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Shopping themed pack.

1. Shopping themed pack - I know it’s kind of old school, but I miss grocery stores and malls from the sims games. I would like more creative freedom to create grocery markets and malls or stores to create with themes. I would almost say this could be a stuff pack but I think it needs to be at least a game pack because it would probably need to add a bunch more CAS items for clothing, jewelry shelves, food shelves, etc…I think they could even make this an expansion pack by adding an interactive movie theater, where one could be built or placed in a mall or set alone. You could even title the movies yourself and decide which genre it is like how when you have sims write books in her game. This could be a good excuse to add escalators and elevators to the game. It could add more food vendors, so you could put a burger joint in a mall, or some kind of smoothie or pretzel bar inside, you could add different types of clothing stores such as one that focuses on sporty items or clothing, or one that purely focuses on hats, a furniture store, this expansion could add so much to other packs that already exist such as seasons” a new holiday or tradition where you go shopping and there’s fun new buffs and moods and wants and fears for it. It could also add new traits like a shopaholic, or a trait for a sim that hates shopping. Could also add shopping center traits for buildings, there could also be a new retail shopping center system added where sims can rate shopping districts 1-5 stars based on how well sims enjoy their shopping experience such as pricing, customer service, etc. Functioning old school cash registers would be nice. I miss the days when sims would stand in line at a check out to ring up items. I think an expansion or game pack like this would add some depth to the game and make it feel more alive since getting out of the house and browsing around or shopping is still something families and friends enjoy doing much of the time. I get the world in 2024 has changed but I think many players would appreciate this kind of pack and people would have a lot of fun with it. I think this kind of pack is more open ended with possibilities as well. I think it would be a great addition.

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    Flikka_FlikkaFlikka_Flikka Posts: 452 Member
    Maybe our beloved Shopping Cart was added to the game as a hint to such a pack. Huh, EA?
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member
    If they make such a pack, they should maybe add a few things to enable us to play malls, like allow more NPCs on the lot to serve in food stands and more cashiers and make the townie sims go around in different shops and not just congregate in one shop and talk without buying anything. Also, we need to be able to add more mannequins and maybe add more outfit slots to them and they should probably cycle through the outfits automatically, when one outfit is sold, another one is displayed. When all are sold, we need to add/create more. This would help a lot when playing mainly as a shopper, because there would be more outfits to choose from and the offer would be different on different visits. Also, we need a way to save the outfits and clothes to a sims's personal wardrobe, like in TS2.
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    JALJAL Posts: 1,128 Member
    Ok so I have to play old and grumpy again, but wasn't that what GTW was about? Why we have a retail system at all? Or should we really need to pay for one system to sell stuff, and then another to buy stuff? I agree that the shopping situation needs to improve in game, but I'd be annoyed if they try to sell something that should have been a part of one pack as another pack (again).
    Moreover, I advise that the cart button must be destroyed!
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    Bren91Bren91 Posts: 309 Member
    I see it as a different type of pack with all due respect. Get to work had retail a part of it but it was more focused on going to work with your sims. And doing live careers versus rabbit holes. The retail system left much to be desired. I think there’s still enough, quite a lot actually that they could still do with retail, businesses. I wouldn’t be annoyed at all. I think the game needs more added to the retail aspect of the game.
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    SheriSim57SheriSim57 Posts: 7,058 Member
    crocobaura wrote: »
    If they make such a pack, they should maybe add a few things to enable us to play malls, like allow more NPCs on the lot to serve in food stands and more cashiers and make the townie sims go around in different shops and not just congregate in one shop and talk without buying anything. Also, we need to be able to add more mannequins and maybe add more outfit slots to them and they should probably cycle through the outfits automatically, when one outfit is sold, another one is displayed. When all are sold, we need to add/create more. This would help a lot when playing mainly as a shopper, because there would be more outfits to choose from and the offer would be different on different visits. Also, we need a way to save the outfits and clothes to a sims's personal wardrobe, like in TS2.
    I think we should be able to buy pieces off of racks instead of mannequins, and that would open up the piece in CAS for that family, or that person. Or would be nice if they could keep their pieces in drawers, clothes racks etc.. And it should be a choice like simple living.
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    SheriSim57SheriSim57 Posts: 7,058 Member
    edited April 30
    JAL wrote: »
    Ok so I have to play old and grumpy again, but wasn't that what GTW was about? Why we have a retail system at all? Or should we really need to pay for one system to sell stuff, and then another to buy stuff? I agree that the shopping situation needs to improve in game, but I'd be annoyed if they try to sell something that should have been a part of one pack as another pack (again).

    Get to work is a very old pack though, and since they are giving away smaller packs now , I can’t see them doing a refresh. But retail still need a revamp very badly, so I like the mall and grocery store idea, and adding a movie theater our sim could interact with would be nice.
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    JALJAL Posts: 1,128 Member
    @SheriSim57 Well if they gave away GTW for free or made it a two-in-one deal then perhaps I wouldn't have to be as grumpy. I just wish they didn't keep making packs that are so bare that another pack is needed to fill the gaps.
    Moreover, I advise that the cart button must be destroyed!
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    Flikka_FlikkaFlikka_Flikka Posts: 452 Member
    I'm all about a huge update to the retail system, and I would pay a full pack's price for a full pack's worth of new features. It's been more than nine years since GTW's release. Any tackiness factor of DLC-for-DLC expired well within that time, IMO.
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    Simtarris22Simtarris22 Posts: 108 Member
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