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No more stuff packs and game packs in the future we need only expansion packs
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I could play one family, but i would still not want primarily packs that are very light on content. Not sure how that makes the game any better
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In my opinion:
EPs usually should contain a major gameplay changing element, and a largish new world.
GPs should mostly be a gameplay element, some CAS/BB stuff, and maybe a small world.
Stuff Packs--minor gameplay element, few CAS/BB items, and nothing else.
There are packs that should have been fleshed out more--especially any GP with a world--as almost all of those are among the tiniest worlds in TS4, and you can't do anything with them.
There are packs that really, should have been game packs--such as Eco Living.
Many of the stuff packs--notoriously My First Pet Stuff, should have been part of GPs or EPs.
However, I don't want to see any more community voted stuff packs. Despite there only being two, I've really had enough of those. 😂
And for the people who can't always afford to get the EPs (which tend to be spendy), it's nice that they don't have all those other things added in when they don't really fit. (And I'm grateful that they often put things in the "basegame updates" that they could put in an EP, SP or GP. And that they give us updates nearly every month rather than holding them all for a "major update" once every 6 months or so like they did in the past.)
This before adjusting for inflation.
The Sims has always had at least these two offerings, and where it comes to the $20 price point product specifically they have delivered far more bang for the buck than they have in the past.
The $10 price point product is basically a half price stuff pack of old that includes a workable item.
Not quite as many items as the old stuff packs, but certainly not half as many and much better bang for the buck than ala carte TS3 store items
I think we're doing OK.
SimGuruGraham, then producer of stuff packs, said once that they had to wait until programmers could find time for Stuff pack actions to be fitted in.
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@jimbbq I a way I feel like the lack of quality/quantity in Sims 4's EP could be because they now have to make game packs as well. We didn't had any game pack in Sims 2/3 and the EPs were packed with good quality of things.
I agree
> It's more like we want more packs of substance and no more cash-grab 🌺🌺🌺🌺.
Absolutely. I don't care if they give us a big expansion pack or a smaller gamepack. I just want content that is worth the cost, which I feel like the majority of what we have gotten just isn't is. Compare this franchise to the rest of the gaming industry: incredibly overpriced.
Also I don’t blame you I’m upset too, we got so much in Sims 2 expansion/stuff packs and we got a lot in Sims 3 for the most part, I enjoyed the store but eventually the game updated to where I can’t play every thing I bought.
Sims 2 will always be the best game in my opinion but I love Sims 3 too, my favorite world was Lunar Lakes!
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He managed to not cut content and gameplay for his mobile versions too and games are not hindered by ads.
That actually is a good thing for many players. They may not want the EP (because it has "objectionable" things in it) but they want much of the stuff that is in it.
I personally wish that they'd completely separate the "stuff" (build, buy, clothing, world) from the "EP" so that I don't have to have vampires in the game. As it is, I have to buy those EPs even though the *only* thing I want from them is the build/buy/clothing.
And the laundry is another good example. I'd like to have the washing machine *without* it generating laundry all over the house. (There are mods for that, but not everyone wants to use mods and consoles can't.)
The game packs and the like are in response to people who want more things in the game but not specific things.
And many people are forgetting all the "store" items that were even more expensive than stuff and game packs but you still had to buy them if you wanted them in your game. (Although I do admit that I don't get any packs unless they are on sale! I don't have to have those things "on release"!)