" Night Life? That must be the Vamps then!
Remember the Zombies of University? Welcome the new character of TS2, the Vampire! Tim introduced us to Count Alex, a Grand Vampire. I got the impression that these guys were a challenge to handle. You can´t just go into Create A Sim and make a vampire ( although you can dress a Sim up in the red and black cloak in preparation). Vampires are generated after building up a relationship with an existing Vamp and being bitten. Nasty business! There is a fix though. You can hunt down the Gypsy Matchmaker and have her change you back to human again if you wish, but you will be missing out on some great benefits.
The crypt looked like a great place to sleep, and had the added bonus of scaring the underwear off any unsuspecting Sim that chose, or was dared by others, to lift the lid and take a peek inside! Also, Vamps motives do not decay at night ( unlike their toes?) and I loved the added detail that we have come to expect from EA, in that Vampires do not cast any reflection in the mirrors! Tim showed us how Vamps can ´stalk´ around ( a great animation with the cape pulled half way up above the face) but given that Count Alex just got out of the crypt, he was wearing his underwear, which kinda took the edge off it! Oh, and they can of course change into a bat and fly ( nice and quick way to move around the house without having to go around all the furniture).
The down side to being a Vampire of course is daylight, and leaving your Vamp Sim out in it will cause them to slowly burn up ( a fantastic animation that many people will be inflicting on innocent Sims for their own enjoyment no doubt).
Tim explained that although Vampires didn´t really play a part in the dating and socializing game that Downtown was designed for, there are many storytellers and movie makers working with horror content, so they wanted to provide them with the tools and sets they needed. This is in much the same way the band items were added to University ( there were many people crying out for tools to make music videos)."
J´ai juste traduit le debut pour le moment:
" Souvenez vous des zombies d´Academie, voici les nouveaux personnages de ts2, les vampires.
Les vampires doivent etre un vrai challenge a controler.
Vous ne pouvez pas allez dans " creer un sims" pour creer un vampire(bien que vous pouver mettre la cape noire et rouge), vous devez creer une relation avec l´un d´eux et etre mordu par l´un d´eux.
Vous pouvez demander au " gipsy matchmaker" de vous redonner votre forme humaine si vous voulez(pas sur).
Voila, j´essayerai de traduire la suite demain.
