You know I've never bought anything from the Sims 3 Store before. Followers of my gameplay may now be thinking 'eh, I'm sure I've seen Store content in her game...'
Well, you're not wrong, but there are other ways to acquire content, oh there are ways...
However, the only downside of the 'other ways' (other than a slight tingly feeling that might be my sense of morality trying to make a comeback) is that sometimes the content doesn't always work in the way you would want it to. Normally objects are fine, but premium content- the stuff that involves new interactions etc.- can sometimes come out a bit wrong. For example, in my current Sims game at this time there's a custom sunflower that is spitting out white boxes of apathy into the garden instead of seeds or whatever it's supposed to be doing...
Anyways, given these complications I recently found myself eyeing up some premium content from the Store, and buoyed by a recent payrise from work (yey) I decided to actually purchase some Simpoints.
Now just what did I get with my hard earned virtual money...?
I'm a sucker for a good funfair, so when I saw that I could have freaking rollercoaster in my Sims game I was pretty darn excited about it. Immediately after downloading I of course sent SimFury by to check out the place.
But the thing about funfairs is, they're not that much fun on your own are they?
Haiiiiiiiiiiii Wolfie.
Readers of The Heart Family Legacy will be familiar with Wolfie and his shenanigans... He started off being somewhat of a creeper but in the end he was pretty much considered a beloved member of the extended legacy family.
And the thing that makes Wolfie the perfect person to check out the fair with is the fact that he's childish, as shown by the fact that he was all up for a bit of hopscotch.
Teehee...
But enough with the minor activities, what we're really interested in is the rollercoasters right? So let's get to it.
I sent SimFury and Wolfie off on their first coaster and it was pretty thrilling, with water, jumps, and adorable facial expressions.
There were also some pretty good drops.
There's actually two rollercoasters in the lot- the second of which had this pretty impressive loop.
And also an Oblivion-style drop.
SimFury looks much more excited about it than I would be at this point...
Yep, in reality I would be needing a trouser-change right about now.
I was having a mild panic at this point that the coaster was unfinished, but SimFury and Wolfie didn't seem bothered in the least.
They landed safely anyways, so all was good.
After the excitement of the rollercoaster I sent SimFury and Wolfie to cool down for a bit with a nice snocone. This isn't a feature the lot actually came with, I added the snocone machine in myself.
As if EA doesn't provide refreshments on this lot! How rude- there should be an ice cream truck on site at all times methinks.
*NOM*
After the break for refreshments I sent SimFury and Wolfie to explore what else the Boardwalk had to offer. And that's where I had problems. Other than the two rollercoasters there just wasn't really a whole lot to do on the lot.
In the end the duo just started dancing to pass the time.
Ooops... Apparently SimFury is clumsy, just like the real me.
But I guess Wolfie didn't mind as he glomped her straight after.
*SELFIE*
So anyways, in conclusion my opinion of the Boardwalk is this: MEH.
It's a great idea in theory, and I particularly like the fact that you can build your own rollercoasters- something I haven't fully explored yet- but I just don't think there's a fat lot else you can do on the lot.
I think the only way you could increase the fun content of the Boardwalk is to incorporate the World of Wonder set so you would have features like a carousel and a popcorn machine, but that would cost you the same amount of Simpoints again. It would cost you 3800 Simpoints in total for both sets- about £24 to me, and you could buy an actual expansion pack for that!
So yeah, I wouldn't bother.
But at least we have the beautiful memories to treasure.
