The Seventh Plumbob has a review up of Monte Vista, which I have made.
Monte Vista is the latest world to be released onto The Sims 3 Store for us Simmers to buy and enjoy. The world is Italian/European themed and features a small walled-in area at its centre! As usual, this review will be split up into different parts:
- World
- CAS
- New Items
- Woodfire Oven
- Value
World
The world itself is very pretty, and makes for some excellent screenshots (as you can see below) but it, after a couple of nights looking at it, has failed to excite me. It has a lot of potential for lot building, but you’ll struggle to build Late Night and Showtime lots that fit into the style of Monte Vista without getting frustrated.
Playability is also quite limited – the town has no real central park, and the official festival grounds released are quite literally at one of the farthest points in the entire world. The world is very spread out, making it quite difficult to actually get anywhere. Routing can also be quite difficult at times, with sims getting out of their taxis to walk along paths.
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Interesting review. My thoughts on it:
1) Yeah the festival lot was placed in the outskirts. However, you could custom make your own festival lot at the center of town. It’s small, but you could still do something there.
2) Locations are spread out, but that is part of the charm. It’s different than the other worlds, many Europeans towns are spread out like this, and it makes for some great filming and photos if you like doing it.
3) Big negative for the fact that you HAVE to buy this world to get the premium content.
You can get the premium content without buying the whole world.
Nytician, if this is true then it must not be for the U.S. When I go to the Sims 3 website and click on the woodfire oven, it clearly states:
Currently not available for individual sale
The same for the “Humble Harvest Stands” which is part of the Al Fresco Street Market.
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