The Sims 3 World Adventures October 28-30th ‘Hands-On’ MEGA-POST!

11 November 2009

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It’s going to be crazy during the end of October and the beginning of November as a number of events (Reading UK hands-on event on Oct. 28, EA Play Christmas Showcase on Oct. 29 and EA Redwood Shores on Oct. 29-30) are being held worldwide promoting The Sims 3 World Adventures! Select fansites have be given the chance to spend some time with the game during these events, and it’s my job to keep track of all of these sites to direct you to so you can keep up-to-date on the latest previews, articles, videos and images about the first expansion pack!

So please, take a minute of your time to catch the latest updates below! Make sure you check back often, and hit ‘Read More’ to follow this whole post!

Fansites Attending the various World Adventures Events:

The Sims 3.com Official Site (SimPosium)
Sims 2 Center
ProSims
Holy Simoly
WallSims
EdenStyle.it
Sims 3 Nieuws
SimVIP
SterlingSims
Centrum Simów
Sims Fans
SimPlaza
SimOperations
Missing Studios

The Latest updates (hit read more to view their articles, images, videos, etc.)

11/11/09 at 10:05pm – Added link to SimPlaza’s article, also added many new images and 10 new gameplay videos!
11/10/09 at 8:10pm – Added link to Prosims writeup
11/10/09 at 8:09pm – Added link to Anjubee’s writeup
11/9/09 at 7:13pm – Added article from Holy Simoly
11/9/09 at 7:11pm – Added article from WallSims
11/8/09 at 7:56pm – Added Centrum Simow’s report to the articles section
11/8/09 at 7:54pm – Added a number of pictures from Sims 2 Center’s Facebook page
11/3/09 at 6:08am – Patrica’s report has been published at Sims 3 Nieuws, have a read!
11/2/09 at 9:05am – Added link to TSR’s Tomb Creation 101 preview
11/1/09 at 10:29pm – Link to TSR’s preview can be found in the Articles area
11/1/09 at 10:22pm – Added link to check out SimVIP’s images of the event
10/31/09 at 9:32pm – video from TSR showing off all Buy/Build Mode objects added
10/31/09 at 8:15pm – SimVIP video #3 added
10/31/09 at 8:01pm – Added link to article from Centrum Simow
10/31/09 at 7:57pm – Added CAS video for TSR (thanks SimGoodies)
10/31/09 at 9:13am – 3 China screens added from Murano’s blog at TSR
10/30/09 at 11:16pm – SimVIP video #4 added
10/30/09 at 10:43pm – More images added thanks to EdenStyle’s Facebook page
10/30/09 at 10:18pm – Added link to SimForum‘s Day #2 report
10/30/09 at 9:39pm – 22 pictures from SimPlaza have been added to the Images section
10/30/09 at 9:26pm – 3 pics added thanks to Patricia from Sims 3 Nieuws
10/30/09 at 9:23pm – More tweets added to articles from The Sims 3 Simposium twitter page
10/30/09 at 8:32pm – Images from Day #2 of The Sims 3 SimPosium event added from Facebook
10/30/09 at 9:42am – Added article from Missing Studios of their report
10/30/09 at 9:36am – Images of the Build-A-Basement Tool added to Images thanks to SimPlaza
10/30/09 at 9:33am – Added link to SimOperation’s Hands On Report #2
10/30/09 at 4:31am – Added images and article from SterlingSims of their Day 1 report
10/29/09 at 7:25pm – Info from EdenStyle’s FB page added to articles
10/29/09 at 7:21pm – EdenStyle has uploaded quite a few pictures to her facebook page, check them out!
10/29/09 at 7:08pm – More images courtesy of Centrum Simow’s Flickr
10/29/09 at 7:06pm – Many, many images added from the SimPosium Facebook page to the images section
10/29/09 at 6:54pm – Tweets from the SimPosium are now posted under articles
10/29/09 at 6:34pm – Two videos from SimVIP have been posted in the videos section
10/29/09 at 6:30pm – SimOperation’s Hands On Report #1 added to articles
10/29/09 at 6:29pm – Many, Many game images (and studio pics) are up at the SimPosium Flickr page
10/29/09 at 6:21pm – Added World Adventures information from SimForums!
10/29/09 at 7:45am – Added Twitter Widget & Flickr Photo Widget from SimOperations
10/29/09 at 5:29am – Added goodies bag picture from Sims 3 Nieuws!
10/29/09 at 5:20am – Added the live feed from SimPosium
10/28/09 at 9:31pm – Live EA stream announced thanks to SimWay, starts tomorrow, will add to site when its time!
10/28/09 at 9:25pm – Missing Studios “event details from Reading coming friday”
10/27/09 at 12:00pm – Post Created

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Articles & Previews

Are you tired of constantly just sitting at home watching television or playing Sims? Yes? Then we have just the thing for you. How about an adventure trip? The offer includes the following countries: China, France and Egypt. Pricing conditions and travel conditions, see the end of our prospectus, as well as comments from satisfied customers. Let us take you now in three different countries, we put together for you the best itinerary.

Read SimPlaza’s 9 page report

While I was playing my sim’s visa expired, but first I got three warnings: within a 24 hour, 12 hour and one hour before expiration. I was pleasantly surprised that it happened not that quickly: my sim was fishing at that very moment and I was worrying if I would be able to save the results of that fishing. But “The trip is over” appeared only when my sim put her fishing tackle away.

Since there was nothing to do in the hometown and the travel option was not active for a few days, I examined the Sunset Valley’s “rabbit holes” and found out that all of them are still closed from the player’s eyes. But don’t get upset! On adventure it is possible to see what goes on inside.
My next experiment was set on the exploration of Build and Buy modes. A new category of items appeared in the Build mode. It is called “Roof sculptures” and consists of all types of roof decorations: dragon’s head, dragon’s statue, and set of ridges.

Thanks to Grant Rodiek, I learnt a very useful cheat – buyDebug. With the help of it nothing seems to be impossible. Would you like to build a palace on the pile of ancient coins surrounded by French world-famous sights? Go ahead!

continue on reading the report at ProSims

Furthermore, all the information they released gradually had very little information on what I was most interested in as a builder … STUFF! I was starting to worry we weren’t going to get many new build tools and buy objects. I was quite relieved when I sat down at my computer station just to see all the new stuff that was added! In my excitement for my fellow builders, the very first thing I did in World Adventures wasn’t going on an adventure. Instead, I spent quite a bit of time taking screenshots of just all the new stuff and posting the images on facebook so everyone could see.

Anjubee’s World Adventures Preview from SIMposium

Well, I cannot wait for World Adventures to come out! This is absolutely the most eager I’ve been about any EP so far. Sometimes it’s hard to review something you’re really impressed with. You tend to skim off a bit of excitement as you don’t want to sound like it’s all hype. But oooh, I’m excited. Obviously it’s up to the individual, but I can’t imagine anyone not getting World Adventures. It certainly wasn’t a question on anyone’s lips at the Simposium. There is something special about this EP, irrespective of whether there were things we begged for more of, as we normally do. In scale and gameplay, in the superb graphics, it’s clear that a larger-than-normal effort has gone into World Adventures. It is more than worthy of being the first in line for The Sims 3. Besides, you get to be an adventurer! I’d bet my childhood stamp collection [if I can find it – mum has it] that everyone will want World Adventures sooner or later, if not already. The main reasons I think that, is because this EP offers what we already enjoyed in a previous EP, but then gives us a whole lot more on top of that. I feel that the added direction in RPG-style gameplay is too significant to bypass, even a couple EPs down the track. I also reckon it will be very hard sitting on the sidelines seeing what others create with World Adventures and not be tempted to join in. The creative boom that will occur in the community from the ability to create mini ‘games’ within lots will be integral, and huge fun. I think as a whole, this EP will be a process of sharing and discovery that’s too cool to miss out on in the overall life of The Sims 3. Considering the depth and scope of the collective tomb-building features and how they might be explored in an endless variety of lots, how they eventually might be themed in fresh ways through custom content and the new Create-A-World tool… the potential to be intrigued, entertained and surprised at what the community can come up with in World Adventures is massive. It’s something I look forward to almost as much as the EP itself. These reasons aside, [and by that I mean the ones that make World Adventures notably different to previous EPs] in the ways that it is similar, I should not overshadow the fact that it is definitely great fun with loads of impressive new objects and a very appealing theme.

Holy Simoly – Simposium writeup

I had the chance and the honor to go to the EA Games campus in Redwood City, CA to discover the new expansion pack: The Sims 3 World Adventures.

Sims can travel on new destinations inspired by famous real destinations in the whole world and seek new adventures. To travel the sims can make its reservation of voyage per telephone or computer. With each destination the sims learn 2 songs.

We also showed us during the two days of Simposium a new tool which will be to download soon: The Sims 3 Creator has World Tool. It is about a tool allowing to create its own world, currently there are only Sunset valley and Riverview where it is impossible to pose oneself a new ground as we want, or to make a complete restoration of the downtown area. Thanks to this tool it will be possible to create its own world, lots in way very detailed. For example: to create roads with intersections, with its own textures if it is wanted, the lava, the stones, the vegetation, the lakes where the sims can fish. To create immense lots until 64×64 square, on borders of mountain, to put monuments on residential lots, in short a creativity without almost any limit! On the other hand this tool is for an informed player, because rather difficult at the beginning.

WallSims shares their report on Simposium, with images and information!

Coming to the presentation ideal travel allowance, not quite know what to expect. Is another adaptation of “Vacation” from the first game or maybe something completely new. You could say that the ideal travel is a combination of both of these thoughts, as indeed in addition traveling to new places – like in the holidays and Travels – but we also have to complete a scenario. Game developers are not imposed arms of God we invented the implementation of their game plan! We have a free choice whether we want to play in the implementation of the mission or simply go sightseeing, and meet new Sims in one of three exceptional new surroundings. Players to give freedom of choice in the matter is I think the key to the success of this additive, because it has a chance to satisfaction of a larger community.

Read Centrum Simow’s full review (which is poorly translated thanks to Google)

Will body shop return?
Grant wasn’t really able to answer this question. As he tried to find a way out of this question it was clear to me there is more behind this idea. So keep your eyes and ears open people!

Will the ’sethour’ cheat return?
Sethour isn’t in The Sims 3 because there is already some sort of advanced time cheat going around. (Personally I’m not aware of cheats at all, I never cheat(!). But I would get a clear answer on this in a e-mail.)

What will happen to your Sims tomb stone if they die in a tomb or pyramid?
The stone will go Sunset Valley or Riverview, to a family member of even the graveyard. But if the Sim has no other relatives the tomb stone will stay at the place where he/she died. Grant wasn’t sure how long the tomb stone would stay in the tomb/pyramid though.

As I mentioned before I would get a e-mail with some more detailed and clear answers on some of the questions I asked. So if you read this Grant: get your EA bum behind the computer and send me some answers, pretty please.

Many more questions, facts and information all from Patrica’s time at the event – Sims 3 Nieuws

The game offers a variety of tools, unique objects, and updates to objects from The Sims 3 so that you can design deadly catacombs, beautiful burial mounds, and wondrous caves filled with treasures. Some of these tools include the new Basement Tool, the Special Items Buy Menu sort, and the Buy Menu Interactions.

To start from the bottom, basements let your Sims build up to four levels of underground rooms. Each basement level can span the entirety of the lot upon which they are built. By cleverly building basements and placing stairs, you can create an underground network that takes Sims through winding halls and dark descents.

Continue reading (basically the same info from EA’s past 101 Tomb Building tips)

As it turns out, I now see that you can’t really compare World Adventures to the earlier Vacation based EP’s as rest and relaxations is certainly not what Adventuring is about. I’m over that comparison now and I see World Adventures as more of a mini-game within the game, like the old, original role playing games seen on the PC. And that’s not a bad thing. You could totally loose yourself as an adventure. In fact, by collecting relics and treasure and building your skills as you go, it’s entirely possible (and tempting to me) for a Sim to make a career out of Adventuring!

So what about all those earlier previews of the game? I found it really strange that EA released so much information about this EP before the fan event. These get-togethers of players are usually the first source of juicy info about the games for our communities but this time was different, maybe due to Create A World, I never did quite get to the bottom of it. But as it makes it a bit harder for us to write fresh articles that aren’t full of things you already know, I’m going to try and focus on the smaller things about the game, and areas that haven’t yet been explored (excuse the pun) in such detail by the big gaming sites, but I will gloss over the big stuff for those of you that live in TSR land 🙂

Continue reading this preview at The Sims Resource!

Another presentation, concerned that what probably everyone waiting. Create World Tool. Tools to create quite a new area for the new generation of Sims. Create World Tool looks phenomenal! It is very easy to use and the possibilities are enormous! I am convinced that all fans of The Sims 3 will appreciate this application at first sight:). Like I wrote on Twitter, it will be available to download for FREE as early as December with the official site of The Sims 3;).

Centrum Simow Day Report

SimForum’s updates with much information!

Create-A-World Info

Adventure Journal info

Example Adventures

List of Locations

All in this thread at SimForums!

The main loading screen is a fade from orange to blue with the World Adventures logo in the middle and a plane flying around it. The new icons that pop up above the progress bar all relate to places you can take your sims for adventures. The theme tune remained the same as in the base game, but don’t forget that we were playing a near-complete version of the game. When you send your sims on an adventure via the ‘Travel’ option on the phone, depending on the location you chose you will hear a theme tune for each individual place along with a nice picture in the background – Which is pretty neat! When the destination loads, you are presented with a neat neighbourhood fly-by showing off the locations within and ending up right next to your sim at base camp.

Continue reading at Missing Studios

Can you describe the base camp? What is it like?

Pretty basic! In Egypt there are some tents, a male and female shower room and toilet and a kitchen area without a stove. In China there is a hostel style building with bedrooms, shared shower rooms, a kitchen with cooker and a lounge style area with bookcases.

What type of new cheats are there?

Didn’t see any interesting ones except: allowObjectsOnRoofs on/off which apparently lets you put things on your sim’s roofs. Didn’t get chance to try it though.

Could you expand on the loading screens?

The main game loading screen was on a gradient of blue to orange…very pretty. Between the home neighbourhoods and the destinations there were loading screens and they took about a minute to load each time (the PCs were core i7s with at least 3GB RAM and I would guess they had a pretty decent graphics card…they were PCs designed for gaming)

Many more questions answered at SimOperation’s hands-on with World Adventures Report #2!

It’s Thurs evening and I just got back from day one at the World Adventures event. I have to say that I think this may be one of the most fun Sims Eps ever! It is actually more like an adventure game within the sims3 with tombs and dungeons and traps and puzzles to solve. Not only that but content creators will, I am sure, be able to mod the interactive objects that comprise the puzzles and create their own mini adventure quests and games within the sims3. There are some lovely new plants, objects and fun interactions such as karate. Each country has different type of quests and hidden areas to discover. There are treasure chests, traps, hidden walls and stairs and 3 lovely neighborhoods!

China is lush and green with wonderful landscaping hills and valleys, France is very cute with a little countryside village and Egypt is mysterious and exotic.

Last January l was told EA was thinking about having a neighborhood creator as a free pack and now the beta is finally here as the “World Creator”. It will be released sometime in December to all sims3 players and will allow people to create and upload their own worlds to share and play.
Many more questions answered at SterlingSims Day 1 Report!

Thanks to “BuyDebug” cheat you can unlock a new Buy mode slot with many debug objects that
will let you to create tombs and enigmas.
In the debug slot yo can find tomb objects, collectibles spawners and decorative or special objects. In this way you can create amazing locations to explore using the same tools and items that developers use.

The cool thing is that you can also “program” those objects by clicking on them. In this way you can decide what is going to happen when a Sim use it.
Here are some example:
-When your Sim step on a special tile, a door will open
-You can put reward items in hidden rooms, like ancient coins. Ancient coins let you buy theme items from local merchants.
-A trap can be invisible and appear only when a Sim walk on it
-You can place a keystone panel on a wall. If your Sim has the key, he can enter the door.
The are different key shapes.
-You can put a treasure or many treasure in a treasure chest.

Gems, rocks, flowers, fishes and insect spawners are special items that you can place in your lots. You cannot see them in live mode, but they’ll make the game spawn the collectibles in the places where you put them.

I had a quick chat about World Adventures with producer Grant.
He said that they wanted to add something new to the expansion pack, and I really think that the did a great job, since they introduced a little bit of adventure strategy to a game like The Sims.
Adventures and quick or long, and at the end you can get some rewards. You can get them by reading the board in the base camp.
The game doesn’t have an “Adventurer” career, but you can have your Sim be an adventurer and earn a lot of money finding hidden treasures.
Mummies are the new creatures of the game. Not every sarcophagus contains a mummy, but some of them do… and some others also contain gems or other items.
Mummies are quite slow, but if they catch you… you are in a trouble, guy! A Sim can be cursed by a mummy… and if he doesn’t go to the Sphynx in 2 weeks and try to solve an enigma, he will die.
In Egypt you can catch the mummy fish and small crocodiles. The new EP adds more foods, recipes, vegetables and fishes to the game.
There are 3 new traits: Adventure, Disciplice and Photographer eye.
If you reach the top of Martial arts skill, you can meditate and teleport.

For the future, they will try to create expansion packs like this one, that introduces something totally new to the game. The have many ideas, but every time the add things that make sense with EP theme only, of course.

From EdenStyle’s Facebook Page

Tweets from The Sims 3 SimPosium Twitter

Below is a listing of all of the tweets during the event. Please check this often, as they will be constantly added!

Patricia: Can’t believe this was the last day. I will miss EA campus so much. Thanks for the great opportunity you guys/girls. 😀

Patricia: I don’t think the statue is free to buy. It’s the dried food, tents and everything you can buy. 🙂

Patricia: The rest will be posted by EA. By the way: If you put a croc in a fish bowl, it gets VERY small.

Patricia: Screenshot 3:

Patricia: Screenshot 2:

Patricia: Screenshot 1:

Patricia: You can buy a shower in a can, 2 tents, different kind of vase, dried food, etc.

Patricia: The shower in a can is hilarious by the way. Very funny to watch.

Patricia: No, you can’t look in the house a like tent. It looks very cute from the outside though.

Patricia: There are 2 kind of tents to buy. The first is the basic green one. Second is like a tiny cute house with 2 bedrooms.

Patricia: There are different stores. Like the nectar store, a store with survive items when you explore a tomb, and so on.

Patricia: I haven’t got a full answer to the advanced time cheat, yet. But it should work like Sethour.

Patricia: So far I only see 1 ‘ sleepy’ gnome in buy mode. Not sure how to get it in other lands, if that is possible.

But they will make a random pose. You don’t get to say how they have to pose for you.

So far I have seen 1 sort of camera, like a throw away one. And you can ask random sims do make a pose. They pose a few seconds.

Patricia: But she makes ugly photo’s because she’s bad at making them, hehe.

Patricia: My sim bought a camera in France and she’s taking pictures with it in Sunset Valley. Ugly ones if I’m being honest….

Patricia: I have also asked about sethour. But it’s not in it. Because there is a advanced time cheat, or something like that.

Patricia: Yes, I have bought a scooter in France. I’m riding on it in Sunset Valley now. It goes automatically in inventory to use.

From what I’ve seen you can create open stores in other vacation worlds. But in Sunset/Riverview you’ll need premade stores.

You can’t stay longer then your Visa allows you. When it’s time you get a message your vacation is over, you’re send back then.

Patricia: By the way, crocodiles probably can be caught at and beyond fish skill level 4. They are very cute!

Patricia: After visiting France, which is beautiful by the way, I can’t travel for 2 days. Give me some questions you want to know. 🙂

Asante: About to enter the “belly of the beast”… eh sphinx… http://twitpic.com/njvq3

Want to see more screenshots from World Adventures? Check out our SIMPOSIUMLive Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/y9mpxcv

Anjubee: Take this and that! Hiiiiya!

Sims are playing The Sims 3 World Adventures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ts3simposium/4058203635/

It’s a room full of Sims with Plumbobs on their heads 🙂

Our favorite Gnome takes on a few new looks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ts3simposium/4058875160/

Everyone’s got Plumbobs on their heads! No lie ;). We all got cool Plumbob headbands. We’re all Sims for Halloween :).

peacemaker_ic: there are actual stores. no rabbit holes.

peacemaker_ic: i think my favourite town is the french village. its just so neatly set out. the french market place is great

peacemaker_ic: so happy create a world is coming out in december. all creaters alike rejoice!

Wolfsim68: The new basement tool makes building basements a breeze

Wolfsim68: There’s lots of new objects & build items to play with!

Patricia: My sim just learned a song from a local, called: ‘The love of Xing Lo’

Patricia: 15 more minutes to play until we have to close the game. I don’t want to stop playing anymore!

Tweety: Check out new screens on my flickr account 😉 http://www.flickr.com/photos/centrumsimow/

Simvip:The arabian percursion in the Egypt soundtrack is amazing!

SterlingDT Playing with the world Creation tool!

Murano: The improved sky effects are breathtaking!

Laku: There are so many tombs and adventure in Egypt!

Tweety: I love the World Adventures Soundtrack! It’s amazing!

http://twitpic.com/nfv0r http://twitpic.com/nfv1n http://twitpic.com/nfv2h Lots of cool hairstyles

Anjubee: TONS of new objects in buy and build mode too! Definitely need to buy it just for all the new stuff!

Eden: the new Expansion pack and Create a World tool are AMAZING! You can also create your own adventures!

Patricia: Responding to a job ad at the base camp already gives 10 Visa points.

Stores in other lands aren’t rabbit holes. Stores in Sunset/Riverview are still the same. 🙁

Patricia: You don’t have to explore a tombe to gain relics. You can also buy a vase from the local store and fine some in it.

Patricia: In China, when you feel like visiting the city, you’ll have a bike to ride to the city. Or any other place you want to visit.

Patricia: There are also fortune cookies you can bake in China. And you can create your own fortune text!

Patricia: Did you know you can travel between 3 and 12 days? Of course the length depends on your visa level.

Patricia: By the way: China is B-E-A-utiful!

Patricia: Computer shut off just a second ago. NOO!! Restarting game. Interview later on. 🙂

Pour les francophones, je suis Marianne du site WallSims et je suis a San Francisco pour decouvrir le nouvel add on des sims 3

Simvip: Wooooooooooooooo The Egypt!

Laku: Hi everybody, It’s really cool to be there!! Time to play World Adventures now

Have you been checking our our Flickr page? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ts3simposium/

Simvip: I think we`re gonna spend a long long time inside the new E.P.

Simvip: Novos skins, novas texturas, novas roupas. Egito, China e Franca. Tudo muito incrivel! A Torre Eifell eh GIGANTE!!!!!!

Shtinky: Hi everyone! Just about to jump into World Adventures for the first time. The Sphinx is amazing – my first destination!

Simvip: Hey everyone!!! Salve galera! This is Mark Joshua bringing the news from Simposium. World creator Tool! This is it! Em breve!

Tweety: Hi everyone! 🙂 That expansion pack is AMAZING! WOW! I love Egypt ^^

Patricia: I think The Sims 3 WA is amazing! So much to discover. And I’m about to play it. MUWHAHA! *cough cough*

Always wanted to make a town surrounded by lava… now I can….. sweet!

“You can do so many insane things with this…” — Fan on Create-A-World Tool 🙂

Floating rocks!?

WOW! It’s so easy to make roads. I love the new road tool!

Create-A-World Tool Demo right after Ea store. This day keeps getting better!

OMG, they’re showing us the first custom content tool – Create a World Tool beta

A trip to the E.A. Store!! It’s like being a kid in a candy shop.

SimGuruPopTart and Hydra are helping out with some fun photos to share!

you can take photos and sell them

there’s an adventure journal

food merchants that you can visit at a rabbit hole

there’s crepes

Grant’s World Adventure’s really getting me excited for the game. I’ll try to upload pictures soon.

there’s a scholar’s garden in China.

there’s a mummy’s curse!

SimGuruDrea – Ooh, new recipes!

SimGuruDrea – We’re showing World Adventures now! So exciting

The guests for The Sims 3 Simposium have just finished breakfast. Hope they got enough energy for what comes next! We’ll keep you updated 🙂

The word is out on the first EA Custom Content tool along the lines of “Create A World”. More details to come about custom neighborhoods

By TSR Steve: Hi all! I’m at the EA event and wil be blogging here as the days go by, along with other attendees from 10 countries! Woot!

Egypt is full of tombs! We’ve already seen the pyramids, but we took our sim for a look around the sphnix. The sphinx has 5 internal tombs to explore and are pretty much the same as other ones (apart from the obvious trap/activated behaviours being moved around, and the design changed). The main locations for Egypt-based adventuring is the great sphnix, the pyramids of the sky and Desert’s end. Desert’s end has a few tombs and small buildings in. Whilst adventuring sims can collect coins and gems.

SimOperations hands-on Report #1

Hi everyone! I’m currently at EA in California, and I’m about to go play World Adventures!! But before I get to the game I thought I’d post a few things I learned from the demos.

3 new major skills: nectar making, martial arts, and photography

TONS of new skins; also new outfits, hair, objects, etc. (including shower in a can)

visa points: three levels; higher the level, the better the vacation homes and rewards; you can also stay on vacation longer

basement tool: can go 4 levels down

6 new grape types (still don’t know the specifics, yet)

markets at every location (China, Egypt, France)

2D camel

cheat: buydebug (to be explained later)

create your own tombs

no sicknesses/diseases still

go on vacation for 3 to 12 days

you can be beaten up or cursed by a mummy; once cursed, you have 14 days to be cured. You have to plead to the Spinx, enter a special tomb, and find the Soul Piece statue in order to cure the curse

special ax breaks through boulders

you can buy as many vacation homes as you want

create a world tool!!! to be released in December as a beta free download

it’ll have its own section in the exchange; place lots anywhere, design terrain yourself, rotate/turn/lift/overlap items, build roads and intersections, and import your own files to customize (I’ll go into detail later)

From: SimsForums

Hey. We’ve attended The Sims 3 World Adventures event in Reading today, where we got to play the game for a while and answer as many of your questions as we can. However, we were not able to play the France map (Although it did load) We also took part in the official video for the event which should be released soon. The only downer to all of this is that we must keep what we’ve found out bottled up until Friday – So check back then for all of our updates on The Sims 3 World Adventures.

Missing Studios – Reading info coming Friday

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