If you absolutely had to buy ep from 2020 which one do you think is better?
(or if you bought either one or both which did you like better?)
this is purely for science
explanations appreciated
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Eco Lifestyle vs Snowy Escape 158 votes
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Snowy escape is aesthetically pleasing, I love that we have a world that's not just a suburban area. Like the snowy activities, various Japanese recipes and been adding vending machines too different community lots too which makes a better difference compared to the retail fridges, BUT Eco Living has a lot more gameplay for sure. Didn't think I would like it much, NAPS aside since the majority of them are borked or just overwhelming the pack is what I'd consider a full expansion.
Plus I can use a lot of the items on a home lot or elsewhere as it's not restrained to one world.
I enjoyed the fizzing station and candle making station a lot more than I thought I would. Probably because sims having a lot more hobbies be it for money making purposes or otherwise is ALWAYS welcomed. Also, I like the random chance phone calls that is reminiscent to the first sims game. Makes things a lot more interesting and adds more story to the game for sure.
Also, living off the grid gets a lot more interesting with this pack, especially when I've been playing as a hobo just digging around in dumpsters.
Snowy escape is really just if you have sims of that culture living there or just for vacationing purposes. Kinda like Salvadorada for the most part.
That aside I enjoy winter sports a bit more, so I'd probably still vote for Snowy if Eco worked flawlessly. Plus, I can turn off Lifestyles in Snowy, whereas I cannot get rid of the intrusive, character breaking phonecalls that came with Eco.
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SE is good though. I like sending sims to snowboard or ski and then relax at the onsen to wind down. I also like Mt. Komorebi cause it has a lot of exploreable area and the world is unique compared to other worlds. In all honesty Evergreen Harbor is one of my least liked words. I mean I like how it changed based on the naps you have enacted but overal i don't see myself using the world that much. If SE offered more gameplay outside of the world it would be higher then EL.
Eco Living while I really enjoy parts of it is not a loved theme for me. I'm still using it and it's entertaining. It helps me build better characters through hobbies especially and can inspire some fun gameplay with NAPS.. but it just doesn't rate as high for me overall.
Snowy escape is a good pack that follows on the steps of island living, offering a new world to explore and it has many new snow activities. I have no complains about it. I just thing eco lifestyle is better.
snowy escape, although winter & japan are amazing, the pack felt too rushed and half of it is recycled. the whole controversy just made things worse and overall it's a boring pack. both themes deserved better.
overall packs on ts4 really have potential to be amazing, but devs have to cut too many corners the game ends up with recycled & recolored stuff, full of bugs & glitches instead of content.
I chose to grab snowy escape for christmas fun
we'll see in few days if I'll start regretting this choice and hoping i bought eco lifestyle instead (don't have it either)
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I was interested in Eco Lifestyle at first, but with the bugs, and the NAPS, I opted out on it.
Plus, I like the theme of Snowy Escape more, I like the Japanese theme and the look of it. I didn't like the theme of Eco Lifestyle, because I don't want pollution showing up in my other worlds. So, out of the two, I choose Snowy Escape over Eco Lifestyle.
Maybe my opinion will change when I play SE more but I think SE actually needs something more, like a culture skill or some added feature since the shrine was replaced. I like that EL has friends and neighbors visiting. It's just that with SE, I've sent a few sims and they've stayed in the beautiful houses. They've learned some winter sports, eaten the food and gone to the onsen but then I end up saying, "Now what?" I sent one to the bar and it was a bit boring. I know they put a lot into the vending machines but otherwise the bar felt like it could have been anywhere.
I think Jungle Adventure did a good job of mixing culture, different ways to spend time and optional challenges. I might get into Mt. Komorebi more when I play it more and when I send my cross-cultural family there.
1. I wish there was additional indoors activity
now hear me out I often have quite many vampires in my game BUT hot pot? of no use to vampire that cannot eat human food.
outdoors? can't go during daytime no matter how great
all that is left is to nap and watch tv which they could do at home all the same
obviously i could give them daylight power or take them hiking at night but its just...kinda weird (I'll probably get used to it eventually tbh or mix packs but you know just playing how it is before i edit anything i wish there was something like even just dancing or new instrument or whatever)
2. build mode problematics, especially with swatches
for example: having all those new beautiful wood patterns but no matching floor?? painful one.
3. festivals???
I just honestly have no idea what you are supposed to do about the snow one like is it pretty? yeah. is there gameplay? fail to see it. (other ones no idea didn't have yet but its probably similar considering the lack of activity items)
4. having to return to starting point to hike to other place is just kinda silly don't you think?
some things i did not expect to like but i really like:
1.the new mascot
I love its just yamachan not some other randomly named sim in yamachan costume like with university ones
2. items getting stuck in vending machines so my sims waste money yes yes and more yes i love it
3. watching my sims just chill out on them slopes and hike and whatever like its actually quite nice +I love that i can sled with toddlers cause idk toddlers need some stuff to do too
(i was very disappointed to find rentals not having potty and toddler bed by default though gamechangers this is my one shade for u but i guess ep didnt add new ones (which well shade to ep)so yall just forgot they exist)
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it has some key items id really like to add in my game but the whole theme is just odd and idk to what degree i care about my sims living ecologically and if i want that type of realism or not
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Eco Lifestyle is a theme that I just have no interest in. I don't care to have my Sims clean up the environment. I like he packs that add fun things to do to my game like Snowy Escape and Island Living.
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