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50% off sale, should I finally buy some packs?
CursedDice
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I'm interested in:
- Parenthood
- Island Living
- University
- Seasons
Are any of these worth buying?
EDIT: I forgot Pets
- Parenthood
- Island Living
- University
- Seasons
Are any of these worth buying?
EDIT: I forgot Pets
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Seasons add weather first and foremost, so it changes the look and can add a little challenge to play. It also helps add to the passing of time - it helps keep the game from feeling so stagnant. Holidays are great for me because they help reinforce family play and you can make your own holidays so if you don't do the traditional holidays or are of a different religion, it can bring something closer to home into game for you.
Parenthood adds to the family play. To be honest, I wasn't a huge family play fan in previous iterations, but the way they changed the skill sets made it for interesting for me (and made the age stages feel different).
Island Living and Discover University I would only get on sale. IL feels more like a hyped game pack and I am disappointed with DU.
The general consensus is that Seasons is the best EP for TS4. I've seen several tier lists that put Seasons at S rank, and it's the only EP I've seen that's near unanimously adored by the fanbase. I'd say it's pretty good too. It added a lot of variety and fun things to do to my game.
Some people say Island Living only has a GP's worth of gameplay, so it should've been $20 from the beginning. I personally love island/beach gameplay, so I like it. It depends on whether you're into that sort of thing. You'd get a lot of mileage out of it if you really enjoy that kind of stuff.
I'd say at the very least, you should get Seasons. And depending on your play style and budget, you could also get Parenthood and/or Island Living. I don't know about DU because I don't have it yet
Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
I pretty much exclusively play families, other than the odd save
I don't own University or Island Living yet though.
Basically, all the choices you've listed are good. Choose the one that appeals to you the most.
Parenthood is definitely my favorite game pack no doubt about it.
I have both Island Living and Discover University but I haven't played with Island Living at all cause my "neighborhood story" isn't there yet Discover University I'm not sure about yet.
Question: In "Back to Work", in addition to the 3 new careers, can you play the character at work with this pack on the other original careers too?
University is currently on sale for $19.99. Just double checked to make sure and it is still on sale.
Oh and editing, because I forgot to comment for OP. I think all are worth it at the current $19.99 sale price, perhaps with the exception of Island Living, but honestly even Island Living gives you lots of new CAS and build items. So if you're like me and keep only a handful of CC in your game, you could probably use the male summer clothes.
If I could only choose one from your list I would go with seasons, for the holidays.
You can't. It's just those three (plus the retail system)
Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
Ok. Thanks for the heads-up. I'm still trying to decide if I should get "Back to Work" first, or "Seasons".
Seasons and Parenthood seem obvious for family play. I enjoyed both of these. Seasons, Parenthood and Cats and Dogs have probably had the most influence on my game. It is great that the seasons are different in all of the worlds.
I like DU as well and I think it adds the college experience. If you play legacy families where you plan to send anyone to university then it makes sense. If you are only playing families with young kids then you can probably pass on it. I think it added complexity to my rotation. I now have households with varying degrees of education and attitudes to education. I also enjoyed the university experience with my sims but I tend to play more studious ones. Maybe I'll end up with some slackers at some point for a different experience.
I've pretty well decided to get "Get to Work" right away, and "Seasons" maybe now or at a later time.
Stuff Packs, I've decided which one to start with.
Still a bit uncertain what to bundle for game packs...
I'm leaning towards "Strangerville" or "Parenthood". Though the "Dine Out" and "Spa Day" look fun.
P.S. I'm avoiding "Vampires" and "Realm of Magic" for Sims 4 since I've overplayed those types of games way too much already. Heh!
I'd like to keep it Sim-ple for now.
^See what I did there^
I would get Seasons, but Get to Work is really fun. As an occult player, I love the aliens.and the abductions. I really like the Detective.and Scientist careers.as.wrll, can't.speak for. Docter. though because I've never played with it before. I only got Get to Work on Sunday.
As for Game Packs, I would go with Vampires. I know you said you're avoiding it, but as you said, it's.not because you dislike the content it includes. It and Parenthood are the most jam-packed Game Packs you could get, but as I don't play families often I would 100% go with Vampires. But it was also my first Game Pack, so I might be a bit biased 😂