Parenthood ! It adds so much to family gameplay!! It’s the first gp I got. Teens are much better, parents feel like parents, the cas and build/buy is nice.
I didn't vote, because it really depends on how you like to play.
I'd probably recommend Jungle Adventure, because I prefer to send my sims on vacation, and there's a lot to do - not just exploring the jungle, but also with exploring the history and culture of the town. I love that kind of stuff, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.
Strangerville is a lot of fun, but that also depends on your style of game play. If you choose the aspiration, you'll have a list of what to do to get through the mystery, but if you don't you'll have to investigate on your own. But it comes with a town where there's a lot of stuff going on in the background, and a new career and some cool new objects.
If you like to play with families, Parenthood will be your best bet. It does get kind of annoying with how often kids and toddlers will pull out paint and dump it all over the floor, but it does add responsibility traits that can affect sims negatively/positively when they become young adults. If you don't play with a lot of families, though, I wouldn't bother.
I use Parenthood a lot more than Jungle Adventures and Strangerville, so if I could only have one I'd pick parenthood. I also prefer the colors and style of Parenthood to the other two.
I've never had any interest in Parenthood. I have a feeling it will forever remain the only Game Pack I never buy. Toddlers and kids cause enough chaos. I hardly want to add to it.
I like Jungle Adventure and Strangerville about the same, but voted Jungle Adventure just because I've played it more. I've finished the Strangerville story but can't really comment on how it fits in my game and how much I use it long term yet.
It really comes down to your play style. If you like things realistic, odds are you want Parenthood. If wacky semi-mystical hijinks is more your thing, Strangerville or Jungle Adventure are the way to go.
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If you play families a lot, get Parenthood hands down.
If you like things are weird, mysterious, not realistic, or occult, get StrangerVille.
If you like vacations, adventures, and ading more cultures to your game, get JA.
To this day I have only played with the Jungle Adventures stuff once, I never go there not even for vacation since it's not really a family vacation place.
As most have said, it depends on your play style. Parenthood is the best of the GPs in my opinion, but I do tend to play families. (I've used it when creating Sims though, using cheats/mods to give YA+ Sims the Parenthood traits.) I also like the Buy mode items that came with the pack.
Second choice would be Jungle Adventures -- if you incorporate the pack into your gameplay (wait to go till you have the money) it can take a while to work through. Took me a few trips to finish the artifacts collection, and I've only been through the temple ruins once and haven't found all the Omiscan treasures yet. Also has some really nice B/B items, and I love the men's CAS which is amazing -- usually women get the better clothing. Now that we have the laptops (with StrangerVille) I'll send my writers off on adventures and they can work on their books during down time.
Strangerville is new enough that I'm still exploring the nooks and crannies. Even if you only play the storyline once, you're still getting a new livable world (something Parenthood and JA don't offer), a new career, new trait (Paranoid), and new B/B items. The plane shell with the fuselage you can enter and create an underground lair is quite amazing -- I want to play with that a bit more in other worlds.
My recommendation is to buy Parenthood now, but get the other two next time Origin has a sale. Happy Simming!
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I'm loving StrangerVille, but I'm going with Jungle Adventures for this poll. That could change when I'm done with my rotational story, hard to predict though. But I love Selvadorada so much, I want to go live in that jungle, lol.
Parenthood is definitely last on my list of Gamepacks because I have no interest in detailed child-rearing.
It depends on your playstyle. I wouldn't recommend parenthood, it makes growing children a nightmare for me, but if you play a lot of families and like a normal gameplay is the one to go. These are three very different gamepacks. I would buy Jungle Adventure only for the build and buy, it doesn't have much gameplay. As for Strangerville, I'm having fun with it but it heavy relies on my fantasy.
I enjoy them all but chose Jungle Adventure because I just love the ambiance of the world. I've had sims complete the the adventures a couple of times, will definitely send them again. Both for the adventure and to just experience the world and culture. I don't have any of the recipes available at any of my other restaurants.
I typically prefer to focus on adult skills and aspirations, which is why I was hesitant about Parenthood. Typically my sims have two children per household at most. Jungle Adventure seemed appealing to me because of the vacation aspect (I loved World Adventures in TS3 and I've been wanting another vacation destination for my sims for a while) but I wasn't sure if it was fleshed out enough to be worth the price. I was hoping JA and Strangerville would offer more than just a one-off play experience and have other aspects that affect regular gameplay.
For me Jungle Adventure wasn't as once and done as it was for a lot of people but it's definitely not as in depth as World Adventures. It might be the best of the three for you. I loved the buy/build objects and the archeology skill (although it's too easy to make money sometimes for my taste).
I think strangerville might be more once and done as far as the story goes for me. But it's a livable world, has some nice buy/build stuff and don't forget the military career.
I'd vote for both StrangerVille and Jungle Adventure as they came with worlds and more adventure and Parenthood didn't. I still like what Parenthood came with though.
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I'd probably recommend Jungle Adventure, because I prefer to send my sims on vacation, and there's a lot to do - not just exploring the jungle, but also with exploring the history and culture of the town. I love that kind of stuff, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.
Strangerville is a lot of fun, but that also depends on your style of game play. If you choose the aspiration, you'll have a list of what to do to get through the mystery, but if you don't you'll have to investigate on your own. But it comes with a town where there's a lot of stuff going on in the background, and a new career and some cool new objects.
If you like to play with families, Parenthood will be your best bet. It does get kind of annoying with how often kids and toddlers will pull out paint and dump it all over the floor, but it does add responsibility traits that can affect sims negatively/positively when they become young adults. If you don't play with a lot of families, though, I wouldn't bother.
tho toddlers making a mess can drive you mad
use the reset cheat to clean the mes in a flash
I like Jungle Adventure and Strangerville about the same, but voted Jungle Adventure just because I've played it more. I've finished the Strangerville story but can't really comment on how it fits in my game and how much I use it long term yet.
It really comes down to your play style. If you like things realistic, odds are you want Parenthood. If wacky semi-mystical hijinks is more your thing, Strangerville or Jungle Adventure are the way to go.
If you like things are weird, mysterious, not realistic, or occult, get StrangerVille.
If you like vacations, adventures, and ading more cultures to your game, get JA.
To this day I have only played with the Jungle Adventures stuff once, I never go there not even for vacation since it's not really a family vacation place.
Second choice would be Jungle Adventures -- if you incorporate the pack into your gameplay (wait to go till you have the money) it can take a while to work through. Took me a few trips to finish the artifacts collection, and I've only been through the temple ruins once and haven't found all the Omiscan treasures yet. Also has some really nice B/B items, and I love the men's CAS which is amazing -- usually women get the better clothing. Now that we have the laptops (with StrangerVille) I'll send my writers off on adventures and they can work on their books during down time.
Strangerville is new enough that I'm still exploring the nooks and crannies. Even if you only play the storyline once, you're still getting a new livable world (something Parenthood and JA don't offer), a new career, new trait (Paranoid), and new B/B items. The plane shell with the fuselage you can enter and create an underground lair is quite amazing -- I want to play with that a bit more in other worlds.
My recommendation is to buy Parenthood now, but get the other two next time Origin has a sale.
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Parenthood is definitely last on my list of Gamepacks because I have no interest in detailed child-rearing.
I think strangerville might be more once and done as far as the story goes for me. But it's a livable world, has some nice buy/build stuff and don't forget the military career.
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