I just noticed this today, but every road in and out of twinbrook is barred, it seems a bit strange to me. What's going on? Deadly swamp gas?

Perhaps it relates to the green deceased sims. Perhaps it is ripe for a zombie plague.

I think they really went overboard with Twinbrook. Not only is probably half of the entire sims players going to cheat and see all the desceased sims (which are green for some reason), and see what they did, but went all out on hundreds of new world objects. Like you mentioned, all the roads leading out are barred, and many new little easter eggs. EA really did a great job on this. And being on topic, I think they're barred for the same reason kiwi mentioned. Zombies O__________o

cos the whole town is inbred and needs to be contained

Just snorted my morning cuppa laughing...

As a world maker, I feel compelled to correct this. There are definitely not hundreds of new world objects. I'd estimate the number of new CAW objects stops well short of 50. If only they'd fix CAW!!

I really miss the picture-album feature from TS2 at this point. They could have included some hints around this mystery there.
Or if the sims still had memories - we could resurrect the weird green ghosts and see what they can remember of a possible "incident" that happened in the history of Twinbrook.
I'm still not sure why they omitted those beloved features.

yeah i totally agree with you, i always wondered why take out really great features of the game.

in topic, i think its something like in the movie "The Crazies" the townies might all of a sudden start killing all the citizens,

or it might be something like the hills have eyes, the townies and sims really look like them.

The number of create-a-crap objects added by Ambitions is not a positive number. It is not even zero. It is a NEGATIVE number, because they took AWAY Create-A-Crap.

Actually it's kind of a sad reminder of what's really going on down in the regions affected by the horrendous oil disaster down in the Gulf. I've seen some first-hand accounts in videos of what conditions are like in the marshes down there and how bad life has become for the people affected by it. So much is being hushed up and according to the very outspoken wife of one of the fishermen whose livelihood has been destroyed, people are actually terrified to talk because now they are at the complete mercy of BP for their income as it is the ONLY employer left for suddenly unemployed fishermen in those regions.

When I load up Twinbrook I'm struck afresh by how sickly colored the town is. It's got kind of a sick greenish-yellow tinge even far beyond the deep marshy areas. It's such a far cry from the deep vibrant greenery of Sunset Valley and River View. I think if they weren't going for some kind of disaster-based backstory, they could have colored the town a lot different, even taking into consideration the marsh. They could have gone more with "healthy" shades of ambers and browns and not a very pale hint of asparagus green over everything.

I just came back from a couple of days at the beach. I saw plenty of fug there. But it was all normal fug. Twinbrook Fug is an oddness unto itself. There is definitely a story there. Time to get the Investigator sims to find out what that story is!

Maybe someone should do all the cases and compile the all the cases together then work something out?

oh hell, lets just rummage on EA's mailboxes and trashcans to find information and blackmail them to tell us everything about twinbrook. XD

They dumped genetics and memories for quicker load times.

Yes, because making the game less fun and interesting was such a better choice. I miss collection folders too, by the way, managing content is really hard right now. Plus, it would be nice to have photo albums back. I do not choose to upload pics of my sims as my only way of viewing their puny little lives.

But I do love Twinbrook. I like the swamps. I love the mossy trees, I like the architecture, and if the puddings didn't all look like extras from "Deliverance" I would be content with it. LOL

yeah, i just hate it how EA creates a very new game with every sim game they release. i wish they bring back all the interesting things. just drop the wishes if they like, it s@cks bigtime anyway.

I think that they're supposed to look like that. You could always destroyallhumans, if you were more awesome, though.

I am and I do use that command for Twinbrook.

I second that.

LOL. This probably says a lot about my taste, but I think Twinbrook is absolutely beautiful, especially at dusk out in the swamps. I'm amazed by the lighting and often just sit and watch the sky and water change colour. I think it makes the hood seem so alive (I do miss the beach from Sunset Valley though).

I hadn't even noticed that the roads were closed off until I saw this thread. Behold my amazing powers of observation!

I love the atmosphere of Twinbrook too. I'm sick of the happy greenery of Sunset Valley and Riverview! I've been waiting for a grungier, more industrial neighborhood for a while now

I also never noticed that the roads were closed off! On that note, has anyone else noticed the weird-colored water that runs off the dam in the swampy area? It looks like chemical waste. Maybe that has something to do with it?

Twinbrook reminds me a lot of The Valley, the neighborhood the Oblong family lives in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oblongs

I dont play Twinbrook much, I havent noticed the roads being closed off, And i didnt know the ghosts were green.

Does that mean in the Cemetery at night the ghosts are green??

High five for making a reference to that awesome (yet prematurely canceled) show!

I definitely see some resemblance between the two from what I've seen of the neighbourhood.The closeness of the wealthy and their mansions with the lowerclass mutated swampfolk.

I thought Memories were awesome, personally. It really helped when I was trying to remember who married who!

Seriously, the town looks sick. The Sim-Earth in Twinbrook looks sick! Thats why I made my newest family green. They match the background. Those wallflowers!

I think Twinbrook is beautiful too. Especially the swamp area with the mist and the fireflies at dusk. I also like the grungier, industrial areas as well. They make it seem more real to me. I didn't notice the roads being blocked though. Great eye! XD