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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2012, 02:16:46 AM »
Sunset Valley. I love the townies there. :)

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Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2012, 02:46:38 AM »
I've played Sunset Valley the most so I am most accustomed to it. However I love how pretty Starlight Shores is but prefer the quiet sedate lifestyle of Appaloosa Plains. I've not played the others yet, the only Worlds I don't have are Barnacle Bay or Hidden Springs. So once I've played the other neighbourhoods more I'd be able to more fully answer, for now it's Sunset Valley for its familiarity (despite annoying slopes for lot placement!)


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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2012, 03:20:53 AM »
Bridgeport. I like the townies and I like the big city feel. I have revamped Bridgeport and have Showtime venues, a casino, the equestrian lots. I increased the size of the small one bedroom houses; but, still kept it affordable for townies and have enough space to place an additional 10 houses for when my sims kids grow up. No routing issues, the townies are out at venues each evening, so my sim picks and choses where to go for socializing.

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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2012, 06:10:50 AM »
I like Appaloosa Plains the best because while it still has a cozy and warm feeling like Sunset Valley it is also different and interesting. SV just bores me after a while.

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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2012, 08:19:24 AM »
I've tried every town apart from Starlight Shores and Lucky Palms, but I'm getting both Showtime and LP for my birthday so I will eventually. :)

Out of everything else, Hidden Springs is my favourite. It strikes me as a place with a sort of cold climate, like maybe one of the Scandinavian countries or maybe even Scotland, where I live, but a very pretty part. I've never been one who liked nature or the log-cabin sort of thing in real life and I wasn't expecting to like it in the sims, but I do. It's just so lovely there. I know there are problems with lag later on in generations, but I know some games have been able to escape it and hopefully my dynasty will be one of them.

Second favourite is maybe Bridgeport, although I feel that I may love Starlight Shores as much as I do Bridgeport when I get it. I love cities in real life and although BP is very industrial and dreary looking in the day, I kind of like that for some reason. The night is my favourite, because it gets all lit up and looks awesome.

Lunar Lakes comes a close third, just because I think the sci-fi thing was done so well and I especially love the little craters at the top where all the scenery and the bright blue ponds are. Lunar Lakes ties with Twinbrook though. I kind of feel that it's only possible to get the best out of Twinbrook's scenery if you have quite good graphics settings, like mostly on high. I don't know why, I just kind of think that all the grungy look of it really comes out best on those settings. TB is beautiful, and I like that the townies are "different" looking.

I've got my legacy in SV and they'll move to another town in a couple of generations but I wish it'd just come faster because I am so bored of SV now. It just doesn't have the charm that any of the other towns do and I know so many townies there that it feels repetitive. I dislike it when I know all the townies, I like to be surprised when finding out someone's traits and when making friends.

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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2012, 09:45:37 AM »
Hey Fez! After doing your story in Bridgeport, you may change your mind. Played Starlight Shores for awhile, but, found the townies to be without much character. Hidden Springs, bored me to death. I like the night life in Bridgeport. Clubs are always full, people go to parks, the clubs and bars. Other towns, they seem to go home and to bed at 9pm. Even young adults?!
My casino in Bridgeport is hopping. People are at various venues. My sim just picks where she wants to go according to who is where (Twallan's mod with map tags as to where everyone is). She goes home at 4am after spending hours partying with people.

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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2012, 11:06:36 AM »
For me, the best world for a young adult has to be Bridgeport, due to it's vibrancy and it's bustling nightlife. There is a wide variety of other young adults there for my Sims to mingle with and make friends and girlfriends/boyfriends. I also like the apartment life. However, then as my Sims moves into their Adult life stage, I like to move with their partners to sleepier towns where they can raise their children and grow old. Usually this town is either Twinbrook or Appaloosa Plains. I find that there is a lot of character about Twinbrook and its people so it is for this reason that I have voted for it. Appaloosa has its downfalls in that is small and a bit too animal orientated.  Sunset Valley can often become boring and repetitive so I have gotten sick of it. I have all the EPs but no extra towns and I suppose Hidden Springs would also be an interesting world judging by yere opinions.   



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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2012, 12:42:59 PM »
My personal favourite town is Twinbrook. Visually-speaking, I like the swampy feel. Practically-speaking, I like that most of the lots are fairly close to town square. (The Dynasty Lot is amazing compared to, say, Sunset Valley) I even like some of the Sims that live in Twinbrook. (Jenni Jones-Brown and the Curiouses in particular) Twinbrook was the home of my longest-lasting family, it was the home of my Dynasty, and will always be a special town to my heart.

I do look forward to eventually getting Lucky Palms, however. The desert vibe is cool, and Darren Dreamer is awesome.

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« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2012, 02:03:37 PM »
However, then as my Sims moves into their Adult life stage, I like to move with their partners to sleepier towns where they can raise their children and grow old.

Since I revamped Bridgeport, there is room for my extended family. I find the sleepy towns to be toooo sleepy. If my sim wants to stay at home and garden, or whatever, she can. Presently she lives in a penthouse. I have a space reserved for her horse ranch, and once her child becomes old enough, she will move to the ranch and leave the penthouse to her child. The child's offspring has a space reserved for their family home. I have revamped the town to have enough homes for my sim's expanding family and a few townies.

Just a note: I edited some penthouses to be able to handle families and edited other houses to allow more space. I deleted the big park, which left room for many houses. I got rid of the ridiculously large school, and put in a combination school and stadium. My hospital is a combination hospital and science lab. This gave me a lot of extra spaces for housing. I'll never abandon Bridgeport.

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« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2012, 03:25:00 PM »
There is something in every world to love. I especially like Lucky Palms because it is very true to life as a desert turned casino city! But if I have to make a choice I choose Sunset Valley as my favorite. I guess I think of it as home.

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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #25 on: July 14, 2012, 05:52:00 PM »
My favorite is Apaloosa plains, with Twinbrook a very close second. :)

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« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2012, 06:22:38 PM »
Usually I would say Sunset Valley but I'm getting to where I like Lucky Palms better. For me it seems to run a little better that SV. And I like all the room to add extra lots to the town.
I also like how everything gets a red tint at sunrise and sunset. Makes it feel like it's on another world.
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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2012, 10:35:37 AM »
For ease of getting around, I like Sunset Valley and Bridgeport.  Sunset Valley because the town is pretty much all centralized in one small area, and Bridgeport because it feels like it's faster to get around using the subway than it would be to use taxis.  For scenery, I really like Twinbrook.

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« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2012, 11:00:24 AM »
I voted Riverview as it's like home to me, when I first got the game I tried Sunset Valley but I couldn't really settle there, Riverview reminded me more of Riverblossom Hills where I mostly played in Sims 2. And until very recently they were the only two worlds I owned, I did like Twinbrook and I defintely think I will play there again, my first go my inventor fried herself so I didn't really try it for very long. Bridgeport is interesting for the nightlife and different style of living but i'm a country girl at heart and so I find I always return to Riverview and the familiarity of it after a bit.

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Re: Which is your Favourite Neighbourhood/World?
« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2012, 06:14:17 PM »
I have to go with Riverview - there's room for extra lots and I really like the characters there. One of these days I'm going to give some of those numerous elders Young Again potions to see how they turn out, as well as enough time to complete their LTWs (sure, I could save them to the bin, but I want to be surprised).

Twinbrook is the most stunning visually in terms of landscaping - I suppose "stunning" can be used to describe some of the sims who live there too, depending on the definition. ;) I'll admit the town probably has the most interesting gameplay - the main reason I prefer Riverview is because it's really difficult to add extra lots to Twinbrook without major hair-pulling.

Sunset Valley is nice too, particularly the beach area, and I play there when I want a change in scenery. I also think it's a little easier to find seeds and plants here than Riverview.

Bridgeport is great in theory, but it takes too long to get anywhere. When I do eventually tackle maxing mixology in a casual game, I'll do it here.

Hidden Springs...oy.  There are some great hangouts that I plan to save to the bin and remodel into clubs for other towns, and the scenery is gorgeous, but the layout is maddening & it's very laggy. I feel like I wasted my money on that one.

I don't have Showtime or Pets at the moment so I can't speak to AP or SS, but I have a feeling I'll like Starlight Shores more, mainly for nostalgia reasons as I grew up in LA.

Both Lunar Lakes and Lucky Palms look amazing and I'd love to have both - visually and in terms of lot placement, I think Lucky Palms will win out, but I'm not getting either town for a long while, especially after my mistake of getting Hidden Springs. Barnacle Bay isn't even on the radar since it sounds like if I don't like Hidden Springs very much, I'll hate Barnacle Bay.

 

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