So I guess my ranking right now would be:
Seasons
Get Together
Get to Work
Get Famous
Island Living
City Living
Eco Lifestyle (may move up, haven't had it very long yet)
Cats and Dogs
I don't have Discover University so for now it's last.
Now that we've had the trailer this has the potential to be either just above or below Island Living. So 5th or 6th, slightly higher than my first vote.
Could end up right below Seasons or Get Together if the personality enhancements truly enhance the game, or it could end up at the bottom with Island Living if it's just another world pack with little impacting everyday gameplay.
I expect it to place somewhere in the middle, regardless of theme. My personal ranks 7 to 10 are easy to beat by anything halfway interesting, 1 and 2 (IL and GT) to the contrary could only be matched by Winter Vacation.
Aaaaaaaaaaand it's up to "3" after the teaser. Will quote this again with the new rating after the trailer and then after actually having played it.
After the trailer:
Expectations are all over the place now. Could be a straight 1, but could easily drop below 6. I'm sceptic about the personality overhaul, because my sims live in my head and the new mechanics might not be as precise and customizeable as I need it to be. I'm also a little disappointed that we cannot cross-country ski and only sled and snowboard at the courses instead of at every hill in the world. And I certainly didn't ask for rentals, I had hoped destination worlds were ha thing of that past after IL.
Gameplay might still be lots of fun, and I know next to nothing about hiking/rock climbing, what might turn out great.
Rather wait for the pack to drop as I am no avid Sims 4 player and past history speaks volumes for me and it takes more than an hype trailer to fool me looking at EA/Maxis hype trailers for 2013 Sim City which made the game look good but was the opposite when released.
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1. Seasons
2. Discover University
3. Cats & Dogs
4/5. City Living
4/5. Island Living (I know a lot of people hate this pack, but I love the world, the objects and the tanning system, so I can't put it lower)
6 (or 7). Eco Lifestyle 7 (or 6). Snowy Escape
8. Get Famous
9. Get Together
10. Get to Work
I know I placed it really high (right after Seasons and Get Together), but after the reveal trailer my expectations are quite high. Currently the third place is held by City Living and I think it will be beaten.
I'm remaining hopeful after the livestream. I think the pack will be 3rd or 4th on my list.
After seeing the gamechangers stuff and the livestream my ranking has gone down to be honest (from 2). Saw on Plumbellas video that the world is full of fake buildings and feels like a ghost town because of that and that was my main gripe with Eco Lifestyle. I feel like because of that I'll use the snowy mountain area and that'll literally be it because I absolutely detest worlds that are full of fake houses and I couldn't use Evergreen Harbor for the same reason.
Well, now that we know, probably top 5. It looks like there's a lot to do, my sims will have a new neighborhood to live in-always a plus for me, and cultural aspects, which I always love. I don't really play by the pack, they all just kind of meld together like a big pot of stew, so I can't really rank them, but this one will definitely be getting some use.
I'm giving it a 3, behind Seasons (1) and Get Together (2). And the coming patch which adds the ability to add rental homes to vacation worlds might move some other packs around a bit in my current ranking, like Island Living. I recently had a Sim do an odd job that sent him to Sulani to dive for treasure; I'd forgotten how beautiful that world is. Sending him and his future wife on a honeymoon in the islands sounds like a perfect plan; they're currently teens living together in San Myshuno, but I hope to hold off on aging them up till the pack releases so they can get the new traits.
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I too have a very mild disability, but I don't want my sims to have one too. I know that it would make the game that much more realistic. But I have to live with this mild disability every single day for the rest of my life. And the last thing I need is to be reminded of it.
I'm sort of in this camp -- while I understand that some players want to fully represent themselves in the game, others of us play the game to escape our everyday worlds. I'm also mildly disabled (mostly due to age) plus recently widowed; I really don't want to play through my life as it is now.
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Seasons
Get Together
Get to Work
Get Famous
Island Living
City Living
Eco Lifestyle (may move up, haven't had it very long yet)
Cats and Dogs
I don't have Discover University so for now it's last.
Now that we've had the trailer this has the potential to be either just above or below Island Living. So 5th or 6th, slightly higher than my first vote.
As I have noted before my taste is the opposite of most people.
After the teaser:
After the trailer:
Expectations are all over the place now. Could be a straight 1, but could easily drop below 6. I'm sceptic about the personality overhaul, because my sims live in my head and the new mechanics might not be as precise and customizeable as I need it to be. I'm also a little disappointed that we cannot cross-country ski and only sled and snowboard at the courses instead of at every hill in the world. And I certainly didn't ask for rentals, I had hoped destination worlds were ha thing of that past after IL.
Gameplay might still be lots of fun, and I know next to nothing about hiking/rock climbing, what might turn out great.
The trailer lowered it to a 8 from a 5. As I said we are all different
2. Snowy Escape
3. Seasons
4. Cats & Dogs
5. Island Living
6. City Living
7. Get to Work
1. Seasons
2. Discover University
3. Cats & Dogs
4/5. City Living
4/5. Island Living (I know a lot of people hate this pack, but I love the world, the objects and the tanning system, so I can't put it lower)
6 (or 7). Eco Lifestyle
7 (or 6). Snowy Escape
8. Get Famous
9. Get Together
10. Get to Work
Get Together
City Living
Cats and Dogs
Get to Work
Snowy Escape
Get Famous
Eco Lifestyle
Island Living
Discover University
Seasons
So still #5! Interesting.
I'm remaining hopeful after the livestream. I think the pack will be 3rd or 4th on my list.
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Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
I'm sort of in this camp -- while I understand that some players want to fully represent themselves in the game, others of us play the game to escape our everyday worlds. I'm also mildly disabled (mostly due to age) plus recently widowed; I really don't want to play through my life as it is now.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)