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What pack should I get?
Simbastien
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I recently got back into The Sims 3 but I'm missing some essential packs. Which one should I get? I have World Adventures, Late Night, and Generations and I'm mostly a realism oriented player.
What pack should I get? 36 votes
Ambitions
33%
12 votes
Seasons
58%
21 votes
University Life
0%
Other
8%
3 votes
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It comes with Twinbrook that has swamps, new lots and lot types, and you can do laundry either at a laundromat or your washer and dryer at home.
The other EPs are great too, so I would get those after this one! My own preference is to get University next because then you can add your own college or university to your hometown and build the structures in any way you want. The university world the EP comes with is pretty neat too. I would go there first before building your own in your homeworld to see how it all works.
It's not listed but hands down, I absolutely love Island Paradise. The world it comes with is beautiful but needs fixing, though once fixed it's a really enjoyable world to play. There's tons of things to do there: scuba diving, building and running a resort, lifeguard career, discovering hidden islands, boating, windsurfing, waterskiing, jetskis, paddle boats, etc.
Just one thing only from this expansion alone branches into 3 cool new awesome gameplay aditions.
Inventor you can make
A miner machine which lets you dig for treasure and can make warp holes and dimensional portals.(I use this some games as a career,I set a max amount of finds/digs per day and only live off my luck or lack of)
A time machine you enter which adds a rabbit hole story that has many effects from getting new items and clothing to having that innocent woohoo in the future or past come back to bite you when you return from your trip and a kid follows you back.(Yes it is your kid)
A simbot
Plus 2 of the above can be purchased just by finding them in the consignment shop no need to even be an inventor if your story takes a different route.The Time machine and miner can be bought (I love the miner)
I picked other and it would be world adventures because of the travel. Adds so much fun and potential to your sims lives.
I definitely agree with @KatyFernlily about all of them, eventually.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
I voted for seasons because I love the holidays and the idea of decorating lots differently for each season. I also like how much the world changes through the year-- what can I say, I'm all about the scenery!
I found that if you take less courses per semester, it's a lot more manageable and you have more time to do what you want and explore that world and make friends.
But if you don't want to go to the university world, you can also add a university or college to your homeworld. That way, you don't have to deal with dorm mates you don't want and just have familiar townies as your classmates. You can also design the uni any way you want -- clustered together in one lot or farther apart each in their own lots, and give them any look you want: modern, ivy league, even goth, etc.
This is the campus in my current homeworld:
It's a modified version of lewisb40's most excellent lot:
When taking less courses per semester, you will have to take more semesters of course, but it's so much easier when the university/college is right in your own homeworld!