Riverview

Riverview is a free downloadable town offered from The Sims 3 store. The town is being developed by Visceral Games (Formerly known as EA Redwood Shores) due to the closing of EA Black Box. Riverview is a complete new neighborhood with 60+ complete new NPC's. There will also be a few "old" faces from The Sims 2 in Riverview, however, it is unknown if the story is a prequel or sequel to the previous games. Riverview is a small town with an idyllic countryside setting. It’s dotted with farms,beautiful pastures and nestled by a winding river. This sleepy little town comes with an entirely new set of inhabitants with secrets for your Sims to uncover. The Town's relief map seems to be inspired from Paris in France with the difference that Riverview is more rural that the latter.



The Families
In a recent video uploaded by The Sims, the official channel of the Sims, they showed a preview of Riverview with some or possibly all of the families in Riverview. It starts with a short description of Riverview and goes on to show 6 main families. One family is not named, but shows ghosts in their house. The other main families along with the questions that come with them:

Unknown Family with ghosts: "Who are these uninvited house guests?" A frightened man and a frightened woman are shown surrounded by two ghosts, one a toddler and the other a man. The toddler is playing with a teddy bear. It is unclear, but it is also possible that the toddler is a child. We do not see enough to know for sure.

Betty: "Will young Betty find her true love?" Betty is shown crying as she watches a man and a woman kiss.

The Carpenters: "Just what are the Carpenters growing?" The Carpenters are shown in their yard tending to their garden.

Lucky: "What's wrong with Lucky's plumbing?" Lucky is shown in a bath tub outside of a rural setting.

Hunter: "Who is Hunter hiding from?" Hunter is shown in a military outfit in military-type surroundings. From the way he acts it seems he has the paranoid trait, one out of many traits that you can customize your sim with in Sims 3.

Ma Bailey: "What will Ma Bailey and her broods do next?" Ma Bailey appears to have the insane or evil trait, because of the way she cackles evil. She is shown with her two children or "broods".

Unknown Casanova: "And just who is this town's newest Casanova?" A man that looks very similar to Don Lothario from the Pleasantview in Sims 2 is shown. From his entrance it he seems to have had teleported into Riverview.

Betty Newbie?
There is a possibility that Betty from Riverview might be Betty Newbie, but that has not been confirmed.

The Story
"Along the banks of the Simomon River lies the sleepy town of Riverview. Many have moved to this serene little town to escape the clamor of city life. Will the current residents let the newcomers in on the town’s little secrets or will they do their best to keep their dirt from being unearthed?"

On ign.com there are gameplay videos of riverview!

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