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Everyday clutter kit, maybe the best?
AlienTusks
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The kits in the sims 4 are pretty bad, especially the modern men's clothing one, man that one is trash, pants with a built-in skirt on a man. I've bought a few kits earlier on when I first started with the sims 4, once I bought my first expansion and got all that clothing, hairstyles, build mode items and new world, not to mention the rest...kits became pretty undesirable. But I decided to buy the new clutter kit, because I like clutter, decorations, clothing and hairstyles. Well, the kit is decent. Some of the items are good, some are mediocre and a few you'll probably never use. But if you're going to buy one kit I would go with the clutter kit, and I think there is one that adds toddler clothing, it's been a while since I bought it, but that one might be worth a consider anyway. I think they need to come out with about 4 new kits, one offers nothing but new hairstyles for each sex and each stage of life, another that has nothing but clothing for each sex and stage of life, and some new roof patterns and staircases would be nice. I would actually buy these kits if they made them, unless they were poor designs, like bad hairstyles that were unrealistic or just looked bad. Well, that's all I got to say, just wanted to speak my mind about a couple things, peace.
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I bought clutter too in the end, I really like a lot of it, the mugs especially but also just things for the desk like notepads and sticky notes and keys. I could have done without some of the bigger things like the fishing ornament though.
For the build ones, I liked pastel pop, clutter and the indoor plants the best. I hear the little campers one is quite good but I don’t really play with child sims.
For clothing I’d say Incheon arrivals is the best by some way and probably the only one i would bother with personally. But I would recommend that one, it’s got some really nice stuff. Carnavale is interesting to me, but I don’t really use it much. I do think some people would though. The kids clothes seemed ok but again I don’t really make child sims.
Generally I think they’re making their clothing kits based around culture and lifestyle and I’d rather just have more nice everyday clothing for sims. While Incheon is based on Korea it’s still very fashionable. The menswear kit was just a huge waste when so many of us want better clothes for male sims and they made something that less than one percent of guys would ever wear.
I'm okay with the concept of recolors of existing gameplay objects, as long as those are meaningful. Little Campers is a good example, turning the activity table into a fire fighter car and adding that "outdoor" TV. If they kept that standard, I'd buy more kits. So far I own four (Dusting, Campers, Carnival, Oasis) and have maybe half of the rest marked down as "yeah, nice, maybe one day".
Still grumpy though that Bust the dust's issues (both bugs and design) killed the gameplay packs. I currently use five mods just to customize this one feature, but with them in it's actually fun for me.
As for some of these later kits I just shrug my shoulders. I may consider the clutter one (although in RL I detest clutter. I prefer a stream-line approach). Less is more style of decorating. But, some of the objects might be fun.
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I don’t have the latest kits either. Sure, they’re nice, but for now I’ll work with what I’ve got, which is plenty and I’m okay with that.
A hairstyle kit would be very good. Also a really nice themed clothing kit would be appreciated - I always try to dress my sims for the content they’re doing so I will make a jungle adventure outfit and snowy escape outfits etc.
A kit that had let’s say sailor outfits or masquerade ball or more party costumes or something would be great, but like I said they just seem to use the clothing ones for woke content.
I think a lot of simmers would buy a men’s clothing kit that was decent clothes that men actually wear. Like rollneck sweaters and nice polo shirts and things, not skirts. Doesn’t surprise me that the kit sold poorly, I only bought it because I thought it was actually standard menswear.
I like it so far. I don't use much clutter in my sims homes but a few touches to make a house feel more lived in are very useful. And if I filter by kits, it is easy to find as well. I especially like that so many items fit on small shelves. The ability to put a small functional radio on top of a shelf without MOO is what convinced me to get it. And the functional mirror which we can put on low dressers is awesome. It's these kind of things that offer possibilities we didn't have before that make a difference for me. I think the radio and the mirror will be my favorite items of this kit.
I still think kits are overpriced compared to stuff packs but the quality of what they offer is surprisingly good.
I agree, talking about the older stuff packs here and not the more recent ones like paranormal, the quality of the stuff in the kits is actually much better I think. But there’s just less of it and no gameplay.
Kits always seem to have quite a few really good items while stuff packs often had just one or two.
A hair styles kit would be very difficult to resist. I hope we can get one. But hopefully with hairs for all ages. It is weird that we haven't gotten a single hair style in a kit yet.
I can understand that kits become less appealing after buying an EP. Compared to EP, GP or even the later of the stuff pack, kits are very superficial.
I really wish they would return to the game play features for kits. Their drawers are possibly full of great ideas that did not get included with previous EPs and GPs.
My fav kits are Courtyard Oasis, Blooming rooms and Decor to the max. Also, Little campers is good. I'm obviously more interested in BB kits, gameplay and cas kits have been lacking for me. They'd have to provide more than dust bunnies and men in skirts (unless they're scottish! Kilts are cool) to make me want to buy anything.
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For me kits also were the point where I realised I would never complete my sims 4 collection. There are a few I like but with so many, I don't feel like purchasing them all. The price for all kits put together adds up to an amount that could better be spent on something more substantial. 17 kits x 5€= 85€. That is a little over two EP at full price. I will only pick a few that appeal most to my taste. The modern men's wear kit even falls into the 'I don't want it even if it were given for free category'
I totally agree. I wish stuff packs would return.