A return on
World Adventure. As I mentioned in another thread, anyone with access to the internet knows that neither France, China or Egypt are like what's depicted. Today's China is now heavily industrialized, and polluted, accordingly. France has town planning issues due to excessive immigration in the last twenty to thirty years, and you have to get very very very very far from the big cities to reach a small town like Champs les Sims. In Egypt, well, don't get caught trying to bring with you any chunk of rock, or, worst, any relics, like you sim do, you'd risk 20+ years of jail, and Egyptian prisons are, well... Google about them. Also, in the recent years, Egypt is war thorn.
However, all three location depicted are based on idyllic eras. For example, Al Simhara is more is less 1920s Giza Plateau, as depicted in
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc and 1999
The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser. Champs les Sims seems to be 1970s or 1980s French countryside, as depicted in the sizable cinematography produced in that period, or even latter. For example, here's a clip of Alizée's 2000
Moi ... lolita:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dDwKPGUIVMEAlizée home appear to be set in the 1980s, while the nightclub where she dances was 1990s or contemporary (and a critic on social disparities in France). Still, you can see a resemblance between Champ les Sims, and rural France depicted in the clip. This said, as for Shang Simla, I am not well versed regarding Asian cultures, but I'd venture a guess that it's like 1960s or 1970s China, prior to the recent massive industrialization. That would explain why all resident have bikes and no cars what so ever, and only the rich bad guys have computers (by default)...
