If you were expecting EA's newest Sims game – The Sims Medieval-- to be just a re-skinning of The Sims 3 set in ancient times, you're in for a surprise. Taking the Sims out of the modern world ...

For anyone who's never seen the point of a Sims game, Medieval is a beautifully structured, slyly compelling way to sample the series' gentle humour and quirky characters, and lord it over a gang ...

Medieval has a modified version of The Sims 3's trait system that lets you choose two personality traits (from a list of 21) and a fatal flaw (from a different list of 21) to add to your character.