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The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion Pack | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $29.55
as of 9/3/2010 02:40 CDT details
You Save: $0.44 (1%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 667
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Genre: artificial_life_simulation_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15393
Model: 15393
UPC: 014633153934
EAN: 0014633153934
ASIN: B002NILFB0
Release Date: November 17, 2009
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| Features:
| • | Enjoy a unique all-star soundtrack of songs, especially recorded in Simlish for the expansion. | | • | Accept challenges, find treasures, discover the dangers lurking in hidden caves and more as you and your sims explore famous landmarks in China, Egypt, and France. | | • | Learn new skills like photography, martial arts and nectar making (a favorite sim beverage) as your sim pursues new opportunities. | | • | Meet new Sims from exotic locations and share their cultures. | | • | Get $10 worth of free SimPoints for use at The Sims 3 Store. |
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Street Date: 11/17/09
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Amazon.com Product Description
The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion Pack* is the first expansion pack for the The Sims 3. Playable both on PCs and Macs, it focuses on a range of travel opportunities available to your sims, which allow for everything from pleasant family vacations, all the way to an adventure-filled, possibly even dangerous Indiana Jones like adventures. Along the way your sims can accumulate unique skills and abilities, learn about new cultures, enjoy a unique soundtrack of real songs recorded in Simlish and get $10 worth of free SimPoints for use at The Sims 3 Store. 
Explore realistic environments set in France, Egypt and China.
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Enjoy Indiana Jones like adventure.
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Develop new skills and abilities.
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Meet and create unexpected new sims.
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Put your new abilities to use.
View larger. | Story and Gameplay
Like every The Sims game, the story behind the World Adventures Expansion is whatever you want to make of it, but in this case within the realm of international travel. And why not, since what sim doesn't need a vacation. Players choose from environments set Egypt, France or China, with the possibility of others via download. Similarly, gameplay follows the same well-worn path familiar to veteranThe Sims players, and easy to pick up for those coming to the franchise for the first time. Players create their sims as they like, customizing everything from physical characteristics, all the way down to personality traits, habits, etc. They can mix with other sims, build relationships, start families and even die. Because this expansion is based around travel, your sims can also discover rich, new cultures, develop brand-new skills and abilities and explore and adventure through realistic environments. New skills related to these destinations include photography, martial arts, and nectar making (a sim beverage) among others. As part of of the exotic locales available, sims can get adventurous and explore the caves and tombs of Egypt and China. Here they will put their new adventure related abilities to work as they participate in Indiana Jones like adventures full of excitement and even danger, including some not-so friendly mummies and the Grim Reaper. Unique Simlish Soundtrack
Just as with travel, every sim has his/her particular musical tastes. With that in mind the World Adventures Expansion Pack features an all-star soundtrack of real songs, recorded by the original artists in the sims native tongue of Simlish. These tracks include: - Audrye Sessions - "Turn Me Off"
- Broken Hearts Club - "Na NA NA"
- Esmee Denters - "Outta Here"
- Fefe Dobson - "I Want You"
- Friday Night Boys - "Can't Take That Away"
- Nelly Furtado - "Manos al Aire"
- Stefanie Heinzmann - "No One (Can Ever Change My Mind)"
- Pixie Lott - "Mama Do"
- Madina Lake - "Lets Get Outta Here"
- Manchester Orchestra - "I've Got Friends"
| - Matt and Kim- "Daylight"
- Katie Melua - "If the Lights Go Out"
- Metalkpretty - "Wake Up, Wake Up"
- Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - "Me + Yr Daughter"
- Hot Chelle Rae - "Say"
- LeAnn Rimes - "You've Ruined Me"
- Cassie Steele - "Summer Nights"
- Evan Taubenfeld - "Pumpkin Pie"
- Young Punx - "Juice and Sim"
| Key Features - Accept challenges, find treasures, discover what's lurking in hidden caves and more.
- Explore famous landmarks in China, Egypt, and France.
- Learn new skills like photography and pursue new opportunities.
- Meet new Sims from exotic locations and share their cultures.
- Get $10 worth of free SimPoints for The Sims 3 Store.
- Enjoy a unique all-star soundtrack of songs, especially recorded in Simlish for the expansion.
System Requirements: | PC | Mac | | OS: | Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 | Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher | | Processor: | 2.0 Ghz P4 for XP or 2.4 for Vista or 7 | Intel Core Duo Processor | | RAM: | (XP) 1GB / (Vista/Windows 7) 1.5GB | 2GB or more | | Disc Drive: | 8x DVD-ROM drive | | Hard Drive: | At least 3.5 GB of free space with at least 1GB additional space for custom content and saved games.. | | Video Card: | DirectX 9.0c compatible Video Card with 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards not supported) | ATI x1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100 (Game will not run on PowerPC (G3, G4, G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac)) | | Input Device: | Mouse and keyboard | * Requires a copy The Sims 3, or The Sims 3 Collector's Edition for play. | |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bon Voyage! August 31, 2010
Dr. Maniac (Somewhere over the rainbow)
The other vacation expansions for the sims were not actually appealing. Maybe it's because you were just sort of doing the same things with a different background. BOOOOORING! This is not merely a vacation. It's an Indiana Jonesy series of adventures, which I guess is why it's not called "The Sims World Vacations". The game introduces "adventures" linear levels that, while usually involving exploration, can have simmy interaction in it as well. Explain why it's a bad thing... a bad idea? These sims are embarking on a journey into the unknown worldd and you freaking put this frustrating little linear level in front of us? This isn't4 about linearity... it's about you in your own little fantasy world, right? Oh, and there's some new skills and traits and crap... don't get me wrong, it's great... but if you're a whiny loserly geek (like me) you may object to the complete gender change.
 Short & Sweet Review July 13, 2010
Nichole (Edinburgh, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Many others have gone into details, both bad and good, about this game, so I'll let you look elsewhere for those.
I just bought my game a little under a month ago (fortunately, it sounds like!), since it was on sale at Amazon.com. I had no problems installing or running it (I use a Mac), it seems to work just fine. I do think it's a bit strange that they've taken the game into an RPG direction, with actual quests to accept, objectives to be achieved, and puzzles to solve. I feel like I'm playing an RPG meant for children, it's a bit disconcerting. I know the rewards you get during such adventures can make a difference in the "normal" lives of your Sims (learn certain recipes, collect artwork for your home, etc), but the methods for obtaining these things... not really sure I like that! If I wanted to play an RPG, World Adventures would not be first on my list.
That being said, I'd still buy it. It's better than having NO expansion and repeatedly doing the same thing. It's not a terrible addition to the game, just a little too different from what I was looking for. I'm still hoping for Pets and College and Nightlife.. Sims 3 style!
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