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New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« on: August 15, 2012, 02:03:54 PM »
Official Announcement on TheSims3.com newsfeed:

If you were watching the Seasons broadcast then you heard King talking about a brand new world coming to The Sims 3 Store:  Sunlit Tides!


A modern downtown gives way to a lush jungle sprinkled with exotic bungalows and waterfront vacation homes nestled between the gentle waves of the ocean and a sun kissed lagoon. Enjoy a picnic on the beach, plan a secret rendezvous at an island waterfall, or cozy up to a loved one in the shade of a palm tree and watch the sun sink into the sea. Will your Sims find true love, or just have fun trying?


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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 02:19:10 PM »
It certainly looks sunlit.. I wonder how large the Island is?
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 02:22:03 PM »
It certainly looks sunlit.. I wonder how large the Island is?

Which one?  King Choi made it sound like there would be smaller islands that sims would need to swim to.  Swimming coming with the Seasons patch not just the expansion.
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 02:32:43 PM »
Which one?  King Choi made it sound like there would be smaller islands that sims would need to swim to.  Swimming coming with the Seasons patch not just the expansion.

Oh, Lol. That could really put a big dent in how long it takes Sims to swim to work.  ;) I haven't seen the chat so I don't know anything really.
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 02:51:00 PM »
And to think I haven't even had a game in Lucky Palms yet.. ::)

It looks very pretty, but yet another bit of store content thrown at us after all the other stuff we're waiting for? Slow down please!

The swimming-to-islands things sounds rather cool. I'm a bit annoyed at this not being included with Seasons because it quite easily could've been seeing as this is so very Seasons-centered, but oh well.

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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 02:54:29 PM »
They do have a bit of a cheek if you ask me, not giving us a world with Seasons and then releasing a Store World which uses Seasons features. So it seems like the CAW team now only make Store Worlds and hardly make EP worlds now.
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 02:55:22 PM »
I don't know.  I see it as using the Seasons swimming but a tropical island world is actually the last place I would want to see snow so that's probably why it's separate versus with the expansion. 

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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 03:04:46 PM »
I actually think it could work with snow, I'm a bit of a weirdo that way. :P Like a snowy island. I like snowy islands.

Looks like it's infusing some Tiki themes! Finally a place to use that Tiki set from the store! Just didn't seem to look right anywhere else.

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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2012, 03:10:32 PM »
Releasing an EP without a world and a store world that would work great with said EP? Someone needed extra lunch money, methinks. :P

It's a pretty interesting looking place, though.

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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2012, 03:21:05 PM »
It's pretty, but I agree that it would only work well with one or at most two seasons... Personally, I'm glad that they concentrated on ensuring that weather works with all worlds, and release this separately, rather than making the EP that bit more bloated and probably expensive and glitchy... I don't really buy store worlds (although I'm often tempted by the features that come with them), as I think they're kind of expensive for what they are... Having said that, it does look beautiful, and will obviously work very well with Seasons... I can't imagine it ever getting cold enough to snow there though!

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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2012, 03:46:15 PM »
In my opinion, it looks awesome. Interested to see the houses... (and downtown.) :P
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2012, 03:48:19 PM »
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2012, 03:54:24 PM »
Oh wow, that bed is awesome! Must. have. It. I also love that house, I hope there are awesome new rabbit holes with this. So far it's looking quite high quality, apart from the timing and all that.
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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2012, 03:56:35 PM »
SimGuruSarah just tweeted that ST (their acronym for Sunlit Tides) will have over a dozen empty lots.  Like Lucky Palms, they created a "empty neighborhood" area.

SimGuruTaterTot just posted more on her blog about Sunlit Tides. 



Sunsets!




Sunsets!



SUNSETS!



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Re: New Store World - Sunlit Tides
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2012, 04:01:35 PM »
Mmmm, a modern-based town!