Author Topic: Who is excited about " World Adventures"? (Read 3633 times)

Honeymooners · « **on:** October 06, 2009, 01:46:22 PM »

I am super excited - I can't wait to play France and China-

I wish they would come out more screen shots of France....

bshag · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2009, 11:10:58 AM »

I am too! It looks like they're taking turns releasing info, videos and screenshots. First was Egypt, now China and probably right before they release ep it will be France.

I just saw on Snooty's site that there is an unconfirmed release of a special Christmas edition along with the sp in Feb. Guess I'll have to start saving now!

Arafel · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2009, 11:16:22 AM »

I'm ready to go to France! *dons her beret*

Kreathyr · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2009, 03:54:21 AM »

I'd love to make an Egyptian Pharaoh or something.
Maybe even start my own Dynasty

Carl · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2009, 06:13:45 AM »

Quote from: Kreathyr on October 08, 2009, 03:54:21 AM

I'd love to make an Egyptian Pharaoh or something.
Maybe even start my own Dynasty

Man I wish you'd get your wish, but from what I've read of people who've played the beta it's like this for visiting places:

It's like a vacation. You can stay there only so long. Completing tasks in other countries will get you "visa" points and eventually you can buy a vacation home there.

I think that was their only gripe though. I'm going to do an article on it and add all the info I find and try to constantly update it with new sources. I don't have beta access but we can find people who have reliable info this way.

Thankfully it looks like there's a ton to do in the foreign locations, with gathering artifacts (assembling pieces we find even) and new traits, skills (karate baby!) and lifetime wishes for us!

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2009, 06:20:38 AM »

I'm very excited for World Adventures. From a tournament hosts' perspective it's going to fuel my imagination for new and fun challenges for Carl's site. Once I get a feel for the new content I'm sure I'll be throwing something up at the Challenges forum incorporating WA stuff.

Kreathyr · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2009, 07:26:36 AM »

Good idea Carl.
I'll sure check it regularly.

Can't wait Metro

tom789 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2009, 08:30:00 AM »

I wish i had the World Adventures it look's great!

PJSim · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2009, 12:56:13 PM »

I'm mostly exited about new features in the general gameplay like the new skills and traits Carl mentions.

wildredchild · « **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2009, 01:19:53 PM »

I was reading some updated news articles on a few sites last night and found mention that we are getting Life Fish with this expansion and a bunch of other new items in plants and collecting. Those are the things that really excite me at the moment. Little over a month and we will get to play!!!! Woot!!!!

Happy Simming....

PJSim · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2009, 01:24:09 PM »

Quote from: wildredchild on October 08, 2009, 01:19:53 PM

Those are the things that really excite me at the moment.

Me too. That's what I like!

tom789 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2009, 08:06:36 AM »

The most exciting thing is EA and Maxis made Sims 3 and World Adventures so great. Imagine what will be in 10 years? What Sims will look like? Probably just like us!

igzigpuff · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2009, 02:45:41 PM »

Yeah, I'm excited about WA...from all the screenshots/videos it looks like it's going to have so much for our Sims to do! Of course my 5 star chefs are wondering what new cuisine might be added to their recipes

! After all we are going to have France...how can they avoid adding new food!

Carl · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2009, 12:13:20 AM »

Yeah we better be making Crepes. France is a major center for cuisine. I'm more into the exploring dungeons. I'll have to redo my Lara Croft character.

jinhong91 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2009, 12:51:52 AM »

Quote from: Carl on October 10, 2009, 12:13:20 AM

Yeah we better be making Crepes. France is a major center for cuisine. I'm more into the exploring dungeons. I'll have to redo my Lara Croft character.

They should also add Chinese cuisine while they are at it. Heck, they should add every cuisine for everyplace they are going to add in.

Carl · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:00:05 AM »

Yep this game is going to have a huge recipe book, and I hope i will eventually see it with the longest skills list available. It will be interesting to see how the new skills and such fit into other combinations.

I'm hoping for new causes of death. The old expansions added them in gradually, eventually I think there were quadruple the ways to die in the Sims 2.

Pam · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:01:27 AM »

Sims 3 is my first experience with any of the Sims games, so I'm even more excited about World Adventures. From what I hear, expansion packs make a world of difference in the game and they keep coming out with more of them over a period of years. Yes! I'm excited about it!

PJSim · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2009, 09:06:49 AM »

I forget you haven't played before, yeah you should be exited. A lot of people have complained about Sims 3 and what they're missing, I think they forget how much of the fun was added with the EP's. It can be new neighborhoods or new careers or entirely new gameplay elements, for example gardening and fishing were added in EP's. Or new sims; your sim could become a werewolf or be resurrected as a zombie.

Here's a list of the EP's for Sims 2 to give you an idea of what we might expect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_2#Expansion_packs

My favorite was Seasons which made the seasons change. For example in the fall the leaves fell off the trees and you could rake them up and compost them to use as fertilizer in your garden and in winter sometimes it snowed and your sims could have snowball fights and build snowmen. Oh and the garden plants went dormant in winter so no gardening and the ponds for fishing froze over. That made the everyday life of your sims change with the seasons.

Quote from: Carl on October 10, 2009, 01:00:05 AM

I'm hoping for new causes of death. The old expansions added them in gradually, eventually I think there were quadruple the ways to die in the Sims 2.

I don't remember that, I think I must have missed most of those. Maybe that should be a section of the guide, "How to Kill a Sim".

Carl · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:39:51 PM »

Yep , it's on the agenda... (see announcement) for now it's just so limited.

igzigpuff · « **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2009, 12:33:50 PM »

Wow, less than a week away from the WA coming out...I'm getting it as a present, yeah they had to tell me what my BirthD present was because I was talking about pre-ordering from your site (sorry Carl)

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I'm so excited to see what EA is adding to the game! Squeeeeee!

sammijessie · « **Reply #20 on:** November 11, 2009, 12:43:49 PM »

I am too! I think it's a little ridiculous that it costs 40$ (I think!) I paid 55$ for Sims 3, so I don't think I'll be buying this anytime soon!

igzigpuff · « **Reply #21 on:** November 11, 2009, 01:01:25 PM »

Yea, it is expensive and I had been saving up to buy WA since I heard it was coming out, but now maybe I will stash that away for a rainy day!

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #22 on:** November 11, 2009, 04:17:56 PM »

I just wanted to post this link from an article I was referred to from InsideMacGames —

http://worthplaying.com/article/2009/11/10/news/70104/

The new Photography skill looks awesome. With all of the press self-employment options like Writing, Painting, and Guitar playing have received in the various challenge threads I wanted to do some kind of pure artistic challenge. Now I'm going to wait until WA is released and really do it up big where you might have an "artist" house — 4 different artists all pursuing different aspects of the game.

Carl · « **Reply #23 on:** November 11, 2009, 07:27:27 PM »

Gamespot has said that adventuring is a full-fledged self-employment option, with tents and even showers in a can for us to use to keep our Sims comfy while they're exploring tombs and ruins.

I was excited about "Nectar making" as a skill, but not so much now that I know it's basically brewing wines. Hopefully these wines act like potions and can cure fatigue and the like if we invest the time in developing the skill. We're less than a week away and the team is going to be going berserk working to get new info out as quickly as possible.

Expect skeleton guides at first with info filled in as we obtain it.

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #24 on:** November 13, 2009, 09:06:11 AM »

I just placed my order for WA with Amazon. I actually typed up a note to be included (from myself) in the box:

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Metro:

Thanks for putting some dollars in this starving student's pocket. I just ran out of ramen noodles.

Your friend, Carl

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Good taste won out, as I realized my wife might intercept the package before me and promptly set up an appoint for me with a psychiatrist.

I did splurge on one-day shipping though as I can't wait to create some new challenges for the site.

Author Topic: Who is excited about " World Adventures"? (Read 3633 times)

Arafel