Dragon Valley or Monte Vista/Hidden Springs
I am planning to get a new world in a couple of months. I am looking for the best world originality/storytelling. I have Lunar Lakes and Midnight Hollow already, and love them. I am also enjoying p...
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@jojie4
Hidden Springs is a mediocre world, because the official world creators at EA probably were flexing their design muscles at the time. The later Store worlds are more worth the money than the earlier ones, in my opinion. I actually do not own Hidden Springs, but have seen it being played in Let's Plays and Game Reviews, and from the looks of it, it really looks like something a Sims 3 fan can slap together with enough time and dedication. The main reason for the mediocrity is that the rabbitholes are just ones you will find in Sunset Valley.
Now, I do own Monte Vista and Dragon Valley, and I love them both. Monte Vista's premium content is the pizza oven; Dragon Valley's premium content is the set of 3 dragons, and you get an additional baby dragon, the black one, if you also own the Renaissance Faire lot. @Cogitotoro was generous enough to gift me the Renaissance Faire lot. If it weren't for the Store gift, then I probably wouldn't have gotten it at all, let alone the black dragon. Thanks Cogitotoro!
Monte Vista is home to the Monty family from The Sims 2, but you get to play with Patrizio and Isabella and their young children. The Montys are loved there, and it is hinted that they are completely clueless to what will become their fate - the Capps as arch-rivals. Aside from the Monty family, you can also find Goopy GilsCarbo and his parents there. What I plan to do is to have little Bianca Monty grow up and eventually become engaged to Goopy. Then, I will just move her out of the house and let the game do whatever it wants with her. Personally, I think Monte Vista is the perfect location to do the Romeo and Juliet story, because the town's architecture is traditional Italian - very similar to what you will find in Veronaville (The Sims 2). I also own Roaring Heights and plan to play with the Capp family there. Eventually, the Capps will move to Monte Vista and become the arch-rivals of the Montys. Afterwards, I may move the Capps and Montys and Summerdreams (Moonlight Falls) into Veronaville (custom world on the Exchange) to play out the rest of the Romeo and Juliet story.
Dragon Valley has a ton of interesting household descriptions and gameplay opportunities. You can find references to the Loch Ness monster and Red Riding Hood. There is a pre-made family that would be perfect for the Opposite Princess Challenge and a family that would be suited for the Orphanage Challenge. You can also find the Burb family there and play out the Burb family story there before packaging the family and moving it to Pleasantview (custom world by PleasantSims). Some lots in Dragon Valley (residential and community) come with dragon eggs; watch out for them!
My own gameplays are mostly story-driven, so I play Monte Vista for the Monty family and the Romeo and Juliet story, and I like to play the Dragon Valley pre-made families for the interesting backstories, as well as using the Dragon Valley world as the backdrop for fairy-tale gameplays.
Hidden Springs is a mediocre world, because the official world creators at EA probably were flexing their design muscles at the time. The later Store worlds are more worth the money than the earlier ones, in my opinion. I actually do not own Hidden Springs, but have seen it being played in Let's Plays and Game Reviews, and from the looks of it, it really looks like something a Sims 3 fan can slap together with enough time and dedication. The main reason for the mediocrity is that the rabbitholes are just ones you will find in Sunset Valley.
Now, I do own Monte Vista and Dragon Valley, and I love them both. Monte Vista's premium content is the pizza oven; Dragon Valley's premium content is the set of 3 dragons, and you get an additional baby dragon, the black one, if you also own the Renaissance Faire lot. @Cogitotoro was generous enough to gift me the Renaissance Faire lot. If it weren't for the Store gift, then I probably wouldn't have gotten it at all, let alone the black dragon. Thanks Cogitotoro!
Monte Vista is home to the Monty family from The Sims 2, but you get to play with Patrizio and Isabella and their young children. The Montys are loved there, and it is hinted that they are completely clueless to what will become their fate - the Capps as arch-rivals. Aside from the Monty family, you can also find Goopy GilsCarbo and his parents there. What I plan to do is to have little Bianca Monty grow up and eventually become engaged to Goopy. Then, I will just move her out of the house and let the game do whatever it wants with her. Personally, I think Monte Vista is the perfect location to do the Romeo and Juliet story, because the town's architecture is traditional Italian - very similar to what you will find in Veronaville (The Sims 2). I also own Roaring Heights and plan to play with the Capp family there. Eventually, the Capps will move to Monte Vista and become the arch-rivals of the Montys. Afterwards, I may move the Capps and Montys and Summerdreams (Moonlight Falls) into Veronaville (custom world on the Exchange) to play out the rest of the Romeo and Juliet story.
Dragon Valley has a ton of interesting household descriptions and gameplay opportunities. You can find references to the Loch Ness monster and Red Riding Hood. There is a pre-made family that would be perfect for the Opposite Princess Challenge and a family that would be suited for the Orphanage Challenge. You can also find the Burb family there and play out the Burb family story there before packaging the family and moving it to Pleasantview (custom world by PleasantSims). Some lots in Dragon Valley (residential and community) come with dragon eggs; watch out for them!
My own gameplays are mostly story-driven, so I play Monte Vista for the Monty family and the Romeo and Juliet story, and I like to play the Dragon Valley pre-made families for the interesting backstories, as well as using the Dragon Valley world as the backdrop for fairy-tale gameplays.
