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. As The Sims 3 was pirated online before it's official release (which is unable to download Riverview from the official website), Riverview become one of advertsement focus of the game official release.

Description:


 * 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.


 * Completely new neighborhood with 60+ complete new NPC's. There will also be a few "old" faces from The Sims 2 in the Riverview, however, it is unknown if the story is a prequel or sequel to the previous games.



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?"

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:

 Notice: All informations (texts, pictures) are disclosed from the Riverview's official video.

 The Riverview's Families :


 * 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 child and the other a man. The child is playing with a teddy bear.


 * The Bagley Family:  What will Ma Bagley and her broods do next? 
 * Ma Bagley appears to have the insane or evil trait, because her evil cackle. She is shown with her two children.

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 * The Lothario Family : And just who is this town's newest Casanova?
 * Don Lothario from Pleasantview featured in The Sims 2 is shown. From his entrance it seems that he teleported into Riverview.

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 People with families names unknown : 


 * Betty: Will young Betty find her true love?
 * Betty is shown crying as she watches a man and a woman kiss. There is a possibility that Betty from Riverview might be Betty Newbie, but that has not been confirmed. Also, there are speculations that Bob Newbie, her husband from The Sims, will be featured as a teen in Riverview.

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

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 * 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. There's a theory that he could be General Buzz Grunt from Strangetown in the Sims 2.

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Video(s)
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