The Sims 3: World Adventures
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| Developer(s) |
EA Play/The Sims Studio (Windows, Mac OS X) EA Mobile (Mobile) |
| Publisher(s) | EA Play |
| Composer(s) | Steve Jablonsky |
| Series | The Sims |
| Engine | Custom |
| Platform(s) | Windows, OS X, iOS |
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| Genre(s) | Life simulation game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B+ |
| Eurogamer | 7 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 8.5 |
| GameZone | 8.7 |
| IGN | 8.3 |
The Sims 3: World Adventures or World Adventures is the first expansion pack for the strategic life simulation computer game The Sims 3. It was announced on The Sims 3 website in August 2009, and had a North American release on November 18, 2009.
The expansion pack focuses on travelling to various areas in a manner similar to previous expansions The Sims: Vacation and The Sims 2: Bon Voyage. Sims are able to travel to simplified versions of France, China, and Egypt. At these locations, sims are able to participate in adventures to earn rewards and benefits. Sims are also able to level up in new skills: photography, martial arts, and nectar making. In addition, the expansion pack provides new objects, socials, wishes, and opportunities.
Early reception of the expansion pack has been positive with the expansion pack earning a Metacritic rating of 81.
Players create their sims and control them throughout their lives. Players are able to manage various aspects of a sim's life including careers, skills and relationships. The gameplay of World Adventures remains largely unchanged from the original.
World Adventures expands on The Sims 3 by allowing players to take sims to simulated locations of Egypt, France and China. Sims are able to engage in cultural activities depending on the location. In Egypt, sims can visit pyramids and take up snake-charming; in China, sims are able to launch fireworks as well as take up martial arts, and in France, sims can engage in nectar making. The amount of time a sim is able to stay in a location is dependent on a visa level. This level is increased by going on various adventures.
The main gameplay of World Adventures revolves around the ability to go on various quests known as adventures. An adventure consists of various goals linked together in a story line. Typical goals include exploring various tombs, finding valuables and socializing with other sims. When exploring tombs, sims must navigate various obstacles to unlock different rooms. Initially, the entire tomb is hidden in a fog-of-war that disappears as the sim enters each room. Tombs hold several puzzle solving elements such as traps, dive holes and floor switches.
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