Only half a year after The Sims 3 came out Maxis released a free tool, The Sims 3 Create-a-World. Whilst without a doubt these store worlds were overpriced, they served more diversity and reduced the lack of representation and improved storytelling. Even specific time periods like the Roaring 20s in the world Roaring Heights or fictional places like the fantasy-medieval Dragon Valley were covered by the Store. Ten additional purchasable worlds in total blessed the Sims 3 era reaching from Icelandic Aurora Skies, over to Italian Monte Vista. Worlds with a little more flavor and cultural representation made their way into our Sims games.
However with the introduction of The Sims 3 Store it all changed. In general all expansion packs besides The Sims 3 World Adventures and Island Paradise (inspired by the Caribbean) came with their own Americanized worlds.
The Sims 3 Expansions, Create a World and StoreĪlthough Maxis continued to drop new worlds with the following expansion packs, most of them resembled places that you mostly would describe at ‘Americanized’. Ziwa Bonde, created by Nilxis for The Sims 3 Whilst some players might argue that the worlds portrayed a little bit of a touristic stereotype, it really showcased the possibilities The Sims 3 might offer in the future. Not only did all three worlds bring a variety of fitting assets, they had unique gameplay and distinct behavior. The three worlds that came with the pack resembled the three very different places in the world: France, China and Egypt. It also showcased how flexible the brand new world engine was. When The Sims 3 World Adventures came out on November 17th of 2009, only five months after The Sims 3’ release, the first expansion pack provided your Sims three brand new destinations to visit. Although The Sims 3 base game came out with only a single world (Sunset Valley), the very first expansion pack would really showcase the flexibility of the new open world game design. Without a doubt The Sims 3 was the most diverse game from the franchise when it comes to actual real-world representation. The Sims 3 World Adventures broke boundaries
They were quite vague reflections of actual places in the real world. It added more distinct worlds resembling ‘Far East’, Tropical and Mountain Destinations. With additional expansion packs more worlds were added including The Sims 2 Bon Voyage. For 2004 this was a groundbreaking addition and really redefined the sandbox genre. Whilst we had three different worlds to pick from we also got the ability to add custom worlds based on a variety of provided world maps.
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