Why does it cost so much? - The price may be off-putting to some. It's currently $36.99 at Amazon.com or £24.87 from Amazon.co.uk. However, it does include 1,000 points for The Sims Store, which works out at $10 or £6. For those who are not familiar with The Sims Store, it is part of the official site where you can buy officially made objects, fashions and other items for your game. As a special bonus, there is a completely free set of items at the store for everyone who registers their copy of World Adventures. I will mention more about The Sims Store at some point in the future as I will be honest that it is not something that I am impressed with and I do not feel I should pay more money for a game to get points that I am unlikely to use.

I am impressed with the amount of work that has gone into the three new worlds and despite it being higher than the price of an expansion pack for The Sims 2, I believe it to be reasonable value for money for the work that has been put in.

Is it bug free? - The game has been buggy for some people and not buggy for others, although that may be more a product of having mods installed rather than a problem with the game. There was a bug very early on where games had to be "Saved As" again instead of overwriting the existing save game. EA have been patching it and most of these bugs do now seem to be ironed out.

Does it have extended playability? - That's hard to say. We feel we are just scratching the surface with the different types of adventure and exploration. There is so much more I have found but not had time to tell you about. Although I feel I am replaying the same campaign in Egypt with some of my different adventurers, there is sufficient free form for our sims to do their own thing. At the moment, I think it does have extended playability.

Is it for everyone? - No. Despite it having a lot of content, I don't think that it will be as it seems focussed on a sim who wants to adventure and not so much about those that don't. However, I feel that the appeal will be quite broad for those who want a change of pace and scenery and for those of us who have been playing it, we recommend it nevertheless and we are still finding new things every day.

What changes would you have liked to see? - I would have liked to see it that sims did not have to travel in order to pick up the new skills or buy books on the subjects, but that would have defeated the object of getting sims to travel abroad. I am sure that at some point, some ingenious modder will come up with a way to buy cameras, nectar-making machines, martial arts equipment, skill-related books and some adventuring equipment at home.

Has it done what it says on the tin? - This expansion pack adds to the game in all of the ways that I had expected and introduces a new style of gameplay that does have a certain quality of its own. It certainly adds to the game and although it is not pets or apartments or businesses or seasons or farming, I believe a lot of work has been put into it and I am glad I have it. There are some bold claims on the box about visiting realworld landmarks including the Arc De Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. I am yet to see those two. Basically, though, I would say it does give us the feeling of our sims going on world adventures.

Firstly, the Holiday Season is nearly upon us and apart from spending time with my nearest and dearest, I want to get back to playing the game and finding out more to tell you. In the New Year, we will be continuing The Sims 3 Indepth Reports and will be covering this expansion in detail, giving you our advice and considered opinions on the different areas and facets. There is so much more to explore and learn.

Secondly, the Create-A-World tool is due out soon. We will also be looking at that, finding out how it works and giving you our considered findings on how it works and how easy it is to get down to building our own custom towns, cities and communities.

Thirdly, we will be keeping you informed on the rest of the sim news that we find.

In the meantime, I have relics to liberate, martial arts masters to spar with, magical gnomes to be found, gems to be collected, crocodiles to be caught, mummies to avoid, songs to be learnt, photographs to be taken, sphinxes to be negotiated with, nectar to be fermented and my stories to be written about all of these world adventures.

Dag dag!