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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 33
  2. Negative: 10 out of 33
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  1. Mar 16, 2015
    0
    Unplayable. Lags like crazy and freezes every 5 seconds. Thousands of players affected. No way to solve this problem even with all the advices from the EA's tech.
  2. Jun 29, 2013
    1
    Another overpriced DLC for The Sims 3 by EA. 40 dollars for houseboats and diving? This doesn't even compare to what a DLC like pets or seasons gave us for the same price. Don't buy this. It just encourages them to pump out another disgustingly overpriced and lacking in features expansion from one of their factories.
  3. Aug 21, 2013
    4
    This wasn't really an expansion so much as one of their towns off their website. Don't buy this and stop encouraging EA to put out an inferior product.
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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Sep 4, 2013
    85
    While all this isn't revolutionary Sims gameplay, at least a few new under-and-above-the-sea and on-the-beach gaming elements provide more than the standard expansion Sims pack offering.
  2. Sep 2, 2013
    85
    I don't think anyone will feel The Sims 3 is an incomplete game without Island Paradise. Sure, it's fun, but $30 is a lot to spend for filler content for a game that's four years old and already has an announced sequel.
  3. Aug 12, 2013
    60
    Maxis has filled this tenth expansion with a lot of content, but The Sims 3 starts to feel a bit overboard.