Nearly all my save games are based in Sunset Valley or Appaloosa Plains. I used to have a Bridgeport save, but I’ve since had lag issues with Bridgeport. Similar story with Moonlight Falls. And I’ve never been able to use Isla Paradiso. I know all three (particularly IP) are famously laggy. I don’t mind particularly, I like SV and AP and often create my own lots (eg an arboretum/vault of antiquity, dive bars/clubs/lounges etc). I’ve never downloaded any world from the Sims 3 Store, apart from Riverview which was free anyway and I don’t use often. I like the look of Sunlit Tides, and I understand it’s not too laggy. I also like the look of Monte Vista. Are they worth getting? Are there lag problems?

I managed to have all store worlds, and here's my personal opinion:Lucky Palms wins. It has a great amount of empty lots, cool neighbors and room for other expansions.Aurora Skies is my second choice, besides the lack of more room.Dragon Valley is my third, since it's beautiful. However, you end up with a bunch of elves. Maybe Monte Vista is better, but I got more involved with Dragon Valley, that's why it's better for me.I didn't have much experience in Midnight Hollow, Roaring Heights and Lunar LakesSunlit Tides has a bunch of micro lots. I hate that because I can't add several buildings I always use (I have to rebuild a bunch of micro lots or some huge stuff, it's not really balanced). Hidden Springs was a bug-fest for me. Barnacle Bay is sort of bland for me.I'd suggest checking some videos on youtube about the neighborhoods. I've got them all because I did want it, but nowadays, I've got only Lucky Palms installed.

I ageee with barnacle bay being bland.Sunlit tides is pretty to look at but not much space I like roaring heights as it has a downtown and outskirts of the city.But I mostly okay Custom worlds so I can’t say on the others

Ok, thanks for the suggestions. Lucky Palms sounds good too. I guess it’d just be best to download a few and then decide...

If you only buy one, I'd suggest Lucky Palms. I love the casino items and I've put the run down buildings in the old part of town in a few different worlds I've played in. It's also a fantastic vacation spot if you use Nraas traveler mod. If you didn't know already, LP and the casino will come up for sale on the daily deal from time to time. Are you familiar with this thread?Performance is also a primary concern for me. I've had to stop playing games in certain towns when the issues became too much. Pulls me out of the game to have to deal with the technical issues along the way. The two towns that you mentioned actually run rather well on my machine with Twinbrook being a third. It's a pretty common consensus that SV runs better than the other EA towns. If you do consider the custom content route, I'd recommend Mesa Grande by aaronrogers8i3. No town, EA town or otherwise, has run as well as Mesa Grande has for me. If you're interested, the most recent version is 1.5 and can be found here. I'm not able to find a thread on the sim3 forums for the 1.5 release but this thread for the 1.4 release is still good for links to the seasons and ambitions lots he built for it. This town requires CC, I'm using it without any problems and it's easy to install.

@Satanu_Reeves Thank you for posting Mesa Grande, I never heard of it before, and just took a peak.It looks really pretty!I love playing custom worlds and always want a variety to choose from.

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Lucy_Henley
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Thanks everyone!

I do like the look of Monte Vista, plus you get the awesome pizza oven.

I’m not even particularly fussed about Isla Paradiso being laggy, but I would have maybe liked to investigate the diving skill. Having googled, I think you can make custom dive lots though.
Willzky
6 years ago
I'd reccomend these ones:

- Aurora Skies: Although it isn't huge, this town is very different to the others, in a good way. It has an amazing icelandic feel to it, with the northern lights. The detail and effort into this world is great.

- Lucky Palms: A great amount of space to play in; versitile with different styles of buildings.

One thing is...I don't think Barnacle Bay is worth the price. Although I love the fact it's an island and I appreciate the effort making this world. There's not enough to make it stand out.
Lucy_Henley
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I may end up getting Sunlit Tides anyway, if only for the items that come with it, eg the massage table and sauna. I like building resorts for my Sims to own, and they’d be cool additions to any resort! I may also get the Traveler NRAAS mod and use it as a holiday destination.
Willzky
6 years ago
@Lucy_Henley

Sunlit Tides, Is a world I never bought. However I think it definatley looks worth buying.
301624037
6 years ago
I have an issue with the lighting, I prefer lighting that is similar or the same as Sunset Valley. I found Midnight Hollow to be too dark, and I think maybe Aurora Skies is a bit darkish too. Lucky Palms has this different color/light that tends to be orange if I remember correctly. Monte Vista too. I guess it can fit when you want some medievel vibe.
From this aspect, Barnacle Bay and Hidden Springs were the most convienet for me to play (meaning the most natural lighting as I prefer...)
The CC is also a consideration, I like Aurora Skies' CC the most.
Willzky
6 years ago
@Avatarit

I forgot about Hidden Springs! That world, was one I had and I used it a lot. I agree that it is as well for me an extremley convient and easy world to play in.
UlanDhor
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Avatarit;c-17357129" wrote:
I have an issue with the lighting, I prefer lighting that is similar or the same as Sunset Valley. I found Midnight Hollow to be too dark, and I think maybe Aurora Skies is a bit darkish too. Lucky Palms has this different color/light that tends to be orange if I remember correctly. Monte Vista too. I guess it can fit when you want some medievel vibe.
From this aspect, Barnacle Bay and Hidden Springs were the most convienet for me to play (meaning the most natural lighting as I prefer...)
The CC is also a consideration, I like Aurora Skies' CC the most.

However, lighting is the easiest thing to customize. There are countless lighting mods available that shift the lighting of worlds to what you want. For example, I use a variation of this one at the moment.

Unfortunately, I don't know enough of the store worlds to answer the actual thread question in any meaningful way.
Jaletu
New Ace
6 years ago
Roaring Heights is my all time fav! You also get the fixer upper car - which is just awesome. Sells for quite a bit too. The lighting has a soft kind of pink to it.

My second fav would be Lucky Palms or Monte Vista. Hard to choose as they are both so pretty!
sobenewbie
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
A lot depends on how you play. I like to start with a single young adult then marry and have kids. As a result, I found Aurora Skies to have the best options for finding a spouse. Monte Vista and Lucky Palms were almost devoid of any romantic options.

Those three are the only ones I have played so far, so I can't comment on the others.
Lucy_Henley
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I tend to create a couple in CAS, so that’s not such an issue for me!

The thing I was most interested in was the playability, given the tendency for some of the worlds that ship with the various EPs to be laggy. But Lucky Palms and Monte Vista seem to be getting fairly good reviews so that’s useful to know.

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