to the future". Engadget. July 23, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. "Sims 3 Into the Future Fact Sheet + Official Screens". SimsVIP. July 23, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  6. "The Sims 3 Community Blog: Let's go...INTO THE FUTURE!!". thesims3.com. Electronic Arts. July 30, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
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  8. "EA Reveals The Sims 3 Line-Up for 2013 Including New Expansion and Stuff Packs". Electronic Arts. January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
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  11. Nicholas Tan (October 25, 2013). "The Sims 3 Into the Future Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
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  13. Zoe Hawkins (November 18, 2013). "The Sims 3: Into the Future review – Fire up the DeLorean". Criticalhit.net. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
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