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Should I get island living, city living or seasons?
Serious_sims_gamer43
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I have some money that I want to use and I’m thinking of getting an expansion but I can’t decide between seasons, city living and island living.
Should I get island living, city living or seasons? 125 votes
Island living
6%
8 votes
City living
12%
16 votes
Seasons
80%
100 votes
Other
0%
1 vote
0
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The rest, I like for different things. I love IL; mermaids are fun and the world is beautiful. Combine it with EL and you can have some really interesting off the grid, tropical, or castaway play. Even if you have no interest in that, the close to nature aspect is a cool one and I like the swimming. Could it be more? Yes. Mermaids could have a skill tree and there could be underwater play, but I really enjoy IL.
CL is fun in its own way, too. Like Sulani is the only true beach world, San Myshuno is the only true city world. If you want that urban feel, this is a good expansion for you. I appreciate the festivals, though IL has it's own versions as well, and you actually get notified to join these. Each neighborhood has it's own characteristics and I enjoy the new assets and recipes. This being said, you can only furnish apartments and you cannot build your own, so be aware of that. Plus, the neighbors here really are annoying.
It is up to you, though. I do not think any are truly bad, I have all three for that reason, but I do consider Seasons to be the most solid recommendation. My friend is just getting into 4 and of these three I would purchase Seasons for her around the holidays.
2. CL
3. IL
I just can't live without weather 😊 and I really like the calendar, ability to create your own holidays (I have a baking holiday, a midsummer one, Christmas, love day,...), and to (now) knit on a rainy day (well if you have that pack of course). But after that, CL is one of my favorites. And tbqh, I really really like EL as well
I'm also interested in City Living, but the CAS items aren't my thing.
Also, please only buy when on sale. You would be wasting your money otherwise.
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But... if you are family player, you probably will get more out of Seasons.
I have and enjoy them all. Yet, since you ask for one, I pick Seasons because it makes the Sims 4 more real. I love Island Living for the beach and new world; and, I really enjoy City Living. The more packs you are able to get over time the better. EA is doing so much with how packs are integrating with other packs; so, the more packs you are able to get over time the better your gameplay experience will be. Happy Simming!
imhappy thanks for telling me what city living has to offer
Hearts4u good observation!
Island Living is very pretty but for me it got old. It's very tasked based and once I did everything I just visit now. I really did not like the furniture that came with this pack. I built every lot and created Sims. I spent enough time there to span 3 generations. I just grew tired of the whole island thing. I will probably play there again the next time we get a RL South Dakota blizzard. lol
Seasons is overrated IMO. It changed gardening and I go into options and turn off stuff. Too many ways for my Sims to die. The thunder and lighting is so loud I jump out of my seat. I turn it off. The umbrella thing drives me nuts. If you do get seasons don't buy the umbrella tree and assign umbrellas. The Sims don't know how to use them. Good objects!
Island Living adds a whole new world and a totally different gameplay style which really changes the game for me so I'd recommend that. Or if you're not into islands then City Living, for me apartments got old pretty quickly but it's nice to have.
That depends on what you like to do while playing.
I have personal favorites but that might not suit your playstyle. Hmm... I think that all of them are good. What do you feel like doing?
Second choice would be City Living; there's just something about being able to move a YA Sim out of the family home and into an apartment rather than a house. The festivals are fun, if you like cooking there are a lot of new recipes especially cultural ones. Karaoke with the Singing skill is cool, and adds a new dimension to entertainment Sims (you can sing along with the piano or guitar!).
Island Living is a nice pack, but it's a bit more limited in number of lots and many of them are taken up by the premades. As someone else said, though, combining it with aspects of Eco Lifestyle (especially the offthegrid features) could give it a bit more life. I'll have to revisit it sometime; been a while since I played because I was away from the game with health issues.
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