In addition, players can choose various styles such as panorama and sepia. The game provides goals to the player in the form of lists of subjects for the sim to photograph.
The game can detect the subject of a photograph. Photos are taken using a first-person viewpoint. The photography skill is based on taking photographs with a hand-held camera. The value of the nectar can be increased by allowing the bottles to age in a nectar cellar.
The quality of the nectar is based on the quality of the individual fruits as well the state of the nectar maker. The nectar-making skill is increased by squishing various fruits into a nectar maker. A sims skill level is represented visually by various belts that a sim wears on their uniform. Sims are able to engage in tournaments to increase their ranking. Once a skill threshold is reached sims can break wood and other objects placed over two blocks. The martial arts skill is initially increased by practising with training dummies. World Adventures adds three skills that provide new goals and challenges to players. Players are able to add gameplay-specific objects to their tombs as well as set various cause-effect mechanisms. In addition, the expansion pack includes a complex tomb-building element that can be accessed using the game's debug tools. Tombs hold several puzzle solving elements such as traps, dive holes and floor switches. Initially, the entire tomb is hidden in a fog-of-war that disappears as the sim enters each room. When exploring tombs, sims must navigate various obstacles to unlock different rooms. Typical goals include exploring various tombs, finding valuables and socializing with other sims. An adventure consists of various goals linked together in a story line. The main gameplay of World Adventures revolves around the ability to go on various quests known as adventures. This level is increased by going on various adventures. The amount of time a sim is able to stay in a location is dependent on a visa level.
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. Sims are able to engage in cultural activities depending on the location.
World Adventures expands on The Sims 3 by allowing players to take sims to simulated locations of Egypt, France and China. The gameplay of World Adventures remains largely unchanged from the original. Players are able to manage various aspects of a sim's life including careers, skills and relationships. Players create their sims and control them throughout their lives. In addition, the expansion pack provides new objects, socials, wishes, and opportunities.Įarly reception of the expansion pack was positive with the expansion pack earning a Metacritic rating of 81. Sims are also able to level up in new skills: photography, martial arts, and nectar making. At these locations, sims are able to participate in adventures to earn rewards and benefits. Sims are able to travel to simplified versions of France, China, and Egypt. 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. It was announced on The Sims 3 website in August 2009, and had a North American release on November 18, 2009. The Sims 3: World Adventures or World Adventures is the first expansion pack for the strategic life simulation computer game The Sims 3.