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Vampires pack - on the fence
Simmerville
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So, I've been wondering if I should grab the Vamp pack on sale, but despite watching several review vids, I still have a few questions.
I play realistically, but I like the dark world of Forgotten Hollow. I might also like the vampire features in a separate save, but not as part of my main game. I do play a complex community including old nobility, so a vampire-ish family would not be wrong, I just don't want to focus on the vamp features as in game play. Besides, I play rotationally and don't want to see my vampires burn to death as they show up as NPCs.
So...
1. Would you say the pack is worth 50% off for mainly the world and some of the BB&CAS?
2. If I have no vampires living in any house, would there still be game generated NPC vamps?
3. Will the CAS face details be available only to vampire sims?
4. Can garlic be used for anything but keeping vampires away?
5. Can vampire stop being a vampire, and if so, will s/he keep those perks earned?
6. Do vampires live forever? If so, the family photo wall might be kinda limited as they hardly need to reproduce... Or does it vary, or can it be activated/deactivated like a perk?
7. Are any features restricted to the Forgotten Hollow world?
Anything else I should know?
I play realistically, but I like the dark world of Forgotten Hollow. I might also like the vampire features in a separate save, but not as part of my main game. I do play a complex community including old nobility, so a vampire-ish family would not be wrong, I just don't want to focus on the vamp features as in game play. Besides, I play rotationally and don't want to see my vampires burn to death as they show up as NPCs.
So...
1. Would you say the pack is worth 50% off for mainly the world and some of the BB&CAS?
2. If I have no vampires living in any house, would there still be game generated NPC vamps?
3. Will the CAS face details be available only to vampire sims?
4. Can garlic be used for anything but keeping vampires away?
5. Can vampire stop being a vampire, and if so, will s/he keep those perks earned?
6. Do vampires live forever? If so, the family photo wall might be kinda limited as they hardly need to reproduce... Or does it vary, or can it be activated/deactivated like a perk?
7. Are any features restricted to the Forgotten Hollow world?
Anything else I should know?
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Yes the Victorian Cas is good. No I'm not crazy about the world personally. It's small and I personally do not like the design. You can see a good view on youtube or google images to see if you would like it. It's my least used world. Worth 50%off? Definitely!
2. If I have no vampires living in any house, would there still be game generated NPC vamps?
Maybe someone else has a different experience but I have no had that problem. Only vamps I see speed running by are the ones I made and put around.
3. Will the CAS face details be available only to vampire sims?
No. Vamps only. But there is a mod to allow it if you use mods.
4. Can garlic be used for anything but keeping vampires away? I guess you could eat it?😅😅😅
5. Can vampire stop being a vampire, and if so, will s/he keep those perks earned?
Yea you can turn human again either through a long process of making a cure or cheats. You will not keep the perks sadly.
6. Do vampires live forever? If so, the family photo wall might be kinda limited as they hardly need to reproduce... Or does it vary, or can it be activated/deactivated like a perk?
Uhhhhhh good question. Someone can answer this since I only play with eternal life for all sims and no one ever dies or gives birth. But if my memory serves me correctly they just have a longer life span than humans
7. Are any features restricted to the Forgotten Hollow world?
Yes. Night time lasts longer in forgotten hallow but I think that's it.
8.Anything else I should know?
It's an AESOME pack. Just my personal opinion but as a realistic and fantasy player I don't think vampires are intrusive at all. It's to a point where I co exist with them and wouldn't even know who was a vampire if they didn't hiss occasionally or speed run past my screen. And like I said it has been my vampires only. Maybe someone else has a different experience.
If you do get it I think you will enjoy it.
I don't know many people who don't like this pack 🤭definitely the best done occult we have.
I love how you can make them as weak or as powerful as you want with the perks. And nice variety of powers
1. Would you say the pack is worth 50% off for mainly the world and some of the BB&CAS?
Yes, 100%. The world is cool, but the cas/bb is incredible and I would heartily recommend, especially on sale.
2. If I have no vampires living in any house, would there still be game generated NPC vamps?
I think so, but as I always leave the premades in I'm not sure.
3. Will the CAS face details be available only to vampire sims?
No, other occults can access them as well.
4. Can garlic be used for anything but keeping vampires away?
Yes - like with all plants you can make money from gardening it, and it also is used in most of the drinks and recipes that come with the pack.
5. Can vampire stop being a vampire, and if so, will s/he keep those perks earned?
Yes vampires are curable, no they will not keep their perks.
6. Do vampires live forever? If so, the family photo wall might be kinda limited as they hardly need to reproduce... Or does it vary, or can it be activated/deactivated like a perk?
Yes, vamps live forever - once they reach young adult they stop aging (but can still be aged up with the cake, like any other sim). As a compensator, they're pretty easy to kill.
7. Are any features restricted to the Forgotten Hollow world?
Not really - the plants from the pack exclusively spawn there, and the day/night cycle is different, but asides from that no.
Anything else I should know?
It's the best pack for the Sims 4, if you like occults at least. Vampires are super fun to play, and they have a weakness system that makes it so that there's actual fun challenge to the gameplay. And an update a few months ago made it so that you can turn off vampire attacks for certain households, which nullifies the main aspect of the pack that people didn't like.
I bought the vampire pack on release and only had a brief play of vampires to satisfy my curiosity. I am not a big vamp fan, so I don't play them any more. But I do leave the pre-made vampires in the world, as well as the vampire couple I created to play with originally. They do knock on my sim's doors from time to time, but I don't have to let them in if I don't want to (you can set your doors to exclude vampires). I don't find them intrusive at all.
I play rotationally so I may well go back to playing a few of them eventually. I have a sim who is friends with one of the vampires, when she visits she turns into a bat to go home
The BB stuff is awesome and I use it a lot.
More input re misc stuff that might be good to know is welcome, I'll keep reading this thread.
Haha! Sounds cool in a weird way
Totally worth it if you like Victorian architecture.
What is the difference between eating a plasma fruit and a plasma pack? Why bothering with making the pack from frogs if it's quicker eating fruit directly?
If I build a community lot in Forgotten Hollow, will my sims from all over the worlds stop by? Was thinking of a retail store specializing on plasma drinks and plasma fruits etc, but it will look quite dumb if normal residents from San Myshuno or Brindleton Bay stop by to shop...
@Simmerville
I don't know the answer to your first question since I usually make my Sims drink from other Sims, but your second question, I think is yes. Mortal Sims, for me at least, have appeared in Forgotten Hollow multiple times.
1. Plasma fruit will only fill their hunger a little bit. Just from memory, I think they need to eat about 5 or 6 fruits in a row to get full, where a pack will take them just a little under full. It's very hard to completely satisfy them with just fruits and packs, they much prefer to get the real stuff! but it can be fun to play a vamp that refuses to drink from a sim. The frog thing is just a nice little extra gameplay bit - imagine your vamp out in a pond trying to catch frogs, then breeding them. Gives a purpose to all the extra frogs you accumulate rather than selling them. Just don't do it in the sun! I killed off Vlad about four times because I could never get him back to his home in time! (and there's some sun options via potions, and perks too.)
2. I have an Arts Centre and a Museum in Forgotten Hollow, and yes sims from all the other worlds turn up at them.
The pack also brings the Organ skill, which is a nice touch if you want to add a church somewhere for your regular sims, I also have one in my Medieval style museum, and sims like to play on it autonomously. I have a Church and graveyard in Forgotten Hollow.
If you grow garlic and have high enough handiness skill you can also make garlic wreaths and a garland - string of garlic you can use as decor in your kitchen (?). And I think there's also some recipes that will use garlic, like Garlic Noodles in the Gourmet Cooking. Speaking of recipes, they also added some potions on the bar, so give your Vamp a bar, and there's a few recipes they can cook too using the fruits they grow.
I bought my Vampires half price about a year ago. It's the first time for me playing vamps (been playing sims games for 18 years), and I'm impressed with the thought and options they bring. I did notice the game was spawning a few vamp mixologists, waiters etc, but I have a mod for that now, so don't know if that's still a thing or not. Anyway, it was something fun and new and different for me, and now I play with all the supes and enjoy a bit more of the "darker" side. I think you'll enjoy a lot of the stuff that comes with the pack, but give the vamp bit a go too, it's quite in-depth and you might start to enjoy that type of play. Have fun.
Vampire pack is about VAMPIRES, everything else is a nice addition. If you don't plan on playing vampires (Which you 100% should) - this is not for you. With that said...for 50% off I will say perhaps.
2. If I have no vampires living in any house, would there still be game generated NPC vamps?
Yes.
3. Will the CAS face details be available only to vampire sims?
Vampire CAS details are for vampires only.
4. Can garlic be used for anything but keeping vampires away?
Of course. It is a vegetable and therefore counts for "Any vegetable" requirement.
5. Can vampire stop being a vampire, and if so, will s/he keep those perks earned?
Vampires can be cured, but it is a bit bugged. Basically, first you want to make sure they are a clean slate in terms of their perks and weaknesses.
6. Do vampires live forever? If so, the family photo wall might be kinda limited as they hardly need to reproduce... Or does it vary, or can it be activated/deactivated like a perk?
Vampires are undead and therefore immortal. This is not Sims 3.
7. Are any features restricted to the Forgotten Hollow world?
Plants can be grown anywhere and in case of one specific plant - at any season. Vampires can live anywhere. Nothing stops you from having a vampire pack themed house in, say, Willow Creek.
Anything else I should know? Do you want the occult that is actually well made, that comes with downsides AND offers different play style? Vampires are for you. Do you want only items? Reconsider. There are CCs for that and some do not require vampire pack. With that said I do STRONGLY recommend it. Give vampires a chance. 100% best occult EAxis made for Sims 4.