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The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion Pack | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $28.50
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Seller: MCR's New Game Stop
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 83
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
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15393
Model: 15393
UPC: 014633153934
EAN: 0014633153934
ASIN: B002NILFB0
Release Date: November 17, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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Product Description
Sims 3 World Expansion Pack PC
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.
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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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 Not too shabby EA November 26, 2009
J. Carnes
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was reluctant to buy this EP at first. In the Sims 2 (predecessor to TS3) the Bonvoyage EP was extremely boring and my interest in the game was lost in a matter of weeks. But this new EP blew me away. The scenery is breathtaking, the missions are really fun and there are so many things that you can accomplish, from photography (which I love in real life) to kung fu, to "nectar" making. I have been playing the game since the release date and am still finding new things to do and explore. I would highly recommend this game to anyone I know.
 I enjoy it! November 26, 2009
Alan (PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first heard the premise for this expansion, I wasn't a big fan. I never really enjoyed Vacation or Bon Voyage for the other Sims games. However, this adds completely different elements of gameplay which I think all expansions should aim for. I like the adventures, relic collecting, martial arts, singing, and so forth. Honestly, I have barely played it yet but felt like I should write a review of how I do enjoy it so far. As for all the bugs, I haven't encountered many yet. I got the save error that EA already fixed with the patch and expect future patches to fix other things I and others will encounter. I recommend giving World Adventures a try!
These Bugs are KILLING me! November 25, 2009
Nikkeh Darling (North Carolina, Someplace, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A friend of mine bought this for me knowing I had the base game, now I'm not going to lie I absolutely love it. Every single bit...aside from the really buggy parts;
I don't understand why they'd release a game with so many bugs, it's like they don't test it.
Now trust me it's worth it the game play is absolutely fantastic once you get past the problems, I mean for me I can't interact (romantic relations), I can't get skills, and I had to delete at least five mods that I had to get this game to work. Now believe me I'm not the one to complain cause this is better then the original base game. This is definitely a step up. But not much with so many dxmn bugs.
If you want to buy this game, wait a little bit. At least a month or two until the bugs are fixed. These are absolutely ludicrous in my opinion. (sighs) Can't wait for the patches.
Overall I rate this game 7/10 because they released it to early, obviously.
But whatever, I'm not the creators. I just know that they could do better, things like this were never such an issue with the previous games;
I don't understand why it is here.
 Not Worth The Money November 24, 2009
Amy Brooks (San Diego, CA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is full of bugs, and don't count on EA to help much with that. The game itself is actually fun, but it left my families and games in terrible shape. If considering buying now I would hold off until EA creates a patch that will actually fix the problems that exist with this game.
 Don't buy it if It's for France! November 23, 2009
M. Nolasco (NYC)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I enjoy playing the Sims 2 because of the expansion packs. You could go on dates, go to college, etc. However, Sims 3 is like starting from scratch. Although it has a lot of cool features, such as the personality traits and difference in body sizes, it doesnt really compare to the Sims 2. SO, I got World's Adventures and its...okay... if you want a slight change. I was really interested in having a Sims go to France but the whole place looks just like the regular Sims 3 suburbs...I was expecting more FRANCE. There is really nothing much that deferentiates it. If you go to the art gallery, all you see are Egyptian and Chinese art. If you go to do an adventure, you find an Egyptian tomb in someone's basement. The cafe, should have been more like the Sims 2 Open for Business and the city should have been more populated. it is pretty empty. some of the residents also have houses completely empty...Making and naming the Nectar is interesting, but it does get repetative. Selling the Nectar is not as exciting as it was made to sound, you just sell it to the woman at the cash register. Not really...exciting. THe good thing is that you get to actually enter a place not wait until your Sims come out.
Oh well, what can I say? I'll try China and Egypt but France is definetly missing that Je ne sais quoi.
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