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The Sims 3 VIP November 2012 Newsletter
Year: 2012
Game Chronicles Reviews The Sims 3 Seasons
The eighth expansion pack for The Sims 3, The Sims 3 Seasons is my favorite of the add-ons released for the game so far. A reprise of the analogous fan-favorite add-on for The Sims 2, Seasons for The Sims 3 again introduces the refreshing variability of dramatic weather effects, cycling seasons, and seasonal activities and holidays to your Sims everyday lives—and it does so with the kind of humor and flair that we’ve come to expect from the Sims games.
More than that, though, it’s a welcome departure from several past expansions in that it updates the entire Sims 3 experience globally, across all towns, without requiring players to place new, gimmicky lots or move their families to new locations to fully enjoy the new content. Instead, each town’s central park is painlessly updated to feature seasonally rotating festivals that liven up a previously humdrum location. At these events, Sims can get their faces painted, bob for apples, try a kissing booth, join a spring dance, search for eggs, try the snowboard half-pipe, participate in eating contests, buy fair food, redeem festival tickets for prizes, or try other festive activities, depending on the time of year.
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Archambault.ca Lists The Sims 3 University Life
Users from ForumsSims3.com discovered listings for University Life on Archambault.ca. The individual listings have since been taken down, but the search bar does wonders! 😉
Thanks to Rincon Del Simmer & Windmill for the tip!
Monte Vista Rated by the ESRB
The Sims 3 Monte Vista will be hitting retail shelves in January, and the ESRB has given it a rating of T for Teen.
Thanks to Sims.Mixei.ru for the tip!
New Monte Vista Render (Pizza! Pizza!)
SimGuruSarah Shares Monte Vista History & Screens
Via Twitter & Forums – Thanks LonelySims!
The town it’s self is very old. The walled city is left over from the medieval days and you can see a lot of the architecture within the city is older, or is a blend of old and modern. The citizens of Monte Vista have worked really hard to preserve their culture into the modern era. Obviously as time went on the population grew and they couldn’t all live within the city walls, so citizens started to live along the road that winds down from town. Eventually Sims settled in the rolling hills and the country estates further away from town.
Some key Sims in the world…
Constanzo Rossi is the mayor of Monte Vista. He is a jolly fellow who is well liked and respected, even though he is fairly young. He is married to Adalina, who is pretty and very feminine. They are expecting their first child.
There is Jalissa Rivers (I love her name!) who is a musical genius and socialite. She is dating the fashionable, world renowned chef, Gino Ferrari.
There is a criminal underworld in Monte Vista (in fact, the criminal rabbithole in this world looks like a *normal* building and it’s at the center of town – fictionally the organized crime has been going on here for a long time, and there is a certain level of acceptance. These criminals don’t have to hide in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town!)
The criminal kingpin is Dante Costa. He is very intelligent and utterly devoted to his family. His wife is Giovanna (she is pregnant) and they have two children, Cipriana (another name I love!) and Victoria.
The Mancini Brothers – Camillo and Carlo – were formerly rich businessmen, but they lost everything to sly tycoon Su Lin Chang and have turned to a life of crime (and art forgery!) to support themselves. They lost their family home and are very bitter about it.
We have a noblewoman, Nicoletta Lombardi, who is the last in a long line of nobles. Over the years her family fortune has been squandered and now she is alone and poor…but she is ambitious and is entering the political arena to try to win back fame and fortune. She has a crush on her neighbor, David Haynes. David is on vacation with his friend Jayden – they are both hot male models trying to travel incognito and enjoy a vacation in sunny Monte Vista!
And, of course, we have plenty of regular families too…but I think my favorites are usually the Sims who have lots of drama going on in their lives, hehe.
Monte Vista Live Chat: 106 Screenshots by Dotsim
Sims 3 Monte Vista Live Chat Replay
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Girl Gamers UK Review The Sims 3 Seasons
The Sims 3 Seasons is the eighth expansion pack for The Sims 3 and one expansion you can’t afford to miss out on. This new expansion allows you to control different elements of the seasons within your Sim town, such as altering the length of the various seasons, to including the occurrence of fog, hail, snow and rain.
During the course of each of these seasons, the climate and temperature can change from day to day, affecting your Sim and the world around them. The effects on your Sim town can change rapidly, from leaves falling from trees to snow piling high up on vehicles. These weather changes can allow your Sim to be involved in a number of activities, dependent on the season. So for instance, in the Summer time you can go rolling skating in the park and for the very first time go swimming in the sea.
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