The Sims 4 worlds per real life continent

"Movotti;15512118" wrote:

"emyprice95;15511919" wrote:

"Ciarassims;15510399" wrote:
Personally I'd put oasis springs in Australia since the middle class houses give me that vibe and some parts of Australia are in the desert lol but other parts of OS remind me of Spain lol which is in Europe. And SM spice market reminds me of New York lol

I see your point, although as an Australian, Oasis Springs just feels too American to me

I'm an aussie too, and I agree, it's got US feel to it, not paticularly Aussie.

(Off the top of my head, the movie The Dressmaker is an excellent representation of a rural Australian town in the desert, in my opinion) :lol:

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That is a good example of a generic idea of an Aussie town.
Four houses, a post office, a general store, a church and a pub, all lined up along a dusty street.

Silverton is another great example
It's got a pub, and a... whatever that other building is, and the last of the V8 interceptors, and some dust, but not much else.
http://www.lemontreeart.com.au/img/member/3/large/P226.jpg

When my boyfriend and I went to see The Dressmaker we were both laughing at how accurate it was at portraying the small town politics (both of us being from small-ish rural towns). :lol:

I would also like to see other types of environments from Australia portrayed too. A rural town in the desert is a little cliche, not that it wouldn't be cool to see in a game like TS4, but I'd also like to see, say a little beachside holiday town, or a town set in the southern part of the country, where it's cool and mountainous. :smile:

"blugar44;15515359" wrote:
We need a tropical, equatorial location similar to Polynesia! Perhaps a mountainous region as well (which will be made all the more important with Seasons of course).
In terms of 'checking off the continents' as if they're on some kind of to-do list, I feel like any Australian or African inspired world map will come across very derivative and stereotypical. eg. I live in Sydney and it would be very hard to distinguish it from any of the current world in the game. I feel as if an Aussie-esque world was implemented, it would be more like Oasis Springs whereas that is the Australian experience for very few.

I agree, a very small percentage of the population actually live in rural, desert towns.

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr06/5/0/enhanced-buzz-9615-1388899275-22.jpg?no-auto
^ only 2% of the population live in the areas highlighted in yellow above

The majority of the population live in major cities.

I also agree with @blugar44 that if a TS4 world based on say, Sydney or Melbourne were to be created, it wouldn't be very different to what already exists in the game (in fact, Sydney was one of the real life locations that influenced the design of San Myshuno, and for me personally, San Myshuno does remind me a little bit of Sydney).

In my personal opinion, if the Sims team were to try to create an Australian-inspired world that wasn't the cliche outback town, I think perhaps a beachside holiday town would fit the bill? Most of Australia's population live close to the coast, and even if they don't, I think a lot of Australians would have done a special trip to the coast for a beach holiday, and thus would be something they could personally relate to with regards to their real life experiences.

In my personal opinion, San Myshuno has the feeling of San Francisco mixed with Shanghia. The brownstone neighbourhood of Spice Market or even the Arts Quarter has a typical American downtown aroma, while the skyline is reminiscent of Shanghai mostly. I'd place it in Asia judging by all the themes present. Oasis Springs has a typical California-ish vibe, Magnolia Promenade & especially Newcrest have a typical suburban American feel. I'll put Willow Creek in there too. Lastly, Windenburg and Forgotten Hollow is definitely European. Windenburg looks quite Germany/Switzerland-ish type? Forgotten Hollow seems to be a mixture of American Sleepy Hollow & European elements, I'd personally place it in Europe too.

I always imagine Oasis Springs to be an imitation of Arizona or Nevada deserts.

Forgotten Hollow seems either Transylvanian or inspired by Sleepy Hollow, NY.

Granite Falls seems to be inspired by the PNW's temperate rain forest and the Cascade Mountains.

Most of Windenburg looks like old Germany, but the Von Haunt Estate seems to be based on Austrian architecture (Schonbrunn Palace, for example). The Island and the Bluffs don't seem to fit in either of the aforementioned countries, so I'm not sure which places inspired them.

There's no denying that San Myshuno looks like Hong Kong from an aerial view, but on ground I get vibes from several locales. The Spice District looks NYC inspired due to the brownstones (Brooklyn) and DUMBO (Brooklyn) because of the bridge. The Art District is Williamsburg-ish (Brooklyn) and also DUMBO-ish because of the building styles, factories, and close proximity to the river. The Fashion District and Uptown make me think of Tokyo or maybe Shanghai, but again, the entire city is easily Hong Kong when looking from above.

"TheSimer;15491119" wrote:

"mirta000;15490480" wrote:

"leo3487;15490350" wrote:

Take a look at Google Earth, non-industrial cities of Germany (or "interior" as here at Argentina refer to far from capital). Windenburg is not too different than them

Not arguing about Winderburg, saying that nowhere in your mentioned places does it look like Forgotten Hollow.

San Myshuno looks very asian. Not only from the architecture, but also from the landscape.
It has a typical asian coastline.

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http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/full_carousel_image/public/carousel/hong-kong.jpg?itok=QQX_m_9b
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Darn, I wish those islands was accessible in the game. Gosh every time I play San Myshuno I always want my sim to go there.

I always get rid of all the buildings in Willow Creek and make that and Newcrest into British suburbia anyway. We like our fences!

It would be good though, if we were given and allowed different backdrops to suit our own neighbourhoods or a modder be able to make them.

"emyprice95;15511919" wrote:

"Ciarassims;15510399" wrote:
Personally I'd put oasis springs in Australia since the middle class houses give me that vibe and some parts of Australia are in the desert lol but other parts of OS remind me of Spain lol which is in Europe. And SM spice market reminds me of New York lol

I see your point, although as an Australian, Oasis Springs just feels too American to me (of course, none of the worlds in TS4 are definitively based on any real life places, so if you imagine Oasis Springs to be in the Australian desert, then that is where it is in your game :smile: ).

That said, I definitely would like to see a TS4 world that looks like a rural Australian town. :smile: Though rural Australia varies wildly in appearance, from desert, to grassland, to rainforest, to temperate mountains.

(Off the top of my head, the movie The Dressmaker is an excellent representation of a rural Australian town in the desert, in my opinion) :lol:

Oasis Springs is practically "confirmed" as California/Nevada due to the presence of the dinosaur. That's a common sight in that area.

I dont think Widenburg truely looks like anything in Germany, its a disnyefied version that somehow still end up looking more American than german.
I have also had the great fortune to travel around Romania, they do have mountains and it can be foggy, but thats were the similarities end, they dont have victorian houses. Its more a mix between the architecture in Italy and bavaria.

I'm...not quite sure how this is possible. :D Definitely Germany. If you can't think of a Bavarian town with that architecture, try giving Celle a visit in Niedersachsen. Lots of the older German buildings were destroyed in WWII, but select towns such as Celle remain virtually unscathed.

San Myshuno seems to be a combination of Brooklyn, NYC (Spice Market area), Shanghia with the cherry blossoms in the Fashion District, San Francisco, Soho (Art District), and Manhattan (Uptown). As for the rest, Newcrest reminds me of Orlando or Jacksonville, Florida. Brindleton Bay seems like a combination of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Upstate New York with the waterfalls. WillowCreek is like North Carolina and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Windenburg is definitely reminiscent of Amsterdam, France, and Italy. My favorite is Oasis Springs which is a dead ringer for Scottsdale, Az, Parts of Southern California, and perhaps, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Granite Falls seems like Alaska or Lake Tahoe. The newest addition, Selvarado? reminds me of South America and its Amazon jungle. A few parts resemble towns in Mexico. Magnolia Promenade reminds me of Virginia.

Closing Necro'd thread

"mirta000;15490315" wrote:

"leo3487;15490297" wrote:

Personally at real world Forgotten Hollow is East Europe, and if we make a Sims map, then next to Windenburg

Is there a real location with that name? Because I'm from East Europe and that is NOTHING like what East Europe is. It's like someone has a warped cartoon influenced perception of how locations here look. Old towns look closer to Winderburg, except more cluttered:

I meant Windenburg West/Center Europe (more specific, Germany) and Forgotten Hollow East Europe (Transilvania or also any of the old Yugoslavia)