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LatinaBunny
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Strangerville is the only pack I don’t have at the moment (besides Island Living, obviously), and it’s on sale, so I’m curious about it.
I checked up on the CAS and BB items on the store page, and it all looked really good.
And it has military career, yes?
I was curious about the mystery and strange elements. I’m not really excited about those bits, and a bit apprehensive about the strange bit.
I mean, I like occults/supernaturals, but these people look a bit creepy.
Is the mystery something I can do fast? Can teens do the mysteries?
Are the strange sims intrusive? Like, do they hurt other sims or do anything harmful? Do they spread to other worlds?
If I solve the mystery and then move more sims into the neighborhood, does the mystery restart?
Anything else interesting or helpful? Any tips or advice? I forget, but are there any new cooking or harvestables? Any new collectibles?
Any good videos that give a good overview?
Any info is greatly appreciated. I’m leaning towards getting it due to the awesome sales, so I’m willing to be sold on it.
I checked up on the CAS and BB items on the store page, and it all looked really good.
And it has military career, yes?
I was curious about the mystery and strange elements. I’m not really excited about those bits, and a bit apprehensive about the strange bit.
I mean, I like occults/supernaturals, but these people look a bit creepy.
Is the mystery something I can do fast? Can teens do the mysteries?
Are the strange sims intrusive? Like, do they hurt other sims or do anything harmful? Do they spread to other worlds?
If I solve the mystery and then move more sims into the neighborhood, does the mystery restart?
Anything else interesting or helpful? Any tips or advice? I forget, but are there any new cooking or harvestables? Any new collectibles?
Any good videos that give a good overview?
Any info is greatly appreciated. I’m leaning towards getting it due to the awesome sales, so I’m willing to be sold on it.
~*~Occult Family Player player~*~
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Yes, it does.
I was curious about the mystery and strange elements. I’m not really excited about those bits, and a bit apprehensive about the strange bit.
Once the mystery is solved everyone in Strangerview is totally normal.
I mean, I like occults/supernaturals, but these people look a bit creepy.
They are not occult/supernatural sims, just infected.
Is the mystery something I can do fast? Can teens do the mysteries?
Yes and yes
Are the strange sims intrusive? Like, do they hurt other sims or do anything harmful? Do they spread to other worlds?
The only way the infection would spread to other worlds would be if the player purposely does something to make it happen. The infected sims won't attack or harm anyone. If an infected sim does show up in another world, when they get there they will look and act normal.
If I solve the mystery and then move more sims into the neighborhood, does the mystery restart?
There is only one way to restart the mystery, and this is totally left up to the player. If you don't want to ever deal with it again, you won't have to in the same game save. Once it is solved, and you move in a new family/sim there will not be any mystery to solve.
Anything else interesting or helpful? Any tips or advice? I forget, but are there any new cooking or harvestable? Any new collectibles?
There is a new harvestable, but don't allow your sim to eat it, otherwise, they will become infected, but you will need it for the mystery. To get it in the game there are options that you don't have to grow it to collect it. It is a very easy item to have.
Any good videos that give a good overview?
There are several good videos on Youtube, just type in Sims 4 Strangerview in the search bar.
The mystery doesn't take that long and once you finish it, things will go back to normal unless you choose to start over (the only way a new household has to start over is either in a new game save or you personally choose to and you have to go back to a certain area to do so. Once completed, there is nothing to worry about as sims can move in without any problems). The fastest way is to make sure you build a friendship with sims so they can help you.
I don't think infected sims would be in other worlds as far as I know.
And yes, there is a military career.
Lets make this a reality!
Infected sims will appear and act normally should they spawn in other worlds. However, they will transform around midnight for, I think, 4 hours. In my game this happened regardless which world they were in.
There is indeed a military career and it is very fun, I love it. How much you like it depends on what you'd want from it of course, or how often you can see yourself using it, but since it's one of those work from home / rabbithole careers with a lot of new socials, there's some versatility there. And I absolutely love the CAS and B&B items!
So personally, if you can get it for cheap and you're not entirely put off by the infected Sims (which really don't do much apart from walking around funny), but like the overall style and setting of the pack, the CAS, and the B&B items, I'd say go for it. I can honestly understand people's reservations about it, but for me, I realized that having a world with a story that goes beyond a few family descriptions actually really appeals to me..?
I enjoy that vibe of "something" happening around town, and of locals telling me some minor, vague things about it whenever I ask. I also like all the militaries and scientists hanging around Strangerville. It's a fun setting, and the story elements are just about mild enough to be included in your own stories in different ways.
So all in all, it's fun, the CAS / B&B is pretty, there's a military career, the infection is mild, it absolutely never spreads to others worlds (whether you interact with it or not) and also isn't very in your face at first. But still, you don't necessarily need to play it to get things out of this pack you'll like, even if yes, it will be a bit more limited then.
Hope this helps, if you haven't already decided
I’m so glad the infected are not that bad. I was worried they would be the destructive or harmful zombies (in terms of biting/scratching or destroying crops ala Sims 3, lol).
I’ll watch a few videos, but the reassurances here about the infected not being harmful definitely makes the pack better for me.
I love the CAS/BB content, and want military career, so I am glad that the infected act mostly normal throughout the day. The infected sound pretty tame, which is good.
So, I’ll be buying it since it’s on sale on Origin. (It’s about 11 or 12 bucks at the moment.) Thank you all for the help, and reassurances and info!
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I really, REALLY, had a blast with it and it made me laugh out loud several times. Just like old-time sims games! It's the most fun I've had with a pack so far!
If you do decide to get it, have fun!
That’s great to hear you had a great time with the pack!
Okay, just bought it at the Origin sale, and downloading now! *waaaiiitiiing*
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lol. It's great! Lots of little gems and funny things there. I plan on going through it again down the road as part of the story for the teen sim that went through it.
Well, got to play it!
I invited some neighbors into the house, and they started doing the jerky-infected possessed thing, lol. Then a guy in black took my fridge because it was infected, haha.
I didn’t know vampires can get the infection from drinking blood, whoopsy-daisy!
So, yeah, apparently, I put myself into the mystery already. Time to start figuring this thing out! (And get hubby back to normal!
I’m starting to check out the little plant things, and viewed the note. The thing said to collect more evidence, but I don’t know where to check next. I guess I have my sim head to the [secret wherever]? I’ll try that next time. I tried to talking to various sims walking by the house, but they didn’t provide much clues outside of mentioning a particular secret location.
Really loved the cowboy hat and some of the tops and jeans.
It’s slightly tricky to travel a bit, since my vampire guy doesn’t have Sun Resistance yet, and he and his non-Vampire husband have a clingy toddler to look after as well, lol. I’ll be alternating between the sims in the household for certain times of the day to explore and find the clues.
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But whatever you do: enjoy! And welcome to Strangerville
This happens when your sims first move into Strangerville, and the infected are those who are the neighbors who welcome your sim to the community, aka welcome wagon. Now these infected sims once they are able to go inside your home, they will plant a couple of those mysterious fruits if you have a planter box, and also will put a few of them inside the refrigerator. If your sim never invited them in, and they can't get access to the refrigerator, the Sim in black won't show up. If they do show up, they will leave a note explaining just a little on why they took it, this note can be used to the total collection of evidence collected later on in the mystery.
Lol, yes, it was because I had my sims invite in the Welcome Wagon.
That was before I knew the Welcome Wagon sims were infected!
I didn’t see them making the jerky movements until it was too late, and I saw them coming in!
I mean, I’m fine with it. I just didn’t realize they would infect my refrigerator, lol!
Yeah, right after they left, the man dressed in black came by and left a note, and my fridge disappeared all of a sudden, haha.
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