Sims 3 Nieuws picked up a new article written by Prima Games which asks what neighborhood do you prefer more: Sunset Valley or Riverview? Personally, I dig the quiet town of Riverview…because IMO nothing beats a peaceful small town 😉
The locations of collectibles like butterflies, beetles, and gems are also completely different. If you’ve already exhausted the discovery of rare collectibles in Sunset Valley – how many rainbow gems do you have? – then move into Riverview and start the grand hunt all over again. Just make sure you give your Sims a day or two for collectibles to appear in Riverview before searching them out. After a few days (which you can easily fill by starting a career, meeting Riverview citizens, and developing a skill or two), then start scouring the town to find the goodies. Prima is publishing the location of all of the collectibles in the upcoming The Sims 3: Neighborhood Resource & Map Pack.
As for the above mentioned “The Sims 3: Neighborhood Resource & Map Pack”….This is strange…I don’t recall Prima ever releasing another guide on a released game before…Either that or it’s a PDF file. I dunno, I just hope it’ll be cheap (or free) so I can pick it up!