Each destination offers common elements like lifetime happiness points, which can eventually lead Sims to zero cost rewards and shorter sleep times plus more unique properties like inappropriate behavior without consequences and “stone hearted” emotion deletion.
Players can expect similar experiences in the three Sims 3 World Adventures areas as in real life. Egypt also has snake charming, pyramids, tombs, and secret chambers and pathways. China offers fireworks, Terracotta soldiers, gardens, peaceful settings, fortune cookies, and an appealing oriental style. The martial arts gameplay including sparring and great take home training items like a training dummy, special books, and a board breaker. France offers great food, cafes, medieval culture, scooters, and mysteries to solve.
The high content and replay value make this expansion worth the price. Loading times can slow down the action, so make sure your computer is prepared (check minimum requirements). Future updates will help smooth some existing issues but planning play and thoughtful management skills can eliminate minor frustrations.
This game features a great Simlish song soundtrack featuring real musicians, including Nelly Furtado, LeAnn Rimes, and Fefe Dobson, plus Sims sing songs at home that they learn on vacation. Register the game to get the Explorer’s Loot item group plus 1,000 SimPoints ($10 worth) for use at The Sims 3 Store.
The new The Sims 3 Create a World Tool – BETA allows new environment creation or modification of the base Sims 3 communities of Sunset Valley and Riverview. This tool also lets players combine objects and items from The Sims 3 World Adventures.
Requires The Sims 3 or The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition on PC/Mac to play.
The Sims 3: World Adventures is rated T (Teen) by the ESRB for crude humor, sexual themes, and violence. This game can also be found currently on Mac, as well as iPhone and iPod touch in early 2010. 
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Article comments
1 - Chip R
Gotta get this one. Hope I have enough $ left. :-) Thanks for the review