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*New [[Life state|creature]]: [[SimBot]] <ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref> A SimBot is created by Sims with a high Inventing skill with an opportunity. As well as Inventing SimBots, players can purchase them with 40,000 Lifetime Happiness points.<ref name="Interview with Grant">[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=Internal&from=de&to=en&a=http%3a%2f%2fsimfans.de%2fspecials%2fhands-on-sims3-traumkarrieren%2f Interview with Grant Rodiek, EA Associate Producer von Die Sims 3 Traumkarrieren]</ref>
*New [[Life state|creature]]: [[SimBot]] <ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref> A SimBot is created by Sims with a high Inventing skill with an opportunity. As well as Inventing SimBots, players can purchase them with 40,000 Lifetime Happiness points.<ref name="Interview with Grant">[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=Internal&from=de&to=en&a=http%3a%2f%2fsimfans.de%2fspecials%2fhands-on-sims3-traumkarrieren%2f Interview with Grant Rodiek, EA Associate Producer von Die Sims 3 Traumkarrieren]</ref>
*New mode: [[Renovation Mode]] is a variation of Build and Buy Modes and used by the architect to remodel for clients<ref name="ep2_blog_mar30">[http://www.thesims3.com/ep2_blog_mar30 The Sims 3 Ambitions blog - Changing Your Sims' Neighborhood, One Job at a Time]</ref>
*New mode: [[Renovation Mode]] is a variation of Build and Buy Modes and used by the architect to remodel for clients<ref name="ep2_blog_mar30">[http://www.thesims3.com/ep2_blog_mar30 The Sims 3 Ambitions blog - Changing Your Sims' Neighborhood, One Job at a Time]</ref>
*New [[Build mode]] abilities: modify the pitch of individual [[roof]] sections and add multistory [[column]]s.<ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref>
*New [[Build mode]] abilities: modify the pitch of individual [[roof]] sections and add multistory [[column]]s.<ref name="First Details"/>
*New [[CAS]] clothes and hairstyles for female and male sims.
*New [[CAS]] clothes and hairstyles for female and male sims.
*3 new [[skill]]s:
*3 new [[skill]]s:
**[[Sculpting]]: Sims can create sculptures out of ice, metal, clay and wood with another Sim posing for them<ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref> (Previously seen in ''The Sims: Bustin' Out'').
**[[Sculpting]]: Sims can create sculptures out of ice, metal, clay and wood with another Sim posing for them<ref name="First Details"/> (Previously seen in ''The Sims: Bustin' Out'').
**[[Inventing]]: There seems to be a wide variety of inventions. Servos are back as SimBots, along with a [[time machine]]. Sims get scraps for inventions from junkyards, a new type of lot, or by blowing things up, or simply just buying scrap.<ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref>
**[[Inventing]]: There seems to be a wide variety of inventions. Servos are back as SimBots, along with a [[time machine]]. Sims get scraps for inventions from junkyards, a new type of lot, or by blowing things up, or simply just buying scrap.<ref name="First Details"/>
**[[Tattooing]]: Players are taken to the tattoo editor where they can choose tattoos with up to five layers, modify their colors, change the size, modify the opacity, and select where to place it: upper, lower, or full back, neck, ankle, chest, stomach, wrist, shoulder, bicep, or forearm.<ref name="ep2_blog_mar30">[http://www.thesims3.com/ep2_blog_mar30 The Sims 3 Ambitions blog - Changing Your Sims' Neighborhood, One Job at a Time]</ref> (Previously seen in ''The Urbz: Sims in the City and The Sims 2'' for PS2/Xbox and Gamecube). Tattooing is a [[Secret skills|hidden skill]].
**[[Tattooing]]: Players are taken to the tattoo editor where they can choose tattoos with up to five layers, modify their colors, change the size, modify the opacity, and select where to place it: upper, lower, or full back, neck, ankle, chest, stomach, wrist, shoulder, bicep, or forearm.<ref name="ep2_blog_mar30"/> (Previously seen in ''The Urbz: Sims in the City and The Sims 2'' for PS2/Xbox and Gamecube). Tattooing is a [[Secret skills|hidden skill]].
* Careers & professions
* Careers & professions
**5 new [[profession]]s: [[Architectural Designer]], [[Firefighter]], [[Ghost Hunter]], [[Investigator]], and [[Stylist]].
**5 new [[profession]]s: [[Architectural Designer]], [[Firefighter]], [[Ghost Hunter]], [[Investigator]], and [[Stylist]].
** New career track, [[Education#The Sims 3|education]]<ref name="Interview with Grant">[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=Internal&from=de&to=en&a=http%3a%2f%2fsimfans.de%2fspecials%2fhands-on-sims3-traumkarrieren%2f Interview with Grant Rodiek, EA Associate Producer von Die Sims 3 Traumkarrieren]</ref> and new features added to the existing [[Medicine#Ambitions career expansion|medicine]] career track
** New career track, [[Education#The Sims 3|education]]<ref name="Interview with Grant"/> and new features added to the existing [[Medicine#Ambitions career expansion|medicine]] career track
** Sims can become self-employed by going to the city hall after gaining one skill point in a [[skill career]].
** Sims can become self-employed by going to the city hall after gaining one skill point in a [[skill career]].
** Control Sim’s actions and interactions while they’re on the job. According to a member of ''The Sims 3'' staff, Sims will even be able to manage their careers to an extent while the player is not controlling them. "Every career has responsibilities and its own active jobs. Each active job will require [the player's] full attention, but there are still options that allow [the player's] Sim to progress and level up while not controlling them."<ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/178785.page What happens to Sims in workable careers you aren't controlling?]</ref>
** Control Sim’s actions and interactions while they’re on the job. According to a member of ''The Sims 3'' staff, Sims will even be able to manage their careers to an extent while the player is not controlling them. "Every career has responsibilities and its own active jobs. Each active job will require [the player's] full attention, but there are still options that allow [the player's] Sim to progress and level up while not controlling them."<ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/178785.page What happens to Sims in workable careers you aren't controlling?]</ref>
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* New [[Lifetime reward]]s:
* New [[Lifetime reward]]s:
**Fireproof your home,
**Fireproof your home,
**Career cash booster<ref name="Heroic">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6259991&mode=previews The Sims 3: Ambitions Updated Q&A - Heroic Careers]</ref>,
**Career cash booster,<ref name="Heroic"/>
**Artisan crafter (boosts value of invented/sculpted items) <ref name="Creative Careers">[http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6257284&mode=previews The Sims 3: Ambitions Q&A - Creative Careers]</ref>
**Artisan crafter (boosts value of invented/sculpted items) <ref name="Creative Careers"/>
**Professional Simolean Booster
**Professional Simolean Booster
** Efficient Inventor
** Efficient Inventor
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*Child sims can run [[Bake Sale|bake sales]] to make money.<ref>[http://simoperations.com/2010/03/04/ea-gamespress-grant-rodiek-talks-about-the-sims-3-ambitions/ EA Gamespress – Grant Rodiek talks about The Sims 3: Ambitions]</ref>
*Child sims can run [[Bake Sale|bake sales]] to make money.<ref>[http://simoperations.com/2010/03/04/ea-gamespress-grant-rodiek-talks-about-the-sims-3-ambitions/ EA Gamespress – Grant Rodiek talks about The Sims 3: Ambitions]</ref>
*New objects: [[The Woo Woo 4000|fire engine vehicle]], personal fire extinguisher,<ref name="ep2_blog_apr23">[http://www.thesims3.com/ambitionsblog2 The Sims Ambitions blog - Anybody Can Be a Hero ... or Something Along Those Lines]</ref> detonation packs, [[tattoo chair]],<ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref> lockpicking kit,<ref name="Heroic">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6259991&mode=previews The Sims 3: Ambitions Updated Q&A - Heroic Careers]</ref> [[trampoline]] and [[Gnubb]] set.
*New objects: [[The Woo Woo 4000|fire engine vehicle]], personal fire extinguisher,<ref name="ep2_blog_apr23">[http://www.thesims3.com/ambitionsblog2 The Sims Ambitions blog - Anybody Can Be a Hero ... or Something Along Those Lines]</ref> detonation packs, [[tattoo chair]],<ref name="First Details"/> lockpicking kit,<ref name="Heroic"/> [[trampoline]] and [[Gnubb]] set.
*Collect scrap from the junkyard, and broken objects for inventing<ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref>
*Collect scrap from the junkyard, and broken objects for inventing<ref name="First Details"/>
*New [[upgrade]]s<ref name="ep2_blog_apr23">[http://www.thesims3.com/ambitionsblog2 The Sims Ambitions blog - Anybody Can Be a Hero ... or Something Along Those Lines]</ref>
*New [[upgrade]]s<ref name="ep2_blog_apr23"/>
*Six new [[Trait (The Sims 3)|trait]]s: [[Savvy Sculptor]], [[Eccentric]], [[Dramatic]], [[Eco-Friendly]],<ref>[http://www.nowgamer.com/features/636/ambitious-sims-3-ambitions-interview?o=0 Now Gamer - Ambitious: Sims 3 Ambitions Interview]</ref> [[Perceptive]],<ref name="Heroic">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6259991&mode=previews The Sims 3: Ambitions Updated Q&A - Heroic Careers]</ref> and [[Born Salesman|Born Salesman/Saleswoman]].<ref name="Interview with Grant">[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=Internal&from=de&to=en&a=http%3a%2f%2fsimfans.de%2fspecials%2fhands-on-sims3-traumkarrieren%2f Interview with Grant Rodiek, EA Associate Producer von Die Sims 3 Traumkarrieren]</ref>
*Six new [[Trait (The Sims 3)|trait]]s: [[Savvy Sculptor]], [[Eccentric]], [[Dramatic]], [[Eco-Friendly]],<ref>[http://www.nowgamer.com/features/636/ambitious-sims-3-ambitions-interview?o=0 Now Gamer - Ambitious: Sims 3 Ambitions Interview]</ref> [[Perceptive]],<ref name="Heroic"/> and [[Born Salesman|Born Salesman/Saleswoman]].<ref name="Interview with Grant"/>
*Addition of the consignment shop as a place for Sims to sell their own items (collectibles, sculptures, etc.)<ref name="Revealed">[http://www.gaminglives.com/2010/03/08/sims-3-ambitions-revealed/ Sims 3: Ambitions – Revealed]</ref>
*Addition of the consignment shop as a place for Sims to sell their own items (collectibles, sculptures, etc.)<ref name="Revealed">[http://www.gaminglives.com/2010/03/08/sims-3-ambitions-revealed/ Sims 3: Ambitions – Revealed]</ref>
*Ability to register at [[City Hall]] to be self employed in a "Skill Career" for the following skills: writing, painting, sculpting, inventing, photography, nectar making, gardening and fishing.<ref name="Revealed">http://www.gaminglives.com/2010/03/08/sims-3-ambitions-revealed/ Sims 3: Ambitions – Revealed]</ref>
*Ability to register at [[City Hall]] to be self-employed in a "Skill Career" for the following skills: writing, painting, sculpting, inventing, photography, nectar making, gardening and fishing.<ref name="Revealed"/>
* Overhauled [[investments|real-estate]] system that lets the player purchase and upgrade any community lot building.<ref name="Revealed">[http://www.gaminglives.com/2010/03/08/sims-3-ambitions-revealed/ Sims 3: Ambitions – Revealed]</ref>
* Overhauled [[investments|real-estate]] system that lets the player purchase and upgrade any community lot building.<ref name="Revealed"/>
* New [[laundry]] system. It gives Sims a good moodlet. There are washers and dryers available including one dryer that has a special "surprise."<ref name="Exclusive">[http://www.melty.fr/les-sims-3-ambitions-entretien-exclusif-actu32482.html The Sims 3 Ambitions: exclusive interview with the game's producer, Grant Rodiek] ([http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.melty.fr%2Fles-sims-3-ambitions-entretien-exclusif-actu32482.html English Translation])</ref>
* New [[laundry]] system. It gives Sims a good moodlet. There are washers and dryers available including one dryer that has a special "surprise."<ref name="Exclusive"/>
* New Death: [[death by meteor]].<ref name="User Tidus">[http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/14909562-post100.html User Tidus on UK Sims forums]</ref><ref name="Ambitions Hands-on">[http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/108/1088155p1.html The Sims 3: Ambitions Hands-on]</ref>
* New Death: [[death by meteor]].<ref name="Ambitions Hands-on"/><ref name="User Tidus">[http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/14909562-post100.html User Tidus on UK Sims forums]</ref>
* New vehicle type: [[Motorcycle]]
* New vehicle type: [[Motorcycle]]
* Messages that appear on the right side of the screen are more organized.
* Messages that appear on the right side of the screen are more organized.
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Video:The Sims 3 Ambitions Trailer|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Trailer
Video:The Sims 3 Ambitions Trailer|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Trailer
Video:The Sims 3 PC Games Trailer - Iron Man Parody|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Iron Man Parody
Video:The Sims 3 PC Games Trailer - Iron Man Parody|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Iron Man Parody
Video:The Sims™ 3 Ambitions - GameSpot Gameplay|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Gamespot Demo
Video:The Sims™ 3 Ambitions - GameSpot Gameplay|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' GameSpot Demo
Video:Interview with Grant on The Sims 3 Ambitions|Interview with Grant on ''The Sims 3: Ambitions''
Video:Interview with Grant on The Sims 3 Ambitions|Interview with Grant on ''The Sims 3: Ambitions''
Video:De Sims 3 Ambities E3 2010 Demo - Gamespot|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' E3 2010 Demo - Gamespot
Video:De Sims 3 Ambities E3 2010 Demo - Gamespot|''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' E3 2010 Demo - GameSpot
Video:Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - The Sims 3|Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (''The Sims 3: Ambitions'')
Video:Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - The Sims 3|Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (''The Sims 3: Ambitions'')
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*While ''Ambitions'' contains elements from ''[[Open for Business]], ''it is not possible for the player to run their own business in the same style. <ref name="First Details">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details]</ref>
*While ''Ambitions'' contains elements from ''[[Open for Business]], ''it is not possible for the player to run their own business in the same style.<ref name="First Details"/>
*Existing careers, except the [[Medical]] career, are not enhanced and their career buildings remain [[rabbit hole]]s.<ref>[http://beefjack.com/blog/game-blog/news/most-existing-careers-will-not-be-expanded-in-the-sims-3-ambitions/ Most Existing Careers Will Not be Expanded]</ref>
*Existing careers, except the [[Medical]] career, are not enhanced and their career buildings remain [[rabbit hole]]s.<ref>[http://beefjack.com/blog/game-blog/news/most-existing-careers-will-not-be-expanded-in-the-sims-3-ambitions/ Most Existing Careers Will Not be Expanded]</ref>
*The town seen in the first video trailer is [[Riverview]], and the town seen in the second trailer (Iron Man parody) is the new town of [[Twinbrook]].
*The town seen in the first video trailer is [[Riverview]], and the town seen in the second trailer (Iron Man parody) is the new town of [[Twinbrook]].
*EA have announced that Rise Against, Lady Antebellum, Charice and more have their songs recorded in Simlish featured in game. [http://www.thesims3.com/community/news.html?selMonth=4&selYear=2010#1705657904]
*EA have announced that Rise Against, Lady Antebellum, Charice and more have their songs recorded in Simlish featured in game. [http://www.thesims3.com/community/news.html?selMonth=4&selYear=2010#1705657904]
*''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Commemorative/Collector's Edition also features a premium 48-page hard-backed 10th Anniversary book, wall poster, sketch book, ‘Build your own Plumbob’, and a digital asset card. It may only be available in Europe[http://www.simprograms.com/ea-germany-announces-the-sims-3-ambitions-collectors-edition/] and Asia.[http://www.simprograms.com/ea-singapore-save-big-on-the-sims-3-commemorative-edition/]. The 10th Anniversary book is also available with other games.[http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-french-the-sims-3-anniversary-edition-breakdown/]
*''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' Commemorative/Collector's Edition also features a premium 48-page hard-backed 10th Anniversary book, wall poster, sketch book, ‘Build your own Plumbob’, and a digital asset card. It may only be available in Europe <ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/ea-germany-announces-the-sims-3-ambitions-collectors-edition/]</ref> and Asia.<ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/ea-singapore-save-big-on-the-sims-3-commemorative-edition/]</ref> The 10th Anniversary book is also available with other games.<ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-french-the-sims-3-anniversary-edition-breakdown/]</ref>
*On May 27 ''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' [[Wikipedia:Software release life cycle#Release candidate|went gold]].<ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/205259.page;jsessionid=5D58BCE74D4BE3F216D32B2F84CC45D8.015060 US PRE-ORDER SHIP DATE CONFIRMED]</ref> The following day fans started to receive their copies early.
*On May 27 ''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' [[Wikipedia:Software release life cycle#Release candidate|went gold]].<ref>[http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/205259.page;jsessionid=5D58BCE74D4BE3F216D32B2F84CC45D8.015060 US PRE-ORDER SHIP DATE CONFIRMED]</ref> The following day fans started to receive their copies early.
*''Ambitions'' is included in [[The Sims 3 Deluxe|''The Sims 3 Deluxe ''along]] with the base game.
*''Ambitions'' is included in [[The Sims 3 Deluxe|''The Sims 3 Deluxe ''along]] with the base game.
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Developer(s) The Sims Studio
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Series The Sims series
Engine The Sims 3 Engine
Version 4.10.1
Platform(s) Windows, macOS
Release date(s) NA June 1, 2010
EU June 4, 2010
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Ratings ESRB: Teen
PEGI: 12
System requirements Minimum Hardware Requirements on TheSims3.com
Themes Hobbies and Professions
Creature SimBot
Neighborhood Twinbrook
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The Sims 3: Ambitions is the second expansion pack for The Sims 3 released on June 1, 2010. It allows players to become "fearless heroes and ace entrepreneurs". In other words, it's a career oriented expansion pack, a spiritual remake of The Sims 2: Open for Business, but with added activities. Ambitions also appears to be somewhat related to The Sims 2: FreeTime.

EA Games confirmed Ambitions on March 4, 2010.[2]

The Sims 3: Ambitions is also available for feature phones, iPhone and iPod touch.[3] There are new features such as babies and being able to fully edit your home.

A free patch for The Sims 3 was released on May 28, 2010. It introduced tattoos and other updates to the base game.[4] The new Create a Pattern tool is a free download just like the Create a World tool, and was released on June 23, 2010.[5]

Description

Imagine a world where you can make your Sim anything they want to be. Widen your Sim's horizons with a bunch of killer career opportunities. With The Sims 3: Ambitions, decide whether your Sim will be the brave town hero, cause loads of mischief among their neighbors, or give some style advice. Make your Sim save the day as a brave firefighter, change your town as a leading architect, or live on the edge as a tattoo artist. Will your Sim find success as a billionaire high-tech inventor or eke out a living as a bumbling mad scientist? Will they uncover secrets as a private investigator by dusting for prints or roughing up a suspect for information? Will they walk the runways as a fashion diva with exhilarating and swanky style? Their future is entirely in your hands!

Game Summary

The Sims 3: Ambitions allows players to pursue a variety of exciting paths and careers in their Sims’ lives that in turn affect their overall gameplay experience and neighborhood. While on the job, the player has direct control over their Sims’ work and can choose how to spend their days. Players can opt to make house calls and save lives as a doctor or choose the devious route and test experimental medicine on patients. Be the heroic firefighter tackling raging infernos or smashing everything in sight at the victim’s home with an axe; take a shot at solving cases as an investigator, nicely convincing sources to divulge secrets or roughing up perpetrators in a dark alley to get information.

Players can now experience some of the most exciting and varied jobs. In The Sims 3: Ambitions, players can choose to hunt down vengeful spirits as the ghost hunter, invent brilliant and potentially destructive gadgets as an inventor, craft glorious masterpieces as a sculptor, and solve riveting cases by any means necessary as an investigator with dozens of cases to solve and numerous clues to find. Additionally, players will be able to change the look and feel of their town by becoming an architect and directly affecting the neighborhood around them leveraging Build and Buy mode. The stylist career and new tattoo system allow players to make over their Sim neighbors in fashionable or catastrophic ways. For the first time, players will be in charge of how their Sims’ career progresses and decide if they will work for good or evil, pursue creative endeavors or technical affairs, climb to the top quickly, or be a slacker. The future of a Sims’ success or failure is entirely in the hands of the player.

Features

  • New town: Twinbrook[6]
  • New creature: SimBot [7] A SimBot is created by Sims with a high Inventing skill with an opportunity. As well as Inventing SimBots, players can purchase them with 40,000 Lifetime Happiness points.[8]
  • New mode: Renovation Mode is a variation of Build and Buy Modes and used by the architect to remodel for clients[9]
  • New Build mode abilities: modify the pitch of individual roof sections and add multistory columns.[7]
  • New CAS clothes and hairstyles for female and male sims.
  • 3 new skills:
    • Sculpting: Sims can create sculptures out of ice, metal, clay and wood with another Sim posing for them[7] (Previously seen in The Sims: Bustin' Out).
    • Inventing: There seems to be a wide variety of inventions. Servos are back as SimBots, along with a time machine. Sims get scraps for inventions from junkyards, a new type of lot, or by blowing things up, or simply just buying scrap.[7]
    • Tattooing: Players are taken to the tattoo editor where they can choose tattoos with up to five layers, modify their colors, change the size, modify the opacity, and select where to place it: upper, lower, or full back, neck, ankle, chest, stomach, wrist, shoulder, bicep, or forearm.[9] (Previously seen in The Urbz: Sims in the City and The Sims 2 for PS2/Xbox and Gamecube). Tattooing is a hidden skill.
  • Careers & professions
    • 5 new professions: Architectural Designer, Firefighter, Ghost Hunter, Investigator, and Stylist.
    • New career track, education[8] and new features added to the existing medicine career track
    • Sims can become self-employed by going to the city hall after gaining one skill point in a skill career.
    • Control Sim’s actions and interactions while they’re on the job. According to a member of The Sims 3 staff, Sims will even be able to manage their careers to an extent while the player is not controlling them. "Every career has responsibilities and its own active jobs. Each active job will require [the player's] full attention, but there are still options that allow [the player's] Sim to progress and level up while not controlling them."[10]
    • On-the-job choices now change the town and affect other Sims as well. Players modify the town’s structure as an architect or set neighborhood fashions as a stylist.
  • New lifetime wishes:
    • Home Design Hotshot (Earn 100 top scores for jobs in the Architectural Design profession)
    • Descendant of da Vinci (master painting, sculpting and inventing)
    • Fashion Phenomenon (Reach level 10 in the Stylist profession)[11]
    • Firefighter Super Hero (Save 30 lives on the job)
    • Paranormal Profiteer (Reach level 10 in the Ghost Hunter profession)
    • Pervasive Private Eye (Solve 35 cases on the job)
    • Monster Maker (Create 3 Monsters)[12]
  • New Lifetime rewards:
    • Fireproof your home,
    • Career cash booster,[12]
    • Artisan crafter (boosts value of invented/sculpted items) [11]
    • Professional Simolean Booster
    • Efficient Inventor
    • Entrepreneurial Mindset, Suave Seller
    • Fireproof Homestead
    • My Best Friend

Leaked images

In May 2010, leaked images of Ambitions surfaced, allegedly through a Russian journalist breaching disclosure policies. These images were distributed more widely by the Brazilian fan website, O Sim BR.net.[19] The legal ramifications of republishing these images is currently unknown. The images show a clear overhead view of Twinbrook, confirming it as the town in the second trailer (Iron Man parody). They also show an explosion at a junkyard, the inside of a salon, a secret agent in 'disguise', a Sim at a drafting board, several new hair styles, applying tattoos, a clothes line, and a new motorbike.

Gallery

  • Original cover

    Original cover

  • Sculptor

    Sculptor

  • Firefighter

    Firefighter

  • Firefighter on duty.

    Firefighter on duty.

  • Inventor

    Inventor

  • Ghosthunter

    Ghosthunter

  • Ghosthunting

    Ghosthunting

  • Inventing

    Inventing

  • Stylist

    Stylist

  • Tattoo Artist

    Tattoo Artist

  • Architect

    Architect

  • Doctor

    Doctor

  • Private investigator

    Private investigator

  • Firefighting

    Firefighting

  • Colored SimBot

    Colored SimBot

  • Junkyard lot

    Junkyard lot

  • An Inventor running away from an explosion.

    An Inventor running away from an explosion.

  • A Meteor impact!

    A Meteor impact!

  • A dubious doctor administers therapy.

    A dubious doctor administers therapy.

  • Flame-themed tattoo parlour.

    Flame-themed tattoo parlour.

  • A Ghosthunter

    A Ghosthunter

  • An inventor and a SimBot.

    An inventor and a SimBot.

  • Th new Mysterious Gnomes From The Sims 3 Ambitions.

    Th new Mysterious Gnomes From The Sims 3 Ambitions.

  • Changing A Sim's Look In The Stylist Career.

    Changing A Sim's Look In The Stylist Career.

  • An inventor is inventing something.

    An inventor is inventing something.

  • Firefighters in a burning house.

    Firefighters in a burning house.

  • Private Investigator Stake-Out.

    Private Investigator Stake-Out.

  • A SimBot smashing objects.

    A SimBot smashing objects.

  • A sim riding a motorbike.

    A sim riding a motorbike.

  • A doctor administering a vaccine.

    A doctor administering a vaccine.

  • The firemen are on the case!

    The firemen are on the case!

  • Little baker

    Little baker

Trivia

  • While Ambitions contains elements from Open for Business, it is not possible for the player to run their own business in the same style.[7]
  • Existing careers, except the Medical career, are not enhanced and their career buildings remain rabbit holes.[20]
  • The town seen in the first video trailer is Riverview, and the town seen in the second trailer (Iron Man parody) is the new town of Twinbrook.
  • EA have announced that Rise Against, Lady Antebellum, Charice and more have their songs recorded in Simlish featured in game. [4]
  • The Sims 3: Ambitions Commemorative/Collector's Edition also features a premium 48-page hard-backed 10th Anniversary book, wall poster, sketch book, ‘Build your own Plumbob’, and a digital asset card. It may only be available in Europe [21] and Asia.[22] The 10th Anniversary book is also available with other games.[23]
  • On May 27 The Sims 3: Ambitions went gold.[24] The following day fans started to receive their copies early.
  • Ambitions is included in The Sims 3 Deluxe along with the base game.
  • If The Sims 3: Seasons is installed, Aliens can summon meteors.

Advanced Cheats

  • DiscoTags on / off

The icons that are shown on the map are shown in numerous colors.

  • AlwaysAllowBuyBuild true / false

To buy and build modes Purchase / Construction in all situations, freely. For example, during a fire and burglar.

  • PlaceFriezes on / off

Allows use of foundation on top tile floors.

External links

References

  1. ↑ The European release date is alternately given as June 2, 2010 and June 4, 2010
  2. ↑ The next Expansion Pack has been announced!
  3. ↑ EA announces featured songs in The Sims 3 Ambitions expansion pack
  4. ↑ Official announcement detailing contents of game update for 1.12/2.7/3.3
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Sims 3: Ambitions Hands-on
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Sims 3 Ambitions: exclusive interview with the game's producer, Grant Rodiek (English Translation)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Interview with Grant Rodiek, EA Associate Producer von Die Sims 3 Traumkarrieren
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Sims 3 Ambitions blog - Changing Your Sims' Neighborhood, One Job at a Time
  10. ↑ What happens to Sims in workable careers you aren't controlling?
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Sims 3: Ambitions Q&A - Creative Careers
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 The Sims 3: Ambitions Updated Q&A - Heroic Careers
  13. ↑ EA Gamespress – Grant Rodiek talks about The Sims 3: Ambitions
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Sims Ambitions blog - Anybody Can Be a Hero ... or Something Along Those Lines
  15. ↑ Now Gamer - Ambitious: Sims 3 Ambitions Interview
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Sims 3: Ambitions – Revealed
  17. ↑ User Tidus on UK Sims forums
  18. ↑ The Sims 3: Ambitions preview
  19. ↑ Imagens do The Sims 3 Ambições Vazam [ATUALIZADO]
  20. ↑ Most Existing Careers Will Not be Expanded
  21. ↑ [1]
  22. ↑ [2]
  23. ↑ [3]
  24. ↑ US PRE-ORDER SHIP DATE CONFIRMED
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