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Four kits? Boooooo!
asa144
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I'm so tired of this "content" that is completely devoid of any gameplay and still haven't purchased a single kit. Ugh, we will probably be waiting until the end of the year again for something that is of substance.
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I think part of it is because of my gameplay style. I have one save with one family I play and it's taking a while to get around to all the game features. So with so much gameplay still to experience I appreciate the little bursts of new content.
I totally agree with this. I know a lot of simmers will say the kits offer no new gameplay but clothing and furniture can definitely inspire new gameplay for me.
The Modern Menswear kit inspired me to download a David Rose sim (Schitts Creek) because the clothing suited his style perfectly. I then went on to decorate an apartment for him. He's now best friends with my sim Juliette and helps her run her retail spa store, Rejuvenate. Which was inspired by Rose Apothecary, David's shop on the show.
But I do agree. I do miss gameplay kits.
Uh…these are going to be kits? Not expansions so you might be a bit disappointed.
As was stated above, we're not getting expansion packs, just kits. Kits are the tiny packs that usually just have a small handful of CAS or Build/Buy items and that's it.
People say this every year, yet every year the gameplay is lacking despite the scarcity of gameplay packs. So I don't think scarcity is doing anything to contribute to quality.
For £5 the gameplay was good value. I love the mundane tasks as it feels more like a life simulator. I dislike the dust bunnies (they feel more like something more belonging in Realm of Magic). I would buy the kit if there was an option for the dust but not the dust bunnies.
There also needs to be a broom 🧹added, a dustpan and brush, plus yard brush for patios too. Maybe Sims could chase unwanted Sims on thier lot or random visitor with the yard brush! 😳😂
Mean interaction; chase off with brush.
It's difficult to tell because their packs are so different in terms of focus and quality... how do you compare Growing Together with Discover University or another expansion pack before they were making kits? but I think I agree, packs still seem to have about the same quality and the same amount of content (gameplay, cas, b/b) as they had before when they were not making kits so I don't think we have seen any major changes there.
I also recommend Bust the Dust bc of the gameplay itself and the aspirations are fun.
There are aspirations?? Is this pack still buggy?
Bust the Dust comes with two new aspirations under the Location category; Fabulously Filthy and Perfectly Pristine.
https://simscommunity.info/2021/03/03/the-sims-4-bust-the-dust-kit-aspiration-overview/
I don't agree with kits not hurting anything. We haven't had a single stuff pack since the introduction of kits. So kits definitely impacted the release of stuff packs.
Kits are OK, some of them have pretty items and I eventually ended up buying a few. But if giving up stuff packs is the price to pay for kits, I would have preferred to keep getting stuff packs. Most stuff packs add gameplay or an object with unique interactions. Kits (with the exception of bust the dust) only add pretty looks for things we already have.
I simply don't see what the community has gained with them we forever lost stuff packs in favor of packs with no game play a few objects or clothing outfits.
In my opinion Nifty Knitting alone content destroys all kits combined new ability to knit huge selection of things you can make gets updates such as infant clothing metal music rocking chair elders being able to reminiscence and Plopsy. I just don't understand how we gained anything at all losing stuff packs for kits the expansions have not improved we still see the same shortcuts with very little new animations being added.
I guess we're stuck with them clearly enough are buying kits.