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Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'
As part of the 25th anniversary of The Sims, the New York Times spoke to the original game's lead designer Will Wright, who ...
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The Sims design mastermind Will Wright says the first Sims ever made were "too good" at staying alive and needed to be stupider for the game to be fun
According to The Sims mastermind Will Wright, the original life sim had to be dumbed down as Sims' autonomy was simply "too good" to be enjoyable. Speaking in a recent interview with The New York ...
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For 25 Years, The Sims Has Delivered Amusement, Distraction, and a Sense of Security
The groundbreaking video game is marking its 25 th birthday this year. A quarter century is a long time for any consumer ...
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How The Sims' endless customization fostered one of gaming's most diverse player communities
Created by one of the industry's few auteur game-designers, Will Wright, The Sims 1 was released on the cusp of the millennium and changed the video game landscape forever. The game harks back to ...
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The Sims creator's first game in over 10 years is an AI life sim that uses your real memories: "The more I can make a game about you, the more you'll like it"
Watch out, The Sims 4 - series mastermind Will Wright is back with a brand-new game over a decade after his last, and while it's also a life sim, it seems nothing like its predecessors.
The Sims at 25: How a virtual dollhouse took over the world
The Sims was never supposed to be a hit. Back in the 1990s, when creator Will Wright pitched the game to his bosses, they ...