I am loving playing Get to work and i want to congratulate the simgurus responsible for programming and designing the new careers for a Job well done, excellent Job guys, i love you all for it. However i remain disapointed with the team responsible for the retail aspect of the game, frankly i dont think enought effort was put into it. For one, not having sims check out at the cash register, i mean why have it if it can't be used for that purpose. Also i think the purchasing animations are lazy, sims just swipe the ítems and it is done. Another thing, no clothing racks and only mannequins to display cloths, so what if the player wants to display several clothes it seems they must have the store full of mannequins and finally how silly is it to have a tablet check out in a bakery, come on guys in my opinion i think the retail team missed the oportunity to make this the greatest expansion for the entire series so far . It truly amazes me how about 10 years ago a sims 2 team could have done such a wonderful Job with OFB and yet today with so many improvements in game design a sims 4 team can not get it right.
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I'm glad I didn't buy it.
Me too. Again 40 euros saved
GTW is one of the best expansion packs I have ever seen come to the Sims games and I have been playing the Sims since the beginning!
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I also think this, yes the retail aspect can provide a lot of fun and can be replayed differently. However, the careers seem very linear and strike me as only having a few plays through before they become a bit too repetitive.
I haven't gotten that far yet, I am saving it for a teen that is about to go into YA. I think though it will go along the lines of Ambitions for Sims3, firefighter was great the first time, it was okay a second ... then after that it kinda lost its luster. At least though with GTW, you can choose to follow the sim or choose not to.
I agree the careers don't have that long term appeal. I play large families and having to miss out on everyone to follow a single sim disheartens me somewhat. I do however will be always using the sheer amount of new CAS and Build / Buy items. I also think my sims, from now on, will always visit shops and bakeries for dates or family outings and running a business will likely be my main family's way of living. It gives more purpose to gardening, painting and wood-working.
But I'm happy to know what I now know about stores... I'm waiting for it to go on sale anyway... But until I buy I have lots of things to keep me entertained!
It's an expansion pack.
> It's an expansion pack.
Which is just a different word for DLC. You download more content to the base game which is required.
Agreed, shoving 2 eps together just hasn't worked. Instead of having 2 different eps for the price of 1, we actually have 2 half-baked , half finished, not fleshed out eps.
Expansion packs have been around before DLC ever existed. Also, Get To Work is available on disc.
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> Expansion packs have been around before DLC ever existed. Also, Get To Work is available on disc.
lol you're missing the point. It doesn't matter what people use to or still call it, and you still download from a disc just like you can the internet. The point is it's content added on the an existing game. You have to pay $60 for Sims 4 then another $40 for this.
I see EPs almost as games onto themselves.
DLC is more of a new map or clothing or furniture, ETC.
I could have download but it would be 40 plus the tax I pay if I use paysafe would end with 43 bucks.
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But the Ep added that, yes it added more than that, but at the end of the day it's providing additional content for a game such as a new map (neighbourhood), clothing and furniture.
Not only that, though. There is a lot of new and different game play.
I agree Game Packs are DLC, though.
That being said, I LOVE following my sims to work. I haven't tried the detective-branch yet, but the hospital and scientist is really fun, I enjoy the hospital the most. And I was one of those who didn't want an expansion like this, following your sims to work seemed like a waste of time, but it's actually really addicting.
A husband from my household was abducted last night... Do they ALWAYS come back pregnant?
I think could be better the details of retail but I prefer that they squeezed in together with the careers. So everybody can have something (not everybody likes careers). Another thing, they also put aliens and lots of gameplay with them. I think gameplay interaction wise this is a very complex EP, and maybe some parts like retail and other details were left unpolished. But, as they showed they can change things through patch (if they added basements, pools, ghosts, etc, I think they can change sims queing up for paying etc). But it won't happen now for sure, so I see why you guys are complaining. For me I don't care because I HATED the lines in sims 2 OFB and the quitting workers because they wanted raise 24/7. On the other hand, I miss a bigger business district like Bluewaters in OFB, because is just too small to feel like a retail place, Magnolia Promenade. Also miss the changing booths in OFB, but I like that we can craft anything and sell, and also fish and put fish to sell. So some things were downgrade without polishing but some others improved imo. In OFB you couldn't put any clothes on mannequins and display, it had 2 mannequins.
I think Get to Work is one of the best EPs for the Sims franchise in terms of content (I play since sims 1). And one of few I was really excited about. But is def not the best and def has flaws and lazying cutting corners.
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If we don't get any new lots / neighbourhoods with the next GP then I wouldn't put it past people to be willing to buy extra lots. There isn't enough space as it is, and EA do like to charge extra for things, also just look at how popular worlds were in the TS3 store.