Sharing the fate of all good historical locales, it has become a tourist magnet, boasting a number of beaches, campgrounds, and parks.įor all the pirate themed names and advertising though, Barnacle Bay doesn’t quite live up to its potential and it honestly has a great deal of that commodity. As such, there are no new interactions, no traits, deaths, moodlets, or anything else, just a fresh world, full of piratey promise.īarnacle Bay is an island in the Simuyan Sea which was originally settled by a motley assortment of pirates, fishermen, and various bohemian tumbleweeds. It is purely a downloadable town, a world, complete with all the requisite buildings such as homes, shops and careers related buildings, ready for your Sims to holiday or simply move in. Barnacle Bay isn’t an expansion or stuff pack, nor is it chock full of baubles or new gameplay elements. Having already teased their customers with a free town in the form of Riverview, this new world, Barnacle Bay may cause eyes to water when gamers take note of the price.Īttempting to cover an add-on as opposed to a full expansion was always going to be a difficult task so I should perhaps begin with what it isn’t. Over a year and a half on, the store boasts a wealth of furniture sets and goodies and now, a whole new town to add to the ever expanding Sims world. A store full of such things may seem trivial, but when the Sims game was stripped back to bare bones for the third time at bat it seemed, to a cynical mind, that EA knew we’d be on the look out for more variety. This reputation for being overpriced is not unfairly earned, with users being required to purchase blocks of points in order to buy from the expensive and ever growing range of furniture, clothing, decorations and build objects with which gamers can pad out their Sims’ lives. Since then, the Sims 3 Store has divided opinion among even dedicated Sims fans, with the primary complaint being the cost.
Following in the footsteps of Zynga, Microsoft, and others, EA set up their Sim store around the launch of the third title in their popular franchise to provide add-ons and extras…for a price.
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