

It's a bit like visiting the Bookstore in the original Sunset Valley neighbourhood, but a bit wetter. Because the town of Hidden Springs was founded around the supposedly rejuvenating waters that surround it, the town comes equipped with a spa, complete with swimming pools - but it's one of those community lots that your Sim just disappears inside for a few hours while they have a facial, so you can't watch your Sim or do anything interesting except wait. Fitting with the mountain retreat theme, there's plenty of parks, waterfalls and other scenic community lots to explore - and there's a few luxury houses for the wealthier Sims too.

That said, Hidden Springs itself is a green, spacious, scenic little town, located in a valley between several mountains, with a river winding through the middle. And as it's effectively an add-on for The Sims 3, you do need a copy of at least the original Sims 3 game to play.
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Which, to us, seems like quite a lot for what is essentially a different layout of houses, a few new town buildings and a handful of new items to play with, especially when you take into account you can pay less than that for some of the full expansion packs, and get a load more stuff with those - and Stuff Packs are often cheaper than that when they launch. Hidden Springs is the latest of the downloadable worlds available on The Sims 3 Store, for a hefty 2450 Sims Points - that's about £17.50 in real-world money. Hidden Springs is hidden in a valley, surrounded by water.
