Sims 3 expansion unveiled

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

World Adventures to be the first expansion pack

EA has sent out details on the first expansion for the Sims 3. Here are the first screens and details.

The Sims are off on an adventure to famous destinations around the world! The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that The Sims 3 World Adventures, the first expansion pack* to the #1 best-selling PC and MAC game in June 2009**, The Sims 3, is in development and will ship to retailers worldwide the week of November 16, 2009.

"We're thrilled with the global success of The Sims 3 over these last few months and are looking forward to expanding on the gameplay experience with one of the most robust expansion packs to The Sims yet," said Scott Evans, General Manager of The Sims at EA. "Players will be able to take their Sims on the adventure of a lifetime and explore lands outside of Sunset Valley and Riverview, pursue thrilling new life destinies in locations around the world inspired by famous destinations, and immerse themselves in the open-ended gameplay where they'll discover new cities in China, France and Egypt and share new stories."

Players can take their Sims on new journeys to famous real-world inspired destinations around the globe for the first time ever and seek out new adventures. While exploring the landmarks of an exotic city, there is no telling what the Sims will find. From mastering martial arts in Shang Simla, China, discovering rich culture and famous landmarks on a romantic getaway to Champs Les Sims, France or exploring the depths of ancient tombs in Al Simhara, Egypt, players can take their Sims on a journey that will change their Sims' lives. Players can accept challenges to search for secret treasures, learn new skills and chase down new personal opportunities, meet new Sims with unique personalities, share their culture and bring them home, discover new styles on their travels, and share everything they encounter on their adventures with the world through personal photographs, movies, and stories. Additionally, players will receive 1,000 SimPoints to be used online in The Sims 3 Store*** for the PC/MAC versions of the game. Exclusive online content, available only for the expansion pack at launch, will be revealed soon.

Gavin Ogden

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=220653

And it begins :sleep:

[thealexweb]

Nothing I'll ever replace the original The Sims and +DrunknMunky why did you bother posting the article if you're clearly not interested.

[Pupik]

and +DrunknMunky why did you bother posting the article if you're clearly not interested.

He just wanted to show that he doesn't care, by caring enough to start a thread about the expansion.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Interested in the news, not the content.

[Ci7]

lol and we start again.

what now 20+ expansion :p

[Raa]

And it begins :sleep:

Agreed. Let's get that cash-cow milked!

[spaceelf]

So? Why not? It's a good game, and people want more, so give them more.

[DigitalE]

I'll probably get one or two expansions and call it good. I bought Sims 2 and the first expansion, and that was enough for me back then. :p

[Gibletz]

He just wanted to show that he doesn't care, by caring enough to start a thread about the expansion.

I know, right? DERP DERP DERP

[ylcard]

It's the interwebz ! We all care deep down in our tiny little 127.0.0.1 heart !!

But Sims is a srs bsns, these expansions are annoying to install too..

[red.]

So? Why not? It's a good game, and people want more, so give them more.

I think it's more to do with releasing the EP so soon after the game. It's almost as if it was ready and could have been included with the main game.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I don't see an issue, the people who buy the sims are almost like the WoW players, they get so invested with it and enjoy being fed more content. Of course expansions were lined up for the game, you gotta cut the content line somewhere, and to be fair I think The Sims 3 has a decent amount of content out the box, it's very playable and deep enough.

The pricing on this will be what I'm watching.

[_bobcat_ Veteran]

I think it's more to do with releasing the EP so soon after the game. It's almost as if it was ready and could have been included with the main game.

It doesn't sound like it's getting released just yet, but in the pipeline.

I'm sure the expansion packs have been planned throughout the development of the game itself. I see no reason to be offended by them myself, as all of the Sims games were still very good if you chose not to buy any.

[Jimmy0]

Did anyone think they weren't going to release expansion packs?

[Sethos]

OH EM GEE I R SO SURPRISED!1

And in a year we're going to have 80 expansions for that crap game.

[master2k27]

OH EM GEE I R SO SURPRISED!1

And in a year we're going to have 80 expansions for that crap game.

So true :D

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Anyone who has actually played the game will notice a distinct lack of content, it has obviously been held back for the expansions (which of course everyone saw coming). Who really wants to buy the same expansions over and over for the same game.

Just include the previous expansions as standard in your new releases and stop making mugs out of your fans.

Innovate not regurgitate and all that shizzle.

[spaceelf]

I haven't noticed a distinct lack of anything. Yes, it's an expandable framework, as was Sims 2. But there has to be a starting point for any software. You can't throw in everything and the kitchen sink before launching.

It is surprisingly early for an expansion, which makes me suspect they'd planned things for a different timeframe and the main product got delayed.

As for including everything from previous expansions...that's a little ridiculous, don't you think? If they'd spent an extra two years on the development, sure that could happen. Or, they could get a solid game out for people to enjoy now.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

An extra 2 years? I think that's the only ridiculous statement here.

[spaceelf]

Yeah, it'd probably be more like three and a half.

(And yes, I'm kidding. Two years sounds about right, what with all the art assets and code changes needed.)

[Joshie]

Only thing that really irked me about Sims expansions was how they never bothered making an ultimate package later on. Even when the game goes obsolete, you still have to install each expansion one at a time, making a mess of your computer. Like it would kill them to make a pack that ran ONE install routine to get the entirety of Sims 2 and its expansions onto your system.

Naturally if this has been done, I retract my complaint. It gets so hard to follow the myriad releases, after all.

[spaceelf]

I guess that would be interesting, but I buy all digital now.

Still, I don't think they have any reason to do it. There's no way to make the cost reasonable when they still probably sell plenty of Sims 2 expansions.

[spaceelf]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1009985p1.html

Have an interview.

[BlueFiberOptics]

Only thing that really irked me about Sims expansions was how they never bothered making an ultimate package later on. Even when the game goes obsolete, you still have to install each expansion one at a time, making a mess of your computer. Like it would kill them to make a pack that ran ONE install routine to get the entirety of Sims 2 and its expansions onto your system.

Naturally if this has been done, I retract my complaint. It gets so hard to follow the myriad releases, after all.

Does that include the Complete Sims 1 collection DVD? It had all the expansions. I don't know how it installed, though.

[red.]

Anyone who has actually played the game will notice a distinct lack of content, it has obviously been held back for the expansions (which of course everyone saw coming). Who really wants to buy the same expansions over and over for the same game.

Just include the previous expansions as standard in your new releases and stop making mugs out of your fans.

Innovate not regurgitate and all that shizzle.

I definitely agree. They should make whatever was in the expansion packs for the previous game and make them standard. There's no Universities in the Sims 3 and that was probably the best EP for the Sims 2.