Once we’d increased our martial arts skills and conquered our first Chinese tomb, we headed back to Sunset Valley on our expired visa, but were soon hopping aboard a plane again, this time to the French adventure area. France seems like a more laid-back, residential area where instead of kicking, people use their feet to stomp grapes. We decided to try our hand, and feet, at the art of making bottled “nectar” by visiting the local vintner shop, which has dozens of bottles of the stuff on racks for you to peruse, taste, and purchase, and achieve a minor mood boost because “nectar” is so “sugary” (wink wink), but also has a merchant who will happily sell you a portable nectar-making still to bring home with you, as well as different bottles of different vintages, and various types of grapes. We also decided to use the picturesque French countryside to launch our sim’s new photography hobby by purchasing a store-bought camera and snapping a few shots from the new first-person interface. Each location will actually have a number of set-pieces that you can capture to rack up special achievements and unlock awards–the easiest include snapping photos of people and landmarks, but there will be some very challenging hidden photo opportunities scattered throughout the world.

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