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Spa Day is the best made Game Pack
Sthenastia
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Now I'm more sure than I ever was that Spa Day is the best Game Pack. Maybe the theme is not the most interesting, but EA did this pack with more attention than another ones. This pask has a lot of interesting and matching BB items, with a nice color swatches and wooden patterns. CAS is fine, also for male sims. Disproportion of content for male is less than in the another packs. New lot type is interesting and functional. New gamepley is detailed and deep because our sims can make a lot of different new activities. Pack theme is generic. You can build SPAs wherever you want with any styles and facilities. There is also less bugs. I only miss a small world here for our Sims to chill but honestly, it is hard to complain about this pack. I really regret that the another game packs are not so good as SPA day.
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Sure it doesn't have any game changing gameplay, but it does it's job right.
I genuinely think it has better athletic wear than Fitness Stuff, which I use all the time. Same for swimwear.
I have a couple of Maxis spas in my game, a general one and one that is specifically a yoga retreat. I added yoga to one of the gyms and sims will often carry a yoga mat around.
Sims who do yoga or who combine it with other fitness tone up differently than those who do not. It is a well done pack. Some might think it's boring but it is the kind of thing that makes every day more interesting.
The pack is really well done, second only to Vampires, although vampires in my game are very situational, so I get less use out of it. In a save that isn't centered around vampires I'd prefer to not see them at all. My favorite gamepack is still Strangerville, but I wouldn't call it the best.
The sauna is nice and it’s one of the few gameplay objects where you can invite other sims to join you (why can’t we do this with the hot tub or the regular TV like in past games?)
Sauna woohoo can be buggy, sims can get stuck there and I have to reset them. Recently I used it to kill a sim, which took some patience but worked like a charm.
There is a nice sofa in the pack with a matching armchair and I use the wall-mounted speaker all the time. The gym equipment is better looking than the other meshes. The mirrors are nice. There’s some nice options in bathroom tile in colors I like. I don’t know if the bb is super strong overall, but I am naming things I particularly enjoy.
I don’t keep the massage table or chair in my homes anymore, or they’ll be drawn there autonomously by other sims all the time (with nothing in their queue) and that’s confusing and annoying.
Because I can't; I keep all sigs turned off.
Updated with Werewolf Diaries (1)
Also the fizzy drinks boost a sim's fun need.
This reminds me that I need to finish my latest community lot build - a renovation of Movers and Shakers gym in Willow Creek being turned into a yoga studio and a gym next door.
I really appreciate that, because with other venues you always have to hire staff yourself (or use a mod).
@NationalPokedex If you have Get Famous they already have a spot that they marked for a spa, just remove the carpet and place the yoga mats. I have it saved in the gallery with the yoga studio update. I also added the military boxing dummies from Strangerville and the rockclimbing wall from Fitness. It is where my Celebrity Fit club meets.
There's been other nice packs since, but imo, the core gameplay hasn't changed that much in 7 years. When Spa Day came out things felt more fresh and new.