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The new pack is very underwhelming
alan650111
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I can't believe I just wasted 10 dollars on this! The sims don't even talk while they bowl. They literally stand dead silent while each person takes their turn. They look like robots. I figured since they dedicated an entire stuff pack on bowling it would be fleshed out. Unfortunately that is not the case.
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We do not have to be happy when EA throws bread crumbs every three months. It's possible to say no and insist they adopt a development model that encourages them to focus on more quality and sizeable updates (GPs, EPS) rather than lots of barebones ones.
I have no idea what the return policy is on packs, I'm pretty sure you can't do it. Worth looking into though.
What happened to multitasking?
I could be wrong, but I think I've read somewhere that for bowling they removed it so it doesn't take 5 hours to play one game of bowling.
Yknow this makes me realize a sacrifice of multitasking is that I'm pretty sure in 1, 2 and 3, socializing during actions did nothing to impede progress of an activity. In Sims 4, they "cycle" between the two, either socializing or (example) eating, but never quite doing both at the exact same moment.
A bit like eating at a restaurant can take half a day.
That one's extra weird cause I don't think that's even socializing.
Maybe I'm wrong since I only ever send Foodies to eat experimental food and otherwise don't bother with visiting restaurants to eat, but I'm pretty sure half the problem with restaurants is they spent ages going "ooooh" and "aaaaah" at the food and never really get tired of gawking at it. Once had my sim eat at a restaurant he owned while I disallowed new customers....still took him most of the day to finish his meal.
Exactly. It was billed as a feature of The Sims 4 and now we get a very social activity with no talking. I have always been a supporter of this game but lately I am noticing it's flaws more and more.
It is perfect (or not?) for a club activity in my game, as my sims don't gain charisma from socializing during club gatherings since the last patch anyway. So they can all just shut up and bowl
Yea, but my guess is when they tested it they probably realized that if sims was able to chat and multitask the game would take one sim week to end.
Comparing it to how much more their other stuff packs have been so far really highlights what a hit and miss this one is.
Nah man just name the club "United Anti-social Bowlers League." Bam, all loose ends tied up.
The one fatal flaw in their marketing strategy is the confusion mixing in premium products from the past creates.
They are no longer viewed as "Stuff Packs" but something else entirely.
The main feature of it is terribly done imo. I might use a hairstyle or couch here and there but that isn't worth what I paid.
They will stand in silence like mute robots and watch each other throw a bowl down the lane with an empty look in their eyes.
THANK YOU! ^^This so much! *high five*
I thought stuff packs were meant to be about stuff - y'know CAS, buy mode objects...adding in gameplay just confuses things!