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Is IL worth the Full Price Tag
JestTru
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I have yet to get this pack and was just curious. Given all debate of this pack and recent reviews, is Island Living worth the $40 dollar price tag?
**I just want to note that this is a pack I do look forward to playing when I can get it.
**I just want to note that this is a pack I do look forward to playing when I can get it.
Is IL worth the Full Price Tag 196 votes
Yes
25%
50 votes
No
74%
146 votes
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List of things of note
Aqua zips (jet ski's)
Sailing (with canoes)
Swimming in the ocean
Building Sandcastles (when it rains they fall apart)
Suntanning/sunburns
Snorkeling
Diving (rabbit hole you can buy items from the booey to collect shells and take underwater pictures)
Freediving (about like the above, except your sim will come up for air now and again and don't need to buy anything and you may collect items)
Search the beach for shells and other items along with cleaning up trash on the beach
Shark Death (or it's suppose to be a shark that pulls your under)
A lot of new CAS items (more so for adults children get a little something but that's about the norm)
Different events that happen in the community part of the island (they pop up without notification)
New recipes
New drinks
New traits (child of the ocean, child of the island)
New Aspiration
BBQ pit ( that's on a timer letting the food cook for almost 2 sim hours )
Kava Bowl (this is replaced by the atrocious fruitcake here in this world with the welcome wagon. Sims get some buffs from drinking it and especially after they sleep. They can also get dazed from it)
New harvestables (Kava, pineapple, coconut)
Playing and befriending dolphin's (they can also fetch you items now and again if they feel like it or might come back empty handed)
Mermaids (Not as in-depth as vampires, but a big step up from the ones in S3. Can customize them and they are not invasive in your game unless you play a mermaid in your household or befriend one so you won't see them otherwise.)
Monsoons (if you have seasons combination of heavy winds, rain and thunderstorms)
Waterfall (Can woohoo it, shower in your clothes and shower in the nude, attract frogs to catch them as well as play in it)
Volcanic lot trait
New part-time jobs
Conservationist Career (pretty indepth and really useful when you get to the environmentalist branch which can effect the world around your sims by passing policies. Etc. No fishing after certain times, turning their power off after midnight. etc, etc)
Anti-environmentalist (sims that pop up with a red exclamation above their head they're most likely littering or fishing for poor baby turtles. You can confront them if successful you get a reward in the form of money)
So, if any of that interests you greatly I'd say go for it or just wait off for a sale for the most part as I'm sure it won't be long when they do. Also, you won't see other sims showing up in Sulani at all from other world's unless you have certain lots they'll flock to (like a restaurant or gym) So, you'll see a lot of locals and some sulani homeless townies.
What's of value to you might not be the same for someone else, so it's a toss up.
Would consider looking at Carl's Sims 4 guide videos opposed to a review from anyone as he goes into depth with different aspects in packs from skills to careers, etc.
Exactly this. To me it’s very much in between an EP and GP. I would have happily paid $30 for it. Am I upset I spent $40? No I really wanted this pack and didn’t want to wait plus parts of it are really worth it such as the world and items. I do feel it has something missing though in the gameplay part and that’s why I can’t really say it’s worth $40.
I'm really enjoying it and have already gotten my money's worth out of it.
$10 = 1 hour of entertainment (a 2 hour movie is usually priced around $20 but if you go out to the movies you are going to be paying a lot more).
So for $40, I needed to get at least 4 hours of entertainment from it. Not a problem, I've already spent more then 30 hours playing since the release of IL.
I think part of appeal is there is no direction. Supposedly. The gurus have often called this a new 'experience' for our Sims. But I do agree with you. It feels as if they threw a bunch of ideas at a wall then went with the ones that stuck rather than choosing just a couple of features and taking the time to make those new features mean more than they actually do. The mermaids are definitely a feature they should have spent more time on.
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